Hello, my question is simple. Or at lkeast I hope so. I am in the midst of deciding what to do about a NAS at my Mothers house and it occurred to me that TrueCommand exists but I have no idea if it requires the use of hardware from iXSystems or if running TrueNAS is enough?
Thank you.
TrueCommand supports all current versions of TrueNAS regardless of the hardware.
What do you intend to achieve by running TrueCommand?
To remotely manage a NAS at a location that is not my house. A second truenas, offsite. Isnt that what its for?
No, not really. It’s more intended to allow for management of multiple servers through a single interface. A better way to manage a remote NAS would be using some sort of VPN solution (which you’d need to use anyway to allow your TrueCommand installation to communicate with the remote NAS). Tailscale is quite popular for this purpose.
You need a 24x7 connection from the TrueNAS in question to the TrueCommand server - preferrably at the same location or through a VPN - to use TrueCommand. It’s an enterprise/data centre system management appliance for a fleet of TrueNAS systems as @dan already wrote.
It does not help with the “remote connection” part, that is assumed to exist.
I run one for fun/curiosity - see the screenshot for the status dashboard of my TrueNAS “fleet” of three systems. Yes, I have three TN servers that are always on, just like the virtual machine running TrueCommand.
I hope I’m not hijacking the thread here, but rather continuing it organically…
I manage remote systems at my parents and in-laws house. I access each site using https and/or ssh, over a homespun Wireguard network. Each site replicates multiple datasets to/from the others in a mutual “buddy backup” arrangement.
This works great! And at this scale I’ve been very comfortable managing it all. Five stars; would recommend.
But I do often wonder: is there anything in TrueCommand that might improve my experience — particularly with replication? Maybe for easier setup, monitoring, troubleshooting, or just a worthwhile single-pane status overview?
This is the main thing TC provides. You can do some management (e.g., you can kick off upgrades), but its main purpose is monitoring…
I now have three HL15 devices as another family member wanted in on the project as well, with ~50GB of storage per user. As it turns out, that is just under the 50 HDD limit before TrueCommand becomes a paid service. I think I will spend part of today getting TC up and running.
