--- title: TrueNAS CORE versus TrueNAS SCALE | daily.dev description: iXsystems has announced that TrueNAS CORE, their FreeBSD-based storage appliance, will be moved into 'maintenance' mode, while TrueNAS SCALE, the Linux-based... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/truenas-core-versus-truenas-scale-xvfghkcjl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: TrueNAS CORE versus TrueNAS SCALE | daily.dev og:description: iXsystems has announced that TrueNAS CORE, their FreeBSD-based storage appliance, will be moved into 'maintenance' mode, while TrueNAS SCALE, the Linux-based... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/truenas-core-versus-truenas-scale-xvfghkcjl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xvfgHKcjl.png og:image:alt: TrueNAS CORE versus TrueNAS SCALE og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # TrueNAS CORE versus TrueNAS SCALE **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary iXsystems has announced that TrueNAS CORE, their FreeBSD-based storage appliance, will be moved into 'maintenance' mode, while TrueNAS SCALE, the Linux-based alternative, is positioned as their future offering. The post discusses the differences between the two versions, including the use of Bhyve and Jails in TrueNAS CORE, and KVM and Docker in TrueNAS SCALE. It also highlights the disappointment in the lack of a GUI option for configuring distributed GlusterFS filesystems in TrueNAS SCALE. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#truenas](https://daily.dev/tags/truenas) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/truenas-core-versus-truenas-scale-xvfghkcjl) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"TrueNAS CORE versus TrueNAS SCALE","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/truenas-core-versus-truenas-scale-xvfghkcjl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/truenas-core-versus-truenas-scale-xvfghkcjl"},"datePublished":"2024-04-20T00:31:27.243Z","dateModified":"2026-07-02T02:12:37.208Z","description":"iXsystems has announced that TrueNAS CORE, their FreeBSD-based storage appliance, will be moved into 'maintenance' mode, while TrueNAS SCALE, the Linux-based...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0781da5d3d69f30a04bd912c48e28bd8?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0781da5d3d69f30a04bd912c48e28bd8?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/truenas-core-versus-truenas-scale-xvfghkcjl","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux,truenas","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"TrueNAS CORE versus TrueNAS SCALE"}]} ```