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Unraid vs TrueNAS: Pick by Storage Design, Not Hype

Direct answer: Unraid is the easier choice for a home server built from drives of different sizes, especially when capacity will grow one disk at a time. TrueNAS is the stronger choice for a storage-first server built around planned ZFS pools, snapshots, replication, and business-style data services. Both can run apps and virtual machines. The storage layout should decide the platform before the app catalog does.

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