HexOS vs Rockstor

[TechnicJelle]

I just read an article on XDA about a free and open source NAS OS:

https://www.xda-developers.com/switched-to-an-open-source-nas-os/

And now I'm wondering how it compares to HexOS.

I have not tried either NAS OS yet, as I don't have the hardware for it yet, though I do have a HexOS license already.

So yeah, has anyone heard of / tried it before? What's your opinion/experience?

[PsychoWards]

Hey,

Rockstor uses Btrfs and Raid5/6 (equal to RaidZ1/RaidZ2 in ZFS) are unstable and strongly adviced against being used with Btrfs.

While Hexos uses ZFS which supports RaidZ1 (out of the Box) and RaidZ2/3 via Truenas GUI which are rock solid.

Truenas also has a large community where you can get help and is also open source. 🙂

I would only consider Rockstor when going for a mirrored setup (with 2 data drives max) but with 3 drives + I wouldn't risk my data by using Btrfs RAID5/6.

[Mobius]

Not pretending to be an expert but i hear zfs is amazing and in that xda article there is a link to an article detailing why zfs is great. 

It might be worth googling btrfs vs zfs.

I know it was a quite talked about topic before unraid added zfs support.