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When comparing EasyNAS vs Unraid, the Slant community recommends EasyNAS for most people. In the question“What are the best operating systems for a NAS/File server?” EasyNAS is ranked 3rd while Unraid is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose EasyNAS is:
Very clean and simple interface.
Specs
Based OnopenSUSE
Default Desktop EnvironmentNA
Init-Systemsystemd
Main usageNAS
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Pros
Pro Simple interface
Very clean and simple interface.
Pro Expandable
Easy to expand storage since it uses their own parity protection system. Mixing drive sizes is possible as long as parity drives have the highest or equal to highest capacity.
Pro Big app (docker) library
Docker images are specially set up for unraid and easy to install and manage.
Pro Stable
Cons
Con Slow GUI, not fully functional
Con Files randomly disappear
Con Corrupts files
Corrupts some files after a while.
Con Not free
Cost depends on how many drives you have (6, 12 or unlimited).
Con SSD cache needed
To achieve optimal speeds you need SSD cache.