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by ksec 2197 days ago
Qnap actually has a new OS called Hero Edition that uses ZFS by default, coming in Q3.

https://www.qnap.com/quts-hero/en/
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FullyFunctional 2197 days ago
Why not support the company that actually supports the development of ZFS instead? I don't know anything about Qnap but FreeNAS has a wealth of robust functionality. I'd be curious as to why people would prefer Qnap?
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zenonu 2196 days ago
Looking at FreeNAS's page, it's all "Get Quote" nonsense for anything rack mounted. Needs a system configuration page with prices to play around with.
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ksec 2196 days ago
Well if they actually does anything consumer like Synology and Qnap, ASUStor or TerraMaster I would have bought one immediately. But iXysystem hasn't done it for the past 10 years.
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locusm 2196 days ago
Hadn't heard of their new OS - interesting. Ive always wanted Synology to license their OS out as their hardware is all low power stuff and useless for virtualisation.
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BLKNSLVR 2196 days ago
Xpenology[0] may fit your needs. I'm not sure where in the grey area it fits, but it seems to get mentioned in polite company without inviting floods of copyright issues

That Xpenology exists may explain why Synology don't license their OS.

[0]:https://xpenology.org/

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