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MS
reviewer991635
Member of the Board of Directors; Executive at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Nov 6, 2021
What I like about it is that I can work on it from any computer or any device. The initial setup is very simple. The setup wizard is really helpful.
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John Boggero
Consultant at ITIP
Jun 1, 2020
It integrates well into either Windows or Linux environments.
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Vincenzo D'Aniello
Software developer at TREXON S.R.L.
Jul 31, 2023
The ease of use of the 'jail', the management of backups, and copies to easily create test and pre-production scenarios have speeded up the development and distribution of business apps.
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HuckyBridge
President at EXAG Multimedia
May 17, 2023
It has the best storage capacity.
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John Banta
Self Employed at AOK Consulting Inc
Oct 30, 2020
Its stability is the most valuable. It is reliable, and we don't have to worry too much about it.
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Engineer at a university with 10,001+ employees
Oct 29, 2019
The solution has been very stable so far.
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Hucky Bridge
President at EXAG Multimedia
Sep 8, 2022
FreeNAS is much simpler and easier to use than other solutions, but we don't have the complete range of features that come with the full version.
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reviewer991635
Member of the Board of Directors; Executive at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Nov 6, 2021
The one thing that I find difficult to do which is very time-consuming is that I like to have a backup of the important files.
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John Boggero
Consultant at ITIP
Jun 1, 2020
The support for S3 needs to be improved.
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Vincenzo D'Aniello
Software developer at TREXON S.R.L.
Jul 31, 2023
If you find the documentation, it is always incomplete and fragmented.
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HuckyBridge
President at EXAG Multimedia
May 17, 2023
They should include clustering for the solution.
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John Banta
Self Employed at AOK Consulting Inc
Oct 30, 2020
They can improve the integration with PSA systems. This functionality could be better.
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reviewer1058394
Engineer at a university with 10,001+ employees
Oct 29, 2019
The latest version of the dashboard doesn't work as good as the previous version.
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Hucky Bridge
President at EXAG Multimedia
Sep 8, 2022
FreeNAS should be better prepared for clustering.
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