I've gone the TrueNAS route, but I'm running it on a QNAP TS-451. I'm running TrueNAS off of a USB stick hanging off the back, so I didn't have do to anything with the hardware and reverting back to QTS is just a matter of setting the boot order in the BIOS.
I really like seeing other people's builds, but I know that building my own computer isn't something I want to do. I was happy to see the comparison between the DIY model and the roughly-equivalent commercial units. I'll likely buy another QNAP (to run TrueNAS on) when the time comes, and the comparison tells me that I won't get screwed too badly by doing so.
>I've gone the TrueNAS route, but I'm running it on a QNAP TS-451. I'm running TrueNAS off of a USB stick hanging off the back
Oh, I didn't realize that QNAP allows that. Synology makes it pretty hard to boot any other OS, and I assumed the other vendors were similar. I'll keep that in mind for my next build because I do have fun building servers, but I also really appreciate systems like Synology and QNAP where the hardware and case is optimized for the NAS use-case.
I really like seeing other people's builds, but I know that building my own computer isn't something I want to do. I was happy to see the comparison between the DIY model and the roughly-equivalent commercial units. I'll likely buy another QNAP (to run TrueNAS on) when the time comes, and the comparison tells me that I won't get screwed too badly by doing so.