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Samba VS unRAID Server

Compare Samba VS unRAID Server and see what are their differences

Samba logo Samba

Samba serves as an open source alternative to the traditional domain controller offered by Microsoft.

unRAID Server logo unRAID Server

A scalable, consumer-oriented, server operating system.
  • Samba Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-09-29
  • unRAID Server Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-07-31

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Samba and unRAID Server)
Cloud Computing
63 63%
37% 37
Storage
0 0%
100% 100
Identity And Access Management
Cloud Storage
50 50%
50% 50

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unRAID Server Reviews

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One of the special features of unRAID Server is that it boots from a USB device and it can store memory up to 38TB. UnRAID Server can be used in any IT companies and big corporates where there are large sized files and folders. It has both registered and unregistered versions. This server runs perfectly on any operating system such as Windows, Apple, Linux, Mac,and UNIX. It...

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Samba seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1 time since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Samba mentions (1)

  • Samba 4.16 broken?
    Well, it's the first Samba release in the ports since 4.13, and it isn't marked as broken. I'm not sure why you'd look on the samba.org site to see if the FreeBSD port has defects, or why you'd give me a link link to the Samba wiki for 4.13 when I'm very clearly asking about 4.16. Source: over 1 year ago

unRAID Server mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of unRAID Server yet. Tracking of unRAID Server recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Samba and unRAID Server, you can also consider the following products

FreeIPA - FreeIPA is an integrated security information management solution combining Linux (Fedora), 389...

OpenMediaVault - OpenMediaVault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux.

OpenLDAP - OpenLDAP Software is an open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.

TrueNAS Core - TrueNAS Core (formerly FreeNAS) is a storage operating system strong and robust enough to meet the needs of enterprise level businesses.

Zentyal - Linux directory, domain, mail, gateway and infrastructure server for SMBs.

SnapRAID - A backup program for disk arrays. It stores parity information of your data and it recovers from up to six disk failures.