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Solidfire VS Unraid

Compare Solidfire VS Unraid and see what are their differences

Solidfire logo Solidfire

SolidFire is the industry’s most complete all-flash storage system and Gartner’s highest-rated...

Unraid logo Unraid

Simplicity. Flexibility. Scalability. Modularity. Unraid empowers you to build the system you’ve always wanted using your preferred hardware, software, and operating systems.
  • Solidfire Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-12-20
  • Unraid Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-26

Solidfire videos

NetApp Element OS Platform Overview - SolidFire and NetApp HCI

More videos:

  • Review - SolidFire Carbon Element OS 6 Overview
  • Review - Coming Clean: The Lies That Flash Storage Companies Tell with Dave Wright of NetApp/SolidFire

Unraid videos

8 months on unRAID

More videos:

  • Review - unRaid - One Year Later - My Thoughts
  • Review - Freenas vs Unraid vs Openmediavault : Best Nas Software 2019

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Solidfire and Unraid)
Cloud Storage
21 21%
79% 79
Cloud Computing
18 18%
82% 82
Storage
22 22%
78% 78
Business & Commerce
100 100%
0% 0

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Unraid Reviews

9 Of The Best FreeNAS Alternatives For Your Storage Needs
You can use the free 30-day trial version to see if Unraid is suitable for your hardware. You will experience full functionality in the trial version without any storage device limit. However, you will require an internet connection for the trial versions.
Top 7 FreeNas Alternative For Your PC
unRaid is software made to transform any computer into a NAS server. An easy to use processor clocked at 1GHz with 512MB RAM does all the tricks. In simple terms, the motherboard must provide the possibility to boot on a USB key. It doesn’t need installing disks of the same capacity. Hence, you can try the free sector repair solution if your disk isn’t working.
Top 15 Best TrueNAS Alternatives In 2022
Network-attached storage systems, UnRAID application servers, and UnRAID virtualization hosts make up the bulk of UnRAID’s offerings.

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Unraid seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 13 times 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.

Solidfire mentions (0)

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

Unraid mentions (13)

  • what are your digital decluttering routines?
    Really: I've got a Synology 10-disk unit in JBOD mode (each drive independent, but see SnapRaid) containing backup of backups and recent set of 4x 14TB unopened drives. I'm working at building a new UnRaid system to contain everything; I just need to confirm the power supply max load and if I can stagger the drives to avoid the maximum inrush. RAID5 is great (but Is Not A Backup), UnRaid is a "daily" RAID5... Source: over 1 year ago
  • Build upgrade - OS advice
    As an example, I have qemu+kvm host running my VMs (NAS, plex, Nextcloud etc.). As for NAS OS, TrueNAS is a great options. With different drive size you can consider UnRAID. It allows to pool drives of a different size. https://unraid.net/product. Source: over 1 year ago
  • my first NAS. need some input on what to buy. synology?
    You can turn a PC case into a NAS with NAS OS like openmediavault (https://www.openmediavault.org/), unraid (https://unraid.net/product), or TrueNAS Core (https://www.truenas.com/docs/core/gettingstarted/corehardwareguide/). They require +8 GB RAM (Unraid system requirements say 4 and OMV is ok with +1GB RAM). To start, I'd go with openmediavault. If you need it to be windows, say, using for anything else, you can... Source: over 1 year ago
  • Low cost storage server - is there a need?
    Take a look at using unraid as a backup server. https://unraid.net/product. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Homelab iSCSI Resizable Storage
    In case you are interested in software options. UnRAID is a nice option. Https://unraid.net/product. Source: almost 2 years ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Solidfire and Unraid, you can also consider the following products

Pure Storage - Pure Storage is an all-flash enterprise storage solution that accelerate random I/O-intensive applications like server virtualization, deskt

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

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

NVMe Storage - What is NVMe? In this blog post we take a deep dive into the new protocol for accessing high-speed storage media and what you need to know for your business

XigmaNAS - File Sharing, OS & Utilities, and Security & Privacy

Cachengo - Smart storage that is just smarter