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Unraid VS XCP-ng

Compare Unraid VS XCP-ng and see what are their differences

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.

XCP-ng logo XCP-ng

A fully open source and community backed alternative, with all current commercial features enabled...
  • Unraid Landing page
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    2023-09-26
  • XCP-ng Landing page
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    2023-05-04

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

XCP-ng videos

Homelab / Office Lab Open Source Virtualization XCP-NG & Proxmox Compared

More videos:

  • Review - XCP-NG / Xen Orchestra VS Vmware and Why We Choose It For Our Clients

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Unraid and XCP-ng)
Cloud Computing
61 61%
39% 39
Cloud Storage
100 100%
0% 0
Virtual Machine Management
Storage
100 100%
0% 0

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Reviews

These are some of the external sources and on-site user reviews we've used to compare Unraid and XCP-ng

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.

XCP-ng Reviews

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, XCP-ng should be more popular than Unraid. It has been mentiond 37 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.

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: almost 2 years ago
  • Low cost storage server - is there a need?
    Take a look at using unraid as a backup server. https://unraid.net/product. Source: about 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: about 2 years ago
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XCP-ng mentions (37)

  • Seeking Community Feedback: Help Shape Vates' Partner Program
    Our developments include a Hypervisor (XCP-ng) and a Cloud Automation solution (XenOrchestra). Combined, these, alongside excellent first-party support and various tooling, form the Vates Virtualization Management Stack (or VMS). Source: 11 months ago
  • Moved a VM between nodes - I'm buzzing!
    Check out xcp-ng, a free and open source version of xenserver. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Found this group and I have a home lab :-)
    You might be interested in XCP-NG. You can easily spin up Windows and Linux VMs. Source: over 1 year ago
  • What are your self hosted apps you're using for your business?
    OPNsense - Firewall XCP-ng - Host System for VMs Rport - Remote Management/Access Wahzu - Security Platform Xen Orchestra - Webinterface for XCP. I use the open source variant. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Revamping HomeLab - Can you Help?
    Whatever you're most comfortable with. There's proxmox (Debian Linux), xcp-ng (Xenserver), vmware esxi, Hyper-V (Windows), harvester (SUSE Linux), or even just plain ol linux with cockpit (Linux) installed for easy management. If you're asking what I'm using, I'm actually trying to use them all, so I currently don't have a preference myself. But I would use these hypervisors to manage the VM. I would run Docker in... Source: over 1 year ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Unraid and XCP-ng, you can also consider the following products

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

Proxmox VE - Proxmox is an open-source server virtualization management solution that offers the ability to manage virtual server technology with the Linux OpenVZ and KVM technology.

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

oVirt - oVirt is a virtualization management application.

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

OpenStack - OpenStack software controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, managed through a dashboard or via the OpenStack API.