BeeGFS
6.1#8 in storage management softwareFree planFree planAPILinuxSelf-hosted
VisitBeeGFS vs TrueNAS
What both publish
| Fact | BeeGFS | TrueNAS |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Kaiserslautern, Germany | Campbell, California, USA |
| Integrations | BeeGFS 8 Remote Storage Targets synchronize with S3 object storage, while BeeGFS Copy supports parallel copying with BeeGFS and other locally mounted file systems. | The platform lists TrueNAS Connect, TrueCommand, CloudSync, Veeam, vCenter, OpenStack Cinder, Syncthing, Rsync and Fibre Channel integrations. |
| Intended users | ThinkParQ describes its target environments as HPC, AI and deep learning, life sciences, and oil and gas. | The maker describes TrueNAS as serving home labs, individuals, and enterprise data centers, including data-intensive workloads such as AI, virtualization, surveillance, and backup. |
| Security | BeeGFS repositories and packages are digitally signed, and its documentation describes TLS encryption for some network communication by default. | The feature table lists self-encrypted drives, dataset encryption, encrypted replication, WireGuard, OpenVPN, ACLs, and IP filtering. |
BeeGFS plans
- Community EditionFree
- Hive EnterprisePriced on request
TrueNAS plans
- TrueNAS Community EditionFree
- TrueNAS EnterprisePriced on request
Pick BeeGFS if…
BeeGFS suits teams in HPC, AI and deep learning, life sciences, or oil and gas that need shared storage for data-intensive workloads. The Community Edition is for end users prepared to support themselves.
Pick TrueNAS if…
TrueNAS Community Edition suits home lab users, individuals, and data centers seeking file, block, or object storage. Its listed workloads include virtualization, surveillance, backup, and AI-related data needs.