Can you run FreeNAS on ESXi?

I will be installing FreeNAS on a virtual machine (VM) being hosted on an ESXi server; as a precaution, however, there is a statement from within the FreeNAS documentation that is worth noting: For performance reasons, iSCSI is preferred to NFS shares when FreeNAS is installed on ESXi.

Is TrueNAS core the same as FreeNAS?

FreeNAS is now known as TrueNAS CORE Below is a high-level overview of the capabilities of TrueNAS CORE. Looking beyond features, both the quality and functionality of TrueNAS CORE 12.0-U5 are also now substantially superior to FreeNAS 11.3-U5 (which was the last official FreeNAS release).

What hypervisor does TrueNAS core use?

TrueNAS is certified for multiple hypervisors and integrates with Veeam, enabling support of hundreds or thousands of VMs or virtual desktops. TrueNAS supports leading hypervisors, including Citrix, Hyper-V, vSphere, KVM, Xen Project, bhyve, as well as many others.

How do I run a VM on TrueNAS?

To create a new VM, go to Virtual Machines and click Add. Configure each category of the VM according to your specifications, starting with the Operating System. Choose the VM operating system type. Enter an alphanumeric name for the virtual machine.

Is FreeNAS going away?

Today marks the end of a chapter. With the TrueNAS 12.0 release, the FreeNAS brand is effectively done.

Which is best FreeNAS or TrueNAS?

FreeNAS vs. TrueNAS TrueNAS is commercially-supported, while FreeNAS is community-supported. There are performance and usability optimizations in TrueNAS that are specific to the hardware we use and therefore aren’t included with FreeNAS. High-Availability (failover) is hardware-dependent and only available in TrueNAS.

Is FreeNAS a hypervisor?

FreeNAS can Host Virtual Machines: Using the bhyve Hypervisor from the Web GUI.

Can FreeNAS host VMs?

CD-ROM Devices. VMs from other virtual machine systems can be recreated for use in FreeNAS®.

Will FreeNAS run on 6GB RAM?

As to the question you asked, FreeNAS will run fine on 6GB of RAM in my opinion however 8GB is the default safe lower limit to avoid RAM shortages when people start loading Plugins and extra jails.