Yes, because of the drive flexibility. FreeNAS uses traditional RAID.

seized · on Jan 28, 2021

FreeNAS uses ZFS. There isn't anthing traditional RAID about it.

You can expand it but not by adding a single disk to a parity set (going from five drives to six), only by adding a set of disks (adding another set of five or a similar combination).

Ir0nMan · on Feb 2, 2021

I'm well aware of ZFS and have used it many times. To noobs the world can be separated into "RAID" and "non-RAID" type setups. UNRAID (non-RAID) offers much more drive flexibility which makes it cheaper to start and add to over time compared to ZFS.

nix23 · on Jan 28, 2021

You have obviously no clue what FreeBSD/FreeNAS and ZFS is. I always recommend a Battle hardened Filesystem/Volume-manager (ZFS/Lustre in Los Alamos) over some proprietary software.

Ir0nMan · on Feb 2, 2021

I'm well aware of ZFS and have used it many times. To noobs the world can be separated into "RAID" and "non-RAID" type setups. UNRAID (non-RAID) offers much more drive flexibility which makes it cheaper to start and add to over time compared to ZFS.