The Best 21 unRAID Server Alternatives

  • FreeNAS

    FreeNAS is a free NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server, supporting: CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, AFP, RSYNC, iSCSI protocols, S.M.A.R.T., local user authentication, Software RAID (0,1,5) with a Full WEB configuration interface.

    Free Open Source BSD

  • Proxmox Virtual Environment

    Proxmox Virtual Environment is an easy to use Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines.

    Freemium

  • VMware vSphere Hypervisor

    VMware vSphere Hypervisor ( based on ESXi ) is a free bare-metal hypervisor that virtualizes servers so you can consolidate your applications on less hardware.

    Commercial Windows Linux

  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server

    Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 R2 is a stand-alone product that provides a reliable and optimized virtualization solution enabling organizations to improve server utilization and reduce costs.

    Commercial Windows Linux

  • Citrix XenServer

    XenServer is a turnkey open source virtualization solution that provides out-of-the box virtualization and cloud computing.

    Free Open Source Windows Linux

  • NAS4Free

    nas4free is an embedded open source storage nas (network-attached storage) distribution based on freebsd. this project is a continuation of freenas 7 series project.

    Free Open Source BSD

  • StableBit DrivePool

    StableBit DrivePool is a state of the art pooling solution. - Allows you to create a large pool with any number and any sized disks. - Files are stored on normal NTFS volumes, so you can recover your data on any system.

    Commercial Windows

  • SnapRAID

    Disk array backup with snapshot raid

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • FlexRaid T-Raid

    Unify & organize your data. Protect & recover from disk failures! Whether you are choosing Transparent RAID™ or RAID over File System, FlexRAID products allow...

    Commercial Windows Linux Ubuntu

  • ZFSguru

    Are you one of many home users who store a lot of personal data, accumulated over the years, and want to store those in a safe and cool way? Then consider the advantages...

    Free Open Source BSD

  • napp-it

    A napp-it is a high-quality block- and filestorage on common and favourable server hardware from ex. DataOn, Dell, HP or SuperMicro paired with a solid server OS...

    Freemium Linux OpenIndiana

  • EON ZFS Storage

    What is EON? Embedded Operating system/Networking is a small operating system, built on Solaris, designed to store any amount of digital data on Intel/AMD (x86)...

    Free Personal Linux

  • ESOS

    Enterprise Storage OS. An open source, high performance, block-level storage platform.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • PetaSAN

    PetaSAN is an open source Scale-Out SAN solution offering massive scalability and performance. PetaSAN uses modern cloud based technologies to provide the elasticity and...

    Free Open Source Linux

  • PoolHD

    PoolHD is a disk pooling application that focuses on integration, speed and ease of use. Take two or more hard drives and create a storage drive that can be expanded...

    Commercial Windows