Meanwhile, TrueNAS Scale is the new Debian-based OS that packs more advanced features than Core. Its also the variant that iXsystems intends to divert all their attention to in the near future.

I started by downloading the TrueNAS CORE ISO and using Rufus to flash it onto my USB stick. Since my current PC had one of the hard drives I planned to install TrueNAS on, I just plugged in the ...