TrueNAS CORE and SCALE split: a decade of unplanned server evolution

A homelab admin describes how two TrueNAS servers ended up on CORE and SCALE respectively, driven by workload-specific needs rather than a deliberate design. CORE was built for Chia plotting with many small pools, while SCALE was added for Storj due to its native app support. The rack now reflects years of incremental decisions, not a clean architecture.