December FreeNAS Plugins Updates
FreeNAS 11.2-RELEASE introduced a new framework for Plugins and Jails. The goal of the new framework is to: Make it easier to install, manage, and update Plugins and Jails as an end-user. Provide an easy-to-use infrastructure for Plugins creators to create Plugins and...
FreeNAS gets a brand new Web UI and More! – Issue #63
iXsystems presents the January 2019 Newsletter.
FreeNAS 11.2 has ARRIVED!
Why SATA-DOMs Are Better than USB Drives for Booting Up Your FreeNAS System
Fair warning: this is mostly a rant. This rant was mostly inspired by discussions about whether it is safe to remove a thumb drive without ejecting it from the computer, and from a wonderful article about mirroring boot devices in FreeNAS. The non-rant version is: mirror your FreeNAS boot device, back up the configuration often, […]
LISA 2018 Recap
USENIX held their annual Large Installation System Administration (LISA) conference this year in Nashville, Tennessee. 2018 marks the 32nd consecutive year of LISA! The main event ran from Monday, October 29th to Tuesday, October 30th with additional talks for attendees on the Wednesday after the exhibit hall closed.
Introducing the Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance
The recent release of TrueNAS®11.1-U6 introduces a new built-in service that seamlessly integrates with Asigra Backup software. With this integration, an existing TrueNAS® system can be configured as backing storage for Asigra backup clients while simultaneously performing all the responsibilities of a traditional network attached storage system.
Ohio LinuxFest 2018 Recap
Ohio Linux Fest 2018 was held in Columbus at the Hyatt Regency. Warren Block, Dru Lavigne, and JT Pennington attended from iXsystems and staffed the FreeBSD booth in the expo area.
iXsystems Welcomes SVP Morgan Littlewood, FreeNAS bhyve and Veeam Backup, ZFS Performance and TrueNAS Privacy, Issue #62
iXsystems presents the iX Newsletter for October 2018.
SNIA SDC 2018 Recap
The iXsystems team descended upon the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)’s Storage Developer Conference last week in full force. SDC is an unrelenting technical conference, packed full of technical sessions, keynotes, Birds of a Feather events, at least one plugfest running throughout, and a very active hallway track. This year, we presented two technical sessions, led two Birds of a Feather sessions, and participated in the SMB plugfest.
Six Metrics for Measuring ZFS Pool Performance Part 2
In the first post, we discussed the importance of planning the ZFS pool layout which has a huge impact on how the system performs. To quantify this performance, we are looking at six key metrics: read I/O operations per second (IOPS), write IOPS, streaming read speed, streaming write speed, storage space efficiency (usable space after parity/total raw space), and fault tolerance (maximum number of drives that can fail before data loss).