TrueNAS 11.2 and FreeNAS 11.2-U5 now available – Issue #69
iXsystems presents the July 2019 Newsletter.
TrueNAS Updates for VMware vSphere
TrueNAS Unified Storage is always improving its support of virtualization and private clouds. Pairing the reliable and scalable performance of ZFS with all-flash and hybrid-flash configurations, TrueNAS is a natural fit for the virtual storage backends of VMware ESXi®, Microsoft® Hyper-V®, XenServer®, or KVM hypervisors.
Take Command with TrueNAS
TrueNAS 11.2 is here with a slew of performance, architecture, and usability enhancements. The update features enhanced APIs, ZFS improvements, and multi-threaded Samba 4.9 to ensure users are getting maximum performance and manageability.
July 10 Plugins Update
The latest plugins update addresses several security advisories as well as a bug that prevented the successful installation of the Zoneminder plugin. The latest versions should appear in Plugins ⇾ Available and existing plugin installations can be updated to the new versions using the instructions in this blog.
Security Update for irssi and Bug Fix for Plex Plugins
The latest plugins update addresses a security advisory for the irssi plugin. It also fixes an issue in Plex Media and Plex Pass where some users received a white page after applying the previous plugins update.
June 26 Plugins Update
Another batch of plugins has been updated to their latest versions. There weren’t any security advisories in this batch, just version updates. The latest versions should appear in Plugins ⇾ Available and existing plugin installations can be updated to the new versions...
Open ZFS vs. Btrfs | and other file systems
Michael Dexter returns to update his blog post on the different file systems and details some key developments that are unfolding. He covers what’s being added to these respective file systems: OpenZFS, Btrfs, and bcachefs. Michael Dexter has invested his volunteer time and career in Open Source hypervisors and file systems and is saddened to hear that a fledgling alternative to OpenZFS, suffered a setback this week with Red Hat’s announcement that it is deprecating Btrfs as a “Preview” file system.
ZFS vs. OpenZFS
You’ve probably heard us say a mix of “ZFS” and “OpenZFS” and an explanation is long overdue. Our Senior Analyst clears up what ZFS and OpenZFS refer to and how they differ.
💽 Automatically backup data with Asigra on FreeNAS – Issue #68
iXsystems presents the June 2019 Newsletter.
TrueCommand Brings Single Pane of Glass Management to TrueNAS and FreeNAS Fleets
iXsystems has released TrueCommand 1.0, a unified management system that allows organizations to monitor and control all of their TrueNAS and FreeNAS systems from a “single pane of glass” interface. TrueCommand simplifies 24×7 operations, improves security, automates tasks, and enables faster problem resolution for NAS systems.