--- title: "TrueNAS Blog Archive | Open Enterprise Storage Insights" url: https://www.truenas.com/blog-archive/page/32/ description: "Browse the TrueNAS Blog Archive for expert insights on open storage, ZFS, and TrueNAS updates." breadcrumb: ["Home", "Blog Archive"] date_published: 2021-12-02 date_modified: 2026-07-02 author: "Ladislav Sirový" source: html generator: tn-md-extract/1 --- [Home](https://www.truenas.com) › **Blog Archive** [![ZFS vs. OpenZFS](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/3.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/zfs-vs-openzfs/) ## [ZFS vs. OpenZFS](https://www.truenas.com/blog/zfs-vs-openzfs/) Jun 18, 2019 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. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/zfs-vs-openzfs/) [![? Automatically backup data with Asigra on FreeNAS – Issue \#68](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Newsletter_Archive_Icon.jpg)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/%f0%9f%92%bd-automatically-backup-data-with-asigra-on-freenas-issue-68/) ## [? Automatically backup data with Asigra on FreeNAS – Issue \#68](https://www.truenas.com/blog/%f0%9f%92%bd-automatically-backup-data-with-asigra-on-freenas-issue-68/) Jun 13, 2019 iXsystems presents the June 2019 Newsletter. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/%f0%9f%92%bd-automatically-backup-data-with-asigra-on-freenas-issue-68/) [![TrueCommand Brings Single Pane of Glass Management to TrueNAS and FreeNAS Fleets](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/unnamed-2.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/truecommand-for-truenas-and-freenas/) ## [TrueCommand Brings Single Pane of Glass Management to TrueNAS and FreeNAS Fleets](https://www.truenas.com/blog/truecommand-for-truenas-and-freenas/) Jun 11, 2019 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. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/truecommand-for-truenas-and-freenas/) [![June Plugins Update and new Plugins Available for Testing](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/plugins-e1559670217134.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/june-2019-plugins-update/) ## [June Plugins Update and new Plugins Available for Testing](https://www.truenas.com/blog/june-2019-plugins-update/) Jun 4, 2019 Today we released another Plugins update to address some security vulnerabilities. We also have two new Plugins that are looking for testers. Before updating a plugin, review its Release Notes in the table below to determine if the update will impact your configuration. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/june-2019-plugins-update/) [![Backup Evolved: Asigra Plugin for FreeNAS](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/asigra-1.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/asigra-plugin/) ## [Backup Evolved: Asigra Plugin for FreeNAS](https://www.truenas.com/blog/asigra-plugin/) May 31, 2019 Hundreds of thousands of FreeNAS systems are deployed around the world and can now be used as a turnkey backup solution with Asigra! Users can run the Asigra Plugin for FreeNAS to enable fully agentless backup of all the devices on their network. Asigra automatically gathers data from desktops, laptops, servers, mobile devices, and even cloud sources. Backup data is compressed, encrypted, and deduplicated before being sent to your FreeNAS system for safekeeping. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/asigra-plugin/) [![iXsystems TrueNAS brings Open Source Economics to VMware vSphere](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/plugin-replication-docsstandardsize-2.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/truenas-open-source-vmware-vsphere/) ## [iXsystems TrueNAS brings Open Source Economics to VMware vSphere](https://www.truenas.com/blog/truenas-open-source-vmware-vsphere/) May 22, 2019 iXsystems®, the leader in Enterprise Storage and Servers Driven by Open Source, recertified its TrueNAS X-Series and M-Series platforms for VMware vSphere and ESXi. TrueNAS now includes a new plugin for vCenter 6.5 and 6.7 and support for the VMFS6 file system release. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/truenas-open-source-vmware-vsphere/) [![Back Up Plugins and Jails on FreeNAS](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Jails-on-FreeNAS-thumbnail.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/back-up-plugins-and-jails-on-freenas/) ## [Back Up Plugins and Jails on FreeNAS](https://www.truenas.com/blog/back-up-plugins-and-jails-on-freenas/) May 22, 2019 For years, FreeNAS has offered functionality expansion through premade plugins and jails. In Version 11.2, the management platform was updated to make it even easier to manage and create new plugins. Going a step further, snapshots can also be replicated to other FreeNAS or TrueNAS systems to aid with disaster recovery and data protection. If there are replacements or upgrades to the hardware, these images and their data can be moved over to new systems with ease. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/back-up-plugins-and-jails-on-freenas/) [![June Plugins Update and new Plugins Available for Testing](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/plugins-e1559670217134.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/may-plugins-update/) ## [May Plugins Update](https://www.truenas.com/blog/may-plugins-update/) May 20, 2019 The next batch of updated Plugins has been released. The updated versions are now available for new installs in the Plugins ⇾ Available section of the UI. Existing plugin installations can be updated to the new versions using the CLI instructions in this post. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/may-plugins-update/) [![Make FreeNAS your Server OS](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/freenas-server-os-blog-2.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/freenas-as-your-server-os/) ## [Make FreeNAS your Server OS](https://www.truenas.com/blog/freenas-as-your-server-os/) May 17, 2019 What if you could have a server OS that had built in RAID, NAS and SAN functionality, and could manage packages, containers and VMs in a GUI? What if that server OS was also free to download and install? Wouldn’t that be kind of awesome? Wouldn’t that be FreeNAS? [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/freenas-as-your-server-os/) [![Overview of ZFS Pools in FreeNAS](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ZFS-Pools-transparent-2.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/zfs-pools-in-freenas/) ## [Overview of ZFS Pools in FreeNAS](https://www.truenas.com/blog/zfs-pools-in-freenas/) May 15, 2019 This blog provides an overview of creating pools after installing FreeNAS. To begin, we are going to create a pool so storage disks can be allocated and shared. Head over to Storage, then Pools. This window lists all pools and datasets currently on your FreeNAS machine, and will not have any entries until you create a new pool or import a previously created pool. Click Add to create a new pool (or import an existing pool), then give it a name. 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