FreeNAS & DigitalOcean | How to Replace a Failed Drive | And more..| Issue #50
NOTE: This is historical content that may contain outdated information. FreeNAS Users, Fall is in full swing and we have a couple of tutorials to share this month. Keep reading to learn how to replace a failing drive, upgrade the network card in your FreeNAS Mini, and more. Cheers, The FreeNAS Team FreeNAS Mini & […]
Official FreeNAS Training is Here! | Docker on FreeNAS | And More… | Issue #49
NOTE: This is historical content that may contain outdated information. Hello FreeNAS Users! In the spirit of back to school season, we’re excited to announce the release of the full 100 and 200-level FreeNAS training modules. We listened to your feedback and launched a series of training videos to help you continue your FreeNAS education. […]

The Private Cloud Enabled by TrueNAS : Open for Business
March 14, 2006 marks an important date in the history of the IT abstraction known as the cloud. On this day, Amazon introduced the S3 (Simple Storage Service) to the world and things have never been the same. Fast forward to August, 2017 and Amazon’s cloud service, of which S3…
OpenZFS vs Btrfs | How Hard is it to Crash FreeNAS? | And More… | Issue #48
Hello FreeNAS Users, It’s hard to believe how fast the year has flown by. In this edition of the FreeNAS newsletter, we examine the impact of the recent Btrfs deprecation announcement and share a series of FreeNAS videos from Lawrence Systems. How difficult is it to crash FreeNAS? Read on to find out. Cheers, The […]

iXsystems’ TrueNAS Delivers Object Storage Features and Performance Improvements
iXsystems, the enterprise storage vendor renowned for its open source software contributions, today announces Version 11.0 of the TrueNAS enterprise storage array operating system.

#ServerEnvy: TrueNAS X10
The TrueNAS X10 is the the 3rd generation of the TrueNAS unified storage line. The X10 is the first of a new TrueNAS series, and will be expandable to up to 360TB with the TrueNAS ES12 expansion shelf. This blog will show what makes the TrueNAS X10 unique.

Introducing The TrueNAS Unified Storage X10 (part 2 of 2)
In this second and concluding post, Steve Wong, Director of Storage Product Management discusses four of the many use cases supported by the TrueNAS X10. This will help organizations work more effectively and efficiently and to provide the rationale on why the X10 may be perfectly aligned with your IT environment.

BSDCan 2017 Recap
Last week, the iXsystems Team traveled up to Ottawa, Canada for the annual BSDCan 2017 Conference. To no one’s surprise, the conference was filled with multiple events and work sessions, aimed to further empower and inform the local FreeBSD community of all the new and exciting events happening in the world of FreeBSD. Read all about Ken Moore and Samantha Bonham’s personal reflections on their experience at the conference.
FreeNAS 11.0 is Now Here
The FreeNAS Development Team is proud to present FreeNAS 11.0! FreeNAS 11.0 brings new virtualization and object storage features to the World’s Most Popular Open Source Storage Operating System. FreeNAS 11.0 adds bhyve virtual machines to its popular SAN/NAS, jails, and plugins, letting you use host web-scale VMs on your FreeNAS box. It also gives users S3-compatible object storage services, which turns your FreeNAS box into an S3-compatible server, letting you avoid reliance on the cloud.

Introducing The TrueNAS Unified Storage X10 (Part 1 of 2)
Our own Director of Product Management, Steve Wong, details the technical merits of the new TrueNAS X10. He gives a general technical overview of each component of the new TrueNAS X10 by iXsystems. Be on the lookout for Steve’s second part of this blog.