--- title: "TrueNAS Blog Archive | Open Enterprise Storage Insights" url: https://www.truenas.com/blog-archive/page/35/ 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** ## [Why SATA-DOMs Are Better than USB Drives for Booting Up Your FreeNAS System](https://www.truenas.com/blog/sata-doms-over-usb-drive/) Nov 9, 2018 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, \[…\] [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/sata-doms-over-usb-drive/) [![LISA 2018 Recap](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/lisa-2018-thumbnail.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/lisa-2018/) ## [LISA 2018 Recap](https://www.truenas.com/blog/lisa-2018/) Nov 2, 2018 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. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/lisa-2018/) [![Introducing the Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Intro-to-TrueNAS-Asigra.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/intro-asigra-truenas-backup-appliance/) ## [Introducing the Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance](https://www.truenas.com/blog/intro-asigra-truenas-backup-appliance/) Oct 23, 2018 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. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/intro-asigra-truenas-backup-appliance/) [![Ohio LinuxFest 2018 Recap](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ohio-linuxfest-logo-1.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/ohiolinuxfest-2018-recap/) ## [Ohio LinuxFest 2018 Recap](https://www.truenas.com/blog/ohiolinuxfest-2018-recap/) Oct 22, 2018 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. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/ohiolinuxfest-2018-recap/) [![iXsystems Welcomes SVP Morgan Littlewood, FreeNAS bhyve and Veeam Backup, ZFS Performance and TrueNAS Privacy, Issue \#62](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Newsletter_Archive_Icon.jpg)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/ix-newsletter-october-2018/) ## [iXsystems Welcomes SVP Morgan Littlewood, FreeNAS bhyve and Veeam Backup, ZFS Performance and TrueNAS Privacy, Issue \#62](https://www.truenas.com/blog/ix-newsletter-october-2018/) Oct 11, 2018 iXsystems presents the iX Newsletter for October 2018. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/ix-newsletter-october-2018/) [![SNIA SDC 2018 Recap](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/thumbnail.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/snia-sdc-2018/) ## [SNIA SDC 2018 Recap](https://www.truenas.com/blog/snia-sdc-2018/) Oct 5, 2018 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.  [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/snia-sdc-2018/) [![Six Metrics for Measuring ZFS Pool Performance Part 2](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jro-blog-4.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/zfs-pool-performance-2/) ## [Six Metrics for Measuring ZFS Pool Performance Part 2](https://www.truenas.com/blog/zfs-pool-performance-2/) Oct 2, 2018 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). [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/zfs-pool-performance-2/) [![Six Metrics for Measuring ZFS Pool Performance Part 1](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Jason-Rose-3.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/zfs-pool-performance-1/) ## [Six Metrics for Measuring ZFS Pool Performance Part 1](https://www.truenas.com/blog/zfs-pool-performance-1/) Sep 24, 2018 The layout of a ZFS storage pool has a significant impact on system performance under various workloads. Given the importance of picking the right configuration for your workload and the fact that making changes to an in-use ZFS pool is far from trivial, it is important for an administrator to understand the mechanics of pool performance when designing a storage system. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/zfs-pool-performance-1/) [![iXsystems White paper: TrueNAS Privacy and Security Compliance Features](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/unnamed.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/truenas-privacy-security/) ## [iXsystems White paper: TrueNAS Privacy and Security Compliance Features](https://www.truenas.com/blog/truenas-privacy-security/) Sep 18, 2018 No matter its size, every business operates in a regulated environment. If your business handles customer credit cards, health care records or personally identifiable information, you may be subject to domestic and international regulations such as PCI DSS, HIPAA and the GDPR. This whitepaper provides an overview of the data-at-rest and data-in-flight encryption features in TrueNAS that help your business stay compliant. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/truenas-privacy-security/) [![OpenZFS Developer Summit 2018](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Openzfs-blog-6-1.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/openzfs-developer-summit-2018/) ## [OpenZFS Developer Summit 2018](https://www.truenas.com/blog/openzfs-developer-summit-2018/) Sep 17, 2018 The sixth annual OpenZFS Developer Summit took place September 10th and 11th in San Francisco, California with an expanded focus on non-technical topics like community development and cross-project coordination. iXsystems had a strong presence at this year’s OpenZFS Developer Summit as a sponsor and through the presence of Engineering Team members Kris Moore, Alexander Motin, Dru Lavigne, Sean Fagan and longtime friend of iX, Allan Jude.  [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/openzfs-developer-summit-2018/) Page 35 of 66[« First](https://www.truenas.com/blog-archive/?et_blog)[«](https://www.truenas.com/blog-archive/page/34/?et_blog)...[34](https://www.truenas.com/blog-archive/page/34/?et_blog "Page 34")35[36](https://www.truenas.com/blog-archive/page/36/?et_blog "Page 36")...[»](https://www.truenas.com/blog-archive/page/36/?et_blog)[Last »](https://www.truenas.com/blog-archive/page/66/?et_blog) --- ## Site navigation - 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