FreeNAS Certified All-Flash Array: the ideal balance of capacity, durability, and price
Our own Steve Wong discusses the overall design and reasoning behind the price point of the 10TB all-flash, enterprise-class storage array. It is well-known that solid state storage (SSD) delivers substantially higher IOPS and better latency than traditional hard disk drives. But there is also a downside; SSDs have a finite number of write/erase cycles.
TrueNAS Storage Primer on ZFS for Data Storage Professionals
New to TrueNAS and OpenZFS? Their operations and terms may be a little different for you. The purpose of this blog post is to provide a basic guide on how OpenZFS works for storage and to review some of the terms and definitions used to describe storage activities on OpenZFS.
What Do All These Terms Mean?
For those that are new to TrueNAS and OpenZFS, the terminology may be daunting at first. To help out the new users, iXsystems has compiled a list of the most commonly requested OpenZFS terms and their definitions.
FreeNAS: An Ideal Storage Platform for Network Administration Education
Guest Author Marc Matthes describes his experience with integrating FreeNAS into his curriculum at Iowa Central Community College.
TrueNAS Provides Lower TCO Than Software-Defined Storage
IT Brand Pulse recently published a TCO case study on archival storage. In the study, they examine three storage arrays and four software-defined storage (SDS) solutions. Based on their metrics, they found two of the SDS solutions had the lowest TCO and the other two SDS solutions were among the highest, yet at the end of the study, they still conclude that SDS is the future of storage.
TrueNAS Introduces an S3 Backup Option
Data is doubling every few years and by 2020 it will reach 44 zettabytes globally. The latest version of TrueNAS, adds Amazon Simple Storage Services (S3) cloud support to help meet this demand. The current release of TrueNAS keeps data safe by including snapshots and...
Stack your Data with TrueNAS
Make your OpenStack cloud more resilient with iXsystems’ TrueNAS all-flash and hybrid arrays. Both open source solutions, OpenStack and TrueNAS storage arrays complement each other making it an ideal storage solution for your OpenStack cloud software platform. Cinder...
NetApp Amazes (but iXsystems Disrupts)
NetApp is Amazing! Yes, you heard me correctly. NetApp is indeed an amazing company. They were pioneers in networked file storage, made many great products over the years, and did a fantastic job of hiring great people to build the company’s culture. These were the ingredients of the secret sauce that made NetApp special. So why would I ever leave NetApp to join iXsystems?
VMware Storage DRS to the Rescue for Integrating TrueNAS Data Storage
Integrating a new data storage system into an existing VMware environment can challenge even the most experienced administrator. How do you integrate the new storage into VMware while minimizing operational impact? Which VMs should move to the new storage? How do you...
Cyber Monday 2016 Tech Roundup
Happy Cyber Monday! We’ve rounded up a list of hardware and tech components you may find useful to check out. Cyber Monday is a great day to grab some hard drives, replacement components, or new hardware for your next FreeNAS build and we hope you find this guidance helpful. Cheers, The FreeNAS Team 10% off […]