How TrueSync Beats Traditional Backup Methods
The TrueNAS Unified Storage appliance provides a centralized storage repository for all your data, allowing for great savings in the total disk space required and making management simple. Having all your information in one place offers many advantages, but you are...
Why We Use ZFS
One of the key pieces of technology underlying TrueNAS and FreeNAS is the ZFS filesystem. In 2001, developers at Sun Microsystems began work on ZFS and officially released it as part of OpenSolaris in 2005. Three years later, a port of ZFS was released as part of...
FreeNAS in Production
I work as a Network Administrator in a shop where we deploy 60+ ESXi VMs on a half dozen host servers. We heard about FreeNAS from my predecessor who implemented it where he is now employed. My boss asked me to evaluate FreeNAS as it is time to replace one of our existing SANs. I […]
FreeNAS 10 Hackathon
Last week, FreeNAS developers from around the globe arrived for 2 weeks of face-to-face discussions and coding sessions for FreeNAS 10. Yes, Virginia, there will be a FreeNAS 10, divided into a series of planned milestone releases (M2-M5) for those who would like to assist in testing and development, or merely just to follow along […]
We’re Expanding!
As you may know, last year saw an increase in demand for our storage and server products and that demand continues to grow. When we started out, we were just a small group of close-knit people. Over the years, we steadily added more and more talent to our company and before we knew it, we […]
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DCIG Awards iXsystems TrueNAS “Excellent” Rating (in 2015-2016 Midsize Enterprise Hybrid Storage Array Buyer’s Guide)
iXsystems, an industry leader in storage and servers driven by Open Source, today announced its TrueNAS Z20 and TrueNAS Z30 both were named “Excellent” by industry research firm DCIG in the 2015-2016 DCIG Midsize-Enterprise Hybrid Storage Buyer’s Guide. This news comes only a mere few weeks after the TrueNAS Z20 was also awarded an “Excellent” rating in the Small/Midsize Enterprise (SME) Hybrid Storage Buyer’s Guide as well.
DCIG Awards TrueNAS with Another Excellent in Latest Guide
We are pleased to announce that industry analyst firm DCIG just gave the TrueNAS Z20 and TrueNAS Z30 an “Excellent” rating in their 2015-2016 Midsize Enterprise Storage Array Buyer’s Guide. This is an outstanding testament to the growing recognition that TrueNAS is...
TrueNAS High-Availability (HA) Explained
I am often asked if the two storage controllers in a TrueNAS high availability configuration are active/active or active/passive. They’re neither. They’re “active/standby.” Allow me to explain the difference. In the case of an active/passive and active/standby disk...
Lies, Damn Lies, and Benchmarks
If you’ve noticed, we don’t publish IOPS or latency numbers for TrueNAS or FreeNAS storage. Now, we realize if you’re comparing storage solutions by looking at brochures and fact sheets, this might be frustrating, but I assure you we don’t do it because we’re hiding anything. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. We do it because it’s in your best interest.