FreeNAS 9.2.1.6-RC is Now Available
FreeNAS 9.2.1.6-RC is available here: http://download.freenas.org/9.2.1.6/RC. All bugs fixed in FreeNAS 9.2.1.6-RC can be found here: https://bugs.freenas.org/projects/freenas/issues?query_id=78. The major items of interest are mentioned in the Release Notes here: http://download.freenas.org/9.2.1.6/RC/ReleaseNotes. These items include: Samba is updated to 4.1.8 Netatalk is updated to 3.1.2 Several fixes related to the System Dataset A new VirtualBox jail template […]
FreeNAS State of the Union & Free(NAS) Training!
Hello FreeNAS users! For the first time (but hopefully not the last), Jordan Hubbard, the head of FreeNAS engineering gives a status report on the current state of the FreeNAS project and what’s in store for the future. Take a look: Cheers, The FreeNAS Team Free Intro to FreeNAS & ZFS Class You read […]
FreeNAS 9.2.1.6-BETA is Now Available
FreeNAS 9.2.1.6-BETA is available here. All bugs fixed in FreeNAS 9.2.1.6-BETA can be found here. The major items of interest are mentioned in the Release Notes here. These items include: Samba is updated to 4.1.8 Netatalk is updated to 3.1.2 Several fixes related to the System Dataset A new VirtualBox jail template Several fixes related […]
FreeNAS supports Solar Roadways!
Solar Roadway is a company that aims to put solar panels in roads, parking lots, and driveways. The solar panels will pay for themselves by producing clean, sustainable energy to power homes and businesses (including ours!). The panels can be walked and driven on and they have many other features as well, including: heating elements […]
iXsystems, Inc.’s TrueNAS Achieves VMware Ready™ Status
NOTE: This is historical content that may contain outdated information. TrueNAS 9.2.1 has achieved VMware’s highest level of endorsement May 14, 2014, San Jose, CA — iXsystems, Inc., an industry leader in Open-Source-friendly enterprise servers and storage solutions ,...
FreeNAS 9.2.1.5-RELEASE and the Heartbleed Bug…
Hello FreeNAS users! It’s been a bit of a bumpy ride, but FreeNAS 9.2.1.5 is finally out. Slowly but surely, we’re getting there. Read on to find out how you can be a part of the next release, and as always, we’ve got some tutorials and pointers in this edition for you as well. […]
Announcing FreeNAS 9.2.1.5 – waking up edition
Hey folks, <spoiler-alert> You remember the ending of the movie “The Wizard of Oz”, where Dorothy woke up and it was all just a dream? </spoiler-alert> Well, that’s exactly the case with FreeNAS 9.2.1.4.1. It apparently never happened, we all just dreamed that it did. Haha! You all didn’t really think we’d release something with so many […]
FreeNAS 9.2.1.4-RELEASE is now available
Hi folks, Well, we’ve successfully rolled another good 9.2.1.x point release! Please come and get it from the usual location. Also as usual, the issues we fixed in this release are best described by looking at the list of fixed tickets in the 9.2.1.4 milestone. We improved replication speed, we fixed more issues with CIFS, we […]
NEW FreeNAS ZFS Classes and a NEW Addition to the iXsystems Family
Hello FreeNAS users! Since you signed up for the FreeNAS newsletter, we expect that you’ve got backups down pat. Still, we hope you celebrated World Backup Day all the same even if you consider every day “backup day”. But if you’re having trouble getting your system just right, you might be interested in knowing […]
iXsystems Announces New Partnership with FreeBSDNews.net
iXsystems has announced a new partnership with Gerard van Essen, the creator of FreeBSDNews.net. FreeBSDNews.net is a premier source of aggregated news for FreeBSD aficionados everywhere. Gerard has spent years gathering the best of FreeBSD content and news together in one place, making it easy to find information for a much underrepresented community. In fact, […]