--- title: "TrueNAS Blog Archive | Open Enterprise Storage Insights" url: https://www.truenas.com/blog-archive/page/48/ 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** ## [Lies, Damn Lies, and Benchmarks](https://www.truenas.com/blog/lies-damn-lies-and-benchmarks/) Apr 10, 2015 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. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/lies-damn-lies-and-benchmarks/) ## [DCIG Research Awards iXsystems TrueNAS “Excellent” Rating (in 2015-2016 Hybrid Storage Array Buyer’s Guide)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/dcig-research-awards-ixsystems-truenas-excellent-rating-in-2015-2016-hybrid-storage-array-buyers-guide/) Mar 31, 2015 iXsystems, an industry leader in storage and servers driven by Open Source, today announced its TrueNAS Z20 hybrid storage array was named “Excellent” by industry research firm DCIG in the 2015-2016 DCIG Small and Midsize Enterprise Hybrid Storage Buyer’s Guide. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/dcig-research-awards-ixsystems-truenas-excellent-rating-in-2015-2016-hybrid-storage-array-buyers-guide/) [![TrueNAS 9.3 State of the Union](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/TrueNASLogoNew.jpg)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/truenas-9-3-state-of-the-union/) ## [TrueNAS 9.3 State of the Union](https://www.truenas.com/blog/truenas-9-3-state-of-the-union/) Mar 13, 2015 I’m excited to announce the release of version 9.3 of our TrueNAS Storage Appliance software. Simply put, this is the best release in our enterprise storage line yet. The first thing you’ll notice is a simplified and redesigned Web UI. We’ve removed the interface tabs... [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/truenas-9-3-state-of-the-union/) [![iXsystems Releases Major Software Update to TrueNAS Unified Storage Appliance](https://www.truenas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/truenas_93-1-1080x431.png)](https://www.truenas.com/blog/ixsystems-releases-major-software-update-to-truenas-unified-storage-appliance/) ## [iXsystems Releases Major Software Update to TrueNAS Unified Storage Appliance](https://www.truenas.com/blog/ixsystems-releases-major-software-update-to-truenas-unified-storage-appliance/) Mar 12, 2015 The TrueNAS 9.3 release features improved virtualization support with the addition of new VMware VAAI primitives. The newly added VAAI Block primitives include Write Same Zero to save resources on writes, XCOPY which reduces VM deployment time by having TrueNAS perform large data transfers, and Atomic Test and Set, which increases the number of VMs you can place on a datastore backed by TrueNAS. Also supported is the SCSI UNMAP command, which is used to recover capacity when a VM is moved or deleted. [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/ixsystems-releases-major-software-update-to-truenas-unified-storage-appliance/) ## [A Complete Guide to FreeNAS Hardware Design, Part IV: Network Notes & Conclusion](https://www.truenas.com/blog/a-complete-guide-to-freenas-hardware-design-part-iv-network-notes-conclusion/) Feb 12, 2015   Network FreeNAS is a NAS and/or IP-SAN (via iSCSI)…which means everything happens over the network. If you are after performance, you are going to want good switches and server grade network cards. If you are building a home media setup, everything might be happening over wireless, in which case network performance becomes far less \[…\] [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/a-complete-guide-to-freenas-hardware-design-part-iv-network-notes-conclusion/) ## [A Complete Guide to FreeNAS Hardware Design, Part III: Pools, Performance, and Cache](https://www.truenas.com/blog/a-complete-guide-to-freenas-hardware-design-part-iii-pools-performance-and-cache/) Feb 10, 2015 [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/a-complete-guide-to-freenas-hardware-design-part-iii-pools-performance-and-cache/) ## [A Complete Guide to FreeNAS Hardware Design, Part II: Hardware Specifics](https://www.truenas.com/blog/a-complete-guide-to-freenas-hardware-design-part-ii-hardware-specifics/) Feb 5, 2015 [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/a-complete-guide-to-freenas-hardware-design-part-ii-hardware-specifics/) ## [A Complete Guide to FreeNAS Hardware Design, Part I: Purpose and Best Practices](https://www.truenas.com/blog/a-complete-guide-to-freenas-hardware-design-part-i-purpose-and-best-practices/) Feb 3, 2015 [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/a-complete-guide-to-freenas-hardware-design-part-i-purpose-and-best-practices/) ## [FreeNAS vs TrueNAS](https://www.truenas.com/blog/freenas-vs-truenas/) Jan 16, 2015 NOTE: This is historical content that may contain outdated information. View the newest version of the blog here.   “What’s the difference between TrueNAS and FreeNAS? Is TrueNAS just FreeNAS installed on a server?” If you look at the software feature list, there aren’t a ton of differences. So really….what’s the difference? The first difference \[…\] [read more](https://www.truenas.com/blog/freenas-vs-truenas/) ## [Insane 48TB FreeNAS Build \| FreeNAS Failover Demo \| Other Goodies…](https://www.truenas.com/blog/insane-48tb-freenas-build-freenas-failover-demo-other-goodies/) Dec 12, 2014 Hello FreeNAS Users, FreeNAS 9.3 is here and it sports a ton of great new features including a redesigned UI, a new configuration wizard, and an update manager. In addition, we’ve got a bunch of new videos for you—some instructional, some just for fun. Thanks to everyone who helped us make 2014 a success. 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