The former name of TrueNAS CORE, FreeNAS was the original iXsystems solution for cost-effective ZFS storage.
FreeNAS 11.2-RELEASE introduced a new framework for Plugins and Jails. The goal of the new framework is to: Make it easier to install, manage, and update Plugins and Jails as an end-user. Provide an easy-to-use infrastructure for Plugins creators to create Plugins and...
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, […]
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.
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.
iXsystems and the FreeNAS Team present the September 2018 newsletter.
FreeNAS 11.2-BETA1 is now available! The first BETA of FreeNAS 11.2 is now available. Users, especially those who use Plugins, Jails, or VMs, are encouraged to update to this release in order to take advantage of the many improvements and bug fixes to those subsystems. You can download it here. >> Learn more Lawrence Systems interviews […]
iXsystems presents the 2018 June Newsletter.
NOTE: This is historical content that may contain outdated information. Hello FreeNAS Users! With the days getting longer, we hope you’re spending more time doing things you love (which includes FreeNAS, right?). In this content-packed edition of the newsletter, we’ll take a look at crypto mining, the difference between OpenZFS and XFS, various FreeNAS builds, and how to set […]
NOTE: This is historical content that may contain outdated information. Hello FreeNAS Users! After many months of work, we’re excited to finally unveil the next generation of TrueNAS systems, which uses NVMe and NVDIMM flash for caching. Also in this issue, find out the results of our FreeNAS use survey from February and see how […]