Michael Dexter, our Senior Analyst, shares his perspective on the 2017 OpenZFS Developer Summit.
OpenZFS Developer Summit 2017 Report
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Category: FreeNAS
The former name of TrueNAS CORE, FreeNAS was the original iXsystems solution for cost-effective ZFS storage.
FreeNAS & DigitalOcean | How to Replace a Failed Drive | And more..| Issue #50
NOTE: This is historical content that may contain outdated information. FreeNAS Users, Fall is in full swing and we have a couple of tutorials to share this month. Keep reading to learn how to replace a failing drive, upgrade the network card in your FreeNAS Mini, and more. Cheers, The FreeNAS Team FreeNAS Mini & […]
Official FreeNAS Training is Here! | Docker on FreeNAS | And More… | Issue #49
NOTE: This is historical content that may contain outdated information. Hello FreeNAS Users! In the spirit of back to school season, we’re excited to announce the release of the full 100 and 200-level FreeNAS training modules. We listened to your feedback and launched a series of training videos to help you continue your FreeNAS education. […]
OpenZFS vs Btrfs | How Hard is it to Crash FreeNAS? | And More… | Issue #48
Hello FreeNAS Users, It’s hard to believe how fast the year has flown by. In this edition of the FreeNAS newsletter, we examine the impact of the recent Btrfs deprecation announcement and share a series of FreeNAS videos from Lawrence Systems. How difficult is it to crash FreeNAS? Read on to find out. Cheers, The […]
FreeNAS 11.0 is Now Here
The FreeNAS Development Team is proud to present FreeNAS 11.0! FreeNAS 11.0 brings new virtualization and object storage features to the World’s Most Popular Open Source Storage Operating System. FreeNAS 11.0 adds bhyve virtual machines to its popular SAN/NAS, jails, and plugins, letting you use host web-scale VMs on your FreeNAS box. It also gives users S3-compatible object storage services, which turns your FreeNAS box into an S3-compatible server, letting you avoid reliance on the cloud.
FreeNAS QA – Our Processes
Combating WannaCry and Other Ransomware with OpenZFS Snapshots
iXsystems’ Senior Analyst, Michael Dexter, writes about how OpenZFS Snapshots can help to combat against the recent WannaCry attack and other ransomware.
Kansas Linux Fest: Conference Report
Last weekend, the iXsystems team attended the Kansas Linux Fest 2017 conference. Though it was a smaller conference, the iX team still got the opportunity to meet and conversate with numerous people about FreeNAS, FreeBSD, and TrueOS. Joe Maloney and Ken Moore of iXsystems detail their individual experiences in this reflection blog post.
FreeNAS 11.0-RC now Available
FreeNAS Corral Status: From “RELEASE” to “TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW” Status
Advance tl;dr: Due to flaws discovered in its architecture, FreeNAS Corral has been downgraded to “TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW” status while we instead rebase its features upon the rock solid FreeNAS 9.10 base system, soon to be released as “FreeNAS 11”. As many diehard FreeNAS users know, FreeNAS Corral was released on March 15th. It was a […]