The former name of TrueNAS CORE, FreeNAS was the original iXsystems solution for cost-effective ZFS storage.
2016 will bring revolutionary changes to the world’s number one software-defined storage solution and it all starts with this week’s FreeNAS 9.10 release which unveils the operating system that will power the next generation of FreeNAS.
The evolution of FreeNAS has been both subtle and revolutionary over its decade-long history and next generation of FreeNAS is poised to introduce the biggest changes yet to the world’s most popular software-defined storage OS.
This article aims to provide the information needed to understand what the ZIL does and how it works to help you determine when SLOG will help and how to optimize write performance in general.
Cloud Computing and Backup Administrator FreeNAS is the best thing to happen to my house since linux. Creating NFS/CIFS mounts – done. Uploading my music, pictures, videos, and documents – done. Sharing my uploads with my PS3, smart TV, and tablet – done. And that’s just with my 32 bit box. Using deduplication to […]
System Admin and Instrumentation Engineer I find FreeNAS easy to implement, easy to manage with its beautiful web interface, and an overall feature-set that cannot be beat by an off-the-shelf unit. Ease of expansion in DIY projects is a must and I don’t know if I have seen the limit to what FreeNAS can […]
Technology Integration Engineer I have been using FreeNAS for over four years now and have had nothing but love for it. I started off using it as a way to have a 24/7 box to host all my music video and pictures. Then built out larger boxes with multiple drives to raid as a […]
System Administrator In the grand free and open source tradition, I get the very best feature set I could hope for (everything) at the best possible price (nothing) 🙂 I’m a sysadmin by trade and have two FreeNAS boxes at home – one for general storage, one for permanent backups. Both just run day […]
Software Engineer I found my way to FreeNAS long after I should have and would have liked. I follow tech news enough that I knew about ZFS, understood its benefits, and held some minor resentment that Apple had stopped pursuing it as a filesystem. Requirement number one: reliable data storage. ZFS had it locked […]
The best #MissionComplete story for January was sent in by Ben Dailey who deployed a 36TB FreeNAS system at a public school as a backup solution. Ben will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card and FreeNAS T-shirt.
“FreeNAS with FreeBSD as its base helped save our local taxpayers $36,000”
The best #MissionComplete story for December was sent in by David Genton at CDW who regularly uses FreeNAS to take on legacy storage solutions. David will receive a $100 Amazon Gift Card and FreeNAS T-shirt. "I can safely say that FreeNAS is the #1 OS for SAN and...