At iXsystems, we do not answer to the same Wall Street or Venture Capital stakeholders that other vendors do. This allows us to focus exclusively on making our customers successful, powered by our core value to always “think people before profit”.

The benefits of our Open Source business model are no secret. They are simply unique to iXsystems in the Enterprise Storage market. We leverage open source development, non-traditional tactics, and the energy and engagement of the massive TrueNAS Community to help deliver products rated higher on Gartner than our competition. Collectively, this gives iXsystems an unfair and sustainable advantage in delighting customers while charging less to deliver positive outcomes.

Simply put—our model requires far fewer resources, and we pass those savings on to our customers. We charge less.

How It Works

Compared to iXsystems, traditional data storage vendors are forced to maintain outsized corporate overheads — both in terms of expense and effort — just to keep their technology closed, patented, and to capture 100% of the value they create.

We carry none of that burden, which enables us to be more nimble and efficient. Here’s how that works and how it benefits our customers:

Community – Community is the special ingredient. We are grateful to be stewards of the TrueNAS Open Source project. Consider the unique combination of TrueNAS community and users; iXsystems and partners; customers; and non-paying users. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and contributions from the Community bring enormous value. With iXsystems’ contributions and the incredible Community, this enables agility, investment, and innovation to TrueNAS that no proprietary company could emulate.

Software Development – Plain and simple, making software that is proprietary and closed-source requires more effort, resources, and money than open-source development. Most storage vendors also have multiple code bases, further compounding this disadvantage, while iXsystems has one open-source code base to maintain and grow. This common code base includes many other open-source elements (e.g., OpenZFS), which expands the community of talented Engineers directly contributing to TrueNAS, further reducing costs.

Product Management – Unlike other enterprise storage vendors, iXsystems does not invest in efforts to lock in customers; we do the very opposite by making TrueNAS as open, compatible, interoperable, and easy to leave as possible. However, we believe that once you experience TrueNAS, you won’t want to leave. We don’t have complex software licensing, and our appliances can run the latest software for years, long after the hardware is depreciated — a sustainability practice we fully encourage! At iXsystems, there are zero development cycles spent on planned obsolescence.

Security – TrueNAS is Open Source and therefore transparent by default, with broader user coverage and more eyeballs on the code, thereby leveraging massive user communities to help uncover, alert, and respond to security vulnerabilities. This enables code fixes much faster than proprietary vendors who can only rely on internal resources or respond only after the vulnerability has impacted their customers. Additional security enhancements (e.g. FIPS 140) are available with TrueNAS Enterprise appliances.

Quality – This is another area where the Community makes a huge difference. At a fraction of the investment, Quality Assurance for TrueNAS software takes less time, money, and resources, all while providing more complete test coverage. When a version is declared ready for general use, it has benefitted from extensive community testing. TrueNAS sees faster bug reporting/testing and a more rapid access to new features and fixes than other vendors (who often use their first customer shipments as QA) because of the feedback from the community.

Interoperability – Being open also makes iX a very easy company for other software vendors to partner with, as they need no demo units or non-disclosure agreements to test that their technology works well with TrueNAS.

Documentation – Like Quality, many hands make for light work. By the time a release is recommended for general use, documentation has been reviewed by thousands, accelerating the process of ensuring accuracy.

Intellectual Property – Effort is required to protect technology for maximum profit. iXsystems spends no energy on patents, choosing instead to focus resources on value creation rather than blocking innovation.

Sales – TrueNAS Community Edition software is free to try and use, and has been shown to run on almost any x86 hardware, or can be spun up easily in a VM. As such, we encourage audiences to try it for themselves without any involvement from a sales team. Our experts at iX then help customers identify the optimal configuration of TrueNAS Enterprise appliance(s) for important storage applications.

Marketing – Where our competition spends money on marketing, we instead spend on developing free software that delights our users. Word of mouth is the original marketing tactic and the goodwill we invest in the TrueNAS community results in outsized awareness. With more than 15 million downloads and more than a half million active community members, appreciative users write blogs and how-to content, influencers create videos, and hundreds of thousands of community members tell others about their positive experiences with TrueNAS.

Sustainability – Most storage vendors rely on forced obsolescence to maintain growth. At the end of its supported life, most IT infrastructure is scrapped and not recycled, let alone reused. With TrueNAS software, organizations can repurpose infrastructure beyond its normal life and extract more value from it. After 3-7 years of mission-critical duty, appliances from iXsystems can remain updated with the latest software and transition to a less critical storage role for many years while positively impacting sustainability and financial efficiency.

How This Benefits YOU

“Value” means receiving the most for your dollar. However, most traditional vendors use the word “value” in the context of justifying why it’s worthwhile to pay more for their product. At iX, we don’t have to contort the definition of the word into something it’s not. Our goal in creating TrueNAS was to allow our customers to receive more from our products while also paying less — the true meaning of value as far as we’re concerned.

Experience it for Yourself

We encourage you to experience True Data Freedom for yourself today (download TrueNAS here), see what our customers are saying on Gartner’s Website, or if you’re storing critical data, feel free to schedule a call with one of our helpful Product Experts.

Still curious about why we do what we do? Check out this video with some of the faces behind TrueNAS, sharing their perspectives on what it is like for iXians to come to work every day and deliver TrueNAS to the world.

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iX-Storj Giveaway!

iX is teaming up with Storj to deliver the biggest giveaway the TrueNAS community has ever seen. 25 GB of cloud storage comes with a free iX-Storj account, but that’s not all. You’ll also be entered for a chance to win the all-new TrueNAS Mini R, populated with 12 x 6 TB drives (that’s 72 TB of raw capacity!). Other prizes include the TrueNAS Mini X (2 available) and an iX-Storj Starter Package (4 available). There are many ways to score points for the giveaway so don’t forget to subscribe to the iX-Storj Starter package for additional entries.

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TrueNAS 13.0-U5 Maximizes Quality and your Storage Experience

The new TrueNAS 13.0-U5 release builds on the Enterprise maturity of prior versions. The previous version, TrueNAS 13.0-U4, proved to be the highest quality release in TrueNAS history and has become the most widely-deployed version of TrueNAS. This new release includes roughly 60 new bug fixes including improvements to NFS, SMB, and replication. For Enterprise users, a specific fix corrects an incorrect alert in earlier generation NVDIMMs.

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Always Easy and Now More Affordable – iX-Storj cloud storage for $2.50 per TB per Month

iX believes that your data belongs to you and you alone, whether on-premises or in the cloud. This is why iX has partnered with the Storj Network to bring you a secure, high-performance solution for your cloud storage at a competitively low price.

With the iX-Storj Starter Package, you get 5 TB of capacity to use, and 5 TB of pre-paid transfer bandwidth for outbound traffic from the Storj network, giving you a $275 value for only $150! Check out our new TrueNAS blog for a detailed walkthrough on getting started with the iX-Storj Starter Package.

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Level Up your Ransomware Protection with TrueNAS!

TrueNAS offers multiple levels of protection against ransomware, including snapshots, native encryption, authentication, and containerization, just to name a few. And, of course, thanks to our community of users, the TrueNAS Open Source code can be easily validated and supported. Read all about how you can level-up your ransomware protection on TrueNAS.

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New Sections on Replication for the TrueNAS SCALE Evaluation Guide!

Expand your TrueNAS SCALE knowledge with our newest how-to videos on the TrueNAS SCALE Evaluation Guide, covering replication scenarios for Local, PUSH, and PULL! You can also view our text version to read along. Whether it’s your first time using SCALE or you’re looking to continue your Open Storage journey, this guide offers bite-sized advice for everyone. Click the link below to get started today!

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What Can a $60,000 Media Server Do? (Snazzy Labs)

Snazzy Labs ditched their old server to supercharge their workflow with the power of the TrueNAS M-Series. Snazzy shares what it’s like to unbox the M-Series, navigate the admin dashboard, experience the speed of the server for the first time, and more. Click the thumbnail to see more!

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Tech Tip #124

Did you know that you can see how well ZFS compression is working on a per-file basis? By using the TrueNAS Shell or connecting over SSH, you can use the du command with the –apparent-size (SCALE) or -A (CORE) option to list the sizes of files in a directory before compression is considered. Compare this to the same command without the extra parameter, and see how effective the inline compression in TrueNAS can be!

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Apps are always improving with each new release, and are available to run on SCALE using the TrueNAS catalog or any number of unsupported 3rd party catalogs. As a part of the latest TrueNAS SCALE Bluefin update, 22.12.2, a new set of apps have been made available in the TrueNAS Catalog. These new apps are also grouped into three “trains”: Enterprise, Official, and Community.

• Community: The newest App Train. Considered “Community” supported, these Applications will receive periodic help from iX in reviewing changes submitted by users.
• Official: The primary Train up until this point. Official Apps will be periodically tested and maintained by TrueNAS engineers.
• Enterprise: Exclusive to TrueNAS Enterprise appliances. Enterprise Apps will be tested and fully maintained by TrueNAS engineers.

For full details, including the current list of Apps in the TrueNAS Catalog, check out our blog.

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All Aboard the App Train with TrueNAS SCALE!

Have a suggestion for an application you’d like to see added to the Community train of the TrueNAS Catalog? Check https://github.com/truenas/charts/issues to see if it’s already been requested. If it’s already there, give it a “Thumbs Up” using your GitHub account – if it’s not, use your account to create a new request!

Video: How Much Memory Does ZFS Need and Does It Have To Be ECC? (Lawrence Systems)

Tom Lawrence walks through the memory requirements to run ZFS at the minimum efficiency as well as requirements for high performance. He also explains TrueNAS SCALE’s memory usage.

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The Future of Plugins is Apps

TrueNAS CORE introduced one of the first generations of integrated applications and storage when “Plugins” were introduced back in 2007. They were subsequently revamped in 2013 and again in 2017. Plugins were then reimagined as “Apps” when TrueNAS SCALE launched in 2022, which TrueNAS CORE users can migrate to when the time is right for them.

By 2025, we expect SCALE will have as many, if not more, users than CORE. Until then, iX will provide support for the general Github infrastructure for managing TrueNAS CORE Plugins as well as the following Official Plugins: Asigra, Iconik, MinIO, Nextcloud, Syncthing, Tarsnap, and both the paid and free editions of Plex Media Server. Jails will continue to be supported. Check out the blog for all of the details.

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Q2 Featured Model: All-NVMe Starter Cluster

From now through the end of the quarter, we are featuring a special price on a 3-node starter cluster of high-performance all-NVMe TrueNAS R30 appliances. With 270 TB of storage capacity across three 1U R30 systems, these appliances are ready to expand as your data grows. This starter cluster of R30s is an excellent fit as a Kubernetes storage target, for media-production workloads, and much more.

• Designed for TrueNAS SCALE clustering
• Unified File, Block, Object, and Apps
• 3 x 1U rackmount systems, each with 16 Cores
• 2 x 100GbE optical and 1GbE Base-T ports each
• 18 x 15 TB NVMe drives
• High-uptime with clustering
• Room to expand with 10 drive slots in each
• Scale-out by adding nodes to cluster

This offer is good through June 23, 2023. You can get 270 TB of raw all-NVMe Enterprise capacity at just $74,700. We are here to answer any questions and support your immediate projects with systems in stock.

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54% of Fortune 500 Companies Use TrueNAS

The iX Team did a research study and found that the majority of Fortune 500 companies run on TrueNAS! 54% of the Fortune 500 and over 40% of the G500 choose TrueNAS for their data storage.

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Tech Tip #123

Scheduling regular snapshots is an easy and effective way to safeguard your data on TrueNAS against accidental deletion, overwrites, or even a ransomware attack. Use the Data Protection menu under TrueNAS SCALE, or the Tasks menu under TrueNAS CORE to set up a Periodic Snapshot Task on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, and set a retention period to let you wind the clock back in case of emergency.

Links of the Month

• TrueNAS as a Storage Server for VMware/Hyper-V (TrueNAS Blog)
• TrueNAS Overview (TrueNAS Open Storage)
• Running a TrueNAS SCALE VM in Proxmox VE (i12bretro)
• Do More with TrueNAS SCALE – Virtualize Everything! (Techworks)

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New TrueNAS Release & Microsoft Azure Integration

TrueNAS reaches Prime Time with its latest release! TrueNAS 12.0 is the official merger of FreeNAS and TrueNAS into a unified software image accompanied by a long list of features and performance improvements. With new features, improved performance, and higher quality, TrueNAS 12.0-U3 becomes the default release for new systems.

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This All-Flash TrueNAS R10 delivers 30 TB of all-flash performance and capacity for just $9,900. Starting with 32 GB RAM and dual 10GbE networking, the TrueNAS R10 offers upgrades to 100GbE networking and can be installed with any version of TrueNAS, including Enterprise and SCALE.

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iXsystems is selected as one of the 40 Coolest Software-Defined Storage Vendors by CRN!

The 40 vendors that were selected have developed the software that provides the kind of storage services needed to meet today’s changing workloads and applications. iXsystems is proud to be highlighted as one of the top providers of storage technology that can be used for deployments spanning the range of business user requirements. From traditional on-premises to solutions in the cloud, from hardware to software, from capital expense to managed services and everything in between, iXsystems proves to be one of the coolest and most versatile storage vendors around.

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Learn More about Cron Jobs

• TrueNAS CORE 12 Review – HPE MicroServer
• TrueNAS CORE – How to Install the Nextcloud Plugin and Enforce HTTPS with a Self-Signed Certificate
• TrueNAS Backup Target – Deduplication Impact
• How to Build a DIY NAS from an OLD PC on a $0-$50 Budget

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TrueNAS Mini X+ | Big Performance in a Small Package! 

Watch Rich and Jon from 2GuysTek discuss why the TrueNAS Mini X+ is a serious contender in the premium home NAS market.

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This TrueNAS M60-HA system delivers an incredible 4 PB of raw storage capacity in 12U, complete with expansion shelves for less than 7 cents/GB. This makes it the ideal choice for video editing, archives, backups, or scientific data. You can also scale up to 22 PB on a single head unit for additional storage.

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Learn More about Remote Replication

• Practical Guide to Storage of Large Amounts of Microscopy Data via Cambridge University Press
• How to install JellyFin on Debian (Docker TrueNAS) via Nath042

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TrueNAS 12.0 is Released!

TrueNAS 12.0 RELEASE is now available! TrueNAS CORE and TrueNAS Enterprise are now ready for production deployments. The merger of FreeNAS and TrueNAS into a unified software image is officially complete, delivering features such as ZFS Native Crypto, API Keys, Fusion Pools, TrueCommand Cloud Integration, and much more!

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iXsystems Expands TrueNAS Product Line with R-Series Systems and Scale-out HCI Software

The TrueNAS Open Storage portfolio expands with the TrueNAS R-Series storage systems and the TrueNAS SCALE Open Source HyperConverged Infrastructure (HCI) software. The new R-Series storage systems include four models designed for maximum density, performance, Open Storage flexibility, and cost savings. TrueNAS SCALE introduces easy-to-manage hyperconvergence based on scale-out OpenZFS.

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TrueNAS R-Series

Recession-proof System Specials on High Availability TrueNAS Systems (While Supplies Last)

During these challenging times, keeping budgets under control is more critical than ever. Therefore, we’re offering two specific system configurations at special prices to answer the call. Both are high-availability and hybrid disk/flash systems, designed for 24×7 availability: the TrueNAS X10-HA offers 84 TB of redundant, entry-level enterprise storage, and a TrueNAS M40-HA is loaded with 1.5 PB. These systems are ready-to-ship in limited quantities and are available while supplies last. Click below for detailed information on each system.

84 TB TRUENAS® X10-HA $13.9K

1.5 PB TRUENAS® M40-HA $99.9K

Latest Releases

Here’s what the experts at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) had to say about TrueNAS in their recent validation report: “The combination of ZFS, open source, and a lean sales force provides efficiencies that enable iXsystems to offer high performance, feature-rich solutions at high value price points. We calculated a significant delta. Based on our testing and analysis, we found that iXsystems can typically offer up to double the performance at half the cost of their major competitors.”

Download the full report here

TrueNAS Open Storage Overview
In this video, we introduce the TrueNAS Open Storage family and describe the main features of TrueNAS CORE, TrueNAS Enterprise, and TrueNAS SCALE. Welcome to the Open Storage revolution!

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Open Storage Economics Advanced with TrueNAS M60
Mike Matchett from TruthInIT interviews iXsystems Executive Vice President Brett Davis regarding storage freedom in TrueNAS Open Storage products, and highlights the latest addition to the TrueNAS M-Series.

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TrueNAS Community Store

We’re excited to announce the opening of the TrueNAS Community Store! We’ll be adding additional items over Q4 2020 so be on the lookout to score new TrueNAS gear.

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Creating TrueNAS CORE Install Media
In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through creating TrueNAS installation media with either a USB stick or blank DVD. This step will allow you to set up TrueNAS CORE on your system.

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More webinars

How to Upgrade FreeNAS to TrueNAS by Lawrence Systems
Thomas Lawrence of Lawrence Systems shows you how to update from FreeNAS to the latest TrueNAS 12.0-RELEASE, including your ZFS pools and iocage jails.

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iXsystems Launches Professional-Grade Storage for the Edge with TrueNAS Mini X
E-Channel News meets with iXsystems EVP Brett Davis to discuss the history of iXsystems and TrueNAS, the reasoning behind choosing Linux for TrueNAS SCALE, how TrueNAS can meet the needs of any storage environment, in addition to the latest TrueNAS Mini X.

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eBook on Open Source Storage

This free eBook explains how proprietary and cloud storage falls short and why Open Source is a better development model for storage systems. Learn about the advantages of NVMe/NVDIMM storage for the modern enterprise and why businesses need a unified data platform.

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We’re Hiring!
We’re looking for people that are as passionate about Open Source technology as we are. Check out the link below to see what open positions we have and to send us your resume! We’d love to chat with you more about the opportunities here at iXsystems. View Open Positions

Tech-Tip #84
When connecting to the TrueNAS system with SSH or the web Shell, the Console Setup menu is not shown by default. It can be started by the root user or another user with root permissions by typing /etc/netcli

Links of the Month

• TrueNAS 12.0-RELEASE Has Launched! By Lawrence Systems via Lawrence Systems
• Say goodbye to FreeNAS, Upgrading FreeNAS 11.3 to TrueNAS 12 Release via PhasedLogix IT Services
• The OpenZFS Developers Summit 2020 Part 1 via Klara Systems
• FreeBSD Case Study: Netflix via FreeBSD Foundation via FreeBSD Foundation

Quote of the Month
“Throughout multiple storage expansions and Operating System updates, and generally putting TrueNAS through the wringer, we have never lost any data. That demonstrates how stable and reliable ZFS is as a file system and logical volume manager.”

– Ron Simpson, Operations Supervisor at McGill University

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New TrueCommand Release Brings Early Access to Cloud Service and New Logo

TrueCommand was launched in 2019 as a single pane of glass management system for FreeNAS and TrueNAS fleets. Since then, it has been adopted by over fifteen hundred organizations to manage their NAS fleets. TrueCommand can be deployed as a VM or as a Docker container, and is available for Early Access as a Cloud service. Today, we are releasing the TrueCommand 1.3.2 minor update with a brand new logo that compliments the new TrueNAS CORE, Enterprise, and SCALE logo set.

Learn more here

Recession-proof System Specials on High Availability TrueNAS Systems (While Supplies Last)

During these challenging times, keeping budgets under control is more critical than ever. Therefore, we’re offering two specific system configurations at special prices to answer the call. Both are high-availability and hybrid disk/flash systems, designed for 24×7 availability: the TrueNAS X10-HA offers 84 TB of redundant, entry-level enterprise storage, and a TrueNAS M40-HA is loaded with 1.5 PB. These systems are ready-to-ship in limited quantities and are available while supplies last. Click below for detailed information on each system.

84 TB TRUENAS® X10-HA $13.9K

1.5 PB TRUENAS® M40-HA $99.9K

Latest Releases

Here’s what the experts at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) had to say about TrueNAS in their recent validation report: “The combination of ZFS, open source, and a lean sales force provides efficiencies that enable iXsystems to offer high performance, feature-rich solutions at high value price points. We calculated a significant delta. Based on our testing and analysis, we found that iXsystems can typically offer up to double the performance at half the cost of their major competitors.”

Download the full report here

TrueNAS Community Store

We’re excited to announce the opening of the TrueNAS Community Store! We’ll be adding additional items over Q4 2020 so be on the lookout to score new TrueNAS gear.

Shop TrueNAS Store 

Creating TrueNAS CORE Install Media
In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through creating TrueNAS installation media with either a USB stick or blank DVD. This step will allow you to set up TrueNAS CORE on your system.

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More videos

TrueNAS CORE 12.0-RC1 Review by Lawrence Systems
Thomas Lawrence of Lawrence Systems reviews the first release candidate of TrueNAS 12.0, and discusses features such as Zstandard compression, enclosure management, and replication tasks.

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TrueNAS FreeNAS LAGG & LACP Setup by Lawrence Systems
Thomas Lawrence walks us through setting up Link Aggregation (LAGG) and Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on the latest TrueNAS CORE 12.0.

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eBook on Open Source Storage

This free eBook explains how proprietary and cloud storage falls short and why Open Source is a better development model for storage systems. Learn about the advantages of NVMe/NVDIMM storage for the modern enterprise and why businesses need a unified data platform.

Download it here

On-Demand FreeNAS Training
Online training modules from iXsystems are designed to quickly get you up to speed for getting the most out of your FreeNAS system. Each training module is 30 minutes long and cuts to the core information you need to become an expert in FreeNAS and OpenZFS.

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We’re Hiring!
We’re looking for people that are as passionate about Open Source technology as we are. Check out the link below to see what open positions we have and to send us your resume! We’d love to chat with you more about the opportunities here at iXsystems. View open positions here

Tech-Tip #83
To check which interface is attached to a Virtual Machine, start the VM and go to the Shell. Type “ifconfig” and find the tap interface that shows the name of the VM in the description.

Links of the Month

• TrueNAS CORE 12 Install and Basic Setup via Everything Smart Home
• Economics of Open Storage via Enterprise IT World
• OpenZFS Developer Summit 2020

Quote of the Month
“The migration of massive amounts of terabytes wouldn’t have happened without the support of iXsystems.”

– Steven M. Rothstein, Executive Director, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

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iXsystems Unveils Industry’s Fastest OpenZFS Storage System with Launch of TrueNAS M60

As part of our unification of FreeNAS and TrueNAS, the FreeNAS Minis have been reborn as the TrueNAS Minis, joining the lineup of the much-anticipated third generation of our TrueNAS Mini products, the Mini E and Mini XL+ models! After reviewing customer feedback and requests, we developed the TrueNAS Mini X and added higher capacity drive options (14 TB) to the entire TrueNAS Mini lineup!

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Cross-Site Disaster Recovery with TrueNAS

As part of our unification of FreeNAS and TrueNAS, the FreeNAS Minis have been reborn as the TrueNAS Minis, joining the lineup of the much-anticipated third generation of our TrueNAS Mini products, the Mini E and Mini XL+ models! After reviewing customer feedback and requests, we developed the TrueNAS Mini X and added higher capacity drive options (14 TB) to the entire TrueNAS Mini lineup!

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Recession-proof System Specials on High Availability TrueNAS Systems (While Supplies Last)

We’ve put together two specials to help you keep your TCO low and your budget in check during these challenging times. Choose between a 154 TB TrueNAS X10-HA that offers a fully redundant infrastructure that can fit any budget and our All-Flash TrueNAS M40-HA, the powerhouse TrueNAS M-Series system that offers an incredible amount of storage to expand capacity combined with an incredibly economical TCO that beats virtually any cloud infrastructure. These systems are pre-built and ready to ship to help you keep things moving at your company. Order yours today to get highly redundant enterprise-class storage and performance at the lowest TCO in the industry.

154 TB TRUENAS® X10-HA $14.9K

40 TB ALL-FLASH TRUENAS® M40-HA $29.9K

TrueNAS CORE is Ready for Deployment — Dive In!
TrueNAS 12.0 RC1 features minor fixes from BETA and several performance improvements to ZFS, SMB, iSCSI, and NFS have been integrated. Snapshot your pool, backup your data, and try it out!

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TrueNAS SCALE Release Plan
While TrueNAS 12.0 (CORE and Enterprise editions) continues its release march, we’re also busy getting the first version of TrueNAS SCALE into the hands of many tech-savvy users. TrueNAS SCALE 20.10-ALPHA is planned for October and will be codenamed “Angelfish”.

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Latest Releases

Here’s what the experts at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) had to say about TrueNAS in their recent validation report: “The combination of ZFS, open source, and a lean sales force provides efficiencies that enable iXsystems to offer high performance, feature-rich solutions at high value price points. We calculated a significant delta. Based on our testing and analysis, we found that iXsystems can typically offer up to double the performance at half the cost of their major competitors.”

Download the full report here

iXsystems Appoints Chin-Fah Heoh as TrueNAS APAC General Manager to Address Regional Demand for Open Storage
iXsystems announced the appointment of Chin-Fah Heoh as General Manager for the APAC region. In his new position, Mr. Heoh will be tasked with expanding the company’s partner ecosystem and presence as demand for Enterprise-class Open Storage accelerates among Asia Pacific businesses and governmental organizations.

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TrueNAS 12.0 & TrueNAS M60 Announced by StorageReview
Adam Armstrong of StorageReview gives us a preview of the new hardware features in the latest addition to the TrueNAS M-Series.

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FreeBSD Based FreeNAS Becomes TrueNAS Interview with TFiR
Swapnil Bhartiya, host of TFiR, recently sat down with iXsystems Executive Vice President Brett Davis to discuss what’s in store for the future of FreeNAS and TrueNAS, and other enterprise products in the works.

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The TrueNAS Stickers & T-Shirt Giveaway
Enter our very first TrueNAS giveaway for a chance to win TrueNAS Stickers and a T-shirt of your size! The more entries you have increases your chances of becoming a winner!

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How to Install TrueNAS CORE
Check out our first entry in the new TrueNAS how-to tutorial series. This video will show you the basic requirements on getting started and installing TrueNAS CORE on a new system.

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TrueNAS Mini X Plus Review by Lawrence Systems
Thomas Lawrence of Lawrence Systems reviews the latest TrueNAS Mini X+ and demonstrates its hardware features, drive enclosures, network ports, and iKVM/HTML5 IPMI, as well as performing some benchmark tests.

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eBook on Open Source Storage

This free eBook explains how proprietary and cloud storage falls short and why Open Source is a better development model for storage systems. Learn about the advantages of NVMe/NVDIMM storage for the modern enterprise and why businesses need a unified data platform.

Download it here

On-Demand FreeNAS Training
Online training modules from iXsystems are designed to quickly get you up to speed for getting the most out of your FreeNAS system. Each training module is 30 minutes long and cuts to the core information you need to become an expert in FreeNAS and OpenZFS.

Sign up here

We’re Hiring!
We’re looking for people that are as passionate as we are about Open Source technology. Check out the link below to see what open positions we have and to send us your resume! We’d love to chat with you more about the opportunities here at iXsystems. View open positions here

Tech-Tip #82
SSH keys are not stored in the configuration database and must be backed up separately. System host keys are files with names beginning with ssh_host_ in /usr/local/etc/ssh/. The root user keys are stored in /root/.ssh.

Links of the Month

• iXsystems TrueNAS Mini X and Mini X+ Launched via StorageReview
• (Video) How to install TrueNAS CORE on VMWare ESXi 7.0 via Nhan Nguyen
• (Video) Customize TrueNAS dashboard with Grafana and influxDB via Di-Ai-Why

Quote of the Month
“TrueNAS reduced our downtime dramatically. We have never had a single second of unscheduled downtime due to a TrueNAS software or hardware issue across all six devices over more than 18 months of continuous 24/7 production use”

– Justin Higgins, Squiz Hosting Manager

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iXsystems Unveils Industry’s Fastest OpenZFS Storage System with Launch of TrueNAS M60

TrueNAS Open Storage added a new flagship to the enterprise product line with the M60, a unified storage system powered by the significantly faster TrueNAS 12.0 operating system (OS). Delivering on today’s demands for affordable capacity, security, and performance, the TrueNAS M60 represents a leap forward in OpenZFS storage performance to meet demanding virtualization, multimedia, and backup applications.

Learn more here

Recession-proof System Specials on High Availability TrueNAS Systems (While Supplies Last)

We’ve put together two specials to help you keep your TCO low and your budget in check during these challenging times. Choose between a 154 TB TrueNAS X10-HA that offers a fully redundant infrastructure that can fit any budget and our All-Flash TrueNAS M40-HA, the powerhouse TrueNAS M-Series system that offers an incredible amount of storage to expand capacity combined with an incredibly economical TCO that beats virtually any cloud infrastructure. These systems are pre-built and ready to ship to help you keep things moving at your company. Order yours today to get highly redundant enterprise-class storage and performance at the lowest TCO in the industry.

154 TB TRUENAS® X10-HA $14.9K

40 TB ALL-FLASH TRUENAS® M40-HA $29.9K

iXsystems Launches Professional-Grade Storage for the Edge with TrueNAS Mini X

iXsystems expands their TrueNAS Open Storage portfolio with the TrueNAS Mini X/X+ storage appliance. This new appliance utilizes TrueNAS CORE and the latest OpenZFS software which includes business-class security and management with compelling features and performance.

Learn more here
Order TrueNAS Mini X

TrueNAS 12.0 BETA2 Showcases Performance Improvements

iXsystems is pleased to announce the general availability of TrueNAS 12.0-BETA2! More than 175 bugs have been fixed since the release of BETA1, including multiple performance improvements to ZFS, SMB, iSCSI, and NFS, representing a significant step toward the full TrueNAS 12.0-Release.

Learn more here
Download TrueNAS CORE

Latest Releases

TrueNAS CORE	12.0-BETA2	Release Notes
FreeNAS	11.3-U4.1	Release Notes
TrueNAS	11.3-U4.1	Release Notes
TrueCommand	1.3	Release Notes

Here’s what the experts at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) had to say about TrueNAS in their recent validation report: “The combination of ZFS, open source, and a lean sales force provides efficiencies that enable iXsystems to offer high performance, feature-rich solutions at high value price points. We calculated a significant delta. Based on our testing and analysis, we found that iXsystems can typically offer up to double the performance at half the cost of their major competitors.”

Download the full report here

iXsystems General Manager for APAC Region Discusses the Essentials of TrueNAS Unification and Open Source Storage
Chin-Fah Heoh, iXsystems General Manager for the Asia Pacific Japan region, speaks about the unification of FreeNAS and TrueNAS, and why an Open Source approach matters in the storage world.

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iXsystems Launches M60 High-Availability Storage Appliance by ServeTheHome
Cliff Robinson of ServeTheHome discusses the new features of the TrueNAS M60, such as 8x 100GbE ports, 64 cores, 20 GB/s of performance and over 1 million IOPS.

Learn more here

More webinars

Upgrading FreeNAS to TrueNAS CORE BETA2 and Discussing New ZFS Features & Performance by Lawrence Systems
Thomas Lawrence of Lawrence Systems walks us through upgrading from original FreeNAS to the latest TrueNAS 12.0-BETA2, and discusses new ZFS features such as metadata on flash, fusion pools, and persistent L2ARC.

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TrueNAS Data Migration Tutorial by Craft Computing
Jeff from Craft Computing shows us how to migrate data from his FreeNAS over to a TrueNAS CORE system via the Replication Tasks.

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eBook on Open Source Storage

This free eBook explains how proprietary and cloud storage falls short and why Open Source is a better development model for storage systems. Learn about the advantages of NVMe/NVDIMM storage for the modern enterprise and why businesses need a unified data platform.

Download it here

On-Demand FreeNAS Training
Online training modules from iXsystems are designed to quickly get you up to speed for getting the most out of your FreeNAS system. Each training module is 30 minutes long and cuts to the core information you need to become an expert in FreeNAS and OpenZFS.

Sign up here

We’re Hiring!
We’re looking for people that are as passionate as we are about Open Source technology. Check out the link below to see what open positions we have and to send us your resume! We’d love to chat with you more about the opportunities here at iXsystems. View open positions here

Tech-Tip #81
Mounting a dataset does not automatically mount any child datasets inside it. Each dataset is a separate filesystem, so child datasets must each have separate mount points.

Links of the Month

• iXsystems TrueNAS Mini X and X Plus Launched via ServeTheHome
• How to Upgrade FreeNAS to TrueNAS via Techno Tim
• How To Setup TrueNAS Core As A VM in XCP-NG via Lawrence Systems

Quote of the Month
“When I had an issue or a question on TrueNAS I was put on the phone with a person very experienced with TrueNAS to answer my oddball and left field questions about highly unlikely use cases. This was before I had actually bought anything from iXsystems and was still shopping around. It’s hard to find that kind of support up front.”

– – Daniel Weiss, Standard Calibrations Inc. LAN Support

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TrueNAS CORE makes ZFS Easy

Jim Salter of Ars Technica reviews TrueNAS CORE and documents the installation process, configuring Access Control List, as well as CORE’s ZFS features.

Read more here
Download TrueNAS CORE 12 BETA (Not Production Ready)

Recession-proof System Specials on High Availability TrueNAS Systems (While Supplies Last)

We’ve put together two specials to help you keep your TCO low and your budget in check during these challenging times. Choose between a 154 TB TrueNAS X10-HA that offers a fully redundant infrastructure that can fit any budget and our All-Flash TrueNAS M40-HA, the powerhouse TrueNAS M-Series system that offers an incredible amount of storage to expand capacity combined with an incredibly economical TCO that beats virtually any cloud infrastructure. These systems are pre-built and ready to ship to help you keep things moving at your company. Order yours today to get highly redundant enterprise-class storage and performance at the lowest TCO in the industry.

154 TB TRUENAS® X10-HA $14.9K

40 TB ALL-FLASH TRUENAS® M40-HA $29.9K

FreeNAS 11.3-U4.1 is now available
The FreeNAS Team has made available the fourth update to FreeNAS 11.3, a maintenance release featuring over 130 bug fixes and upgrades including Samba, Google Team Drive with Cloud Sync, unlocking Self-Encrypting Drives, Recursive Replication, and more. This release includes a hotfix addressing a middleware replication and permissions issue.

Release Notes

Latest Releases

TrueNAS CORE	12.0-BETA1	Release Notes
TrueNAS	11.3-U4.1	Release Notes
TrueCommand	1.3	Release Notes

TrueNAS CORE 12.0 Install Tutorial by Craft Computing

Craft Computing walks us through the installation process of TrueNAS CORE, setting up a pool, shares, users, and permissions.

Watch here now 

Here’s what the experts at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) had to say about TrueNAS in their recent validation report: “The combination of ZFS, open source, and a lean sales force provides efficiencies that enable iXsystems to offer high performance, feature-rich solutions at high value price points. We calculated a significant delta. Based on our testing and analysis, we found that iXsystems can typically offer up to double the performance at half the cost of their major competitors.”

Download the full report here

iXsystems FreeNAS Mini XL+ Review: 8-bay ZFS Power for Pros
Jon Jacobi of ITEnterpriser reviews the FreeNAS Mini XL+ model, an 8-bay ZFS powered system designed for serious storage for the small and home office.

Learn more here

What is TrueNAS SCALE and How Does it Compare to TrueNAS CORE? by Lawrence Systems
Thomas Lawrence of Lawrence Systems discusses the upcoming TrueNAS SCALE, its cluster and container features, and what differentiates it from the new TrueNAS CORE.

Watch here now

More webinars

My biggest server build yet! 88TB TrueNAS CORE Build by Craft Computing
Craft Computing is back again with another TrueNAS video, this time walking us through an 88TB server build with Xeon E5 CPUs, NVMe, and 128 GB ECC memory.

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TrueNAS CORE 12 Plex Setup & ACL Permissions by Lawrence Systems
Thomas walks us through setting up Plex Media Server from the TrueNAS CORE plugins, explaining how jails work, and configuring the Access Control List permissions options.

Watch here now

eBook on Open Source Storage

This free eBook explains how proprietary and cloud storage falls short and why Open Source is a better development model for storage systems. Learn about the advantages of NVMe/NVDIMM storage for the modern enterprise and why businesses need a unified data platform.

Download it here

On-Demand FreeNAS Training
Online training modules from iXsystems are designed to quickly get you up to speed for getting the most out of your FreeNAS system. Each training module is 30 minutes long and cuts to the core information you need to become an expert in FreeNAS and OpenZFS.

Sign up here

We’re Hiring!
We’re looking for people that are as passionate as we are about Open Source technology. Check out the link below to see what open positions we have and to send us your resume! We’d love to chat with you more about the opportunities here at iXsystems. View open positions here

Tech-Tip #80
Reporting data is frequently written and should not be stored on the boot pool or operating system device.

Links of the Month

• TrueNAS CORE will soon replace FreeNAS—and we test the beta via Ars Technica
• Lawrence Systems & Craft Computing Talking Heads Episode 141
• An Introduction to ZFS A Place to Start via ServeTheHome

Quote of the Month
“Our previous solution made expansion very difficult, and would have required multiple servers, splitting up storage between them. With the TrueNAS, we can very easily extend our volume as much as needed by adding drives and expansion shelves.”

– Ben Diger, Broadcast Engineer at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

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