As the flagship system in the TrueNAS H-Series, the H30 combines performance, efficiency, and data protection in a compact 2U form factor. Recognized for its relevance to today’s high-resolution, real-time production needs, the H30 stood out for its ability to support modern broadcast, VFX, and post-production workflows through a flexible hybrid architecture, efficient design, and enterprise-grade data protection. The back-to-back honors reflect growing industry confidence in TrueNAS as a powerful alternative to proprietary storage solutions.

“These awards are not just a celebration of technical excellence,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President at TrueNAS. “They validate our mission to provide powerful, open, and affordable enterprise storage solutions that empower creative professionals without locking them into proprietary ecosystems.”

Performance-Driven Innovation

Designed for today’s high-bandwidth, real-time media workloads, the TrueNAS H30 offers:

• Unrivaled Throughput. Sustains up to 8–10 GB/s to support the most demanding post-production and broadcast environments.
• Flexible Configuration. Supports custom combinations of NVMe flash and HDDs to meet specific performance and capacity needs.
• Enterprise Reliability. Built on OpenZFS with optional High Availability, offering 99.999% uptime and ransomware-resistant snapshots for around-the-clock data protection.
• Operational Efficiency. Reduces power, cooling, and rack space requirements for up to 30% lower TCO.

Powered by a 20-core Intel® Xeon® processor and up to 256 GB ECC memory, the H30 accelerates AI/ML tasks, VM consolidation, and parallel workflows with ease.

A Community-Driven Milestone

The H30’s award-winning architecture was shaped in close collaboration with the TrueNAS community of developers, media professionals, and enterprise users. Every feature reflects real-world feedback and a shared commitment to innovation without compromise.

These honors at NAB 2025 mark a significant milestone for TrueNAS and reaffirms its role as a leader in open storage for media creation, broadcast, and beyond.

To learn more about the TrueNAS H30 or request a demo, visit: www.truenas.com/h-series

About TrueNAS

TrueNAS is the world’s most trusted open storage platform, relied on by millions of users and a majority of Fortune 500™ companies. Powered by the acclaimed OpenZFS file system, TrueNAS delivers scalable, unified storage with unmatched reliability and performance. TrueNAS Enterprise combines data center grade hardware and professional support to meet the demands of enterprise users, providing cost-effective, modern data storage solutions.

Learn more at www.truenas.com.

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Leveraging its position as a trusted storage solution, TrueNAS is addressing the industry’s most pressing challenges, from data security to cloud cost management.

With over 40% CAGR since 2021, TrueNAS recorded an all-time revenue high, driven by the following growth highlights:

• 104% increase in TrueNAS Community Edition adoption
• 900% growth in NVMe capacity, powered by F-Series All-NVMe flash systems.
• 4X rise in deployments exceeding $1M.
• 39% Sales Growth in EMEA
• 4.9 out of 5 rating in Gartner Peer Insights for Primary Storage.
• Gartner Peer Insights “Customer Choice Award” in North America in two categories: “Primary Storage” and “File and Object Storage”
• Expanded in key verticals such as media and defense.

“TrueNAS is redefining what’s possible in open storage by delivering enterprise reliability and security at a fraction of the cost of traditional vendors,” said Brett Davis, EVP, TrueNAS. “With our focus on customer needs and service, we’re uniquely positioned to help organizations address data growth and budget challenges.”

2024: A Year of Innovation and Growth

In 2024, TrueNAS delivered major product advancements that propelled its growth trajectory:

• Unified TrueNAS Community Edition: CORE and SCALE merged into a single offering, with upcoming Fangtooth (TrueNAS 25.04) driving innovation.
• H-Series Trimode Edge Appliance: Launched with full flexibility to support both HDDs and NVMe SSDs.
• TrueSecure: Advanced security package meeting FIPS 140 and NIST standards, and trusted by military, government, and enterprise customers.
• All-NVMe “F-Series”: Achieved 10PB system scalability with extreme value and performance.
• AI Integration: Introduced the first TrueNAS AI bot, simplifying operations and setting the stage for future AI-driven solutions.
• OpenZFS 2.3: Integrated enhancements like Fast Deduplication, dRAID, and RAID-Z expansion to maintain leadership as the “most trusted” file system.

Emerging Storage Trends to Watch in 2025

TrueNAS identified five key trends shaping enterprise storage:

1. Balanced Edge-Core-Cloud Strategies: Organizations are moving beyond cloud-first strategies, seeking resilience, performance, and cost efficiency across all environments.
2. Virtualization Upheaval: VMware’s pricing changes are driving enterprises to reexamine their IT budgets and explore alternatives.
3. Data Sovereignty: Governments and enterprises are prioritizing localized data storage to mitigate risks associated with global cloud providers and AI misuse.
4. Big Data Growth: Video content and AI-generated datasets are driving exponential data growth outside hyperscalers.
5. Military-Grade Security for Enterprises: Rising AI-driven cyberattacks are accelerating demand for robust data protection.

“Organizations are navigating a perfect storm of data growth, cost pressures, and security threats,” added Davis. “TrueNAS is here to help them face these challenges head-on by delivering solutions that combine technical innovation with economic value.”

2025 Roadmap: Meeting Tomorrow’s Storage Needs

In 2025, TrueNAS will expand its leadership in open enterprise storage with key initiatives:

• Fangtooth (TrueNAS 25.04): A unified release to streamline development and community support.
• H-Series Edge Expansion: Launching a 100GbE-capable system with High Availability and comprehensive protocol and application support.
• Storj Collaboration: Partnering to deliver affordable hybrid cloud and backup solutions with the security and sovereignty required.
• F-Series All-NVMe Advancements: Adding RDMA and NVMe-over-Fabric technologies to further increase performance.
• Scaling Beyond 100PB: Introducing new tools for managing ultra-large datasets.

About TrueNAS

TrueNAS is the world’s most trusted open storage platform, relied on by millions of users and a majority of Fortune 500™ companies. Powered by the acclaimed OpenZFS file system, TrueNAS delivers scalable, unified storage with unmatched reliability and performance. TrueNAS Enterprise combines data center grade hardware and professional support to meet the demands of enterprise users, providing cost-effective, modern data storage solutions.

Learn more at www.truenas.com.

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The H30, the latest addition to the TrueNAS H-Series appliance lineup, combines NVMe and HDD support in each bay, 100GbE networking, dual-controller High Availability (HA), and FIPS 140-certified security in a low-power 2U form factor.

“As data demands surge and edge computing evolves, organizations need storage that balances speed, scalability, and security,” said Brett Davis, SVP, TrueNAS. “The H30 sets a new standard for adaptable, high-performance storage, giving businesses the flexibility to expand without compromising efficiency or budge

Powerful Performance and Future-Proof Scalability

The TrueNAS H30 adds twice the performance of its H10 and H20 siblings in the H-Series product line. The H30 is engineered to support demanding Edge workloads, offering:

• Unified storage supports file, block, object, and Docker apps
• 60TB NVMe SSDs scale up to a total capacity of 720TB in 2U
• Expand up to 2.5 PB of HDD storage in 5U of rack space
• 10-100GbE networking delivers storage bandwidth of 8-10GB/s
• Tri-mode drive support enables NVMe SSDs and HDDs in the same bays
• Dual-controller High Availability (HA) or Single Controller configurations
• Optional TrueSecure with FIPS 140 and enterprise security compliance
• Extremely low power consumption of less than 400W

Each H-Series system is designed to scale efficiently, with options to expand up to 114 drive bays in a 6U footprint. The modular design allows seamless upgrades from H10 to H20 to H30 without data migration, ensuring investment protection.

TrueNAS Software: Optimized for Performance and Security

The H30 ships with TrueNAS Enterprise 24.10.2 and is optimized for upcoming enhancements in TrueNAS Enterprise 25.04, which introduces:

• Fast Deduplication for more efficient NVMe storage
• 16Gb and 32Gb Fibre Channel for seamless SAN integration.
• Support for LXC containers and VMs adds flexibility for virtualization and edge computing

With OpenZFS 2.3 as its foundation, the TrueNAS H30 ensures data integrity, efficient storage management, and enterprise reliability.

Modernize Your Storage

The TrueNAS H-Series is available now with configurations starting at under $10,000, and a variety of customization options based on your performance and capacity needs. Enterprises looking for more performance can explore the TrueNAS F-Series, which now supports over 10 petabytes of NVMe with 4x100GbE performance. Enterprises looking for more capacity can explore the TrueNAS M-Series, which supports up to 30PB of HDD storage.

Organizations interested in exploring how to future-proof their infrastructure with the TrueNAS H30 can contact TrueNAS sales representatives for tailored recommendations.

About TrueNAS

TrueNAS is the world’s most trusted open storage platform, relied on by millions of users and a majority of Fortune 500™ companies. Powered by the acclaimed OpenZFS file system, TrueNAS delivers scalable, unified storage with unmatched reliability and performance. TrueNAS Enterprise combines data center grade hardware and professional support to meet the demands of enterprise users, providing cost-effective, modern data storage solutions.

Learn more at www.truenas.com.

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The TrustRadius Buyer’s Choice Award is entirely based on verified customer reviews, emphasizing the significance of unbiased feedback in recognizing product excellence. TrueNAS has earned a 9.1 out of 10 rating on TrustRadius from dozens of customers, demonstrating its excellence in security and performance capabilities, value for price, and customer support. TrueNAS’s recognition reaffirms its commitment to delivering quality, transparency, and true customer satisfaction.

“Input from our customer community is integral to the TrueNAS development process, and this recognition by TrustRadius is a testament to the value our users see in TrueNAS,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President at iXsystems. “We remain committed to helping our customers leverage open storage to simplify operations, reduce costs, and enhance data protection. The Buyer’s Choice Award speaks to our continuous mission of providing open and reliable storage solutions that deliver peace of mind. Tremendous thanks to our customers who took the time to share their TrueNAS experiences with the world.”

TrueNAS is open enterprise storage, trusted globally from the data center to the edge. Built around the legendary ZFS file system, it offers high-performance, reliable, and scalable storage solutions for enterprises and small businesses, excelling in virtualization, media production, backup, and big data workloads, with robust data protection, cloud integration, and multi-protocol support.  Winning the Buyer’s Choice Award, one of several awards TrueNAS has won in the past year, further demonstrates the success of open enterprise storage in addressing customer needs and providing exceptional value.

For more information about the TrustRadius Buyer’s Choice Award and to read customer reviews, please visit the TrustRadius website.

About TrueNAS

TrueNAS is the world’s most deployed storage software. Relied upon by millions globally, TrueNAS is an award-winning data platform used by a majority of Fortune 500™ companies. TrueNAS harnesses the power of the ZFS file system to provide scalable, unified storage with reliability and performance demanded by data-heavy workloads. TrueNAS helps organizations modernize data storage by leveraging open technology to simplify operations and drastically reduce costs.

To learn more about TrueNAS Enterprise storage solutions, visit: www.truenas.com.

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SAN JOSE, CA, April 24, 2024 – iXsystems^®, a global leader in open source solutions and the company behind TrueNAS, today announced the production release of TrueNAS SCALE 24.04 alongside its new series of hybrid storage appliances, the TrueNAS Enterprise H-Series. TrueNAS 24.04 is the fourth major version of the company’s Linux-based data platform software, furthering the mission to provide true data freedom by continually improving on the exceptional flexibility, interoperability, and storage efficiency that has already made TrueNAS the world’s most deployed storage software.

Codenamed “Dragonfish”, TrueNAS 24.04 is expected to be the best-ever version of TrueNAS, representing the next step in major advancements in  security, performance and functionality of the platform over all previous releases of TrueNAS (CORE and SCALE). The 42% growth in the number of organizations using TrueNAS over the past 18 months corresponds to the two consecutive Customers’ Choice awards in Gartner’s annual Voice of the Customer Report for the Primary Storage category. During this same time, users of TrueNAS Enterprise also rated their experiences 4.9 out of 5 in the Distributed File Systems and Object Storage category.

TrueNAS 24.04 introduces SMB and Admin auditing, and the Enterprise support of Restricted Admins and Immutable Snapshots. Additionally, TrueNAS 24.04 has a simplified and improved Share Creation workflow, and open client sessions for both the SMB and NFS file sharing protocols can now be managed from the TrueNAS web UI for further simplicity and efficiency.

TrueNAS Enterprise H-Series

The TrueNAS Enterprise H-Series is the newest member of the iXsystems’ storage system portfolio. Available in dual-controller configurations and with options for hybrid or all-flash storage, the TrueNAS H-Series is designed to provide reliable storage for cost-optimized workloads at the Edge or data center that can scale up to 2 petabytes (PB) in capacity. The series introduces two models, the TrueNAS H10 and the forthcoming H20, both having a compact 2U form factor with these benefits:

• Power-Efficiency: With a typical power consumption of 100-300 watts , the TrueNAS H-Series helps meet your corporate sustainability and environmental initiatives.
• High-Availability (HA): Available dual-controller architecture provides continuous accessibility, providing over 99.999% uptime.
• Expandability: With optional 24, 60, or 102-bay expansion shelves, the H-Series is ready to grow from 20TB all-flash to 2PB hybrid storage.

“The availability of the new TrueNAS Enterprise H-Series, powered by TrueNAS 24.04, exemplifies our commitment to advancing the world’s most widely deployed storage software,” stated Morgan Littlewood, Senior Vice President of Product Management at iXsystems. “The H-Series provides the smallest and lowest power footprint while the M-Series and F-Series deliver Hybrid scalability and All-flash performance.”

TrueNAS Open Storage Community

A testament to the draw of TrueNAS, the TrueNAS^® Open Storage Community has grown significantly over the past several years. Already the most used storage software on earth, TrueNAS saw 42% growth in the number of organizations and individuals using TrueNAS over the past 18 months, while the general market saw slower than expected commercial growth.

“We must always begin by thanking the TrueNAS Community, including those who are also our Enterprise customers, for their tremendous support that has elevated TrueNAS into a  leading position in the storage marketplace, backed by social proof,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President for iXsystems. “ At a time when analysts predict as many as 3 in 10 companies will choose a new storage supplier in 2024, we are looking forward to helping those organizations discover why so many others are choosing TrueNAS as the top alternative for conquering their data growth challenges.”

Availability

Both TrueNAS H-Series appliances and TrueNAS Enterprise 24.04 software are now available. The community edition, TrueNAS SCALE 24.04, is also free to download or upgrade to. For more information on TrueNAS H-Series or other TrueNAS Enterprise storage products, please contact iX.

Resources

• For more information on TrueNAS 24.04, please visit this blog
• For more information on TrueNAS Enterprise H-Series, please visit the product page
• To contact iXsystems about TrueNAS Enterprise storage appliances, go to https://www.truenas.com/get-quote/
• To participate in the TrueNAS Open Storage Community, please visit https://forums.truenas.com

About iXsystems and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Relied upon by millions in all 195 countries, TrueNAS is an award-winning universal data platform used by a majority of Fortune 500^TM companies. The platform harnesses the power of the legendary ZFS file system to provide scale-up or scale-out unified storage with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and many other data-heavy workloads. As an alternative to legacy storage systems that are proprietary, restrictive, and often overpriced, TrueNAS helps organizations modernize how they store and protect data by leveraging open storage to simplify operations and drastically reduce cost.

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SAN JOSE, CA, March 12, 2024 – iXsystems®, the company behind TrueNAS Open Storage, today announced they were named a Strong Performer in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’ for Primary Storage. iXsystems TrueNAS Enterprise was also named a Customers’ Choice in Primary Storage for the region of North America. This is the second consecutive report which has recognized iXsystems, categorizing vendors into four quadrants based on User Interest and Adoption (X-axis) and Overall Experience (Y-axis). Vendors from any of the four quadrants may be the best fit depending on your business needs.

The report can be accessed at https://www.gartner.com/document/5222864 (Gartner Subscription Required).

The “Voice of the Customer” is a document that synthesizes Gartner Peer Insights’ reviews into insights for IT decision makers. This aggregated peer perspective, along with the individual detailed reviews, is complementary to Gartner expert research and can play a key role in your buying process, as it focuses on direct peer experiences of implementing and operating a solution.

Among 79 Gartner Peer Insights reviews for TrueNAS Enterprise over 12 months, 85% received five stars and the remaining 15% received four out of five stars. This aggregate rating for TrueNAS Enterprise remained 4.9 of 5.0 stars in the latest report, also rating 4.9 for Product Capabilities, 4.9 for Deployment Experience, 4.9 for Support Experience, and 4.8 for Sales Experience.

TrueNAS Enterprise appliances from iXsystems are designed for demanding storage environments that require performance, scalability, and reliability. Where most products in the Primary Storage category only provide block services, the TrueNAS universal data platform provides block, file, and object storage interfaces, in addition to the ability to run applications and VMs. Its powerful and versatile primary storage software is built on OpenZFS, offering advanced management capabilities for provisioning, monitoring, and optimizing storage resources. Other notable data optimization and protection features include data compression, encryption, deduplication, and replication, making it ideal for storing and protecting business-critical data.

According to one customer review, “The switch to TrueNAS was unbelievably easy and overall, wished it happened sooner. Simple and straightforward experience. We were able to go in with requirements and know quickly if the solution offered was going to be able to meet our requirements. A lot of options are available out of the box that comparable products charge for.”

Another customer review noted TrueNAS Enterprise to be “Simple, Fast, And Productive. Communications were clear and concise. Getting the correct solution was simple and did not involve upsells to unneeded product. The responsiveness of the interfaces make it a breeze to make changes or review system configurations. Most configurations are easy to perform.”

“Customer voices matter most, and we believe this recognition of TrueNAS Enterprise as a Customers’ Choice for the North American region and a ‘Strong Performer’ two years in a row underscores the business value customers of our enterprise storage appliances and users of open source software rave about,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President for iXsystems. “The success of our customers and users is our top priority as they modernize how they store and protect data by leveraging open storage to simplify operations and reduce cost.”

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Resources

• For more information about this report, please visit: https://www.gartner.com/document/5222864
• To contact iXsystems about TrueNAS Enterprise storage appliances, go to: https://www.truenas.com/get-quote/

About iXsystems and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Relied upon by millions in all 195 countries, TrueNAS is an award-winning universal data platform used by a majority of Fortune 500TM companies. The platform harnesses the power of the legendary ZFS file system to provide scale-up or scale-out unified storage with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and many other data-heavy workloads. As an alternative to legacy storage systems that are proprietary, restrictive, and often overpriced, TrueNAS helps organizations modernize how they store and protect data by leveraging open storage to simplify operations and drastically reduce cost.

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San Jose, CA, February 14, 2024 – iXsystems®, the company behind TrueNAS, and Klara, a leading open source software developer, today reasserted their joint commitment to open source with the contribution of the Fast Dedup feature to the OpenZFS and TrueNAS communities. In a move sponsored and supported by engineers from iXsystems and the development efforts of Klara, the contribution of Fast Dedup significantly enhances sustained deduplication performance for ZFS and TrueNAS storage systems, marking a new milestone in storage efficiency and performance.

Deduplication performance has been limited in ZFS and OpenZFS since the inception of the file system due to its metadata handling. Fast Dedup ameliorates this with the introduction of a re-engineered metadata structure dynamically sized to operate in RAM or on dedicated flash devices for expedited processing. These advancements collectively enable up to 20 times faster performance and 5 times more usable capacity for certain workloads while greatly improving reliability for systems with deduplication enabled. The technology outperforms legacy dedup by employing algorithms and strategies that scan, identify, and eliminate duplicates, while keeping metadata in RAM and SSDs.

“The OpenZFS Community is very excited to receive this major contribution of Fast Dedup software,” said Matt Ahrens, co-creator of ZFS and the OpenZFS Project. “Fast Dedup has been a major user desire for many years and we are pleased to see that Klara and iXsystems have developed the feature in-line with our general requirements. We look forward to testing and integrating the new software.”

Key Fast Dedup Advancements Include:

• Metadata size is now dynamically sized to fit on either RAM or dedicated flash devices to avoid hitting the performance penalty wall.
• Metadata structure completely re-engineered to enable efficient updates using a log append process, greatly improving performance for large updates such as deletions.
• Dedup table now favors dedup-able data and prune blocks that show no dedup potential.
• Metadata improvements combined with properly configured storage, including dedicated metadata flash devices designed to improve sustained dedup performance by an order of magnitude or greater for larger systems.

“Klara is very proud of the speed and functional quality of the Fast Dedup development,” said Allan Jude, FreeBSD Engineering Manager at Klara “We look forward to completing the integration and testing work needed for this to be a standard OpenZFS capability, with no extra cost.”

“Fast Dedup has been a longstanding desired feature of ZFS and TrueNAS, and can deliver 5X the usable capacity and 20X the performance.” said Kris Moore, SVP of iXsystems Engineering. “These attributes will significantly improve the economics of OpenZFS storage relative to Cloud storage and proprietary storage, and our team could not be more ecstatic to see this come to fruition.”

The donation of Fast Dedup technology is a testament to the shared vision and collaboration between iXsystems and Klara, underscoring their dedication to the advancement of open-source storage solutions. Expected in Q2 for TrueNAS SCALE, Fast Dedup will be available as test software, not to be used for production. This will allow validation of functionality and performance prior to a standard product release later in 2024.

For more information on iXsystems, TrueNAS, or its hardware/software products, please contact iX.

About iXsystems and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Relied upon by millions in all 195 countries, TrueNAS is an award-winning universal data platform used by a majority of Fortune 500TM companies. The platform harnesses the power of the legendary ZFS file system to provide scale-up or scale-out unified storage with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and many other data-heavy workloads. As an alternative to legacy storage systems that are proprietary, restrictive, and often overpriced, TrueNAS helps organizations modernize how they store and protect data by leveraging open storage to simplify operations and drastically reduce cost.

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San Jose, CA, November 14, 2023 – iXsystems^®, the company behind TrueNAS, today announced the general availability of its new performance flagship series of storage appliances, the TrueNAS Enterprise F-Series, along with the latest release of TrueNAS SCALE (23.10) software. These all-NVMe models were designed for maximum performance, reliability, and density to serve the most demanding workloads, while offering significant reductions in power, space, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). With 30TB NVMe drives, a single 2U system supports 720TB of highly-available storage.

TrueNAS F-Series appliances ship with TrueNAS Enterprise 23.10. With the latest generation hardware and software, IT organizations have a new choice to address demanding performance requirements while enjoying the benefits of Open Source economics. The new solution from iXsystems supports data-intensive use cases including AI/ML, containerization , virtualization, content creation/editing, database servers, gaming, and more. This new series has been eagerly awaited by the company’s thousands of global customers in enterprise, government, healthcare, service provider,  media creation, education, research and any organization in need of high-performance storage for their critical data.

TrueNAS F-Series Storage Highlights:

• Two models to choose from: F100 with 30GB/s bandwidth per node and F60 with 20GB/s bandwidth per node
• High-performance: NVMe-powered storage for low latency and bandwidths greater than 20GB/s
• Next-Generation Hardware: Designed to provide unrivaled resilience and drive density
• Superior Scalability: The F-Series easily scales from a few terabytes to 720TB in only 2U, meeting a wide range of user requirements. Both scale-up and scale-out technologies can be used to increase capacity
• High Availability: Dual-controller architecture provides continuous accessibility, preventing data downtime
• Maximum data mobility: The TrueNAS F-Series provides vast connectivity options to maximize interoperability
• Future-Ready Design: Built for modern business applications and the challenges they present

The TrueNAS M-Series remains the versatile and high-capacity system for hybrid, flash, and HDD requirements in the portfolio. The M-Series and F-Series systems both run the same TrueNAS Enterprise 23.10 software with compatible features and a common WebUI.

“Support for demanding workloads is the top reason organizations are looking for NVMe storage, and part of choosing NVMe is to future-proof their environment,” said Dave Raffo, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group. “With high-performance appliances at a fraction of the
price of many NVMe systems, TrueNAS Enterprise is an increasingly interesting choice for
organizations to consider.”

TrueNAS Enterprise 23.10 is available across the iXsystems appliance portfolio, offering storage, compute, and container solutions for a flexible feature-rich storage environment. The Linux-based platform uniquely offers KVM virtualization, native container support, Kubernetes integration, and the ability to scale up to 1,200 drives and 25PB+ in a single system. The highly-evolved TrueNAS data platform emphasizes scalability and high-availability, boasting a scale-up or scale-out architecture built on the robust OpenZFS 2.2 filesystem. This ensures top-notch data integrity and advanced storage features to meet the most data-intensive business needs.

Highlights of TrueNAS Enterprise 23.10 include:

• Upgraded to OpenZFS 2.2 with multiple iXsystems contributions
• Upgraded to Linux Kernel 6.1 with improved hardware support
• Improved application UI
• Enhanced storage pool UI
• ZFS Block Cloning (Deduplication) for SMB and NFS file copies
• ZFS dRAID Pool Layouts

“The unveiling of TrueNAS Enterprise 23.10 and the TrueNAS F-Series Storage line emphasizes our relentless drive to offer leading-edge, open-source storage solutions,” said Morgan Littlewood, Senior Vice President of Product Management for iXsystems. “We are excited about the value these solutions will bring to users as they support the industry’s most demanding Media and Entertainment (M&E) and IT workloads.”

Availability

Both TrueNAS Enterprise F-series appliances and TrueNAS SCALE 23.10 are now available for users and enterprises to explore. TrueNAS SCALE 23.10 is free to download and TrueNAS F-Series pricing varies based on the configuration of each system.

For more information on TrueNAS F-Series or our other products, please contact iX.

About iXsystems and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Relied upon by millions in all 195 countries, TrueNAS is an award-winning universal data platform used by a majority of Fortune 500^TM companies. The platform harnesses the power of the legendary ZFS file system to provide scale-up or scale-out unified storage with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and many other data-heavy workloads. As an alternative to legacy storage systems that are proprietary, restrictive, and often overpriced, TrueNAS helps organizations modernize how they store and protect data by leveraging open storage to simplify operations and drastically reduce cost.

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SAN JOSE, CA, October 24, 2023 – iXsystems^®, the company behind TrueNAS Open Storage, today announced new growth milestones in 2023 as the company has expanded its leadership team and received recognition for its industry leading customer experience. Adoption of TrueNAS Enterprise appliances and Open Storage software is evidence that more enterprises are choosing the benefits of Data Freedom in response to the unrelenting growth of business-critical data.

With an improved 4.9 out of 5 star rating on Gartner Peer Insights, TrueNAS Enterprise is tied for the 2nd highest ranking among vendors in both the Primary Storage and Distributed File Systems & Object Storage categories, earning a Customer’s Choice award in Gartner’s 2023 “Voice of the Customer Report”. Over the past 4 quarters, TrueNAS Enterprise customers also rated their experiences with a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 77.5, and an 80.8 in CYQ3. The average score for the technology industry is 60 and a score above 50 is normally considered to be excellent. With the continued maturation of TrueNAS software, ratings on other major review sites also grew. On renowned review site TrustRadius, TrueNAS earned the “Top Rated” award for the Network Attached Storage category, with a ratings increase to 9.7 / 10.

Significant Milestones Achieved over the Past 12 months Include:

• People
  • iXsystems awarded Top Workplaces recognition for 2023
  • New SVP of Human Resources, SVP of Finance, and VP of Engineering added to the executive team
  • New Directors of Sales in EMEA and AsiaPAC added to better serve those markets
• Business
  • 2023 Customer Choice Award for Primary Storage on Gartner Peer Insights
  • 2023 Top Rated Award for Network Attached Storage on TrustRadius, 9.7 / 10
  • Industry leading Net Promoter Score of 77.5 over the past 4 quarters, 80.8 in Q3
• Solutions
  • TrueNAS SCALE reached its third major release and >80,000 downloads
  • New multi-site file synchronization for TrueNAS SCALE with Syncthing
  • Expanded distribution in EMEA and expanded parts depots in EMEA and AsiaPAC

“TrueNAS Enterprise has provided us superior price-performance, which when combined with an overall better user experience, makes it stand above alternative solutions,” said Scott Call, IT Director, Viz Media LLC. “It’s been nice to take the TrueNAS software we knew and were proficient with, and add-in support for both hardware and software; it has made sure we don’t have anything to complain about.”

“We began deploying applications in containers with TrueNAS last year, and TrueNAS Enterprise systems have proven to serve our customers very well, from virtual machine storage to video and media storage,” said Trevor Carlson, Vice President of Engineering, THUMBWAR. “Our customers need excellent performance and reliability, and with TrueNAS Enterprise they don’t need to sacrifice these requirements in order to lower their acquisition and operational costs.”

“We set out on a different path than other companies in the storage marketplace, and we continue to concentrate on user success and long-term sustainable growth of the TrueNAS Community and our TrueNAS Enterprise business,” said Michael Lauth, President and CEO of iXsystems. “Our success is intrinsically tied to that of our users, partners, and customers, and our recent additions to leadership position iX to serve our audiences even better to earn further recognition in the storage marketplace.”

About iXsystems and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Relied upon by millions in over 200 countries, TrueNAS is an award-winning universal data platform used by a majority of Fortune 500^TM companies. The platform harnesses the power of the legendary ZFS file system to provide scale-up or scale-out unified storage with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and many other data-heavy workloads. As an alternative to legacy storage systems that are proprietary, restrictive, and often overpriced, TrueNAS helps organizations modernize how they store and protect data by leveraging open storage to simplify operations and drastically reduce cost.

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SAN JOSE, CA, June 1, 2023 – iXsystems^®,  the company behind TrueNAS® Open Storage, today announced they were named a Strong Performer in the 2023 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Primary Storage, recommended by 100% of customers based on reviews submitted as of February 2023. iXsystems was also named a Customers’ Choice for Primary Storage in North America in the report. The report categorizes vendors based on overall customers’ experience, interest, and adoption. The report can be accessed at https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/4304999 (Gartner Subscription Required).

Voice of the Customer reports summarize Gartner Peer Insights’ reviews for IT decision-makers, helping them to make more informed decisions. The aggregated peer perspective, along with the individual detailed reviews from customers, plays a crucial role in the enterprise software buying process as it focuses on the direct peer experience of implementing and operating a new solution.

With 81% of all Gartner Peer Insights reviews for TrueNAS Enterprise receiving five stars and the remaining 19% receiving four out of five stars, the aggregate rating for iXsystems primary storage was 4.8 out of 5.0 based on reviews submitted as of February 2023. iXsystem has a current overall rating on Gartner Peer Insights of 4.8/5 based on 96 reviews submitted all time. TrueNAS Enterprise is rated 4.9 for Product Capabilities, 4.9 for Service and Support, 4.8 on Integration and Deployment, and 4.8 on Evaluation and Contracting.

TrueNAS Enterprise appliances from iXsystems are designed for demanding storage environments that require performance, scalability, and reliability. Where most products in the Primary Storage category only provide block services, the TrueNAS universal data platform provides file, block, and object storage interfaces, in addition to the ability to run applications and VMs. Its powerful and versatile primary storage software is built on OpenZFS, offering advanced management capabilities for provisioning, monitoring, and optimizing storage resources. Other notable data optimization and protection features include data compression, encryption, deduplication, and replication, making it ideal for protecting business-critical data.

According to one customer review of TrueNAS Enterprise, “I’ve been a customer of iXsystems and TrueNAS products for over 8 years and two companies. Everything from their sales team to their implementation and support teams are top notch individuals. I highly recommend them to other colleagues as well when they are looking for a reliable, lower cost storage platform with all the major bells and whistles of the larger players.”

According to another customer review of TrueNAS Enterprise, “There is no other array we can find that delivers block-storage via iscsi and fibre-channel… file shares by SMB/CIFS/NFS… and S3-compatible buckets at this price point. The flexibility is unreal, and the management portals are thorough. Development of new features and squashing of bugs are continuous and frequent. Transparency on their forums is amazing.”

“TrueNAS was created to help organizations modernize the storage and protection of their data using a universal data platform that simplifies operations while providing the economic advantages and flexibility of open source,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President for iXsystems. “We are thrilled and honored that the experiences our customers have with TrueNAS Enterprise have received top ratings in the storage marketplace on Gartner Peer Insights, and we look forward to helping more organizations experience these same benefits.”

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About iXsystems and TrueNAS
iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Relied upon by millions in over 200 countries, TrueNAS is an award-winning universal data platform used by a majority of Fortune 500 companies. The platform harnesses the power of the legendary ZFS file system to provide scale-up or scale-out unified storage with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and many other data-heavy workloads. As an alternative to legacy storage systems that are proprietary, restrictive, and often overpriced, TrueNAS helps organizations modernize how they store and protect data by leveraging open storage to simplify operations and drastically reduce cost.

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SAN JOSE, CA, May 23, 2023 – iXsystems^®,  the company behind TrueNAS Open Storage, today announced that CRN^®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named iXsystems in its annual Storage 100 list in the Software-Defined Storage category for the third year in a row. The Storage 100 recognizes industry-leading storage vendors that provide transformative, channel-friendly products, and services.

The Storage 100 list is a valuable resource for solution providers looking for vendors that can support them in a complex storage market with industry-leading portfolios in areas such as data protection, management and resilience, software-defined storage, and storage appliances. This year’s list represents the industry leaders in storage technology that can be used for on-premises or cloud deployments.

The companies selected for the Storage 100 have been chosen by CRN editors for their perseverance in pushing the boundaries of innovation through cutting-edge technology and strategic partnerships. iXsystems made the list for TrueNAS Open Storage, a compelling option for midsize companies because of its features, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. With advanced capabilities typically found in much more expensive solutions, TrueNAS is ideal for a wide range of applications to ensure critical data is always secure, yet accessible.

“CRN’s 2023 Storage 100 list recognizes the leading vendors that are delivering transformative advancements in storage technology and bringing modern solutions to customers and solution providers that are built for the future,” said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. “We are honored to recognize their contributions as the leading players in storage technology for 2023.”

“Data is growing faster than ever, and our channel partners are helping organizations struggling with the complexity and cost of managing their valuable data,” said Matt Finney, Vice President of Sales for iXsystems. “TrueNAS Enterprise enables channel partners to deliver an award winning data storage solution while also lowering costs, and we are pleased that CRN agrees with our unique approach.”

About iXsystems and TrueNAS
iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Relied upon by millions in over 200 countries, TrueNAS is an award-winning universal data platform used by a majority of Fortune 500^TM companies. The platform harnesses the power of the legendary ZFS file system to provide scale-up or scale-out unified storage with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and many other data-heavy workloads. As an alternative to legacy storage systems that are proprietary, restrictive, and often overpriced, TrueNAS helps organizations modernize how they store and protect data by leveraging open storage to simplify operations and drastically reduce cost.

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SAN JOSE, CA, May 18, 2023 – iXsystems®, the company behind TrueNAS Open Storage, today announced the company has received the Top Rated Award from TrustRadius for TrueNAS® Open Storage in the Network Attached Storage category. In this category, the company also received top honors for Best Feature Set, Best Relationship (with customers), and Best Value for Price. As one of the most trusted review sites for business technology, the TrustRadius awards are designed to help technology buyers make better decisions.

The TrustRadius Top Rated awards consist of three key criteria: recency of reviews (10+ new or updated reviews in the past 12 months), market relevancy (products must receive at least 1.5% of the traffic volume in that category), and rating (products must have at least 4 stars with a   TrustRadius “trScore” of 7.5 or above). With a trScore of 9.5 out of 10, iXsystems has been recognized by the TrustRadius community as a top provider of Networked Attached Storage.

TrueNAS is a modern NAS platform powered by Open Source, and the world’s most deployed storage software with over 15 million downloads and users in 200 countries worldwide. TrueNAS is used to store and protect data in a variety of data-intensive applications by small and large enterprise organizations alike.TrueNAS has been consistently recognized with awards in recent years, and the majority of the Fortune 500 already use TrueNAS.

According to Robert Mizen, a Verified User and Reviewer, “If you need RAID storage, it’s a very obvious choice. Also, being Open Source and secure, it gives IT Admins a great say over security and control. Adding in SCALE and other features means that it can and will fit many environments. Linux environments work great on SCALE, but you can use it within mixed environments as we do now.”

“My organization uses TrueNAS SCALE to run file servers for local data storage and backup, and host Windows virtual machines. This solution is far superior to manually setting up a Linux server distro with all the packages and configurations for file shares and virtual machines,” added another Verified User and Reviewer. “While I’m accustomed to using the terminal, I welcome the in-browser graphical UI which anyone can use. Remote administration has never been easier for me and my colleagues, with even those unfamiliar with Linux being able to pick up on things very quickly due to the intuitive design.”

“We are thrilled and honored to receive the Top Rated and ‘Best of’ Awards from TrustRadius for TrueNAS, most especially as it comes from the positive experiences our users have with our universal data platform. ” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President for iXsystems. “We will continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible in Open Storage and look forward to serving users with even greater value and dedication in the years ahead.”

To view TrueNAS Open Storage reviews on the TrustRadius site, please visit: https://www.trustradius.com/products/truenas/reviews

Resources:

• Community Reviews Blog
• TrueNAS Digital Public Good Blog

About iXsystems and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Relied upon by millions in over 200 countries, TrueNAS is an award-winning universal data platform used by a majority of Fortune 500^TM companies. The platform harnesses the power of the legendary ZFS file system to provide scale-up or scale-out unified storage with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and many other data-heavy workloads. As an alternative to legacy storage systems that are proprietary, restrictive, and often overpriced, TrueNAS helps organizations modernize how they store and protect data by leveraging open storage to simplify operations and drastically reduce cost.

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SAN JOSE, CA, February 22, 2023 – iXsystems® today announced TrueNAS SCALE “Bluefin” 22.12.1, the latest release of its Linux-based Open Storage platform, and the availability of the new TrueNAS Mini R storage appliance. Recognized as a Digital Public Good (DPG) by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA), TrueNAS open storage solves the limitations of traditional storage and offers the choice of greater data freedom to organizations of all types and sizes around the world.

TrueNAS SCALE
Powered by Linux, TrueNAS SCALE is an open, hyperconverged, unified scale-out storage platform ideal for demanding file, block, and object storage use cases. Linux, Kubernetes, and containers provide the key technologies for enabling embedded applications within TrueNAS SCALE, giving users the ability to consolidate platforms, reduce costs, simplify administration, and accelerate their application performance by eliminating protocol and networking layers. TrueNAS SCALE supports SMB and NFS File Sharing, iSCSI Block Storage, S3 Object storage, the iX-Storj service for Globally Distributed Storage, and Cloud Sync for interoperability with public cloud storage.

TrueNAS SCALE Bluefin has been tested by more than 20,000 TrueNAS Community adopters and provides important new capabilities, including cluster management APIs and a Kubernetes CSI Driver for using TrueNAS SCALE as the storage cluster. In addition to maturity from community testing ahead of broader adoption by Linux users, TrueNAS SCALE 22.12.1 includes performance improvements, the option for Kubernetes API passthrough for external orchestrators, and many general fixes and improvements.

TrueNAS Mini R
Also available with TrueNAS SCALE 22.12.1 is the latest TrueNAS storage system from iXsystems. The rack-mountable TrueNAS Mini R offers 12 lockable and hot-swappable 3.5” drive bays for more than 200TB of capacity when fully populated and the option of 2.5” SATA SSDs for more than 90TB of flash storage. The larger Mini R joins the Mini X, X+, and XL+ systems in the entry-level TrueNAS Mini series.

Designed with a low noise profile, the professional-grade Mini R can be racked in a remote site or located comfortably within an office environment. It is ideal for small and home offices and can also serve in parts of enterprise deployments for remote sites, backup, and non-critical departmental applications.

TrueNAS Named a Digital Public Good
The Digital Public Goods Alliance is a multi-stakeholder initiative facilitating the discovery, development, use of, and investment in Digital Public Goods (DPG). A DPG is defined as a resource or service that is freely accessible to all and provides benefits that are essential for individuals and society as a whole. Examples of digital public goods include Open Source software, online educational resources, and publicly available data, which must adhere to privacy and other applicable laws and best practices.

TrueNAS SCALE was recently recognized as a DPG, alongside other widely deployed Open Source infrastructure software including Fedora Linux. TrueNAS SCALE is freely available to all, including those who are otherwise unable to invest in traditional storage offerings to protect valuable data. DPGs, like TrueNAS SCALE, represent much more than code itself and are key to accelerating the attainment of sustainable development goals in emerging economic regions.

“Of the Digital Public Goods which are recognized by the DPGA, TrueNAS is among the most widely used Open Source software, helping lower the barriers to digital innovation in nearly every country on the planet,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President, iXsystems. “Our core purpose as a company is to spread the benefits of True Data Freedom to the world and earn the opportunity to provide organizations with TrueNAS Enterprise solutions as an alternative to traditional commercial storage systems that are proprietary, restrictive, and often overpriced.”

Pricing and Availability
TrueNAS SCALE 22.12.1 is available for free download at truenas.com/scale and pre-installed on TrueNAS Enterprise appliances with support, including TrueNAS Enterprise M-Series and R-Series appliances.

The TrueNAS Mini R appliance starts at under $2,000 and is now available to order from iXsystems.

Resources:

• TrueNAS SCALE 22.12.1 Blog
• TrueNAS Mini R Blog
• TrueNAS Digital Public Good Blog

Videos:

• TrueNAS: https://youtu.be/NPsUXgfbqig
• Lawrence Systems: https://youtu.be/CIdxfNSbHBQ
• 2GuysTek: https://youtu.be/8Kxy3sWBJz4

About iXsystems and TrueNAS
iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Used by millions, TrueNAS lays the foundation for the Open Storage Era so that all organizations can access the benefits of True Data Freedom. TrueNAS enables users to harness the power of the legendary ZFS file system and provides unified and hyperconverged storage for private and cloud datacenters, with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and other data-intensive workloads. Thousands of organizations around the world have chosen TrueNAS Enterprise systems and support from iX to scale-up or scale-out their infrastructure while leveraging Open Source economics.

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SAN JOSE, CA, February 8, 2023 – iXsystems®, the company behind TrueNAS, today announced new growth milestones over the past 12 months, as the company surpassed $100 million in bookings and saw a 51% increase in the Exabytes of TrueNAS storage deployed worldwide. The impressive growth in the adoption of TrueNAS Enterprise appliances and Open Storage software overall is evidence that more Enterprises are choosing the benefits of Open Source Economics to store and protect their valuable, business-critical data.

In 2022, iXsystems grew four times faster than the Enterprise storage market, which according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) is forecasted to grow by 6%. The TrueNAS family of Enterprise appliances comes with highly-rated support, offering an Enterprise storage experience plus the unique benefits of Open Source Economics. With a 4.8 out of 5 star rating, TrueNAS ranked 6th among primary storage vendors on Gartner Peer Insights, with the only “100% would recommend” score among the top 15 highest rated products due to its exceptional quality and reliability. Customers have consistently praised TrueNAS Enterprise for its robust feature set, easy-to-use interface, and excellent performance.

TrueNAS Open Storage software had milestone releases of TrueNAS CORE and TrueNAS SCALE with 660,000 downloads in 2022, eclipsing the 15 million download mark deployed in 200 countries and territories worldwide. In 2022, TrueNAS users also rated their experience with a record high Net Promoter Score that was 62% higher than the industry average for B2B software companies. TrueNAS SCALE, the first Linux-based NAS software from iX, quickly grew to over 40,000 users with nearly 1 Exabyte under management in only 10 months following its first release. The maturity of these releases earned several top ratings on major review sites, including the highest ranking and most reviews for All-Flash Arrays on G2, and the highest rating and most customer-verified reviews on the site for Network Attached Storage on TrustRadius.

Significant milestones achieved over the past 12 months include:

• Business
  • Achieved 2022 bookings target of $100 million
  • Maintained over 50% CAGR for the last four years, with 25% revenue growth in 2022
  • Ranked 6th in ratings among primary storage vendors on Gartner Peer Insights
  • Opened the TrueNAS Innovation Center campus in Tennessee
  • Grew company headcount by 35% to over 200 employees
• Technical
  • Launched TrueNAS SCALE with Linux, Kubernetes, KVM, and Docker containers
  • Delivered first Petabyte-scale All-Flash appliances
  • Launched All-NVMe TrueNAS R30 and high-capacity modular TrueNAS R50
  • Delivered TrueNAS CORE 13.0, the most robust release in TrueNAS history
  • Created cost-effective Globally Distributed Storage for backup with iX-Storj
• Community
  • 51% increase in the Exabytes of TrueNAS storage deployed worldwide
  • More than 40,000 users of TrueNAS SCALE and 1 Exabyte under management
  • 62% higher Net Promoter Score than the industry average for B2B software
  • 32% increase in TrueNAS Community engagements, over 7.7 million total
  • Surpassed 15 million TrueNAS software downloads

“In my conversations as a storage reseller with organizations who run TrueNAS open source software, more of them are choosing to invest in TrueNAS Enterprise for their business-critical applications,” said Jonathan Chubb, Managing Director, Esdebe. “TrueNAS appliances have proven to exceed the high expectations customers have for performance and reliability, helping customers better manage their storage costs and invest the savings elsewhere in their infrastructure.”

These milestones were further validated by accolades from technology research firm DCIG as one of the Top Five Block Storage Solutions. Ongoing industry recognitions include CRN MES Matters, CRN Channel Chief Awards, Best in Biz Awards, and the Storage, Datacenter, Cloud (SDC) Awards.

“We are very pleased with the business momentum and technology milestones we achieved from the hard work that iXsystems has put into making our users and customers successful,” said Michael Lauth, President and CEO of iXsystems. “While no longer a small enterprise, our commitment to customer focus as a profitable private company remains at the heart of our core purpose of spreading the benefits of True Data Freedom to the world.”

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About iXsystems and TrueNAS
iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Used by millions, TrueNAS lays the foundation for the Open Storage Era so that all organizations can access the benefits of True Data Freedom. TrueNAS enables users to harness the power of the legendary ZFS file system and provides unified and hyperconverged storage for private and cloud datacenters, with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and other data-intensive workloads. Thousands of organizations around the world have chosen TrueNAS Enterprise systems and support from iX to scale-up or scale-out their infrastructure while leveraging Open Source economics.

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SAN JOSE, CA – December 15, 2022 — iXsystems®, an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, today announced the RELEASE of TrueNAS SCALE 22.12 “Bluefin,” the second major version of TrueNAS SCALE and the industry’s most powerful Open Source hyperconverged storage OS. Developed in true Open Source fashion alongside the hundreds of thousands of members in the TrueNAS Community, this storage software release furthers the mission of providing true data freedom by expanding on the exceptional flexibility, interoperability, and storage efficiency that has already made TrueNAS the world’s most deployed storage software.

With the release of TrueNAS SCALE 22.12, the open hyperconvergence and scale-out storage platform is ideal for supporting enterprise file, block, and object storage, while also supporting the deployment of applications and VMs. The freely downloadable software is now generally available after four months of testing two BETA versions and a Release Candidate. Software quality is assured following more than 2,000 users who tested the Release Candidate version of Bluefin.

Prior to the availability of TrueNAS SCALE Bluefin, the first release of TrueNAS SCALE 22.02 “Angelfish” in February 2022 successfully introduced a Linux OS foundation, OpenZFS file system, containers (Kubernetes and Docker), and clustering to TrueNAS storage environments, enabling over 40,000 deployed systems in only 10 months. Bluefin will build on this solid foundation and expand to many more use cases and environments. Based on current trends, the iXsystems team expects the software to pass 100,000 installations and 2 Exabytes of data under management in 2023. Bluefin is a simple update for Angelfish users, offering new features, higher quality, and many improvements.

TrueNAS SCALE Bluefin (22.12) provides a wide range of new capabilities that will go through the normal software lifecycle to maturity. Some significant feature updates in TrueNAS SCALE 22.12 include:

• FIPS-140 Security – Provides restricted administration privileges to non-root users, Role Based Access Control, and verified crypto modules.
• Kubernetes CSI Driver – Kubernetes clusters can use TrueNAS SCALE as the storage cluster. TrueNAS SCALE can support Kubernetes CSI, VMware ESXi, and OpenStack Cinder, as well as provide clustered file and object storage services.
• Cluster Management – Includes some new APIs to reduce downtime and operational risks when replacing a Gluster node in a cluster.
• Docker OverlayFS – OverlayFS support within OpenZFS enables greatly reduced overhead when running containerized workloads.
• Virtualization Improvements – USB device pass-through and CPU pinning are enabled, in addition to the existing pass-through across PCIe devices, including GPUs.
• Apps GPU Acceleration – A newer generation of GPUs (Intel Alderlake, NVIDIA GeForce-30xx) are now supported for sharing with application workloads.
• iX-Storj service – Globally Distributed Storage with Web 3.0 technology is a game changer for cloud storage reliability, costs, and performance.
• Enterprise Support – TrueNAS SCALE inherits all the HA and support tools of TrueNAS Enterprise as a separate license with up to 24×365 support.

“The maturing of High Availability (HA) support for TrueNAS SCALE 22.12.0 will increase Enterprise deployments,” said Morgan Littlewood, SVP, Product Management and Business Development for iXsystems. “And with significant FIPS-140 security enhancements, Bluefin can be used in high-security use cases.”

Built on Debian Linux, the Open Source TrueNAS SCALE supports SMB and NFS File Sharing, iSCSI Block Storage, S3 Object API integration, and Cloud Sync for interoperability with public cloud storage. It also offers unique flexibility as hyperconverged infrastructure that allows scaling of compute and storage independently. TrueNAS SCALE can be installed and run on a single node or across 100 clustered nodes, making the massively scalable infrastructure software ideal for a wide range of use cases and applications.

New TrueNAS R30 NVMe All-Flash

Also available with Bluefin is the latest TrueNAS storage system from iXsystems. The TrueNAS R30 offers 16 NVMe Gen4 SSDs per system and 2 dual-port 100GbE NICs in a 1U package, and each node is capable of over 30GB/s bandwidth. Typically configured with 32 Cores, 256GB of RAM, and up to 240TB of NVMe Flash. When configured in TrueNAS SCALE clusters, the R30 scales-out aggregate bandwidth to hundreds of Gb/s for clustered file and object workloads and is ideal for the most demanding analytics and video editing environments.

“We really want to thank the TrueNAS community for their tremendous support in improving TrueNAS SCALE over the past 12 months, which has taken it from a budding project to a fully operational OS,” said Brett Davis, SVP, Sales and Marketing for iXsystems. “It’s been an exciting ride and there’s still much more to come. Continued engagement from the community is welcomed as we continue to collectively take open storage to new heights of capability with each software release.”

Pricing and Availability

TrueNAS SCALE 22.12 is available for free download at truenas.com/scale and pre-installed on TrueNAS Enterprise appliances with support. The TrueNAS Enterprise R30 platform is now available to order from iXsystems.

Resources:

TrueNAS SCALE 22.12 Blog
TrueNAS R30 Blog

About iXsystems and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Used by millions, TrueNAS lays the foundation for the Open Storage Era so that all organizations can access the benefits of true Data Freedom. TrueNAS enables users to harness the power of the legendary ZFS file system and provides unified and hyperconverged storage for private and cloud datacenters, with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and other data-intensive workloads. Thousands of organizations around the world have chosen TrueNAS Enterprise systems and support from iX to scale-up or scale-out their infrastructure while leveraging Open Source economics.

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MARYVILLE, TN – October 19, 2022 — iXsystems®, an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, today announced the company’s 20th anniversary with the opening of its TrueNAS Innovation Center located at 333 E. Broadway Ave in downtown Maryville, Tennessee. Celebrating with an official ribbon-cutting at the facility at 11:30 am Eastern time, company executives will be joined by several regional dignitaries, including Drew Miles, City of Maryville Councilman, and Bryan Daniels, President, and CEO of Blount Partnership.

The TrueNAS Innovation Center is the largest commercial office building in downtown Maryville and will host elements of all business functions. It features a state-of-the-art data center to advance research, development, testing, certification, and support of TrueNAS software and TrueNAS Enterprise storage systems. iXsystems grew TrueNAS revenues 70% year-over-year in 2021 and has continued to grow revenue and invest in new employees in 2022. 

“Beginning with 3 employees in Silicon Valley 20 years ago, and 3 employees in our first Maryville office in 2016, iXsystems has now grown beyond 200 passionate employees around the world to serve TrueNAS users and customers,” said Michael Lauth, CEO, iXsystems. “We chose eastern Tennessee to invest in continued growth, and look forward to our larger role as an employer of choice in the region.”

The promise of True Data Freedom made possible by TrueNAS Open Source software has driven more organizations to choose TrueNAS for their demanding storage needs. 

New TrueNAS R50 Platform delivers High Capacity and Enhanced Serviceability

iXsystems has also launched the next generation of its TrueNAS R50 Unified Storage Appliances. The R50 Gen3 has been improved with a modular architecture enabling easy system controller upgrades or replacements. The new TrueNAS R50 strengthens the R-Series product line and complements the M-Series with its built-in High Availability.

Ideal for the most data-intensive IT environments, TrueNAS R50 systems can now grow to over 1 Petabyte of hard drive capacity and up to 60TB of NVMe flash in only 4U of rack space. With expansion shelves, a system can expand to up to 5 Petabytes of hybrid storage capacity with 100GbE networking. TrueNAS SCALE clustering and enclosure management are available for scale-out customers, and migration from scale-up is also available.

“Interest in Open Source Storage continues to accelerate, and our new R50 model improves our TrueNAS appliance portfolio that already spans from small offices to the largest data centers under one unified software experience,” said Brett Davis, EVP, iXsystems. “The iX team is energized by our latest investments which will fuel the delivery of new products and grow our support functions to continue to build on the already excellent experiences our customers report.”

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About iXsystems and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Used by millions, TrueNAS has laid the foundation for the Open Storage Era so that all organizations can access the benefits of true Data Freedom. TrueNAS enables users to harness the power of the legendary ZFS file system and provides unified and hyperconverged storage for private and cloud datacenters, with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and other data-intensive workloads. Thousands of organizations around the world have chosen TrueNAS Enterprise systems and support from iX to scale-up or scale-out their infrastructure while leveraging Open Source economics.

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Threat Hunter made the shift in 2015 to Threat Hunting-as-a-Service as the risk of cyberattacks became a more serious concern for North American businesses. Utilizing TrueNAS as the platform for their soon-to-be-announced ThreatHunter.AI systems, data sets, and data lake, Threat Hunter relies on iX to grow, expand, and change the game in the cybersecurity industry. Threat Hunter’s plans include the deployment of a robust unified data storage solution that can be expanded over time while fitting into a predetermined footprint, making data protection, storage scalability, and density key requirements.

Threat Hunter evaluated a range of enterprise solutions. As an experienced user of TrueNAS, the company also looked at the TrueNAS M50 Enterprise storage platform, which had the ability to store massive amounts of data and scale within a small footprint. The platform’s TrueNAS Enterprise software also included redundancy advantages to inherently protect data, thanks to the OpenZFS file system. 

Adding to this, Threat Hunter realized that TrueNAS also removed the complexity of cloud-based subscription or usage-based pricing models. As many storage vendors have shifted to cloud-based subscription or utility-based pricing options, this has resulted in more complex pricing. TrueNAS Enterprise offers very straightforward and transparent pricing which allows for more accurate cost modeling. The process of starting with the  Open Source offering to prove out the concept and then transitioning to the supported TrueNAS solution has been simple, efficient, and cost-effective for the IT solution provider.

“Being in the business of risk mitigation, the TrueNAS platform definitely supports our mission,” said Ethan Coulter, CTO for Threat Hunter. “The TrueNAS M50 Enterprise platform has proven to be a perfect fit, providing inherent protections only available with this Open Source platform, offering all of the scalability, flexibility, and redundancy needed to secure sensitive customer data.”

“TrueNAS Enterprise appliances are optimized for performance and reliability, and along with support, they offer an enterprise choice for many demanding workloads,” said Mario Blandini, Vice President of Marketing, iXsystems. “We are proud to have been selected by Threat Hunter and look forward to helping them scale their business while leveraging Open Source economics.”

Learn more about iXsystems at ixsystems.com.

Additional Resources:

• Threat Hunter Case Study
• Video Interview with Ethan Coulter
• TrueNAS Enterprise storage systems 

About iXsystems and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Used by millions, TrueNAS has laid the foundation for the Open Storage Era so that all organizations can access the benefits of true Data Freedom. TrueNAS enables users to harness the power of the legendary ZFS file system and provides unified and hyperconverged storage for private and cloud datacenters, with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and other data-intensive workloads. Thousands of organizations around the world have chosen TrueNAS Enterprise systems and support from iX to scale-up or scale-out their infrastructure while leveraging Open Source economics.

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100% of Reviews Recommend TrueNAS Enterprise Storage

SAN JOSE, CA – June 21, 2022 — iXsystems®, an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, today announced that the company’s TrueNAS Enterprise unified storage systems have been recommended by 100% of customers, and rated 4.8 out of 5 stars on Gartner® Peer Insights™ in the Primary Storage category as of June 17, 2022, based on 12 reviews. iXsystems received its rating for overall customer experience which includes evaluation and contracting, integration and deployment, service and support, and product capabilities. Additional review details are available on the Peer Insights review site.

Gartner Peer Insights is an online IT software and services reviews and ratings platform. The reviews are written and read by IT professionals and technology decision-makers. It helps IT leaders make more insightful purchase decisions and technology providers improve their products by receiving objective, unbiased feedback from their customers. On Gartner Peer Insights, enterprise users have provided feedback that we believe underscores the value they experienced with iX and TrueNAS Enterprise.

In one review, a healthcare industry CIO user stated, “We have used TrueNAS arrays for around five years. We started with one array five years ago to run one very specific workload. It has operated in that area for five years with very minimal issues and has performed as sold the whole time. Due to a planned hardware refresh currently underway when we got to selecting storage for the entire project it was a very easy decision for us. We choose TrueNAS to run as primary storage for all workloads in both datacenters. We have already gotten a few of the new arrays as well as have more coming. The new units excel even past our expectations by way of build quality and performance.”

In another review, an infrastructure and operations professional for a midsize media and entertainment company said, “We started using TrueNAS Core as a way to repurpose older storage into backup systems. As time went by, we realized TrueNAS and iXsystems had a great offering not only because TrueNAS was open-source and free, it was because they had elevated their Enterprise offerings as well. Features, Support and Reliability are all together a hallmark of iXsystems.”

Finally, an enterprise architecture and technology innovation executive at an enterprise-class communications services provider noted, “We acquired our TrueNAS storage to replace another solution that was running out of storage space and performance declining. TrueNAS has been in production for about 9 months now. All in all, our engineering group has been very pleased with the performance of this TrueNAS solution. Our build cycle has decreased from 5 hours to 1.5 hours on the TrueNAS. iXsystems has also been a good partner all through the purchase and deployment. They gave us a turnkey solution, and we had the system up and running within two days. We have more storage requirements coming up and iXsystems / TrueNAS is definitely the leading player going forward.”

TrueNAS® Enterprise appliances from iX are architected and optimized for high availability, running TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. The appliances come with Enterprise features and professional support, with choice among appliance models that scale-up from small to very large capacities. Customers also choose the best model based on their performance and capacity requirements, and the ideal mix of Hybrid and All-Flash media for their workloads. Centralized management of TrueNAS Enterprise appliances and other TrueNAS systems running open source software is available with TrueCommand.

“iX is proud of the investments we have made in the TrueNAS experience for Open Source users, and more especially proud to have earned such positive reviews of our product and support from TrueNAS Enterprise customers,” said Morgan Littlewood, SVP, Product Management for iXsystems. “TrueNAS Enterprise customers can continue to scale-up their storage with open source economics while retaining the freedom to migrate systems to scale-out with hyperconvergence as they advance their storage environments”.

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About iXsystems and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Used by millions, TrueNAS has laid the foundation for the Open Storage Era so that all organizations can access the benefits of true Data Freedom. TrueNAS enables users to harness the power of the legendary ZFS file system and provides unified and hyperconverged storage for private and cloud datacenters, with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and other data-intensive workloads. Thousands of organizations around the world have chosen TrueNAS Enterprise systems and support from iX to scale-up or scale-out their infrastructure while leveraging Open Source economics.

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SAN JOSE, CA – May 23, 2022 — iXsystems®, an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, today announced very positive ratings from its users and customers across several key areas, including products, resources, and customer support. The 2022 TrueNAS User Satisfaction Survey is the largest audit of its kind undertaken by the company, involving more than 8,400 TrueNAS users and their experience with community support and resources. The 2022 TrueNAS Enterprise Customer Experience Survey involved hundreds of companies that have chosen systems and support from iX.

As the company behind TrueNAS, iX relies on collaboration and feedback from the TrueNAS Open Source community of >250K users. This input builds the backlog from which issues are resolved and software feature requests are prioritized. One of the company’s core values is “pursue kaizen” or continuous improvement, which the company strives to apply to both TrueNAS products and the people at iX that create and support them. 

A large number of respondents completing the survey had very positive sentiments when discussing TrueNAS, such as:

• “We have used FreeNAS / TrueNAS for 6 years in our company. We have found it to be efficient, reliable, and economical. I am glad I discovered it and have been able to incorporate it into the IT structures in our business.”
• “TrueNAS saved my life. In August 2021, my client was on fire. Two months before, I made a disaster recovery plan with TrueNAS. All the data was saved – thanks to FreeBSD, ZFS, rsync, and TrueNAS!!!!”
• “TrueNAS as a whole is amazing for a large number of use cases. Moved from ESXi and a self-configured NAS to just using TrueNAS SCALE for both service hosting, VM hosting, and as a NAS. And it’s awesome how it holds up to everything.”

“Thinking people before profit, we build and package TrueNAS in ways our users prefer to consume and deploy the technology,” said Mario Blandini, Vice President of Marketing for iX. “With improvements recently released in TrueNAS 13.0 and TrueNAS SCALE (22.02.1), we encourage all organizations to freely experience TrueNAS for themselves, to see which of their workloads work well atop Open Source unified storage.”

Findings of the surveys revealed the following:

• 93% of respondents indicated a good to excellent overall experience with TrueNAS
• 88% of respondents reported good to excellent experience using TrueNAS Enterprise systems
• 85% of those surveyed said that their overall experience working with the iX sales team was good to excellent
• 84% reported a good to excellent experience when working with the iX technical support team
• 80% of respondents said they were likely to recommend TrueNAS to a friend or colleague

Among any neutral to negative experiences provided by users, issues with hardware compatibility were most commonly reported as an opportunity for continued improvement. This challenge is common to all software-defined storage solutions whether open or proprietary. In collaboration with the TrueNAS Community, iX maintains comprehensive TrueNAS hardware guidelines to assist community users in selecting suitable hardware that also matches the compatibility lists of the upstream operating systems. The company exclusively offers support on its TrueNAS Enterprise appliances that are designed by iX for optimal reliability, high availability, price / performance, and of course, zero concerns with hardware compatibility. 

The Open Source development model of TrueNAS results in ultimate transparency for code, software roadmap, and documentation as part of the company’s promise of true Data Freedom. As the world’s most deployed storage software, the quality, performance, and security of TrueNAS has been tested and proven in Enterprise IT environments across a great diversity of systems worldwide. With a “great” Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 64.8 that is approaching a coveted “excellent” range, anyone evaluating IT infrastructure can expect a positive experience with TrueNAS, even if they have never previously used an Open Source product.

“While our competition focuses on the concerns of Wall Street or their VC and PE investors, we obsess over the thoughts and needs of our user and customer community,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President for iX. “We earn business by helping users discover true Data Freedom with TrueNAS Open Storage, and our incredible growth over these past several years has proven that strategy to be altogether valid, unique, and desirable. These surveys will ensure we keep evolving a product that not only protects their data, but does it in a way that customers love to use and continue to promote to their friends and colleagues.”

About iXsystems and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Used by millions, TrueNAS has laid the foundation for the Open Storage Era so that all organizations can access the benefits of true Data Freedom. TrueNAS enables users to harness the power of the legendary ZFS file system and provides unified and hyperconverged storage for private and cloud datacenters, with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and other data-intensive workloads. Thousands of organizations around the world have chosen TrueNAS Enterprise systems and support from iX to scale-up or scale-out their infrastructure while leveraging Open Source economics.

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SAN JOSE, CA – May 10, 2022 — iXsystems®, an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, today announced the availability of two major updates to TrueNAS Open Storage software editions. The launch of TrueNAS 13.0 brings significant performance improvements to the world’s most deployed scale-up storage software. The availability of the latest version of TrueNAS SCALE (22.02.1) marks the first major update to the newly-released scale-out and hyperconverged edition. Both versions of TrueNAS are designed and tested for their respective data-intensive workloads and made available so all organizations can benefit from true Data Freedom and open source economics.

TrueNAS 13.0, available as CORE (free, community edition) and Enterprise editions, is the latest evolution of unified, scale-up Open Storage with several significant enhancements over the 12.0 version. The update of the underlying operating system to FreeBSD 13.0 improves performance by up to 20%, while the update of the file system to OpenZFS 2.1 reduces system restart and failover times by more than 80% for multi-PetaByte systems. Additional details can be found in the TrueNAS 13.0 RELEASE blog.

TrueNAS SCALE 22.02.1 is the first major update to TrueNAS SCALE “Angelfish” after testing involving over 16,000 users. This update improves quality and enables the deployment of more complex scale-out and hyperconverged infrastructure. TrueNAS SCALE is based on Linux and can be installed and run on a single node and then scale-out to multiple clustered nodes. It is also possible for TrueNAS 12.0 and TrueNAS 13.0 users to easily migrate to TrueNAS SCALE as the needs of their applications change. Additional details can be found in the TrueNAS SCALE 22.02.1 blog.

“Innovation is coming from a number of areas in the storage industry, with significant advancements coming from the industry’s leading open-source storage providers,” said Scott Sinclair, Practice Director, ESG. “For organizations that have not yet considered an open option, the performance and availability of the latest TrueNAS updates  offer a powerful, affordable storage choice that organizations should consider.”

In addition to these software advancements, iX is investing in its community resources to improve collaboration and responsiveness. TrueNAS documentation now enables  commenting from the community, allowing any user to more easily contribute. Issue reporting and feature requests will also be improved with the transition to Jira Cloud, accelerating the experience for contributors and TrueNAS software developers.

Pricing and Availability

TrueNAS is available as Open Storage software that is downloadable at no cost, or as TrueNAS appliances for a turnkey experience with enterprise features and support. Despite industry-wide supply chain issues, iX has materials in stock and can deliver complete TrueNAS appliances to customers within weeks to meet deployment requirements. 

“We are excited to deliver two major Open Storage software releases within 3 months,” said Morgan Littlewood, SVP, Product Management for iXsystems. “TrueNAS 13.0 provides proven and reliable scale-up storage, while TrueNAS SCALE is the path to scale-out and hyperconvergence.  Both TrueNAS versions run on any server or TrueNAS system, and data can be seamlessly migrated between them.“

TrueNAS 13.0 RELEASE is available for free download at truenas.com/truenas-core. TrueNAS SCALE 22.02.1 is available for free download at truenas.com/scale. 

TrueNAS storage systems can be found at truenas.com/systems-overview/. 

Additional information can also be found within the TrueNAS community forum.

About iX and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Used by millions, TrueNAS has laid the foundation for the Open Storage Era so that all organizations can benefit from true Data Freedom. TrueNAS enables users to harness the power of the legendary ZFS file system and provides unified and hyperconverged storage for private and cloud datacenters, with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and other data-intensive workloads. Thousands of organizations around the world have chosen TrueNAS Enterprise systems and support from iX to scale-up or scale-out their infrastructure while leveraging Open Source economics.                                                            

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SAN JOSE, CA, January 31, 2022 – iXsystems® today announced new growth milestones over the past 12 months with a 70% Year-over-Year revenue increase. The impressive growth is due to the rising adoption of TrueNAS Open Storage software and applicable storage systems, including TrueNAS M-Series, TrueNAS R-Series, TrueNAS X-Series, and TrueNAS Mini storage systems.

While the enterprise storage industry is seeing a rise in demand, iX significantly outperformed the market in 2021. Led by TrueNAS Enterprise, the only Open Source unified software-defined storage to provide business-grade capabilities, customers are choosing the platform for its full-featured, unified (block/file/object) storage for both flash performance and disk capacity. Now with over 1.1 million deployments and a new milestone of two exabytes of data under management, TrueNAS has delivered true storage freedom to thousands of organizations around the globe.

“Global market revenue for enterprise external OEM storage systems grew 9.7% year over year to $6.9 billion,” reported International Data Corporation (IDC) in the company’s Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker. “Total external OEM storage capacity shipped was up 27.9% year over year to 22.1 exabytes during the quarter.”

Significant iXsystems 12-month milestones achieved include:

• 70% year-over-year total sales growth
• 54% year-over-year international sales growth
• 146% growth in new TrueNAS Enterprise deployments over one petabyte
• More than 500,000 TrueNAS software downloads
• Partner generated channel sales YoY growth of 152%
• Partner deal registration growth of 154% YoY
• TrueNAS SCALE introduced
• TrueCommand Cloud launched
• TrueCharts introduced, a community catalog of apps for TrueNAS SCALE
• RevMatch Channel Partner Program opened
• Ranking among Top Five SDS Block Storage Solutions by DCIG
• Winner of 2021 Best in Biz Awards

“We are pleased with the company’s momentum and technology milestones achieved over the past year,” said Michael Lauth, President, and CEO for iXsystems. “The commitment of our team has been exceptional in supporting customers and the important data storage challenges we address.” 

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Additional Resources:

•   To learn more about TrueNAS Open Storage, visit: https://www.truenas.com
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About iXsystems and TrueNAS

Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueNAS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in high-availability storage and servers powered by Open Source solutions. With over one million deployments and backed by the legendary ZFS file system, TrueNAS offers the stability and reliability required for Backup, Multimedia, Cloud Hosting, Virtualization, Hyper-converged Infrastructure, and much more. Since the founding of iXsystems in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on the company’s enterprise servers, TrueNAS Open Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics.                                  

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[San Jose, CA] – December 2, 2021 – iXsystems has been named a bronze winner in the Most Innovative Product Line of the Year category in the Best in Biz Awards, the only independent business awards program judged each year by prominent editors and reporters from top-tier publications in North America.

TrueNAS by iXsystems is the world’s most popular Open Source storage operating system and is the most efficient solution for managing and sharing data over a network.  TrueNAS Open Storage provides unified storage for file, block, object, and application data – making it an exceptionally flexible storage platform for business. All TrueNAS editions — CORE, Enterprise, and SCALE — leverage the enterprise OpenZFS file system to provide an all-inclusive data management solution that protects customer data with features like Copy-on-Write, Snapshots, Checksums, Scrubbing, and 2-Copy Metadata. 

TrueNAS environments are managed by TrueCommand, a single-pane-of-glass management application that takes the repetitive work out of multi-system oversight by centralizing system alerts, reports, and analytics. The TrueNAS Open Storage line features the R-Series, X-Series, and M-Series (flagship) models, with the TrueNAS M60 supporting up to 20 PB and 20GB/s on a single node while delivering unprecedented scalability from 20 Terabytes to 2 Exabytes when leveraging TrueNAS SCALE.

2021 marked the 11th annual Best in Biz Awards and, following the havoc wreaked by the global pandemic, resoundingly confirmed that American business is back and stronger than ever before. The 11th annual program saw intense competition among more than 700 impressively strong entries from public and private companies of all sizes and spanning all geographic regions and industries in the U.S. and Canada, ranging from some of the best-known global brands to the most innovative start-ups and irrepressible local companies. This year’s judges were impressed with the winning companies’ resilience and adaptability that allowed them to turn the challenges of the past 20 months into remarkable growth numbers, their exemplary dedication to their customers in matters small and large, and particularly, many winners’ efforts to maintain and deepen their commitment to the environment and local communities.

“Receiving this honor not once, not twice, but three times is a testament to the innovative, customer-centric products and software engineered by iXsystems over the past several years.  We are honored to be recognized once again by the Best in Biz Awards judging panel in the Most Innovative Product Line of the Year category,” said Morgan Littlewood, Senior Vice President of Product Development.

Since the program’s inception in 2011, winners in Best in Biz Awards have been determined based on scoring from independent judging panels assembled each year from some of the most respected national and local newspapers, TV and radio outlets, and business, consumer, technology, and trade publications in North America. Combining top editors’ and reporters’ unparalleled experience and expertise with the objectivity inherent in the journalistic ethos and further enhanced by the breadth of outlets represented, Best in Biz Awards judging panels are uniquely able to determine the best of the best from among the hundreds of competitive entries. The 2021 judging panel included, among others, writers from Associated Press, Barron’s, Consumer Affairs, Inc., USA Today, and Wired.

Best in Biz Awards 2021 honors were conferred in 100 different categories, including Company of the Year, Most Resilient Company, Fastest-Growing Company, Most Innovative Company, Best Place to Work, Customer Service Department, Executive of the Year, Finance Executive, HR Executive, Most Innovative Product, Enterprise Product, Best New Product, App, CSR Program, Environmental Program, Website and Newsletter of the Year. For a full list of gold, silver, and bronze winners in Best in Biz Awards 2021, visit http://www.bestinbizawards.com/2021-winners.

About iXsystems

Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueNAS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in high availability storage and servers driven by Open Source solutions. With over one million deployments and backed by the legendary ZFS file system, TrueNAS offers the stability and reliability required for Backup, Multimedia, Cloud Hosting, Virtualization, Hyper-converged Infrastructure, and much more. Since the founding of iXsystems in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on the company’s enterprise servers, TrueNAS Open Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics.

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TrueNAS SCALE Now Available on TrueNAS M-Series, R-Series, and Minis

TrueNAS SCALE provides scale-out file and object services alongside Kubernetes and other standard TrueNAS storage capabilities

SAN JOSE, CA – October 26, 2021 — TrueNAS SCALE reached an important milestone today when TrueNAS SCALE 22.02-RC1 was released after 12 months of Alpha and Beta testing by over 4,000 TrueNAS Community members. This release includes scale-out file and object (S3) storage services as well as a wide range of containerized applications, supported on a Kubernetes platform. TrueNAS SCALE is now available for ordering and shipping on a wide range of TrueNAS platforms, including the TrueNAS M-Series, R-Series, and even Minis.

TrueNAS SCALE is an Open Source Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) project that began its journey as an Alpha release in October 2020 with the now-delivered promise of:

• Scale-out ZFS
• Converged Compute and Storage
• Active-Active Reliability 
• Linux Containers (Kubernetes) & VMs (KVM)
• Ease of Deployment and Operation

The scale-out capabilities extend to both file (clustered SMB, Glusterfs) and object storage (S3 API with Minio) and do not force users to choose between file and object storage. After 12 months of enthusiastic development and testing, it is now being deployed in many applications and has about 100 PB under management. The Release Candidate (RC) phase is the start of more widespread deployment which will grow as further updates are provided.

Applications can run on TrueNAS SCALE clusters as either KVM VMs, Docker containers, or Kubernetes pods. There are now dozens of pre-tested and packaged applications including Plex, Nextcloud, HomeAssistant, and many more. Application catalogs enable community contributions such as the extensive and free catalog of applications from Truecharts.org.

TrueNAS SCALE Platforms

TrueNAS SCALE runs on the same platforms as TrueNAS CORE and TrueNAS Enterprise and allows for the migration of workloads. Customers can start with the rock-solid TrueNAS Enterprise and migrate to TrueNAS SCALE when their applications need scale-out capabilities. TrueNAS SCALE software is now shipping on most standard iXsystems platforms:  

• Minis: Professionals and Small Businesses
• R-Series: High performance clusters
• M-Series: High performance clusters (now) and HA systems (Q1 2022) 

The TrueNAS M-Series uses TrueNAS SCALE to deliver unprecedented scalability from 20 Terabytes to 2 Exabytes. The TrueNAS M60 supports up to 20 PB and 20GB/s on a single node. The new TrueNAS M30 extends the M-Series down to start from under $15,000 and with 24 3.5” drive bays. Each TrueNAS M30 can be upgraded to an M40, M50, or M60, protecting the customer investment and minimizing downtime.

Setup and Manage TrueNAS SCALE Clusters with TrueCommand

Version 2.0 of TrueCommand provides the cluster webUI for deploying larger TrueNAS SCALE clusters with useful features like granular stats collection, customizable alerts, predictive analytics, Role-Based Access Control capabilities, and auditing. It can be deployed as a docker container or provided as a cloud service.

“iXsystems has redefined Open Storage with its TrueNAS SCALE edition,” said Scott Sinclair, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. “Feature-rich storage that delivers scale-out performance and Hyperconverged capabilities, TrueNAS SCALE is a significant entrant into Enterprise Open Source storage.”

“TrueNAS is enabling a new era in Open Storage data freedom for businesses in every sector that have requirements for reliable, secure, and agile data access that goes beyond the status quo,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President, iXsystems. “TrueNAS SCALE supports this direction with new levels of storage capacity, bandwidth, and hyperconvergence for enterprise customers looking to break free from the confinements of proprietary storage.”

To learn more about how TrueNAS can help your organization, contact us via https://www.truenas.com/contact-us/, or give us a call at 1-855-GREP-4-IX.

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Additional Resources:

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About iXsystems and TrueNAS

Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueNAS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in high availability storage and servers powered by Open Source solutions. With over one million deployments and backed by the legendary ZFS file system, TrueNAS offers the stability and reliability required for Backup, Multimedia, Cloud Hosting, Virtualization, Hyper-converged Infrastructure, and much more. Since the founding of iXsystems in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on the company’s enterprise servers, TrueNAS Open Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics.

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Stuttgart, October 12, 2021 – Nextcloud GmbH, the company behind the worlds’ most deployed on-premises content collaboration platform, and iXsystems inc., developers of the industry’s number one open storage platform, announce a partnership to bring the full suite of Nextcloud Hub features to TrueNAS. Tens of thousands of TrueNAS systems already run Nextcloud and availability of a supported, well integrated offering will give larger organizations more confidence to deploy.

As self-funded companies that share a strong open source philosophy, Nextcloud and TrueNAS are natural partners. Our mutual customers will benefit from an open and flexible platform with strong enterprise support capable of delivering efficient collaboration at any scale.

— Frank Karlitschek,CEO and Founder, Nextcloud

iXsystems’ TrueNAS systems deliver flexible open storage, scaling from small home servers to 20PB+ storage platforms. TrueCommand offers simple management with docker and cloud deployment options. Nextcloud Hub is available as a supported app on the TrueNAS platform and can be easily deployed on new installations. TrueNAS systems will offer the full Nextcloud Hub experience with Files, Groupware, Talk, and Collabora Online based office document editing. TrueNAS users will gain immediate access to easy, efficient document storage, sharing and real-time collaboration and communication, expandable with >200 integrated Nextcloud apps. 

Unlike traditional cloud productivity platforms from Google and Microsoft, all data is maintained within the user’s private infrastructure and is not accessible to anyone else. In addition, both Nextcloud and TrueNAS provide an extensive layer of security and compliance capabilities.  Storage capacity can be scaled without any per-user restrictions or additional license fees.

Enterprise storage needs continue to explode, only overtaken by the growth of compliance and privacy challenges. iXsystems and Nextcloud are uniquely capable of delivering a platform that tackles these two challenges at once.

— Brett Davis, EVP, iXsystems

Nextcloud Hub for TrueNAS is available immediately, based on the current Nextcloud 22. TrueNAS 12.0 users (CORE and Enterprise) can deploy the Nextcloud plugin. Nextcloud and iXsystems also offer enterprise support options for business users. Find more details in our blogs: TrueNAS announcement – Nextcloud announcement.

A video with a walk-through of the installation process and a short look at Nextcloud is available on the TrueNAS YouTube channel.

About Nextcloud GmbH

Nextcloud Hub is the industry-leading, fully open source, on-premises team collaboration platform, combining the easy user interface of consumer-grade cloud solutions with the security and compliance measures enterprises need. Nextcloud Hub brings together universal access to data through mobile, desktop and web interfaces with next-generation, on-premise secure communication and collaboration features like real-time document editing, chat and video calls, putting them under direct control of IT and integrated with existing infrastructure.

Nextcloud’s easy and quick deployment, open, modular architecture and emphasis on security and advanced federation capabilities enable modern enterprises to leverage their existing file storage assets within and across the borders of their organization. For more information, visit nextcloud.com or follow @nextclouders on Twitter.

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Futurex’s on-premises and cloud KMIP solutions simplify encryption key management for greater security and control for TrueNAS Unified Storage 

SAN JOSE, Calif. and BULVERDE, Texas, October 5, 2021 — iXsystems, the leader in Open Storage with TrueNAS, and Futurex, a leader in enterprise-class data security solutions, announced the integration of TrueNAS Enterprise with Futurex’s Key Management Enterprise Server (KMES) Series 3 and Futurex’s VirtuCrypt Enterprise Key Management Service, to enable full-spectrum key management, giving TrueNAS users additional security, flexibility, and control. 

TrueNAS is Open Source storage that enables unified and secure data management and data sharing over a network. TrueNAS systems are now integrated with the Futurex KMES Series 3 and Futurex’s VirtuCrypt services, using the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP). Whether used on-premises or in the cloud, users can now create, use, and manage cryptographic keys, self-encrypting drive (SED) passwords, and ZFS encryption keys — all from a FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated platform. 

“Together with Futurex, we are giving TrueNAS users more cryptographic control of their data. TrueNAS encrypts the data via self-encrypting drives or OpenZFS dataset encryption, each with KMIP options. Futurex securely manages cryptographic keys with on-premises and cloud-based central key management solutions,” said Morgan Littlewood, SVP product management at iXsystems. 

“Futurex eases the burdens of key management with a flexible solution that provides support for symmetric and asymmetric keys, certificate signing, and data encryption and decryption,” said Adam Cason, vice president, global and strategic alliances at Futurex. “TrueNAS, combined with Futurex centralized key management, increases data security with less hassle.”

The technical integration guide is available here. A webinar, “Securing Your Critical Data in an Increasingly Hostile Environment,” will be held on October 13, 2021, with iXsystems, Techgardens, and Futurex. Register here. 

About iXsystems and TrueNAS 

Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueNAS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in high availability storage and servers powered by Open Source solutions. With over one million deployments and backed by the legendary ZFS file system, TrueNAS offers the stability and reliability required for Backup, Multimedia, Cloud Hosting, Virtualization, Hyper-converged Infrastructure, and much more. Since the founding of iXsystems in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on the company’s enterprise servers, TrueNAS Open Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics. For more information, please visit truenas.com. 

About Futurex 

For more than 40 years, Futurex has been a trusted provider of enterprise-class data security solutions. More than 15,000 organizations worldwide, including financial services providers and corporate enterprises, have used Futurex’s innovative hardware security modules, key management servers, and enterprise-class cloud solutions to address their mission-critical systems, data security, and cryptographic needs. For more information, please visit futurex.com. 

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Media contacts: 

For iXsystems: 

Denise Ebery, iXsystems, denise@iXsystems.com, +1 916-307-8378 

For Futurex: 

Kelly Stremel, McKenzie Worldwide, mediarelations@futurex.com, + 1 360-687-1332

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SAN JOSE, Calif, June 22, 2021 – iXsystems, the leader in Open Source storage, announced the general availability of TrueCommand 2.0, the second major release of the single-pane-of-glass management system that simplifies the monitoring and control of fleets of systems running TrueNAS CORE, Enterprise, or SCALE.

TrueCommand 2.0 adds an array of new features to its existing ability to manage faults, configuration, access control, performance, and security. Chief among the key features enabled is the ability to manage clusters of TrueNAS SCALE nodes for high capacity (100+ PB) and bandwidth (100+GB/s) applications. It also adds real-time (per second) statistics and a storage navigator function to manage datasets and their snapshots. 

TrueCommand can be deployed as a Docker container or delivered as a TrueCommand Cloud service with integrated VPN security. TrueCommand Cloud provides VPN and web proxy services to help enterprises and MSPs manage their fleet of TrueNAS systems from a web interface anywhere in the world. 

TrueNAS Software Continues to Fuel the Open Storage Movement

Released in October 2020, TrueNAS 12.0 (CORE, Enterprise) is now one of the most widely adopted releases and the fastest to reach one exabyte under management. TrueNAS 12.0-U4, just released this month, is the latest production-ready release and is based on OpenZFS 2.0. 

In addition, TrueNAS SCALE has also reached BETA with the availability of version 21.06. This represents a major milestone for the highly-anticipated Open Source Hyperconverged Infrastructure software that provides scale-out storage and compute. The community of users deploying SCALE has grown to well over 2,000 users. Customer deployments have also begun, and the BETA program is now available to select customers. 

“We are excited to deliver three significant software releases this month, and TrueCommand 2.0 is a major leap for the management of TrueNAS CORE, Enterprise, and SCALE,” said Brett Davis, iXsystems Executive Vice President. “Over the last year, we have unified the FreeNAS and TrueNAS software and brands, improved the software quality and user experience for our customers and community, and grown our storage business by over 60%. The additions of TrueCommand 2.0 and TrueNAS SCALE represent our continued commitment to providing enterprise storage with Open Source economics and flexibility to solve data growth challenges without compromise.”

For more information about iXsystems or to learn more about becoming a partner and how TrueNAS can help your organization, contact us or call us at +1-408-943-4100.

About iXsystems and TrueNAS

Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueNAS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in high availability storage and servers powered by Open Source solutions. With over one million deployments and backed by the legendary ZFS file system, TrueNAS offers the stability and reliability required for Backup, Multimedia, Cloud Hosting, Virtualization, Hyper-converged Infrastructure, and much more. Since the founding of iXsystems in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on the company’s enterprise servers, TrueNAS Open Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics.

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As our initial community post and blog indicated, TrueNAS SCALE is defined by its acronym:

Scale-Out ZFS: Capacity & Performance

Converged Compute and Storage

Active-Active Reliability

Linux containers & Virtualization: Docker, K8s, and KVM

Easy Setup & Management

With TrueNAS SCALE 21.06 and the recent release of TrueCommand 2.0, every element in the acronym has been delivered and is ready for BETA testing on the path to RELEASE later this year. The major new capabilities of TrueNAS SCALE 21.06 include:

SMB ACLs: TrueNAS CORE supports NFSv4 and SMB ACLs, based on OpenZFS with FreeBSD-compatible extended attributes. TrueNAS SCALE includes an iXsystems enhancement to Linux which also allows importing of TrueNAS pools while keeping the same extended attributes functional. This is the final piece that allows the migration of storage from TrueNAS CORE to SCALE.

Applications: Third-party applications can now be deployed as single (Docker) containers or “pods” of containers using Helm charts with dynamic, customizable configurations. TrueNAS SCALE 21.06 also includes the ability to use one or more community-provided application repositories.  One of our community members (Ornias) has built an extensive library of applications called TrueCharts, which also provides a process for users to build and customize their own libraries.

Scale-Out ZFS: TrueCommand 2.0 provides a WebUI for TrueNAS SCALE which enables ZFS datasets to be pooled together as cluster volumes which span multiple nodes. Cluster volumes will have a variety of redundancy properties including 3-way Mirrors, N+1, and N+2.  Each cluster volume can then be shared with GlusterFS natively. Support for clustered SMB access will be available in August with SCALE 21.08.

The WebUI, while similar to TrueNAS CORE, has also been vastly improved with new UX enhancements which enable configuration and management of a system with far greater ease than ever before. Users will find much more relevant and important information readily available with less need to navigate through multiple pages in the interface.  See the animated demo below.

TrueNAS 21.06 WebUI

Unlike other hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, TrueNAS SCALE will have several deployment options: single node, as a dual-node “High-Availability” (HA) system, or as a cluster of multiple nodes. Using the same software platform, you can build powerful single-node solutions, as well as the capability to create scale-out file systems that span multiple SCALE instances. You can start off with a single node system today, and in the future, you will have the option to scale-out should the need arise. The HA capability is currently being tested and will be available for approved enterprise beta-testers on the M-Series in an upcoming release. TrueNAS SCALE documentation has also reached its BETA phase. It is based on the greatly improved documentation of TrueNAS CORE. In addition, there are Developer Notes and Release Notes.  Even if you aren’t ready to make the leap, please review the docs and let us know if you have any questions. We appreciate the community feedback and bug reports and hope to get all those features to RELEASE quality faster. A special thanks also go to the large number of awesome community members who joined the development and test team. We’ve really appreciated your contributions and teamwork and it has greatly contributed to the accelerated development process.  

Is TrueNAS SCALE for Users or Developers?

At this BETA stage of its Software Development Lifecycle, TrueNAS SCALE is primarily for developers, testers, and early adopters. The SCALE software can be downloaded here.   For Linux developers, there are many opportunities to contribute to the Open Source TrueNAS SCALE project, and we have a vibrant Slack community for contributors.  It is a well-coordinated and managed environment to develop the best open hyperconverged infrastructure. For more information, see this community post. For larger commercial users with scale-out needs, iXsystems has started a formal BETA program to support specific deployments and applications before they complete testing and enter the production phase later this year. Please contact your iXsystems Account Representative or email us at info@iXsystems.com if you are interested in joining the BETA program. TrueNAS SCALE 21.06 is also intended for tech-savvy enthusiasts who have one or more nodes, a backup plan, and a willingness to resolve any issues they find. The feedback from enthusiasts has been positive and we hope to see more feedback on the community forum. Users should read the release notes to confirm support for their particular use case.   Production users with standard NAS (NFS, SMB, iSCSI, S3) requirements are still advised to use TrueNAS CORE and Enterprise, which have hundreds of times more data under management and over 10 years of operation. TrueNAS SCALE has inherited some of that maturity and the automated testing, but it will be a while before it has the same quality and reliability.   If you have any additional questions or need advice on a new project, please email us at info@iXsystems.com. We are standing by to help.

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SAN JOSE, CA – March 2, 2021 – iXsystems, a leading provider of open storage solutions, today announced that the Data Center Infrastructure Group (DCIG) has named the company’s TrueNAS Open Storage software platform as one of the Top 5 Software Defined Storage (SDS) Block Storage Solutions. In the report titled “2021-22 DCIG Top 5 Rising Vendors SDS Block Storage Solutions,” TrueNAS Open Storage excelled in multiple areas to outperform comparable SDS solutions, including the ability to support file and object services in addition to block.
According to the report, “iXsystems has decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software including FreeBSD, ZFS, Open ZFS, and TrueNAS. As one of the Top 5 solutions reviewed, the storage platform displayed robust support capabilities compared to other solutions evaluated.”
TrueNAS is the most flexible software defined storage solution for managing and sharing data over a network. The software offers a high value route to safe, secure, centralized, and easily accessible business-class storage. Users can install TrueNAS on virtually any hardware platform, making it suitable for a broad array of applications. To further simplify management, TrueNAS systems leverage the TrueCommand single pane-of-glass management application which centralizes alerts, reports, and analytics from many TrueNAS systems into one easy-to-use interface.
In the report published by DCIG, the firm differentiates TrueNAS advantages from several other SDS solutions in multiple areas:

• OpenZFS 2.0-Based – ZFS is at the core of TrueNAS SDS. As the notable leader in ZFS development on FreeBSD, iXsystems brings that expertise to OpenZFS 2.0. ZFS storage is well-known for its reliability and rich set of data services.
• Open Storage Freedom – TrueNAS is available from iXsystems as three products. TrueNAS CORE (previously FreeNAS) runs on FreeBSD and is completely free and Open Source. It supports file, block, and object protocols. Other products include TrueNAS Enterprise (designed for business-critical data, 24×365 support and full enterprise support) and TrueNAS SCALE (a free and Open Source Hyperconverged solution).
• Pre-integrated Storage Appliances – iXsystems makes TrueNAS Enterprise available on TrueNAS X-Series, M-Series, and R-Series storage appliances, configurable as all-flash or hybrid storage systems. These turnkey storage systems integrate with leading hypervisor and backup solutions.

“TrueNAS is considered by many to be the world’s most popular SDS product lines, with over one million deployments, offering unified block, file, and S3 compatible object storage to solve the broadest range of storage challenges,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President at, iXsystems. “Recognition in this report reflects the dedication of the iXsystems’ team in delivering a feature-rich platform at the industry’s most compelling price.”

To learn more about how TrueNAS can help your organization, contact us via https://www.truenas.com/contact-us/, or give us a call at 1-855-GREP-4-IX.
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About iXsystems and TrueNAS
Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueNAS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in high availability storage and servers powered by Open Source solutions. With over one million deployments and backed by the legendary ZFS file system, TrueNAS offers the stability and reliability required for Backup, Multimedia, Cloud Hosting, Virtualization, Hyper-converged Infrastructure, and much more. Since the founding of iXsystems in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on the company’s enterprise servers, TrueNAS Open Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics.

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SAN JOSE, CA – January 21, 2021 — TrueNAS M-Series Open Storage systems have been successfully deployed to capture data created by an advanced seismic monitoring system. Measuring seismic activity on the City of Pasadena’s unused dark fiber optic network, which was installed 30 years ago, will give the city and its citizens earthquake impact and damage predictions for each neighborhood in the area with the goal of improving public safety.
The seismic monitoring system, created and run by researchers at Caltech, leverages 23 miles of unused fiber optic cable that circles Pasadena, California. In the cable, there are hundreds of individual fiber strands, many of which are unused or “Dark” and made available for research use by the City. The research team spearheading this work is led by assistant professor of geophysics Zhongwen Zhan. Zhan is using the relatively new field of Digital Acoustic Sensing (DAS) for this research. DAS uses laser pulses submitted through fiber optics to sense underground activity.
Seismic waves passing through the soil cause the expansion and contraction of the cable, changing the distance the light travels between waypoints in the cable. The fluctuations in the distance the light travels are analogous to thousands of seismometers for more precise measurement of seismically created waves in the area. The measurements collected by the University are equivalent to having data from 30,000 seismometers, which is significant.
To store the resulting data, Caltech’s Seismological Laboratory has several GPU-enabled servers which route the data through a 40GbE network and into two high-capacity TrueNAS M40 storage systems from iXsystems. With the TrueNAS M-Series line, users are capable of expanding available capacity to more than 10 Petabytes, which provides exceptional scalability to meet research needs.
The TrueNAS M40 is an enterprise storage system built on an Open Source foundation and file system (OpenZFS). The systems offer cost-effective single or dual storage controller configurations and enterprise support for 24×7 reliability. Each storage controller combines multiple layers of high-speed memory to boost performance: 128GB of RAM, up to 3.2TB SSD-based read cache, and 16GB NVDIMM-based write cache. In terms of throughput, the systems support 2x 40GbE (or 4x 10GbE) + 2x 10GBase-T interfaces per storage controller, providing adequate performance headroom as data volumes increase. With a future-proof 128-bit “scale up” file system, the M40 easily expands as needed, providing the ability to simply and cost-effectively retain large volumes of research data.
Because the storage demands for this research are expected to be very high and the work that will be done with the data very intensive, the TrueNAS M40 was deployed. With the University’s work in this area expected to grow significantly over the next year, we are confident in the storage infrastructure that underpins this work and allows the research team to expand their scope of work in 2021.
Fiber optic networks are currently in place throughout a large number of cities and counties statewide. As a result, this opens the opportunity for a significant expansion of research throughout a number of municipalities in the area. This research has the potential to significantly improve emergency preparedness through a better understanding of the ground beneath us as vulnerabilities are mapped and the areas predisposed to earthquake damage pinpointed.
“The TrueNAS M40 brings the power of High Availability (HA) ZFS storage to Caltech’s IT backend, making it a robust data retention solution for this application,” said Morgan Littlewood, SVP, Product Management and Business Development. “Compared to the alternative proprietary storage options, the budget-friendly TrueNAS M40 delivers a full suite of data management features and resiliencies that ensure there are no issues during operations.”
To learn more about how TrueNAS can help your organization, contact us via https://www.truenas.com/contact-us/, or give us a call at 1-855-GREP-4-IX.
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Additional Resources:
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About iXsystems and TrueNAS
Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueNAS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in high availability storage and servers powered by Open Source solutions. With over one million deployments and backed by the legendary ZFS file system, TrueNAS offers the stability and reliability required for Backup, Multimedia, Cloud Hosting, Virtualization, Hyper-converged Infrastructure, and much more. Since the founding of iXsystems in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on the company’s enterprise servers, TrueNAS Open Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics.

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SAN JOSE, CA – January 19, 2021 — TrueNAS CORE Open Storage 12.0 has been recognized as a finalist in the Storage System and Application Software category of the 2020 TechTarget/SearchStorage Product of the Year Awards. The Open Storage platform was selected for addressing the age-old challenge of reducing proprietary enterprise storage costs while advancing features, performance, and ease of use.
TechTarget’s comparison of storage hardware, software, and services has taken place annually for nearly two decades. iXsystems’ TrueNAS CORE Open Storage was selected in the 2020 award program by a panel of judges that included industry analysts, consultants, and customers. Based on the level of innovation, performance, ease of integration, ease of use and manageability, functionality, and value, the company’s software has been placed appropriately as a top contender in the Storage System and Application Software category.
According to TechTarget, “Numerous IT trends, such as digital transformation and IT modernization, have hastened the adoption of faster, easier to manage and more flexible enterprise data storage products. While the new coronavirus pandemic has put many major IT projects on hold, other organizations have only accelerated the modernization of their infrastructures.”
“TrueNAS CORE (formerly FreeNAS) is open source and free to use once installed on a server,” noted the publication, “Version 12.0 of the product has not only improved performance, but has multi-layer security and uses block, file, and object storage.”
TrueNAS 12.0 is a significantly faster operating system that delivers on today’s demands for affordable capacity, security, and performance, as well as being the first distribution to ship with OpenZFS 2.0. The latest version also delivers powerful new capabilities that increase performance as much as 30% with mixed SSD and HDD fusion pools, persistent read cache, ZFS async operations, and checksum vectorization improvements, along with many other advancements.
Multi-layer enterprise security updates protect sensitive data with ZFS dataset encryption for ultra-secure remote replication, Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) for drives and datasets, Two Factor Authentication (2FA), and more. The software can be used with existing customer hardware or with a broad range of storage solutions available through TrueNAS resellers.
“Recognition in the 2020 TechTarget/SearchStorage Product of the Year Awards reflects the dedication of our team and community developers to meet the business and technological requirements of enterprise storage professionals today,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President, iXsystems. “The goal of TrueNAS Open Storage is to democratize and lower barriers of entry for enterprise storage, making it available to all. Being recognized in these awards validates our approach as the economic advantage of Open Storage becomes a reality for organizations of all sizes globally.”
For more information about the TechTarget/SearchStorage.com 2020 Product of the Year awards and a complete list of finalists, visit: https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/feature/Enterprise-data-storage-2020-Products-of-the-Year-finalists
The Asigra TrueNAS appliance won a Techtarget/SearchStorage.com award in 2018 for the integration of enterprise backup and storage in a unique appliance with industry-leading ease-of-use and TCO.
To learn more about how TrueNAS can help your organization, contact us via https://www.truenas.com/contact-us/, or give us a call at 1-855-GREP-4-IX.
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About iXsystems and TrueNAS
Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueNAS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in high availability storage and servers powered by Open Source solutions. With over one million deployments and backed by the legendary ZFS file system, TrueNAS offers the stability and reliability required for Backup, Multimedia, Cloud Hosting, Virtualization, Hyper-converged Infrastructure, and much more. Since the founding of iXsystems in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on the company’s enterprise servers, TrueNAS Open Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics.

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SAN JOSE, CA, November 12, 2020 – iXsystems® today announced that the TrueNAS® M60 unified storage system, powered by the fast and efficient TrueNAS 12.0 operating system and OpenZFS® filesystem, has been named among the finalists in the 2020 SDC Awards under the Storage Hardware Innovation of the Year category. Winners will be selected through public voting online at https://sdcawards.com/vote until November 20th and announced during a virtual ceremony on December 3rd.
The 2020 SDC Awards recognize and reward successful products and services that serve as the foundation for digital transformation. Winners are selected by the readers of Digitalisation World’s multimedia platform as well as peers, clients, and others in the supply chain. The iXsystems M60 was selected as an SDC Storage Hardware Innovation Awards finalist by the group’s editorial staff for its ability to meet an array of demanding virtualization, multimedia, and backup application requirements at a fraction of the cost of alternatives.
The TrueNAS M60 leads the iXsystems M-Series flagship line of unified storage systems and is built for enterprise environments where maximum performance is a requirement. The M60 can be configured with single or dual-controllers and hybrid, fusion, or all-flash storage to achieve over 20GB/s and 1 Million IOPS performance. The system boasts a total capacity up to 20PB hybrid storage or 4PB of all-flash storage in a 4U High-Availability (HA) system with 64 processing cores. With the advanced security features in TrueNAS 12.0, organizations can easily deploy applications that protect their data with easy-to-use encryption, VPNs, and key management.

“Under today’s challenging business conditions, organizations need more flexible and affordable storage that offers the performance and capacity to support strategic IT requirements,” said Morgan Littlewood, SVP, Product Management and Business Development for iXsystems. “The TrueNAS M60 breaks new ground in ZFS performance and rack density while maintaining the unrivaled flexibility of TrueNAS software. We are thrilled it is being considered as the Storage Hardware Innovation of the Year by the SDC Awards.”

Voting for the SDC Awards 2020 is open now until November 20 at 5:30 p.m. British Standard Time. To vote for the TrueNAS M60 in the Storage Hardware Innovation of the Year category, please visit https://sdcawards.com/vote.
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Additional Resources:
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About iXsystems and TrueNAS
Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueNAS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in high-availability storage and servers powered by Open Source solutions. With over one million deployments and backed by the legendary ZFS file system, TrueNAS offers the stability and reliability required for Backup, Multimedia, Cloud Hosting, Virtualization, Hyper-converged Infrastructure, and much more. Since the founding of iXsystems in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on the company’s enterprise servers, TrueNAS Open Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics

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SAN JOSE, CA – October 20, 2020 — 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.

TrueNAS R-Series Storage Systems

The TrueNAS R-Series combines the advantages of purpose-built storage systems with the flexibility of TrueNAS, the world’s most popular storage OS. The R-Series includes the ability to run any of three TrueNAS software editions:

• TrueNAS CORE: Free and Open Source, the Community edition, formerly known as FreeNAS, supports File, Block, Object, and Application storage.
• TrueNAS Enterprise: The feature-rich Enterprise edition with Enterprise support provides additional security, Fibre Channel, and Enterprise integrations.
• TrueNAS SCALE: The new hyperconverged edition includes scale-out ZFS, KVM, and Kubernetes.

Unlike proprietary alternatives, the R-Series is designed to provide industry-leading CapEx/OpEx storage economics, performance, deployment flexibility, and storage density. Each of the TrueNAS R-Series models feature IntelⓇ XeonⓇ Scalable CPUs and can be configured with the processing, memory, and networking needed to deliver up to 100 Gb/s of storage performance:

• TrueNAS R50: High capacity 4U with 48 x 3.5″ & 4 x 2.5″ NVMe Bay, and up to 890 TB capacity. The TrueNAS R50 can also scale-up to 3PB and then scale-out to 300PB.
• TrueNAS R40: High density 2U all-flash system with 48 x 2.5″ Bays, and up to 360 TB of flash capacity.
• TrueNAS R20: Power efficient 2U with 12 x 3.5″ and 2 x 2.5″ Bays and up to 230 TB capacity.
• TrueNAS R10: Compact 1U all-flash system with 16 x 2.5″ Bays and up to 120 TB of flash capacity.

“In my experience, looking for the right storage solution at the right price can be a daunting task, with some providers charging premiums per feature and others burying those premiums into over-inflated support bundles that approach the cost of the system itself”, said Peter Boleski, IT Infrastructure Manager, INFINITT North America, Inc. “With iXsystems’ TrueNAS, the vast array of features are included and the systems are priced fairly, so I don’t need to worry about a pay-per-feature approach, artificial capacity limits, or unreasonable support costs. We’re building a cost-effective storage environment with a full suite of features throughout our data centers, with confidence our data will be safe on the robust OpenZFS file system.”

R-Series pricing starts at under $4,000 and grows with processing and storage capacity. All-flash system prices of less than $300/TB are provided with TrueNAS SCALE software included.

TrueNAS SCALE Hyperconvergence

iXsystems is also announcing the first release of TrueNAS SCALE: a unique, easy to manage HCI platform for converged compute and scale-out Open ZFS storage. TrueNAS SCALE is available as Open Source software built atop Debian Linux, or as an appliance-based solution that combines TrueNAS SCALE with purpose-built systems, including High-Availability (HA) systems like the X-Series, M-Series, or the all-new R-Series systems. The Open Source economics of TrueNAS SCALE changes the existing HCI playing field.
TrueNAS SCALE Open Source HCI addresses the cost of scaling compute and storage with all of the advantages of Open Storage, Open Virtualization, and Open APIs. The TrueNAS-based technology is backed by a community of more than 250,000 users worldwide and applies Open Source economics to deliver ultra-low capital and operational costs. The platform uses best-of-breed components that deliver SMB and NFS File Sharing, iSCSI Block Storage, S3 Object API integration, and Cloud Sync with public cloud storage like S3.
Unlike other HCI platforms, a user can get started with TrueNAS SCALE on a single node and incrementally scale up and scale out to over 100 storage nodes with many additional compute-only nodes. TrueNAS SCALE is true Disaggregated HCI, meaning storage and compute can be scaled independently. Each node can support Virtual Machines (via the KVM hypervisor) as well as Docker containers via native Kubernetes.

“I have long admired iXsystems for its well-engineered storage systems and its leadership in Open Source storage. The new iXsystems TrueNAS SCALE Open Source operating system and R-Series arrays enable iXsystems to address much higher capacity storage environments,” observes Ken Clipperton, Lead Analyst, Storage, DCIG. “TrueNAS SCALE creates even more value by delivering both enterprise NAS and disaggregated hyperconverged infrastructure. TrueCommand management software–running locally on TrueNAS or in the cloud–further drives down cost by simplifying the management of large TrueNAS deployments.”

“TrueNAS is enabling a new era in Open Storage for businesses in every sector that have requirements for reliable, secure, and agile data access while removing the limitations of proprietary storage,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President, iXsystems. “TrueNAS systems and solutions democratize enterprise storage by providing best-in-class platform choices combined with Open Storage software to deliver ”Storage Freedom” and Open Source economics to our customers around the globe.”

To learn more about how TrueNAS Open Storage can help your organization, contact us via https://www.truenas.com/contact-us/, or give us a call at 1-855-GREP-4-IX.
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Additional Resources:
● To learn more about TrueNAS Open Storage, visit: https://www.truenas.com
● Follow TrueNAS News on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/iXsystems
About iXsystems and TrueNAS
Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueNAS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in high-availability storage and servers powered by Open Source solutions. With over one million deployments and backed by the legendary ZFS file system, TrueNAS offers the stability and reliability required for Backup, Multimedia, Cloud Hosting, Virtualization, Hyper-converged Infrastructure, and much more. Since the founding of iXsystems in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on the company’s enterprise servers, TrueNAS Open Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics

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SAN JOSE, CA – August 20, 2020 — The TrueNAS Open Storage portfolio expanded today with the TrueNAS Mini X storage appliance – optimized for storage at the edge. Designed for remote, branch, and other office environments, the new appliance utilizes TrueNAS CORE, the latest generation Open Storage software featuring OpenZFS, business-class security and management with compelling features and performance.
“The volume of data stored globally continues to rise, driven by data generation at endpoints and processing at the edge, is putting pressure on IT professionals who manage this data,” said Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates. “Even with the tightened economic situation, businesses need to enable cost-effective storage solutions that can help them meet this challenge. The TrueNAS Mini X is a good option for storage in these edge environments.”

All TrueNAS Minis are built with professional-grade capabilities including error correcting (ECC) memory, IPMI remote management, and the OpenZFS file system. These features are not found in consumer-grade systems whose designs typically favor minimum cost over data integrity. By contrast, the entire Mini line’s primary focus is keeping data intact and protected from corruption and bitrot.
The two new storage systems (Mini X+ and Mini X) provide up to 85TB of storage in a compact (13.5L) chassis with seven hot swap drive bays (5 x 3.5” and 2 x 2.5”), which allow for a variety of RAID layout choices and caching configurations. The Mini X and X+ are designed to address a broad range of office/edge requirements for block, file, video, and unstructured data storage. Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) and Solid State Drives (SSDs) can be mixed into fusion pools, which provide the performance of flash and the economics of disk drives.

The TrueNAS Mini X+ includes 2 x RJ45 10GbE ports, 8 cores, between 32-64GB of DDR4 ECC memory, USB 3.1 connectivity, and 1 x RJ45 IPMI remote management interface. With high bandwidth networking and optional flash capacity, this system is capable of supporting video editing, data backup, and file sharing applications with up to 2GB/s of bandwidth at less than 100W per unit, fully-loaded with drives.
The TrueNAS Mini X includes 4 x RJ45 GbE ports, 4 cores, between 16-32GB of DDR4 ECC memory, USB 3.1 connectivity, and 1 x RJ45 IPMI remote management interface. The system uses less than 80W of power.

For offices or remote storage at the edge, the TrueNAS Mini family supports a wide range of unique operating environments with a compact, quiet, and flexible system. The ready-to-deploy TrueNAS Mini includes enclosure management that provides visual management of all drives from the UI, and applications such as Plex, NextCloud, Asigra, Iconik, and many others are deployable as either plugins or VMs.
Additionally, organizations managing multiple systems spread across multiple sites can utilize TrueCommand single-pane-of-glass management to simplify 24×7 operations. TrueCommand management offers performance monitoring, custom reports, predictive analytics for capacity/health, and system audits for businesses of any size.

“The TrueNAS Mini X provides a fast, high capacity, and easily manageable option for today’s more distributed workgroups,” said Tim Neary, Founder, Strategic Storage Solutions, an iXsystems partner focusing on media and entertainment. “Another important feature for us was the ability to protect against data loss caused by human error or hardware failures. With built-in ZFS RAID and snapshots, the Mini X maintains access to data even in the event of drive failure, disk corruption, file deletion, and even malware attacks, offering high levels of resiliency for a more productive work environment.”

“Powered by TrueNAS, the world’s most popular Open Storage software, the Mini X is the next generation of TrueNAS systems for storage at the edge,” said Morgan Littlewood, SVP, Products for iXsystems. “Supporting a growing demand for storage and faster access to data with management ease and affordability, the Mini X is ideally suited to office storage needs today.”

The TrueNAS Mini family starts at $699 and can be purchased in fixed configurations at Amazon, custom configured at truenas.com, or via any TrueNAS partner. iXsystems chose the highly reliable Western Digital Red Plus drives, ranging from 1TB to 14TB, to be used in the TrueNAS Minis. A 70TB TrueNAS Mini X+ retails for under $3500 and SSDs can be added for extra performance. All-flash configurations up to 50TB are also available at affordable prices.
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“TrueNAS Minis are highly innovative, professional-grade NAS systems and we are delighted that iXsystems chose our WD Red Plus drives,” said Ziv Paz, Senior Director, Compute Segment Marketing, Western Digital.

To learn more about how TrueNAS can help your organization, contact us at https://www.ixsystems.com/contact-us/, or give us a call at 1-855-GREP-4-IX.

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Additional Resources:

• To learn more about TrueNAS Open Storage, visit: https://www.truenas.com/
• Follow TrueNAS News on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/iXsystems

About iXsystems and TrueNAS
Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueNAS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in high availability storage and servers powered by Open Source solutions. With over one million deployments and backed by the legendary ZFS file system, TrueNAS systems offer the stability and reliability required for Backup, Multimedia, Cloud Hosting, Virtualization, Hyper-converged Infrastructure, and much more. Since the founding of iXsystems in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on the company’s enterprise servers, TrueNAS Open Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics.

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SAN JOSE, CA – August 18, 2020 — TrueNAS Open Storage today 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.
“Businesses are under pressure to evolve with changing market conditions. Computing infrastructure and the data storage platforms that underpin IT environments must be flexible enough to support these new challenges,” said Scott Sinclair, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). “The M60 is built for application environments that require multi-functional file, block, and/or object storage provided in a high availability configuration. The latest TrueNAS offering promises both productivity and open source economic advantages for both midsize and enterprise organizations.”
TrueNAS 12.0, the newest version of the industry’s most widely used Open Source storage OS, is significant because it is the first TrueNAS release that officially merges the FreeNAS and TrueNAS brands while also unifying the software and documentation. FreeNAS is now known as TrueNAS CORE; still Open Source and freely available as an edition of the TrueNAS Open Storage software, which also encompasses TrueNAS Enterprise and TrueNAS SCALE editions, each designed for different use cases. TrueNAS 12.0 can be used with existing customer hardware or with a broad range of storage solutions available through TrueNAS resellers.

New features available in TrueNAS 12.0 include advanced security and performance enhancements for Enterprise users:
Multi-layer Enterprise Security

• Dataset encryption for ultra-secure remote replication
• Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) for drives and datasets
• Two-factor administrator authentication
• API Keys for TrueCommand, vSphere, and other REST API systems
• OpenVPN Client and Server integration

Performance Improvements of up to 30%

• Fusion pools with mixed SSDs and HDDs (metadata on flash)
• NVMe SSDs with High Availability and Persistent Read Cache
• ZFS improvements: Async ops and Vectorization
• iSCSI, SMB, and NFS improvements (>20%)

Leading the TrueNAS product line and leveraging TrueNAS 12.0 is the TrueNAS M60 Unified Storage System. Now available, the M60 joins the M-Series flagship line of unified storage systems and is built for enterprise environments where maximum performance is a mandate. The M60 can be configured with single or dual-controller and hybrid, fusion, or all-flash storage.
The TrueNAS M60 achieves over 20GB/s and 1 Million IOPS through improved software and the latest hardware technology including:

• 20 Petabyte hybrid or 4 PB affordable all-flash capacity
• 1.5TB RAM, 64 CPU Cores, 128GB of NVDIMM fast write cache
• 8 x 100Gbe and 12.8 TB NVMe flash tier

”Our use case is large amounts of unstructured research data. The performance, scalability, and built-in data integrity of the TrueNAS M-Series provides our research group the ability to quickly store and process this data with the assurance that the data at rest is exactly as they left it and always available,” said Scott Dungan, Senior Systems Administrator, CalTech.
“There has been increasing demand from midsize and enterprise organizations for higher performance storage solutions that also have the needed flexibility, functionality, and reliability to keep pace with data growth while still keeping budgets under control,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President for iXsystems. “With TrueNAS 12.0 and the M60, we are leading the Open Storage revolution and improving Open Source economics for channel partners and customer organizations globally.”
To learn more about how TrueNAS can help your organization, contact us via https://www.truenas.com/contact-us/, or give us a call at 1-855-GREP-4-IX.
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Additional Resources:

• To learn more about TrueNAS Open Storage, visit: https://www.truenas.com
• Follow TrueNAS News on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/iXsystems

About iXsystems and TrueNAS
Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueNAS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in high availability storage and servers powered by Open Source solutions. With over one million deployments and backed by the legendary ZFS file system, TrueNAS offers the stability and reliability required for Backup, Multimedia, Cloud Hosting, Virtualization, Hyper-converged Infrastructure, and much more. Since the founding of iXsystems in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on the company’s enterprise servers, TrueNAS Open Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics.

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San Jose, CA – February 13th, 2020. iXsystems®, the leader in Open Source storage, starts 2020 strongly after four years of >50% compound annual revenue growth in its TrueNAS® product family. This momentum reflects the steady adoption of Open Source storage, the cutting-edge TrueNAS M-Series, and power-efficient TrueNAS X-Series storage appliances. Unlike other storage “startups”, iXsystems is self-funded and was cash flow positive for 2019.
Drivers of 2019 TrueNAS Growth
The introduction of the TrueCommand single pane of glass storage management system and TrueNAS price-leadership in flash systems contributed to a strong Q4 2019. The expansion of the iXsystems international sales team and channel resulted in the doubling of international revenues. iXsystems also added 24×7 TrueNAS support in Europe to service the needs of this important market.
The significant software enhancements and overall high quality of the TrueNAS software and support stimulated the highest ever TrueNAS annual growth in revenue and units shipped. Key 2019 TrueNAS statistics include:

• 44% growth in TrueNAS sales in 2019
• > 70% growth in support revenues
• > 100% growth in all-flash system revenues
• > 100% growth in international revenues
• > 250 new enterprise customers
• Record revenues in Q4 2019

“After a soft Q1 2019 in the storage market, TrueNAS resumed its steady 50% growth rate. Our focus on software quality, data protection, and Enterprise support provides our clients with compelling economics in comparison to cloud and traditional storage vendors. We’d like to thank our customers, partners, and the TrueNAS community for their ongoing support.”

– Brett Davis, Executive Vice President

2019 TrueNAS Product Milestones
The TrueNAS M-Series unified file, block, and object storage appliances are proving to be the go-to storage solution for businesses, schools, and government agencies that need Open Source economics and the flexibility to choose all-flash or hybrid systems using the same platforms and management. The M-Series provides high availability and 100Gb/s performance using best-of-breed technologies including NVDIMMs, NVMe, SSDs, and the ZFS file system. 
Enterprise Storage Group (ESG) reviewed the TrueNAS M-Series, configured with Hybrid or All-Flash storage, and provided a compelling report outlining the industry-leading price-performance for both virtualization and video production workloads. 

“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.”

– Enterprise Storage Group

Both the TrueNAS X-Series and M-Series are also being used in partner solutions. The Asigra TrueNAS backup appliance was the winner in SearchStorage’s Backup Products of the Year. Growth in multi-PB backup systems was strong in 2019.
FreeNAS®, the world’s #1 Open Source storage operating system, is integral to the success of the TrueNAS platforms. Version 11.3 of FreeNAS became available in Q4 2019 and features many enhancements that are now available in TrueNAS. With over 1 million deployments and a rapidly-growing community, hundreds of thousands strong, FreeNAS can be found in organizations around the world of every size and industry, including Fortune 100 companies.
The entry-level FreeNAS Mini and FreeNAS Certified appliances from iXsystems are widely used in offices and development labs. The introduction of the 10GbE FreeNAS Mini XL+ with ultra quiet fans increased the unit and revenue growth in professional-grade FreeNAS systems.
TrueCommand, released in Q2 2019 for use with TrueNAS and FreeNAS systems, has proven to be a major accelerator of growth in larger multi-systems TrueNAS deployments. This single pane of glass management system simplifies operations and increases the security and reliability of the infrastructure. A $1M+ defense contract for TrueNAS was awarded based on TrueCommand features.

“TrueNAS combines Open Source economics with unrivaled flexibility. Whether a client needs 10TB all-flash or 10PB of HDDs, we have a solution using the same software, enterprise support, and single pane of glass management capability.”

– Morgan Littlewood, Senior Vice President, Product Management

2020 TrueNAS Plans
Continued growth in partnerships and the TrueNAS Family (which includes FreeNAS products) product line is key to iXsystems’ revenue growth. iXsystems is making a significant investment to help channels compete, deliver, and improve their bottom line.
The introduction of TrueNAS 11.3 is expected to accelerate TrueNAS adoption. TrueNAS 12.0 with many new features and ZFS enhancements will also be released in 2020. iXsystems has a few surprises planned, so look out for new announcements at https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/.
To learn more about iXsystems and how TrueNAS can help your organization, contact us via https://www.ixsystems.com/contact-us/, or give us a call at 1-855-GREP-4-IX.
About iXsystems
Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueOS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in a global marketplace that relies on Open Source solutions, high availability storage and servers, technology partnerships, and expert support. Since its founding in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on iXsystems’ enterprise servers, TrueNAS Unified Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics. Millions of tech-savvy users also download and deploy our Open Source software each year. 

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Jan 28, 2020 – San Jose, CA, US – iXsystems® has released FreeNAS 11.3 and has also begun taking orders for TrueNAS X-Series and M-Series systems with TrueNAS 11.3. Version 11.3 represents another major advancement in the quality and functionality of the leading Open Storage platform. Building upon the very popular API and Web UI improvements of the previous release, 11.3 introduces easy-setup wizards, major replication improvements, and over 500 other enhancements.  
FreeNAS provides the Open Source foundation of TrueNAS which is sold and supported via Enterprise appliances. TrueNAS 11.3 also inherits an abundance of vetted FreeNAS features from previous releases, including the modernized web UI as well as the ability to use and manage jails, plugins, and VMs. All of these features have now been integrated with TrueNAS high-availability and hardware management features. TrueNAS is available on the X-Series and M-Series platforms which scale from 10TB to over 10PB with hybrid or all-flash media.
Key Features of FreeNAS and TrueNAS 11.3 include the following major improvements:

• ZFS Replication: >8X performance, Parallel tasks, Auto-resume
• Simplified Setup with Wizards:  iSCSI, SMB, Pools, Networking, Replication
• SMB improvements: User quotas via AD, Shadow copies, ACL manager
• Easier Plugins: UI redesign, Categories, NAT reduces IP addresses
• Dashboard and Reporting: Faster response, more relevant data
• Configuration Management: API enables config save and audits
• WireGuard VPNs: Secure networking to remote systems
• TrueNAS: Graphical enclosure and High-Availability management

TrueNAS 11.3 has been validated with both high-performance SSDs and (Read Intensive) RI-SSDs based on lower-cost QLC technology. The ZFS technology of TrueNAS aggregates small random writes into larger sequential writes resulting in higher IOPS (I/O per second) and greater flash endurance. TrueNAS can be configured with many different storage media pools, including both hybrid and all-flash options, even in the same system. This flexibility allows TrueNAS to be configured for the capacity and performance that is needed and with a TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) that is considerably less. 
Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) validated the performance and cost benefits of TrueNAS with extensive testing.  ESG concluded that “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.”
A major investment in quality assurance and automated testing over the past 18 months has ensured significant improvements in software quality and ease of use relative to previous releases. FreeNAS is benefiting from the large investment in software QA for TrueNAS products.  With thousands of systems already running FreeNAS 11.3 pre-release, this quality improvement is already evident.

“TrueNAS 11.2 was our highest quality release to date and has enabled our clients to achieve the five 9’s of availability they expect.  The 11.3 release accelerates and improves ZFS replication so that clients can handle disasters and site outages more easily.” 

– Morgan Littlewood, VP Product Management, iXsystems

TrueCommand Multi-System Management
TrueCommand is the single pane of glass management system that lets users manage multiple FreeNAS and TrueNAS systems. With Version 11.3, it can also provide configuration save/restore functionality as well as auditing of configuration changes.  TrueCommand reduces TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) through improved resource utilization and the unique embrace of Open Source economics. Users can deploy and manage FreeNAS systems for minimum cost and TrueNAS systems where support and HA are needed. View the TrueCommand datasheet and documentation to find out more.  

“Our goal is to make the TrueNAS family of products as manageable as it is secure. Powered with the OpenZFS file system, data has always been as persistent as a user requires. With TrueNAS 11.3 and TrueCommand, users can better manage how that data is stored onsite, cross site, or in the cloud. Many thanks to more than a thousand users that participated in the Beta testing.” 

– Kris Moore, VP Engineering, iXsystems

To learn more about iXsystems and how TrueNAS can help your organization, contact us via https://www.ixsystems.com/contact-us/, or give us a call at 1-855-GREP-4-IX.
11.3 Screenshots of the UI

About iXsystems
Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueOS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in a global marketplace that relies on Open Source solutions, high availability storage and servers, technology partnerships, and expert support. Since its founding in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on iXsystems’ enterprise servers, TrueNAS Unified Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics. Millions of tech-savvy users also download and deploy our Open Source software each year. 

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TrueNAS storage infrastructure to gradually scale to accommodate 25 million documents upon project completion

San Jose, CA – September 17, 2019 – iXsystems is honored to have the TrueNAS® M-Series unified storage selected to store, serve, and protect the entire digital archive for the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. This is in support of the collection at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (JFK Library). Over the next several years, the Foundation hopes to grow the digital collection from hundreds of terabytes today to cover much more of the Archives at the Kennedy Library. Overall there is a total of 25 million documents, audio recordings, photos, and videos once the project is complete.
Having first deployed the TrueNAS M50-HA earlier in 2019, the JFK Library has now completed the migration of its existing digital collection and is now in the process of digitizing much of the rest of its vast collection. 

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

– Steven M. Rothstein, JFK Library Executive Director

Not only is the catalog of material vast, it is also diverse, with files being copied to the storage system from a variety of sources in numerous file types. To achieve this ambitious goal, the library required a high-end NAS system capable of sharing with a variety of systems throughout the digitization process.  The digital archive will be served from the TrueNAS M50 and made available to both in-person and online visitors.
With precious material and information comes robust demands. The highly-available TrueNAS M-Series has multiple layers of protection to help keep data safe, including data scrubs, checksums, unlimited snapshots, replication, and more. TrueNAS is also inherently scalable with data shares only limited by the number of drives connected to the pool. Perfect for archival storage, the deployed TrueNAS M50 will grow with the library’s content, easily expanding its storage capacity over time as needed. Supporting a variety of protocols, multi-petabyte scalability in a single share, and anytime, uninterrupted capacity expansion, the TrueNAS M-Series ticked all the right boxes. 

“The library’s mission of opening up the information to the public really aligns with the Open Source ethic and open flow of information on which iXsystems itself is built.”

– Brett Davis, Executive VP of iXsystems

To find out more, read our case study.  

To learn more about iXsystems and how TrueNAS can help your organization, visit www.iXsystems.com, contact us via https://www.ixsystems.com/contact-us/, or give us a call at 1-855-GREP-4-IX.

About iXsystems
Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS and TrueOS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in a global marketplace that relies on Open Source solutions, high availability storage and servers, technology partnerships, and expert support. Since its founding in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on iXsystems’ enterprise servers, TrueNAS Unified Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics. Millions of tech-savvy users also download and deploy our Open Source software each year. More information can be found at www.iXsystems.com.

About John F. Kennedy Jr Presidential Library and Museum
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is one of 14 presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. The Library seeks to advance the study and understanding of President Kennedy’s life and career and the times in which he lived; and to promote a greater appreciation of America’s political and cultural heritage, the process of governing and the importance of public service.
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization founded in 1984 to provide financial support, staffing, and creative resources for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, a presidential library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. The Kennedy Presidential Library and the Kennedy Library Foundation seek to promote, through educational and community programs, a greater appreciation and understanding of American politics, history, and culture, the process of governing and the importance of public service.

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Revolutionary unified management system embraces Open Source economics to reduce TCO and simplify operations

June 11, 2019 – San Jose, CA, US – iXsystems® has released TrueCommand™ 1.0, a unified management system that allows organizations to monitor and control all of their TrueNAS® and FreeNAS® systems from a “single pane of glass” interface. TrueCommand simplifies 24×7 operations, improves security, automates tasks, and enables faster problem resolution for NAS systems.
The TrueNAS Family of products, including TrueNAS and FreeNAS, stores, shares, and manages data for tens of thousands of organizations across the globe.  Each TrueNAS system, whether All-Flash or Hybrid, uses ZFS to orchestrate datasets, snapshots, and replication, and has its own web interface, CLI, and websocket APIs for management.
Leveraging the TrueNAS API set, TrueCommand provides a central web-based command post for a team of Admins to manage and monitor an entire TrueNAS fleet and their organization’s data in real time and across sites. Teams share access to alerts, reports, and control of the TrueNAS systems based on admin permissions.
TrueCommand is ZFS-aware and understands ZFS pools, caches, datasets, and snapshots. This understanding enables advanced and predictive tools to help with capacity, performance, and health management. Datasets and their replication can be managed across a global network.
Enterprise security is addressed through a set of advanced TrueCommand features:

• Single Sign-on (SSO)  – Single login to securely access all NAS systems
• Role Based Access Control (RBAC)  – Permissions to change or monitor systems
• Audit – Tracking of configuration changes made by each Admin

“TrueCommand is the perfect management platform for any organization with deployments of multiple NAS systems. The TrueNAS family has integrated ZFS data protection and replication. With TrueCommand, our clients are in greater control of their NAS fleet and their data.”

– Morgan Littlewood, VP Product Management, iXsystems

Easily deployed on a single VM and accessed via a web browser, TrueCommand is a platform for centralized and automated management of NAS systems. Whether it’s storage management, in-depth monitoring, or extending functionality with 3rd party plugins, TrueNAS and TrueCommand are designed to work together as an essential part of an enterprise data strategy.

“Our goal is to make the TrueNAS family of products as manageable as it is secure. Powered with the ZFS file system, data has always been as persistent as a user requires. With our enhanced APIs and TrueCommand, users can better manage how that data is stored onsite, cross site, or in the cloud. Many thanks to more than a thousand users that participated in the Beta testing.”

– Kris Moore, VP Engineering, iXsystems

TrueCommand reduces TCO (total cost of ownership) through improved resource utilization and the unique embrace of Open Source economics. Users can deploy and manage FreeNAS systems for minimum cost and TrueNAS systems where support and HA are needed.  A free license for TrueCommand is available for NAS deployments of less than fifty drives. A subscription license with support included, is available for larger TrueNAS and FreeNAS deployments.

View the TrueCommand datasheet and documentation to find out more.  Download TrueCommand software to get started managing your NAS fleet. For best integration with TrueCommand, TrueNAS 11.2-U5 release is also available this month.
To learn more about iXsystems and how TrueNAS can help your organization, visit www.iXsystems.com, contact us via https://www.ixsystems.com/contact-us/, or give us a call at 1-855-GREP-4-IX.

About iXsystems
Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS and TrueOS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in a global marketplace that relies on Open Source solutions, high availability storage and servers, technology partnerships, and expert support. Since its founding in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on iXsystems’ enterprise servers, TrueNAS Unified Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics. Millions of tech-savvy users also download and deploy our Open Source software each year. More information can be found at www.iXsystems.com.

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TrueNAS All-Flash and Hybrid Storage is certified with vSphere 6.5 and 6.7, and updated vCenter Plugin is released

San Jose, CA – May 23, 2019. iXsystems®, the leader in Enterprise Storage and Servers Driven by Open Source, recertified its TrueNAS X-Series and M-Series platforms for VMware® vSphere and ESXi. TrueNAS now includes a new plugin for vCenter 6.5 and 6.7 and support for the VMFS6 file system release.
The award-winning TrueNAS unified storage line provides storage solutions for many aspects of a virtualization solution:

Support for vSphere 6.x
TrueNAS has been certified for VMware vSphere for many years. This recertification reconfirms the quality and functionality of the FreeNAS and TrueNAS software, especially as it applies to VMware applications. FreeNAS is the #1 Open Source Storage OS with more downloads and operational systems; TrueNAS uses the Open Source base and provides the High Availability (HA) appliances needed for certification along with support for VMware vSphere Storage APIs Array Integration (VAAI) for iSCSI.

Updated vCenter Plugin
Additionally, iXsystems released an updated vCenter Plugin which enables new functionality and integrates with vCenter 6.5 and 6.7.  These updates provide valuable improvements in functionality, usability, and reliability for vSphere users. The plugin is downloadable from iXsystems.com with assistance from the TrueNAS support team.

TrueNAS All-Flash and Hybrid Appliances for VM Storage
Virtualization storage needs to provide the capacity, IOPS, and latencies demanded by the applications. TrueNAS provides the technologies to meet these objectives with a total cost that is a fraction of traditional storage.  
Open Source software changes the economics of the storage business and gives power back to users. Storage capacity can be scaled economically and independently of the compute capacity. With TrueNAS unified storage, the same systems can support block, file, and object storage requirements on a unified ZFS back-end that provides high performance compression, snapshots, and clones.  TrueNAS arrays can also be configured as all-flash or hybrid (disk+flash) to meet the needs of the application.
TrueNAS All-Flash systems start at less than $20,000 and scale to a TrueNAS M50 with up to 1600TB of capacity and 800K IOPS. For the first time, user pricing has broken below the $1 per GB barrier at a HA system level, without having to factor in deduplication and compression ratios.  A typical VM may use 50GB of storage. The cost per IOPS of All-Flash systems is up to 80% lower than Hybrid systems.
TrueNAS Hybrid systems scale to capacities of 10PB or more. Through the use of smart caching technologies such as NVDIMM and NVME, very good performance can be achieved with enterprise HDDs.  The cost per GB of Hybrid systems is up to 80% lower than All-Flash systems when using larger drives.
Higher capacity TrueNAS Hybrid systems can also be used as backup appliances for virtualization solutions.  TrueNAS All-Flash solutions are often used as primary storage for performance-critical VM infrastructures.
With TrueNAS, you can choose both All-Flash and Hybrid. Separate systems can be used in large scale deployments. In smaller scale deployments, a single system can have both an All-Flash pool and a Hybrid pool.
The Asigra TrueNAS integrated backup appliances were recently selected as the Gold recipient in Storage Magazine and SearchStorage’s 2018 Products of the Year in the backup and disaster recovery hardware category.  This product uniquely integrates Asigra Backup functionality, including global deduplication and ransomware prevention, into standard TrueNAS platforms.

“Private Clouds and Virtualization are important use-cases that have been fueling the growth of TrueNAS. The integration of the best performing hardware and enterprise software enhancements, along with our Open Source software, delivers unrivaled value and performance in a uniquely powerful and versatile storage solution.”

– Brett Davis, iXsystems Executive Vice President

To learn more about iXsystems and how TrueNAS can help your organization, visit www.iXsystems.com, contact us via https://www.ixsystems.com/contact-us/, or give us a call at 1-855-GREP-4-IX.

About iXsystems

Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS and TrueOS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in a global marketplace that relies on Open Source solutions, high availability storage and servers, technology partnerships, and expert support. Since its founding in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on iXsystems’ enterprise servers, TrueNAS Unified Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics. Millions of tech-savvy users also download and deploy our Open Source software each year. More information can be found at www.iXsystems.com.

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Purpose-Built Backup Appliance for VMware and AWS Merges Award-Winning Asigra Cloud Backup Evolved Software and iXsystems TrueNAS Storage to Protect Mission Critical Data

Toronto, Canada, August 29, 2018 — Asigra Inc., a leading cloud backup, recovery and restore software provider since 1986, today announced the Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance which will be shown for the first time in booths 2224 and 2230 at the VMworld conference in Las Vegas this week. In partnership with iXsystems, the new backup solution combines Asigra Cloud Backup V14 software with iXsystems’ TrueNAS storage, featuring the OpenZFS open source file system and volume management for unprecedented flexibility and data integrity.

The Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance is a physical hardware solution configured with Asigra Cloud Backup Software version 14. The software converges data protection and cyber security to counter rapidly growing malware attacks on backup data, including ransomware Attack-Loops™. Asigra Cloud Backup allows IT and backup administrators to easily and effectively safeguard business data using extensive automation, powerful features and an intuitive console that simplifies managed backup. The new solution runs on iXsystems’ TrueNAS hybrid storage systems, offering High Availability (HA), superior scalability, flexibility, data integrity, and ROI. Models include the Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance X10, X20, M40, and M50, providing a range of capacities from 60TB to over 10PB.

Asigra’s enterprise-class client and backup system software will also be made available to run on the hundreds of thousands of FreeNAS systems in deployment, including the FreeNAS Mini. Remote FreeNAS systems and their associated clients and servers can be backed up via Asigra to a larger TrueNAS or FreeNAS system with global deduplication, instant recovery, and RansomWare protection.

“The Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance brings together two well-respected companies that we have had the pleasure of working with for many years. This new Appliance makes the implementation of the Asigra solution much simpler and a very robust approach for enterprise data protection,” said Rob Didlake, Founder & CEO, Dataedge Solutions.

“Feature-rich, multi-platform data protection capable of scaling on demand is a must for organizations operating in distributed computing environments, where business information exists across physical, virtual and cloud-based repositories,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President, iXsystems. “With the evolved state of IT, the Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance significantly reduces complexity and TCO comparative to legacy solutions, delivering enterprise-ready unified storage with all of the advantages, reliability, and flexibility made available with the ZFS file system.”

“The Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance is a very compelling choice for MSPs who need to quickly and reliably build out their backup service infrastructure without undue complexity or costs,” said Eran Farajun, Executive Vice President, Asigra. “This service provider optimized solution protects data in any environment, including VMware deployments in AWS, and delivers unrivaled flexibility for Asigra administrators and the business clients they support.”

As multi-functional storage, the appliances can be used as a general purpose NAS as well, providing support for every common operating system, hypervisor, and application. The systems provide the choice of SMB, AFP or NFS for file storage, iSCSI for block storage, or S3-compatible APIs for object storage appliances and include a future-proof 128-bit “scale up” OpenZFS file system for decades of continuous use. All systems scale seamlessly as needed, offer flexible snapshotting and replication, and unrivaled data integrity with self-healing bit rot mitigation.

Pricing and Availability
The Asigra TrueNAS Backup Appliance is available immediately through authorized partners and will be shown for the first time at Asigra’s VMworld booth #2230 and iXsystems’ booth #2224. Pricing starts at $10,000 for an appliance configured with 60TB of storage and scales based on configuration.

About Asigra
Trusted since 1986, Asigra provides organizations around the world the ability to quickly recover their data from anywhere through a global network of IT service providers who deliver Cloud Backup Evolved as either public, private and/or hybrid solutions. As the industry’s most comprehensive data protection platform for servers, virtual machines, endpoint devices, databases and applications, SaaS and IaaS based applications, Asigra lowers the total cost of ownership, reduces recovery time objectives, and eliminates silos of backup data by providing a single consolidated repository with 100% recovery assurance. Asigra’s innovative Recovery License Model provides organizations with a unique and cost-effective data recovery business model unlike any other in the market. The company has been recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor and included in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software since 2010. More information on Asigra can be found at www.asigra.com.

About iXsystems
Through decades of expertise in system design and development of Open Source software (FreeNAS, FreeBSD, OpenZFS, and TrueOS), iXsystems has become an innovation leader in a global marketplace that relies on Open Source solutions, high availability storage and servers, technology partnerships, and expert support. Since its founding in 2002, thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on iXsystems’ enterprise servers, TrueNAS Unified Storage, and consultative approach to building IT infrastructure and Private Clouds with Open Source economics. Millions of tech-savvy users also download and deploy our Open Source software each year.

Asigra and the Asigra logo are trademarks of Asigra Inc. iXsystems and TrueNAS are trademarks of iXsystems, Inc.

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• Unified: Simultaneous file, block, and object protocols to support multiple applications.
• Reliable: Uses the OpenZFS file system, which ensures data integrity with best-in-class replication, snapshotting, and protection against data corruption and decay.
• Safe: High Availability option for continuous data availability. You can replicate data remotely or locally to any product in the iXsystems storage lineup.
• Trusted: Built on iXsystems FreeNAS, the world’s #1 software-defined storage solution with over 9 million downloads.
• Solid: Award-winning 24/7 white-glove support and enterprise-class features such as compression, deduplication, and thin-provisioning.
• Consistent: Provision and manage S3-compatible object storage using extensions to the GUI interface found in TrueNAS 9.10.
• Protects VMs: TrueNAS is certified by Citrix, VMware, and Veeam, helping to accelerate the ROI when deploying it in support of virtualization or backup/archive solutions.

In addition to adding S3 compatibility and performance gains for file and block protocols, TrueNAS 11 introduces new alerting capabilities with support for AWS-SNS, Hipchat, InfluxDB, Slack, MatterMost, OpsGenie, PagerDuty, and VictorOps. This new feature is just one of the many improvements to the TrueNAS architecture that make TrueNAS the ideal compute and storage appliance for mission-critical business usage.
iXsystems also announces the general availability of the TrueNAS X10, an entry level enterprise-class storage solution that is ideal for mission-critical workloads such as file sharing, backups, and replication. The TrueNAS X10 was announced on June 6, 2017 and has seen strong demand due to its low entry price, offering 20TB of enterprise storage for under $10,000 and providing scalability to 360TB. The TrueNAS X10 ships with TrueNAS 11.0, allowing SMBs and others to use the TrueNAS X10 to share Amazon S3-compatible storage.
TrueNAS 11.0 also runs on the TrueNAS X10, Z20, Z30, Z35, and the Z50 TrueFlash. TrueNAS updates are available through the software updater, a component of the user interface. TrueNAS customers will be alerted of the availability of the TrueNAS 11.0-U2 update and should contact iXsystems Technical Support if they have any questions.
To learn more about the TrueNAS 11.0 release, send an email to info@iXsystems.com, call 1-855-GREP-4-IX, or visit www.iXsystems.com/TrueNAS.
iXsystems Executive Quote
Kris Moore, Director of Engineering
“TrueNAS 11.0 enables iXsystems’ customers to deploy a solution that enables them to build their own cloud instead of depending on a public cloud or as a part of a hybrid strategy. TrueNAS 11.0 also brings with it a new operating system base that incorporates many new features and performance improvements, all while maintaining its hallmark of stability. Its support for S3-compatible objects and its FreeBSD 11 base will provide the platform for TrueNAS to continue to grow its feature-set in 2017 and beyond.”
About iXsystems:
By leveraging decades of expertise in hardware design, its contributions to many Open Source software communities, and corporate stewardship of leading Open Source projects (FreeNAS and TrueOS), iXsystems has become an industry leader in building innovative storage solutions and superior enterprise servers for a global marketplace that relies on open technology.
Thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on iXsystems’ storage, servers, and consultative approach to doing business. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley since its founding in 1996, the dedication to white-glove customer service, industry-leading support, and transparent technological contributions has never wavered and continues to help lay the foundation for a new era powered by open technology.

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TrueNAS X10 Eliminates Storage Compromise by Delivering 20 TB of Hybrid File and Block Storage for under $10,000
SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – June 06, 2017) – iXsystems, the industry leader in storage and servers driven by Open Source, today announced the release of the TrueNAS X10. The TrueNAS X10 is a cost-effective enterprise storage solution that is designed to help small and midsized businesses modernize their storage infrastructures. For years, customers have struggled with their storage infrastructures. They have overbought costly enterprise-class storage or put off the purchase of enterprise-class storage due to its high cost. Companies unable to invest in enterprise-class storage are often forced to use legacy SAN/NAS systems, deploy consumer NAS systems, use direct access storage (DAS), or build their own software-defined storage (SDS) systems. The TrueNAS X10 clears this barrier to entry by providing enterprise-class storage for SMBs and others that is challenging the Dell™ EMC™ VNXe, Dell™ EMC™ Unity, HPE™ MSA 2040, and NetApp™ FAS2600 series of products with its functionality and price point.
The TrueNAS X10 comes in a dense 2U form factor accommodating up to 12 disk drives. It enables you to reduce space, power and cooling costs and respond to ever-changing business requirements. It is optimized for SMBs, remote offices, and enterprises of all sizes. It lets you start small and grow to nearly 400 TB as your needs change. Come see the TrueNAS X10 in the iXsystems booth at the BSDCan conference in Ottawa, Canada on June 9-10, 2017.
Product Highlights

• Enterprise: Perfectly suited for core-edge configurations and enterprise workloads such as file sharing, backups, and replication
• Unified: Simultaneous SAN/NAS protocols that support multiple block and file workloads
• Dense: up to 120 TB in 2U and 360 TB in 6U with half the power draw of leading competitors
• Reliable: OpenZFS file system to ensure data integrity with best-in-class replication and snapshotting
• Safe: High Availability option for continuous data availability plus you can replicate data to the rest of the iXsystems storage lineup
• Trusted: Based on FreeNAS, the world’s #1 Open Source software-defined storage solution
• Solid: Award-winning 24/7 white-glove support
• Powerful: Includes Enterprise-Class features such as compression, deduplication, and thin-provisioning, which lower TCO
• Familiar: Provision and manage storage using the same GUI used by the rest of the iXsystems storage products
• Economical: 20 TB of enterprise storage for under $10,000

Availability
The TrueNAS X10 can be ordered today and will begin shipping in mid-July 2017. The standard lead time is three weeks for all TrueNAS systems. However, pre-built 20 TB, 60 TB, and 100 TB configurations of the TrueNAS X10 are available with a one week lead time.

Customer Quote
Chris Caravella, Chief Engineer, 1stAveMachine
“At 1stAveMachine, it is business critical for us to utilize enterprise class storage. Organizations don’t want to depend on a consumer-grade NAS or struggle with software-defined storage. Instead, 1stAveMachine is looking for a modern solution that is built from the ground up as an enterprise class storage array that does not depend on five-year-old technology. We had many choices of an entry level Enterprise-Class storage array, but the obvious choice is the TrueNAS X10. It provides us with enterprise class storage for all our applications and grows from gigabytes to nearly 400 terabytes in a dense form factor. It is more economical and uses less than half the power needed by other storage vendors, which helps lower our storage TCO. The ability for us to replicate across the entire portfolio ensures our business data is always protected, providing us with a peace of mind.”

Partner Quote
Marcus Doran, General Manager, Rahi Systems Europe
“As our customers tackle the need to store ever increasing data, back it up, and share it, it’s crucial to provide them with a modern unified storage array that offers Enterprise-Class services and can deal with all types of data efficiently. That’s what the TrueNAS X10 delivers on. The TrueNAS X10 also is more economical while consuming less power than many other Enterprise-Class storage vendors. That is very important to our customers. The TrueNAS X10 grows from gigabytes to nearly 400 terabytes at a fraction of a dollar per enterprise gigabyte. It offers the simplicity, reliability, and availability with enterprise functionality that our SMB and enterprise customers expect.”

iXsystems Executive Quote
Brett Davis, Executive Vice President
“No matter your size, when customers are dealing with data growth using consumer-grade storage is not sufficient. iXsystems is making it simpler and more affordable for both SMBs and enterprises to modernize their IT infrastructures with a cost-effective enterprise storage array. By lowering the cost of entry for enterprise-capable storage, customers can move away from storage that lacks enterprise features, such as in-line compression, a self-healing file system, and unified SAN/NAS storage, and over to a storage solution that grows with them.”

About iXsystems:
By leveraging decades of expertise in hardware design, its contributions to many Open Source software communities, and corporate stewardship of leading Open Source projects (FreeNAS and TrueOS), iXsystems has become an industry leader in building innovative storage solutions and superior enterprise servers for a global marketplace that relies on open technology.
Thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on iXsystems’ storage, servers, and consultative approach to doing business. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley since its founding in 1996, the dedication to white-glove customer service, industry-leading support, and transparent technological contributions has never wavered and continues to help lay the foundation for a new era powered by open technology.

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Certification testing showed that TrueNAS is two to four times times faster than Veeam requirements

iXsystems, the industry leader in storage and servers driven by Open Source, today announced that it has passed the Veeam Backup and Replication v9.5 for VMware certification tests for the TrueNAS Z20, TrueNAS Z30, TrueNAS Z35, and TrueNAS Z50 TrueFlash line of unified enterprise storage systems that are running TrueNAS v9.10 or later.
This certification tests the speed and power of the data storage repository using a testing methodology defined by Veeam for Full Backups, Full Restores, Synthetic Full Backups, and Instant VM Recovery from within the Veeam Backup and Recovery environment.
iXsystems created a blog describing the tests and test results. Our test results exceeded Veeam’s minimums, with full backups taking half as long as Veeam requires. The certification shows that TrueNAS is ideal for supporting Veeam backups.
Backup Image Repository
A TrueNAS Z20 Hybrid Storage array with 8.4 TB of data was used as the repository of the Veeam backup images generated by the certification testing. Two of the four certification tests required that these images be used during restoration, and the TrueNAS Z20 was used for that as well.
VMware Servers
Two servers, each with dual Xeon v4 CPUs, were used to run the certification tests. These servers ran all the virtual machines, including the Windows 2012 R2 server that ran the Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 servers. In addition, these servers locally stored the test Windows server VMs and ran the vCenter server VM.
VM Repository
iXsystems’ FreeNAS All-Flash Array with 2.88 TB was used to store all the Linux test VMs that were backed up and recovered for Veeam’s certification tests.
Following the requirements of the “Performance Testing Guide for Backup Storage” provided by Veeam, the TrueNAS Z20, TrueNAS Z30,TrueNAS Z35, and TrueNAS Z50 TrueFlash exceed all the requirements for the Veeam storage repository and achieved certification status as a result of the tests. Customers can feel confident implementing the TrueNAS storage platform as the backup and recovery storage repository within their Veeam infrastructure.
Ideal for backup, TrueNAS configurations include flash-assisted or all-flash storage solutions. Both have blazing performance, share the same work-flow, and act as a SAN and a NAS, meeting the needs of any enterprise data storage and backup workload. TrueNAS offers High Availability to continue providing backup services in the unlikely event of a failure. Every TrueNAS model supports storage controller redundancy, hot spares, and redundant power. This enables TrueNAS to provide non-disruptive firmware updates and around-the-clock backup services with zero-downtime. It also uses OpenZFS, which ensures that backup images stay pristine. To learn more about how to use Veeam with TrueNAS or to obtain a no-risk quote on a TrueNAS configuration, visit www.iXsystems.com/TrueNAS, email sales@iXsystems.com, or call us at 1-855-GREP-4-IX.
iXsystems Executive Quote
Gary Archer, Director Storage Marketing
“Backups are like insurance — needed when something goes wrong. The value of backups is to shorten the time to get a business back to work. Surveys show that more than half of our customers use TrueNAS to store their backup images and Veeam is the #1 backup product they utilize.”
Customer Quote
Todd Lamonia, President & CEO, IT Worldwide Services
“The Veeam backups are working great. I am using Veeam’s Direct SAN Access transport mode which connects directly to the TrueNAS using iSCSI which improves the data transfer throughput and reduces the amount of time it takes to backup each VM significantly.”
Veeam Quote
Andy Vandeveld, VP of Global Strategic Alliances, Veeam
“Veeam is strategically focused on the virtualized server market. With iXsystems TrueNAS, our combined strengths give iXsystems clients a VM-aware backup and restore solution for their TrueNAS unified storage solution. The certification of Veeam Backup & Replication software with the TrueNAS Z product line enables iXsystems to offer a joint solution to a broader range of customers. The joint solution provides them with a high-performance, high-value, and self-healing storage for virtual server data protection and replication, that keeps backup images safe.”
About iXsystems:
By leveraging decades of expertise in hardware design, its contributions to many Open Source software communities, and corporate stewardship of leading Open Source projects (FreeNAS and TrueOS), iXsystems has become an industry leader in building innovative storage solutions and superior enterprise servers for a global marketplace that relies on open technology.
Thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on iXsystems’ storage, servers, and consultative approach to doing business. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley since its founding in 1996, the dedication to white-glove customer service, industry-leading support, and transparent technological contributions has never wavered and continues to help lay the foundation for a new era powered by open technology.

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McGill’s School of Computer Science runs almost exclusively on Open Source software. When McGill was looking for a replacement for their existing storage solution, they were aware that iXsystems develops FreeNAS, which is Open Source and the most widely used software defined storage (SDS) in the world. They were pleased to discover that iXsystems offers TrueNAS, an enterprise-supported storage appliance based on FreeNAS. TrueNAS utilizes the ZFS self-healing file system, maximizing storage capacity using its efficient data compression as well as preventing data corruption, while offering the redundancy and high availability needed for McGill’s mission-critical deployment.

“We selected iXsystems because of the robustness of the TrueNAS appliance platform as well as iXsystems’ commitment to Open Source. TrueNAS offered the best bang for the buck by a long shot, with 2.5x the amount of storage for the same dollar. We also liked the fact that iXsystems has direct access to FreeBSD developers, and its Support Team has been incredible in terms of hardware replacement, support, and onsite visits,” says Ron Simpson, McGill IT Department.

McGill has three storage appliances from iXsystems with the largest of these having over 1PB of raw storage. McGill selected TrueNAS over storage solutions from numerous competitors.

iXsystems Storage Resources:

• Quick video overview of TrueNAS    
• iXsystems’ Storage Website    
• TrueNAS Website    
• Case Studies and Videos    
• McGill Case Study    
• Follow iXsystems on Twitter: @iXsystems    
• Follow iXsystems on LinkedIn    
• Visit iXsystems on Facebook

About McGill University

McGill University is among Canada’s best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world (Ranked 30th in the world in QS World University Rankings 2016-17). With students coming to McGill from some 150 countries, its student body is the most internationally diverse of any research-intensive university in the country. McGill was founded in 1821 thanks to a generous bequest by James McGill, and since then, it has grown from a small college to a bustling university with two campuses, 11 faculties, some 300 programs of study, and 40,000 students.

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SAN JOSE, CA –(Marketwired – November 01, 2016) – iXsystems, the industry leader in enterprise storage and servers powered by Open Source and SYNNEX Corporation, today announced that the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has authorized the addition of iXsystems’ suite of storage products and services to the SYNNEX GSA contract (GS-35F0143R) under Federal Supply Schedule 70.

The GSA Schedule 70 award allows the federal, state, and local governments to purchase products through a streamlined process and pre-negotiated pricing that will save them time, resources, and money. The iXsystems products now available on the GSA IT Schedule 70 include the TrueNAS flash-assisted hybrid and all-flash storage arrays, as well as the iXsystems FreeNAS Mini, a system ideal for small or remote branch offices.

“TrueNAS is an incredibly flexible enterprise storage system, based on our own open source technology and designed for critical data storage applications that addresses the issues around deploying business-critical applications that IT managers face today,” said Matt Finney, iXsystems’ Director of Sales. “Using open source enables us to beat the competition on both features and price, which lets us deliver the highest value and lowest TCO for our clients.”

The award-winning TrueNAS Unified Storage Array protects critical government data with a self-healing file system and provides enterprise-class encryption, snapshots, and data replication. The TrueNAS TrueCache architecture leverages system RAM and flash for performance acceleration and uses a 128-bit “scale up” file system that is optimal for government usage. TrueNAS arrays grow from gigabytes up to 5PB per system nondisruptively, supports block and file protocols, and has an optional highly available configuration to protect mission critical applications. The unique iXsystems Open Source development model allows iXsystems to deliver a feature-rich, enterprise-class storage array for significantly less than the competition.

“We’re confident that TrueNAS will give IT managers the services they need,” Matt Finney continued. “We are pleased that iXsystems’ TrueNAS is now available under the GSA contract, making the TrueNAS storage array readily available to federal agencies. This arrangement means that thousands of government customers now have access to the award winning TrueNAS, TrueFlash, and FreeNAS Mini.”

More information about the TrueNAS can be found by visiting www.iXsystems.com/truenas, by contacting iXsystems sales via email at sales@iXsystems.com, or by calling 1-855-GREP-4-IX.

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With Over 300TB in Raw Capacity, the TrueNAS Z50 Brings the All-flash Virtualized Datacenter Within Reach.

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – August 23, 2016) – iXsystems, the industry leader in storage and servers powered by Open Source, today unveiled the TrueNAS E16F All-Flash expansion shelf for the TrueNAS Z50 TrueFlash all-flash storage array. The TrueNAS Z50 is designed and developed to make optimal use of the intelligent compression and optional deduplication features provided in TrueNAS. The maximum SSD capacity was doubled from 1.92GB to 3.84GB and up to four TrueNAS E16F expansion shelves can be added to a TrueNAS Z50 TrueFlash. These improvements increase the maximum capacity of the Z50 TrueFlash ten-fold to 300TB. This makes the TrueFlash ideal for customers that want to migrate multiple performance sensitive applications from a legacy or hybrid storage array to an all-flash storage array or are implementing an all-flash virtualized data center.

The Z50 TrueFlash is designed for the high storage performance requirements of heterogeneous VMware environments. An equivalently performing spinning disk solution would cost significantly more, with hundreds of drives, vastly greater complexity, maintenance, power, and rack space. Using four E16F shelves, the TrueNAS Z50 can scale to over 300TB raw in 15U of rack space. The intelligent block-level compression and deduplication can increase this up to ten times, addressing over 8.4 PB in a 42U rack.

TrueNAS uses TrueCache™, which leverages system RAM and flash for blazing performance and allows for seamless growth from zero to four expansion shelves with under 3% throughput impact. With all-flash systems, the important factor is storage latency as well as throughput. As more E16F storage shelves are added, TrueCache™ provides the services to maintain the sub-millisecond latency expected from an all-flash system as well as sustain the same throughput always possible with the TrueNAS Z50 TrueFlash Storage System.

“Increasing the capacity of the Z50 TrueFlash enables customers to consolidate multiple high-performance applications onto a single TrueNAS Z50 TrueFlash array, instead of dedicating an all-flash array to each application,” said Gary Archer, Director of Storage Marketing for iXsystems. “We can now add ‘incredible all-flash density and scalability’ to the long list of features that makes TrueNAS the best value in storage at VMworld.”

TrueCache™ optimizes the performance of TrueNAS by combining RAM and flash, eliminating I/O bottlenecks and allowing sustained optimal performance while hot-attaching E16F shelves to the TrueNAS Z50 TrueFlash system. VMware environments backed by TrueFlash can rely on the consistent sub-millisecond performance of flash storage, even when accessing cold data. Additionally, TrueNAS safeguards data from corruption, has built-in local and remote bi-directional replication, encryption, and data compression, and is backed by up to 24/7 US-based technical support from iXsystems.

To learn more about the TrueNAS E16F, TrueNAS, and TrueFlash, come to booth 645 at the VMworld show in Las Vegas, NV August 28th-30th, visit www.iXsystems.com/TrueNAS, send an email to sales@iXsystems.com, or call us at 1-855-GREP-4-IX (473-7449) in the United States or +1 (408) 943-4100 internationally.

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TrueNAS 9.10 Release provides up to 40% improved performance and more options to replicate data and graph system telemetry

San Jose, CA – July 5, 2016 – Enterprise storage vendor iXsystems today announced the release of Version 9.10 of its TrueNAS enterprise storage array firmware. TrueNAS 9.10 represents the third generation of core software for the award-winning line of enterprise storage arrays and is available to all new and existing TrueNAS users. At the center of TrueNAS 9.10 is an update to the FreeBSD 10.3 operating system which brings significant performance improvements and provides the foundation for the next generation of network fabrics including 100GbE Ethernet.

“My lab benchmarks show TrueNAS 9.10 serves file and block data up to 40% faster than TrueNAS 9.3, especially with higher-end fabrics like 10 and 40GbE. These results should translate to noticeable real-world gains and are just the beginning of what we can do with this solid new platform,” said Josh Paetzel, iXsystems Senior Storage Architect.

In addition to performance gains for the SMB, NFS, AFP, iSCSI and Fibre Channel protocols, TrueNAS 9.10 also introduces bidirectional TrueSync replication which allows primary and backup storage hosts to efficiently reverse roles, bringing the other host up to date as needed. This new feature is just one of the many improvements to the TrueNAS High Availability and replication architecture to deliver faster, more resilient live failovers in service of upgrades or outages. TrueSync replication is available between TrueNAS systems on the same LAN or across the globe.
For users who actively monitor their storage infrastructure, the TrueNAS 9.10 update expands TrueNAS performance telemetry graphing to include iSCSI and Fibre Channel interfaces, plus the ability to visualize telemetry data on a local Grafana or Graphite server. TrueNAS provides the user with 50 built-in metrics through its web interface and now exposes over 100 metrics to an external server for best-in-class storage system performance analytics.

“TrueNAS 9.10 brings with it a new operating system base that incorporates many new features and performance improvements, all while maintaining its hallmark of stability,” says Kris Moore, Director of FreeNAS and TrueNAS Development for iXsystems. “The new FreeBSD 10.3 base will provide the platform for TrueNAS to continue to grow its feature-set in 2016 and beyond.”

TrueNAS updates are available through the TrueNAS software updater, a component of the TrueNAS administration interface. TrueNAS users will be notified of the availability of the TrueNAS 9.10 update and should contact iXsystems Technical Support if they have any questions.
To learn more about TrueNAS send an email to sales@iXsystems.com, call 1-855-GREP-4IX, or visit www.iXsystems.com/TrueNAS.

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Traditionally, dense storage expansion shelves can create I/O bottlenecks in a storage array, but TrueNAS optimizes I/O performance with TrueCache™, a combination of RAM and nonvolatile flash with its high-density spinning disks, providing a cache-first storage approach that delivers blistering performance from flash memory for your most frequently accessed data on SAN and/or NAS. TrueNAS also safeguards data from corruption and has built-in local and remote replication, intelligent inline compression/deduplication, and encryption. It also includes 24/7 US-based technical support.

TrueNAS Adaptive Compression (TAC) pushes the usable capacity of the TrueNAS Z35 even further, stretching effective capacity beyond 10PB in some cases. TAC is in-line and eliminates the redundancies in stored data, compresses what it can, and skips over any already compressed data. It reduces the size of I/Os before they reach storage media, which also increases I/O performance.

“With such a significant improvement in the maximum capacity of a single TrueNAS Z35, allowing nearly 4PB in a single rack with room to spare, we can now add ‘incredible rack density and scalability’ to the long list of features that already make TrueNAS the best value in storage”, said Brett Davis, Executive Vice-President of iXsystems. To learn more about TrueNAS or to obtain a no-risk quote, visit www.iXsystems.com/TrueNAS, send an email to sales@iXsystems.com, or call us at 1-855-GREP-4-IX (473-7449) in the United States or +1 (408) 943-4100 internationally.

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More than 90 different criteria from 28 different products were evaluated, weighted, and scored in the DCIG 2015-2016 All-Flash Array Buyer’s Guide. There is an “Overall Score” as well as rankings for “Management & Software”, “Virtualization” and “Hardware”. DCIG ranked each category into “Best in Class”, “Excellent”, “Good”, and “Basic”.

The iXsystems TrueNAS Z50 achieved Excellent honors in the Hardware category, due in part to the robustness of the TrueNAS modular, tool-less hardware platform, its flash capacity, its field serviceability, and its self-healing features. DCIG showed that the TrueNAS products are ahead of many competitive products from the likes of Dell, EMC, IBM, NetApp, Pure Storage, and Violin Memory. DCIG also rated the TrueNAS Z50 support as “Excellent”.

TrueNAS Z50 “TrueFlash” features:

• Provides concurrent support for both SAN and NAS
• Supports all VMware vSphere VAAI Block features evaluated by DCIG
• Inline data compression and deduplication
• Multiple snapshot and storage capacity optimization features
• Large DRAM Cache
• Automated snapshot policies with local and remote replication
• Support for Remote Management and Proactive Remediation
• Simultaneous support for Fibre Channel and Ethernet
• No separate licensing for features such as thin provisioning and replication

“This recognition from DCIG confirms our view that Open Source technology can be used to provide enterprise-class storage for every customer at a lower TCO than other vendors,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice-President of iXsystems. “Neither TCO nor price were evaluation criteria in the guide, but TrueNAS is the leader in performance and feature per dollar, so had they been, I’d presume we’d top the list. The TrueNAS Z50 is hands-down the best value in All-Flash Arrays.”
This is the third time DCIG has ranked TrueNAS “Excellent”. It is testament to the growing recognition that TrueNAS is one of the best valued solutions to choose for business-critical data storage. To learn more about TrueNAS send an email to sales@iXsystems.com, call 1-855-GREP-4IX, or visit www.iXsystems.com/TrueNAS.

About iXsystems:

By leveraging decades of expertise in hardware design, its contributions to many Open Source software communities, and corporate stewardship of leading Open Source projects (FreeNAS and PC-BSD), iXsystems has become an industry leader in building innovative storage solutions and superior enterprise servers for a global marketplace that relies on open technology. Thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on iXsystems’ storage, servers, and consultative approach to doing business. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley since its founding in 1996, through incorporation into BSDi in 2000, and expansion as iXsystems in 2005, the dedication to white-glove customer service, industry-leading support, and transparent technological contributions has never wavered and continues to help lay the foundation for a new era powered by open technology.

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iXsystems, an industry leader in storage and servers driven by Open Source, today announced its TrueNAS Z20 and TrueNAS Z30 both were named “Excellent” by industry research firm DCIG in the 2015-2016 DCIG Midsize-Enterprise Hybrid Storage Buyer’s Guide. This news comes only a mere few weeks after the TrueNAS Z20 was also awarded an “Excellent” rating in the Small/Midsize Enterprise (SME) Hybrid Storage Buyer’s Guide as well.

More than 90 different criteria from 27 different products were evaluated, weighted and scored. There is an “Overall Score” as well as rankings for “Software”, “Hardware”, “Management”, “Virtualization”, and “Support”. DCIG ranked each product into “Best in Class”, “Excellent”, “Good”, and “Basic”. The TrueNAS Z20 and TrueNAS Z30 both received an overall score of “Excellent” and also received “Excellent” for software as well. Additionally, the TrueNAS Z30 received a “Best in Class” for the hardware category, which is the same honor the TrueNAS Z20 received in DCIG’s 2015-2016 SME Hybrid Storage Array Buyer’s Guide, published at the end of March.
DCIG’s scoring, ranking tables, and one-page data sheets enable end users to do “at-a-glance” comparisons between many different array models. The higher the ranking, the greater the likelihood that the product contains the features needed.

“With the DCIG Midsize Enterprise Hybrid Storage Buyer’s Guide, organizations have access to a compelling resource that delivers real world information in a format that is easily understood and actionable,” said Ken Clipperton, senior analyst of DCIG LLC. “I learned about iXsystems as a result of my work on an earlier Buyer’s Guide. As the corporate sponsors of the thriving open source FreeNAS project, with kernel programmers contributing to both FreeNAS and FreeBSD, they have figured out how to bring the benefits of open source innovation to market in the form of the commercially supported TrueNAS series of hybrid storage arrays.”

The iXsystems TrueNAS Z30 and TrueNAS Z20 achieved Best-in-Class and Recommended honors in the Hardware category, respectively, due in part to the robustness of the TrueNAS modular, tool-less hardware platform itself, the high storage density, and its self-healing features. Additionally DCIG showed that the TrueNAS products are ahead of many competitive products from the likes of EMC, HP, Dell, Hitachi, Nimble Storage, Tintri, etc:

• The TrueNAS Z20 and TrueNAS Z30 were ranked “Best-of-Class” in hardware
• The TrueNAS Z20 and TrueNAS Z30 were ranked “Excellent” in software
•  In-line storage capacity optimization
•  Concurrent support for both SAN and NAS
• Multiple snapshot and storage capacity optimization methods
• Flash-based caching
•  Automated snapshot policies with local and remote protection
•  Support for all VMware vSphere VAAI Block features evaluated by DCIG
• Support for Microsoft ODX and Windows 2012 Server clustering
• Integration with VMware snapshots for a stable resurrection point
• No separate licensing for features such as thin provisioning and replication

“iXsystems believes that Open Source technology has the power to change the world through its process of open and collaborative innovation. This recognition from DCIG in both guides further validates our Open Source-driven approach in delivering enterprise-class storage to solve nearly any data challenge,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice-President of iXsystems. “The feature gap between TrueNAS and the three products ranked above us is narrow and shrinking by the day as we continue to evolve the product. Today with TrueNAS, you can acquire an enterprise-strength appliance that has 95% feature-parity for less than half their price. There’s no question that TrueNAS is hands-down the best value in Hybrid Storage, period.”This recent ranking is further testament to the growing recognition that TrueNAS is one of the best valued solutions to choose for business-critical data storage. To learn more about TrueNAS send an email to sales@iXsystems.com, call 1-855-GREP-4IX, or visit www.iXsystems.com/TrueNAS.

About iXsystems:

By leveraging decades of expertise in hardware design, its contributions to many Open Source software communities, and corporate stewardship of leading Open Source projects (FreeNAS and PC-BSD), iXsystems has become an industry leader in building innovative storage solutions and superior enterprise servers for a global marketplace that relies on open technology.

Thousands of companies, universities, and government organizations have come to rely on iXsystems’ storage, servers, and consultative approach to doing business. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley since its founding in 1996, through incorporation into BSDi in 2000, and expansion as iXsystems in 2005, the dedication to white-glove customer service, industry-leading support, and transparent technological contributions has never wavered and continues to help lay the foundation for a new era powered by open technology.

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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.

The DCIG Buyer’s Guide ranks, scores and contains data sheets for 22 different products from 9 different vendors. Products are scored and then ranked as “Best in Class”, “Excellent”, “Good”, and “Basic” based on their score. The DCIG ranking is a measure of how well the features and capacities of each model compare to the other models evaluated in this particular Buyer’s Guide. The higher the ranking, the greater the likelihood that the product contains the features needed.
“With the DCIG Small/Midsize Enterprise (SME) Hybrid Storage Buyer’s Guide, organizations have access to a compelling resource that delivers real world information in a format that is easily understood and actionable,” said Ken Clipperton, senior analyst of DCIG LLC. “I learned about iXsystems as a result of my work on an earlier Buyer’s Guide. As the corporate sponsors of the thriving open source FreeNAS project, with programmers contributing to both FreeNAS and FreeBSD, they have quite evidently figured out how to bring the benefits of open source innovation to market in the form of the commercially supported TrueNAS series of hybrid storage arrays.”
More than 90 different criteria were evaluated, weighted, scored, and then ranked for each product. Scoring and ranking tables enable end users to do “at-a-glance” comparisons between many different array models; and standardized one-page data sheets facilitate side-by-side comparisons–enabling organizations to quickly get to a short list of products that may meet their requirements.
After completing an initial questionnaire, participating companies’ capabilities are assessed from the results and from information available in the public domain. Solutions are then evaluated and weighted after conversations with end users.
In comparison to its counterparts, the Z20 stands out in the following ways:

• Ranked “Best-of-Class” in the hardware category
• Ranked “Excellent” in the software category
• Provides concurrent support for SAN and NAS
• Supports multiple snapshot and storage capacity optimization methods

Other features that users will find useful on the TrueNAS appliances include:

• 5x-15x effective capacity from deduplication and compression
• Easy data protection features that include automated snapshot policies for local and remote protection
• Support for all VMware vSphere VAAI Block features evaluated by DCIG
• Support for Microsoft ODX and Windows 2012 Server clustering
• Integration with VMware snapshots for a stable resurrection point using ZFS snapshots
• No separate licensing for advanced features such as thin provisioning and replication

“iXsystems is honored to have the TrueNAS Z20 ranked ‘Excellent’ amongst its peers in the Small to Medium Enterprise DCIG Buyer’s Guide”, said Brett Davis, Executive Vice-President of iXsystems. “This validates the tremendous efforts by our team to continue to make TrueNAS the best value in its class.”
TrueNAS Unified Storage is hybrid or all-flash storage that combines power, flexibility, and simplicity with a modular, state-of-the-art hardware platform. TrueNAS offers high-availability, high-performance, feature-rich storage for a wide variety of enterprise business applications. It unifies SAN and NAS in one appliance and provides a wide variety of services and protocols on top of a best-in-breed file system that guarantees data stays pristine and secure. Whether it’s used as storage for mission-critical VMs, a replication target for business continuity, video editing, general file serving, or any business-critical storage workload, TrueNAS provides the most reliable, powerful, and easy-to-manage solution for your critical data.
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About iXsystems, Inc.
iXsystems is an industry leader driven by Open Source technology, building enterprise storage and server solutions for the globe. All of our products are assembled, tested, and shipped from company headquarters in Silicon Valley, and technical support is provided in-house by the same engineers that build the systems. Thousands of companies, universities, and the U.S. Government have come to rely on iXsystems’ customer-first commitment to excellence. iXsystems champions the cause of Open Source technology by dedicating extensive resources to multiple Open Source community projects, including FreeNAS®, PC-BSD®, FreeBSD®, and OpenZFS.

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Highlights of release include Microsoft Server 2012 Certification, support for VAAI Block, NFSv4, Cluster Shared Volumes, Microsoft ODX, and many more.

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.
Also added is support of VMware’s Warn and Stun Thin Provisioning primitives, which if a thin-provisioned datastore reaches 100 percent usage, only those virtual machines requiring extra storage space are paused; those not needing additional space continue to run. After additional space is allocated or existing space returned to the thin-provisioned datastore, the paused virtual machines can be resumed. Together, these primitives and others already included make TrueNAS better than ever for backing VMware deployments.

Additionally, TrueNAS 9.3 supports Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) and Windows 2012 R2 clustering, as well as Microsoft ODX (Offloaded Data Transfers) to speed up server copy and move operations. Every TrueNAS appliance is now certified for Windows Server 2012 R2. Certification used the Microsoft testing suite, ensuring peace of mind for all users of Windows technology, including Hyper-V users, that all features will be supported.

“TrueNAS 9.3 is, without question, the best release we have ever done,” says Jordan Hubbard, CTO of iXsystems.  “New features like ZFS boot environments, cryptographically signed “live updates”, NFSv4, new Directory Services, and WebDAV are worth the price of admission alone, but performance has also significantly improved with a complete rewrite of our iSCSI stack and hundreds of additional performance enhancements.  Security has also been a high priority in TrueNAS 9.3, with support for Kerberos and a new Certificate infrastructure, along with dozens of sub-component updates to address numerous CERT advisories.  We are very proud of the work that has gone into this release and the many contributions from the FreeNAS community that have directly benefitted the quality of this TrueNAS 9.3 Release.”

Existing features were also improved. Active/Standby High Availability now supports encrypted ZFS pools as well as unencrypted ones, extending support for disk encryption to mission-critical data. The Web User Interface now offers integration with the TrueNAS Support ticketing system, further decreasing time-to-resolution of issues by expediting the initial communication.  Finally, most updates to the web user interface will no longer require a reboot to apply, improving the update experience for HA and non-HA systems.

Jeremy Curtis, Senior Engineer at Dataedge, states, “iXsystems has been great to work with during our TrueNAS deployment. The upgrade to TrueNAS 9.3 has been seamless. The ability to check for updates and perform them automatically or manually and the new automatic ticketing system (which makes it even easier to file tickets when needed) are great additions to TrueNAS. Furthermore, we’re looking forward to using the VMware enhancements.”

For more information about TrueNAS, visit https://www.ixsystems.com/storage/truenas/ or email sales@iXsystems.com.

About iXsystems, Inc.
iXsystems is an industry leader in Open Source software and hardware, driven to design enterprise storage and server solutions for companies that leverage Open Source Technology. All products are designed, assembled, tested, and shipped from company headquarters in Silicon Valley, and technical support is provided in-house by the same engineers that build the systems. Thousands of companies, universities, and the U.S. Government have come to rely on iXsystems’ customer-first commitment to excellence. iXsystems champions the cause of Open Source technology by dedicating extensive resources to multiple Open Source community projects, including FreeNAS®, PC-BSD®, FreeBSD®, and OpenZFS.

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iXsystems unveils its TrueNAS Z50, also known as TrueFlash, to the public for the first time at VMworld 2014. TrueFlash is a new TrueNAS model designed and developed to make the utmost use of its Intelligent Compression and Deduplication features by leveraging HGST Enterprise Solid State Drive (SSD) technology. TrueFlash provides highly available, consistently high-performance storage at three to four times lower total cost of ownership compared to an equivalently-performing spinning disk or hybrid solution.
TrueFlash is designed to be used in heterogeneous VMware environments. Thanks to the block-level compression and deduplication features of TrueNAS, TrueFlash is able to reduce primary storage needs by five to fifteen times. This allows up to 300TB of storage to be kept on HGST SSDs in a single enclosure, greatly reducing the complexity of deployment and maintenance. A comparable spinning disk solution would require hundreds of drives, and vastly greater complexity, maintenance, power, and space, resulting in a three to four times reduction in total cost of ownership and at least a two times reduction compared to competing all-flash solutions.
Josh Paetzel, Director of Engineering at iXsystems, says, “TrueFlash is our most advanced TrueNAS appliance to date and a huge win for businesses that rely heavily on virtualized environments. From the high-performance HGST flash storage to the iXsystems software, everything works together seamlessly to make TrueFlash a contender for the best price to performance ratio at VMworld.”
Along with the logistical advantages, TrueFlash provides consistently lower latency than traditional VM storage solutions. With no chance of any given IO going to a spinning disk, VMware environments backed by TrueFlash can rely on the consistent sub-millisecond performance of SSD, even when accessing cold data.
“iXsystems’s selection of HGST’s SAS SSDs for the TrueNAS Z50 TrueFlash continues to validate HGST as a leader in delivering new levels of acceleration for data intensive enterprise applications,” said Ulrich Hansen, Vice President of SSD Product Marketing, HGST. “By incorporating the HGST SAS SSDs, the iXsystems TrueNAS TrueFlash system receives robust and consistent high performance coupled with the HGST’s enterprise write endurance.”
About iXsystems®
iXsystems is the industry leader in Open-Source-friendly enterprise servers and storage solutions. All of our products are assembled, tested, and shipped from company headquarters in Silicon Valley, and technical support is provided in-house by the same engineers that build the systems. Thousands of companies, universities, and U.S. Government departments have come to rely on iXsystems’ customer-first commitment to excellence. iXsystems champions the cause of Open Source technology by dedicating extensive resources to several FreeBSD community projects: FreeNAS®, PC-BSD®, FreeBSD®, TrueOS®, and OpenZFS.

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iXsystems today announces general availability of three all-new models of the TrueNAS Unified Storage Appliance. The new models also come with the latest revision of the TrueNAS appliance firmware series, TrueNAS 9.2, which includes major improvements to nearly every feature, including reporting, enclosure management, and a REST API for automated management, along with dramatic performance gains.
The new TrueNAS models, in ascending order, are the TrueNAS Z20, Z30, and Z35. The Z20 provides entry-level functionality with performance sufficient for small business file storage, low-utilization VM storage, or simple backups. The Z30 adds capacity and performance, and increases scalability in order to support the needs of heavier workloads and/or larger businesses. The Z35 is the highest performing model of the group, designed for enterprise workloads and beyond-petabyte scalability.
Each model can now be equipped with redundant storage controllers for high availability or purchased with only one and field-upgraded with a second storage controller to add high availability at a later date. The common modular platform between all three models also makes upgrading or downgrading between appliances a snap. So, customers can pay as they grow, or enhance the availability of their system at a later date, instead of having to make those decisions on the date of purchase.
Brett Davis, Executive Vice President at iXsystems says, “Advancements in our software performance and features since we debuted TrueNAS in 2011, along with the custom, purpose-built hardware platform, have allowed us to streamline the TrueNAS appliances down to three models. Instead of making customers choose between separate lines that provide high availability, better performance, or increased capacity, TrueNAS is now a single line of appliances with universal HA capability, scaling up in both performance and capacity, without compromising any of the flexibility.”
Headless and automated management has long been high on the list of features requested by the diverse TrueNAS client base, and the TrueNAS 9.2 firmware series includes a complete REST API providing full parity with the web user interface. This will allow administrators to integrate TrueNAS with any automated or remote management tools they desire, such as Cacti, Nagios, Zabbix, Zenoss, etc.
Kevin O’Grady, VP of Sales with Blue Cloud Consulting, says, “iXsystems continues to be the leader in Open Source Storage development. The release of TrueNAS version 9.2 solidifies this position. There have been across-the-board enhancements in user experience and manageability. We have seen tangible improvements in ZFS and encryption performance. This translates into a measurably improved end user experience on systems of every size. TrueNAS performance now pushes theoretical limits. As systems engineers and integrators, BlueCloud continues to gain a competitive performance advantage through TrueNAS. We are excited about this release, and look forward to the future.”
The Web UI in TrueNAS 9.2 also features information on each individual swappable component connected to the system, including power supplies, fans, and storage expanders. This will make service easier than ever, by pointing out where failed components are located and assisting in remote diagnosis of complex problems.
Other new capabilities that have been added to TrueNAS 9.2 are real-time LZ4 compression, per-disk performance monitoring, and enhancements to CIFS, NFS, AFP, and iSCSI. As a result, performance has been improved throughout the system. Thanks to these optimizations, some customers who upgraded to TrueNAS 9.2 experienced more than tenfold reductions in storage latency for their workloads.
Joe Granneman, CIO of Rockford Orthopedic Associates, says, “TrueNAS is an exceptional value. Compared to the rigid and proprietary SAN and NAS alternatives, TrueNAS has all of the features you need and makes the transition to Open Source technology simple. And, with their incredible grasp of the ZFS file system, iXsystems’ Support Staff is truly knowledgeable and does more than just read off a flow chart, unlike so many other providers we worked with previously.”
Together, the updated hardware and software in the new TrueNAS models make for an appliance that provides excellent storage performance and all the features needed to manage and deploy it effectively. For more information or a free storage consultation and quote, contact iXsystems today at (855) GREP-4-IX (855 473-7449) or iXsystems.com/TrueNAS.
About TrueNAS®
TrueNAS is the only Enterprise Unified Storage Appliance from the creators of the world’s most popular open source storage system, FreeNAS®. TrueNAS leverages a hybrid flash storage architecture, real-time compression, and advanced functionality of the ZFS filesystem, to create a high-performance, feature-rich storage appliance. Along with rock-solid iXsystems hardware expertise and the familiar FreeNAS interface, TrueNAS is a storage appliance like no other.
About iXsystems®
iXsystems is the industry leader in Open-Source-friendly enterprise servers and storage solutions. All of our products are assembled, tested, and shipped from company headquarters in Silicon Valley, and technical support is provided in-house by the same engineers that build the systems. Thousands of companies, universities, and U.S. Government departments have come to rely on iXsystems’ customer-first commitment to excellence. iXsystems champions the cause of Open Source technology by dedicating extensive resources to several FreeBSD community projects: FreeNAS®, PC-BSD®, FreeBSD®, TrueOS®, and OpenZFS.

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TrueNAS 9.2.1 has achieved VMware’s highest level of endorsement

May 14, 2014, San Jose, CA — iXsystems, Inc., an industry leader in Open-Source-friendly enterprise servers and storage solutions , today announced that its TrueNAS 9.2.1 has achieved VMware Ready™ status. This designation indicates that after a detailed validation process TrueNAS 9.2.1 has achieved VMware’s highest level of endorsement, and can be found on the VMware Solution Exchange (VSX).

“By using TrueNAS with vSphere 5.5 enterprises can benefit from automatic compression to keep storage requirements under control and filesystem self-healing to repair corruption before it impacts applications,” said Michael Lauth, president and CEO of iXsystems. “TrueNAS sets the stage for businesses using VMWare ESXI to scale and adapt requirements, without compromising performance or reliability.”“We are pleased that iXsystems, Inc.’s TrueNAS qualifies for the VMware Ready™ logo, signifying to customers that it has met specific VMware integration and interoperability standards and it works effectively with VMware cloud infrastructure, which will speed time to value within customer environments.” said Sanjay Katyal, vice president, Global Strategic Alliances, VMware.

The VMware Ready program is a co-branding benefit of the Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program that makes it easy for customers to identify partner products certified to work with VMware cloud infrastructure. Customers can use these products and solutions to lower project risks and realize cost savings over custom built solutions. With thousands of members worldwide, the VMware TAP program includes best-of-breed technology partners with the shared commitment to bring the best expertise and business solution for each unique customer need.

iXsystems, Inc. and TrueNAS can be found within the online VMware Solution Exchange (VSX).

About iXsystems, Inc.

iXsystems is an industry leader in Open-Source-friendly enterprise servers and storage solutions. All of our products are assembled, tested, and shipped from company headquarters in Silicon Valley, and technical support is provided in-house by the same engineers that build the systems. Thousands of companies, universities, and U.S. Government departments have come to rely on iXsystems’ customer-first commitment to excellence. iXsystems champions the cause of Open Source technology by dedicating extensive resources to several FreeBSD community projects: FreeNAS®, PC-BSD®, FreeBSD®, TrueOS®, and OpenZFS.

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iXsystems® is proud to announce that the TrueNAS™ Unified Storage Appliance has been verified as Citrix Ready®. The Citrix Ready program helps customers identify third party solutions that are recommended to enhance virtualization, networking, and cloud computing solutions from Citrix. TrueNAS completed a rigorous verification process to ensure compatibility with Citrix XenServer®, providing confidence in joint solution compatibility.
The Citrix Ready program makes it easy for customers to identify complementary products and solutions that can enhance Citrix environments. Customers can be confident that TrueNAS™ has successfully passed a series of tests established by Citrix, and can be trusted to work effectively with XenServer to keep virtual machines available and business running smoothly.
TrueNAS has been verified for use with XenServer through both NFS and iSCSI. TrueNAS includes a wide variety of protocols and services to support both file-based and block-based usage. Completion of Citrix Ready verification is a step forward, confirming TrueNAS’s ability to integrate into virtualized environments. Many iXsystems clients already back their XenServer infrastructure with TrueNAS, enjoying easy management and reliable performance.

As a member of the Citrix Ready program, we are able to offer our clients intelligent solutions that combine TrueNAS unified storage with Citrix XenServer,” said Peter Allen, Applied Engineering Specialist. “The offering demonstrates our plans to work with trusted partners, through the Citrix Ready partner ecosystem, in order to provide the highest quality experience for our clients.

About iXsystems®
iXsystems builds rock solid enterprise-class servers and storage solutions. All of our products are assembled, tested, and shipped from our company headquarters in Silicon Valley. Technical support is provided in-house by the same engineers that build the systems. Thousands of companies, universities, and U.S. Government departments have come to rely on iXsystems’ customer-first commitment to excellence. iXsystems champions the cause of Open Source technology by dedicating extensive resources to several FreeBSD community projects: FreeNAS, PC-BSD, FreeBSD, and TrueOS.
About the Citrix Ready Program
The Citrix Ready program identifies verified solutions that are trusted to enhance virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions from Citrix, including XenDesktop®, XenApp®, XenServer®, and NetScaler®. The Citrix Ready designation is awarded to third-party products that have successfully met verification criteria set by Citrix, and gives customers an added confidence in the compatibility of the joint solution offering. The Citrix Ready program leverages industry-leading alliances across the Citrix partner eco-system to meet a wide variety of customer needs, and currently incorporates partners who have demonstrated more than 22,000 product verifications. It also includes the Citrix Ready Community Verified program, which allows customers to see thousands of products that have been verified by other customers to work in their production environments. More information about the Citrix Ready program can be found at http://www.citrix.com/ready. Reach Citrix Ready using social media via the Citrix Ready blog site and Twitter.
Citrix®, Citrix Ready® and XenServer® are registered trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.
About the Citrix Ready Program
The Citrix Ready program identifies verified solutions that are trusted to enhance virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions from Citrix, including XenDesktop®, XenApp®, XenServer®, and NetScaler®. The Citrix Ready designation is awarded to third-party products that have successfully met verification criteria set by Citrix, and gives customers an added confidence in the compatibility of the joint solution offering. The Citrix Ready program leverages industry-leading alliances across the Citrix partner eco-system to meet a wide variety of customer needs, and currently incorporates partners who have demonstrated more than 22,000 product verifications. It also includes the Citrix Ready Community Verified program, which allows customers to see thousands of products that have been verified by other customers to work in their production environments. More information about the Citrix Ready program can be found at http://www.citrix.com/ready. Reach Citrix Ready using social media via the Citrix Ready blog site and Twitter.
Citrix®, Citrix Ready® and XenServer® are registered trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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