The world’s number one open-source operating system, TrueNAS brings the performance and features of the legendary OpenZFS file system in an easy to use package. Available in two free and open-source software versions, TrueNAS also comes as a professionally-supported Enterprise solution when coupled with iXsystems branded hardware.
Our own Director of Product Management, Steve Wong, details the technical merits of the new TrueNAS X10. He gives a general technical overview of each component of the new TrueNAS X10 by iXsystems. Be on the lookout for Steve’s second part of this blog.
iXsystem’s Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Brad Meyer writes about his experience at the 2017 VeeamON Conference.
iXsystems’ Senior Analyst, Michael Dexter, writes about how OpenZFS Snapshots can help to combat against the recent WannaCry attack and other ransomware.
iXsystems’ Sales Engineer, John Sanderson returns to add onto the importance of data replication and how to replicate your data using TrueNAS. Specifically, John goes over using TrueNAS Snapshots and Local Data Replication.
iXsystems, the leader in Enterprise Storage and Servers driven by Open Source, officially passed the Veeam Backup and Replication v9.5 for VMware certification tests for the TrueNAS Z-product line enterprise storage systems. This certification includes the Z20, Z30, Z35 Hybrid Storage and the Z50 All-Flash Arrays, all running TrueNAS 9.10.
Tune into David Valencia’s reflection during the NAB event in Las Vegas. iXsystems’ Channel Sales Manager and Brad Meyer, iXsystems’ Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, explore how media and storage are “joined at the hip”.
The iXsystems Customer Service Team is committed to ensuring our customers attain the best value from our products. We are organized to assist with iXsystems’ TrueNAS and server product lines, ensuring maximum productivity is achieved, while also providing aid during those tough situations.
New to TrueNAS and OpenZFS? Their operations and terms may be a little different for you. The purpose of this blog post is to provide a basic guide on how OpenZFS works for storage and to review some of the terms and definitions used to describe storage activities on OpenZFS.
For those that are new to TrueNAS and OpenZFS, the terminology may be daunting at first. To help out the new users, iXsystems has compiled a list of the most commonly requested OpenZFS terms and their definitions.
IT Brand Pulse recently published a TCO case study on archival storage. In the study, they examine three storage arrays and four software-defined storage (SDS) solutions. Based on their metrics, they found two of the SDS solutions had the lowest TCO and the other two SDS solutions were among the highest, yet at the end of the study, they still conclude that SDS is the future of storage.
