References
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Last Modified 2024-04-16 10:23 EDTThe TrueNAS References section includes additional information on various topics helpful for a TrueNAS user.
- Copyrights and Trademarks: Provides a list of copyrights and trademarks, and related logos registered as trademarks of iXsystems.
- ACL Primer: Provides general information on POSIX and NFSv4 access control lists (ACLs) in TrueNAS systems and when to use them.
- Concepts and Terminology: Provides a glossary of terms and definitions used in TrueNAS and general network attach storage (NAS) software.
- Bits or Bytes?: Provides information on the computerized storage measurements, bits and bytes, and how these apply in TrueNAS products.
- Controller or Node?: Defines nodes and controllers, and explains how these apply to TrueNAS storage arrays and clusters.
- Default Ports: Provides lists of assigned inbound and outbound port numbers used in TrueNAS systems.
- IPMI: Provides TrueNAS connecting modes for remote management (IPMI) features, and configuration and general use information for remote management.
- L2ARC: Provides information on L2ARC, caches drives, and persistent L2ARC implementations in TrueNAS CORE and SCALE.
- Performance:
This section contains performance testing results and other publications from the iXsystems Performance team. Interconnect Maximum Effective Data Rates: Tables of maximum effective data rates, in a single data flow direction, for various data interconnect protocols. SMB Directory List Times: Performance data tables when listing large files counts over SMB.
- Interconnect Maximum Effective Data Rates: Tables of maximum effective data rates, in a single data flow direction, for various data interconnect protocols.
- SMB Directory List Times: Performance data tables when listing large files counts over SMB.
- SLOG Devices: Provides general information on ZFS intent logs (ZIL) and separate intent logs (SLOG), their uses cases and implementation in TrueNAS.
- Server Message Block (SMB): Provides general information on SMB protocol and shares, shadow copies and Time Machine implementation in TrueNAS.
- ZFS Deduplication: Provides general information on ZFS deduplication in TrueNAS,hardware recommendations, and useful deduplication CLI commands.
- ZFS Primer: Background information about the Zettabyte File System (ZFS).
- ZFS dRAID Primer: Background and general information about the dRAID storage solution included in OpenZFS version 2.1.0.
- ZFS ZIL and SLOG: Provides clarification on ZFS, ZIL, and SLOG concepts.
- ZFS Capacity Calculator: Calculator to determine usable ZFS capacity and other ZFS pool metrics, and to compare storage pool layouts.
- ZFS Capacity Graph: Capacity graph to visualize and compare different RAID layouts.
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