TrueNAS Podcast
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Ultimate guide to to get industry trends, in-depth analyses of open-source storage solutions, and professional perspectives. Every episode, which is hosted by the TrueNAS team, includes conversations with engineers, developers, and IT specialists about topics ranging from enterprise storage best practices to ZFS innovations. T3 offers useful information to help you optimise and innovate your storage system, regardless of your level of experience with TrueNAS or your level of exploration.
T3 Tech Talk Ep.38: TrueNAS 25.10 “Goldeye” Beta and Technical Discussion – Available Now
On today’s episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk, it’s BETA Release Day! TrueNAS 25.10 “Goldeye” makes its first public appearance, and it’s time for Kris and Chris to go on a technical deep-dive. From A to Z – Apps to ZFS, they’ll talk about the new features and changes in Goldeye. Whether it’s NVMe-oF for high-speed block storage, Access Based Enumeration for SMB sharing, or new ZFS tweaks and performance increases, Goldeye brings a lot to the table, so grab a napkin and settle in.
T3 Tech Talk Ep.37: TrueNAS on ARM Processors – Early Builds Available Now
TrueNAS Tech Talk returns from hiatus with a guest star and an exciting new software build! TrueNAS user and Community member Joel May, software engineer by day, has compiled and released the first ARM developer builds for TrueNAS Fangtooth (25.04)! Find out about what enticed Joel to build TrueNAS for a completely different platform, the challenges he had along the way, and speculate on the future of ARM in the datacenter – and then, jump to the download links below to get your own (early) build of TrueNAS for ARM processors, test it out, and report how well it works for you!
T3 Tech Talk Ep.36: ZFS AnyRaid for Mixed Drives, 25.04.2 Is Out, and Viewer Questions
On TrueNAS Tech Talk episode 36, Kris and Chris dig into the pull request for the upcoming ZFS AnyRaid feature, which will allow mixed drive sizes to be used in a pool. Find out how “Tiles” will enable increased flexibility when building a pool, and whether or not it’s the right fit for your requirements. TrueNAS 25.04.2 makes it out the door, bringing back Virtualization Classic, including Secure Boot for VMs and custom cloud-sync endpoints. Finally, viewer questions come in for admin account and space reporting challenges, as well as a long-awaited firmware flash to fix a noisy fan on a popular transcoding card.
T3 Tech Talk Ep.35: Future Performance Boosts, LXC Clarifications, and Troubleshooting ZFS
On TrueNAS Tech Talk episode 35, new versions abound – 25.04.2 is next week, and 25.10 is code-freezing soon, so Kris and Chris are ready to talk about some of the performance tuning that’s been happening under the hood of ZFS to push performance on high-end systems. Kris is heading to the OpenZFS Developer Summit in October; it’s a great place to get involved with the real nuts and bolts of ZFS, and they talk about how everyone can help contribute to the world of open source software. There’s some clarifications on Linux Containers (LXC) in 25.10, and some community troubleshooting going on for pools that won’t import – learn where you can start probing the detailed ZFS debug logs to see what’s going on behind the progress bar.
T3 Tech Talk Ep.34: Virtualization Recap, AI Coding Comparisons, SLOG Overprovisioning
On TrueNAS Tech Talk episode 34, Kris and Chris talk about the fallout of a Microsoft Active Directory update – expect a TrueNAS patch soon, and share some insights and a recap on virtualization changes; is 25.10 going to be the end for Incus in TrueNAS for now? Kris will share his thoughts on the different Agentic AI models, and some of the unique challenges with AI coding, and Chris will talk about ZFS SLOG overprovisioning methods for accelerating sync writes.