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.43: TrueNAS API for Integrations, and More Viewer Questions
On this week’s TrueNAS Tech Talk, it’s all about the API – the Application Programming Interface. Kris and Chris look under the hood to talk about the control system that even TrueNAS itself has to play by, and how you can develop your own custom scripts and integrations. They’ll tackle more user questions, from “will special vdevs help for media browsing” to a user who asks if they can have Enterprise features on their home system; as well as a reminder about the upcoming OpenZFS Developer Summit next week.
T3 Tech Talk Ep.42: TrueNAS 25.10-RC1 Review, and Introducing TrueNAS Connect Public Beta
On today’s episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk, Kris and Chris do a quick review of the latest 25.10-RC1 update, along with an answer to the question of “What’s that new icon in the toolbar?” – introducing the public preview of TrueNAS Connect, available for use now alongside 25.10-RC1! From inventory management to custom enclosures, enhanced alerting to headless, web-driven installation – find out what Connect brings to the TrueNAS experience. They’ll also tackle some viewer questions from the comments on Spotlight search, a built-in file manager, and how feasible rebootless updates might be in the future. All this and more ahead today!
T3 Tech Talk Ep.41: Spotlight and Search Index in TrueNAS 26.04, & Viewer Questions Galore
On today’s TrueNAS Tech Talk, Kris digs into a major feature in the upcoming TrueNAS 26.04 “Halfmoon” release – Spotlight search support for MacOS. Find out how the new “truesearch” service will work to index and catalog your files to give lightning-fast search results, in a common back-end DB, so that additional search protocols can extend the functionality in the future. Chris and Kris will also tackle a pack of viewer questions – and probably sign themselves up for a bunch more Feature Requests as a result!
T3 Tech Talk Ep.40: TrueNAS 25.10 RC1 brings OpenZFS 2.3.4 – New Fixes and Features
On today’s episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk, TrueNAS 25.10-RC1 is just a few weeks from deployment, and there’s a few helpful fixes since the Beta release – then Kris and Chris will dig into the big news; OpenZFS 2.3.4 is in 25.10-RC1, and despite the small version number bump, it’s bringing a big list of fixes. Kris and Chris will go through some of the highlights of the release notes, and how they’ll impact and benefit the performance, reliability, and features of TrueNAS. Finally, a teaser for TrueNAS 26.04 “Halfmoon” – early testing of the new MacOS Spotlight support is looking good, so if you’re on the dev update train, give it a shot and let them know how it’s going!
T3 Tech Talk Ep.39: Talking TrueNAS and Tech with Tom Lawrence
Tom Lawrence joins Kris and Chris on today’s episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk! From on-site video production in RVs to a special-interest server streaming two million images a day, come find out how Tom has leveraged TrueNAS both personally and professionally – plus, hear the team weigh in on the growing desire for data sovereignty, how open source development needs a complimentary business model, and wax eloquent (or maybe less so) about the future of AI. All this, plus the number of TrueNAS systems Tom has at home, coming up.