FreeNAS 11.2 has ARRIVED!
What does a 0.1 difference make? In the case of FreeNAS 11.2 - a LOT! This is no ordinary FreeNAS release, my friends… FreeNAS 11.2-RELEASE introduces a ton of new features, including a major revamp of the web interface, support for self-encrypting drives, and new,...
read moreCyber Monday 2018
Happy Cyber Monday! We’ve rounded up a list of some of the best tech deals we’ve found today. Celebrate by stocking up on some new hardware and computer parts for your next FreeNAS build. Cheers, The FreeNAS Team 15% off FreeNAS Mini/Mini XL The FreeNAS Mini &...
read moreWhy SATA-DOMs Are Better than USB Drives for Booting Up Your FreeNAS System
Fair warning: this is mostly a rant. This rant was mostly inspired by discussions about whether it is safe to remove a thumb drive without ejecting it from the computer, and from a wonderful article about mirroring boot devices in FreeNAS. The non-rant version is:...
read moreiXsystems Welcomes SVP Morgan Littlewood, FreeNAS bhyve and Veeam Backup, ZFS Performance and TrueNAS Privacy, Issue #62
Silicon Valley Veteran Morgan Littlewood Joins iXsystems as Senior Vice President, Product Management and Business Development Littlewood will oversee the iXsystems TrueNAS and FreeNAS storage product lines while negotiating the relationships that will help grow...
read moreFreeNAS 11.2-BETA3 is here, Asigra TrueNAS revealed at VMworld, FreeNAS Backblaze B2 Cloud, Issue #61
iXsystems and the FreeNAS Team present the September 2018 newsletter.
read moreFreeNAS 11.2-BETA2, Configure Power Management, iocage Review, and more, Issue #60
FreeNAS 11.2-BETA2 is available! The second BETA of FreeNAS 11.2 is here with a new graphical user interface and countless improvements based on community feedback. You can download it here. Learn More Here How to Configure an APC UPS for FreeNAS nixCraft demonstrates...
read moreFreeNAS 11.2-BETA available, Lawrence Systems interviews Kris Moore, It’s All NAS, & more, Issue #59
FreeNAS 11.2-BETA1 is now available! The first BETA of FreeNAS 11.2 is now available. Users, especially those who use Plugins, Jails, or VMs, are encouraged to update to this release in order to take advantage of the many improvements and bug fixes to those...
read moreOpen Source Storage eBook, FreeNAS 11.1-U5 available, OpenZFS Feature Flags in FreeNAS & more, Issue #58
eBook on Open Source Storage by iXsystems and ActualTech Media This free eBook explains how proprietary and cloud storage falls short and why Open Source is a better development model for storage systems. Learn about the advantages of NVMe/NVDIMM storage for the...
read moreCrypto Mining on FreeNAS, VMware Snapshots and much more, Issue #57
Hello FreeNAS Users! With the days getting longer, we hope you’re spending more time doing things you love (which includes FreeNAS, right?). In this content-packed edition of the newsletter, we’ll take a look at crypto mining, the difference between OpenZFS and XFS,...
read moreIntroducing the Next Generation of TrueNAS, Backups and Disaster Recovery, Issue #56
Hello FreeNAS Users! After many months of work, we’re excited to finally unveil the next generation of TrueNAS systems, which uses NVMe and NVDIMM flash for caching. Also in this issue, find out the results of our FreeNAS use survey from February and see how Lawrence...
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