TrueNAS Performance Earns Praise from ESG

The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) provides independent validation of the TrueNAS M50’s incredible cost-optimized performance and features in this new report.

Read more here

TrueNAS M50 Hardware Review


Thomas Lawrence takes a look at what makes the TrueNAS M50 such a rock-solid unified storage appliance, highlighting its modular features, high-availability, as well as the internal design.

Watch here now

FreeNAS 11.3-RC2 is Now Available
We’ve been hard at work polishing the newest edition of FreeNAS and are happy to announce the second release candidate for FreeNAS 11.3. FreeNAS 11.3-RC2 features a completely re-implemented Replication Engine for higher speed transfers, ACL Manager, SMB Shadow Copies enabled by default, and a repository of community plugins.

Learn more here

FreeNAS YouTube Video – How to Set Up Windows SMB Shares
Check out our newest video to learn how to easily set up Windows (SMB) shares on your FreeNAS 11.3 system. Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and comment to let us know what videos you want to see in the newsletter next!

Watch here now

More webinars

Contributing Language Translations to FreeNAS
Calling all multilingual FreeNAS fans! Translating FreeNAS is a great way to get involved and help contribute to FreeNAS and Open Source.

Learn more here

How to Enable WireGuard on FreeNAS 11.3
WireGuard is quickly gaining popularity in the VPN marketplace due to its speed, simplicity, and modern cryptography standards. Starting with FreeNAS 11.3-RC1, we’ve made it possible to connect your NAS directly to a WireGuard network with only a few easy steps.

Read more here

How to Back Up Google Drive to FreeNAS
FreeNAS and TrueNAS offer the ability to back up Google Drive easily, using built-in cloud sync. This blog explains how to set up Google Drive sync with FreeNAS 11.3, as well as a few pro tips when backing up Google Docs and other Google created content.

Read more here

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 modern enterprise and why businesses need a unified data platform.

Download it here

On-Demand FreeNAS Training
Online training modules from iXsystems are designed to quickly get you up to speed for getting the most out of your FreeNAS system. Each training module is 30 minutes long and cuts to the core information you need to become an expert in FreeNAS and OpenZFS.

Sign up here

Tech-Tip #72
If the list of available plugins is not displayed, open Shell and verify that the FreeNAS system can ping an address on the Internet. If it cannot, add a default gateway address and DNS server address in Network ➞ Global Configuration. More about plugins here.

Links of the Month

• How to Install and Configure FreeNAS via OS Radar
• FreeNAS: Backup Jails Automatically Using iocage via digiMoot
• Proxmox and FreeNAS Combo Server (video) via Craft Computing
• Plex Media Server on FreeNAS via Plex.TV

Quote of the Month
“FreeNAS/TrueNAS has all the features that everyone wants; It’s the ‘Brawndo’ of the storage world. It natively supports features like; block storage, deduplication, snapshots, mirroring, and support for multiple virtualization platforms. All of this with no extra licenses to purchase. You can’t beat that at all.”

– Rob C, Information Technology