News & Updates

More desktop choices, updated PBI system round out new feature list

From the outer reaches of deep space to the miniscule nucleus of an atom, the developers of PC-BSD make it clear that the scope and possibilities of PC-BSD are endless. Following the release of the Hubble Edition, iXsystems eagerly announces the release of PC-BSD® 9.0: Isotope Edition.

Latest PC-BSD operating system includes blekko search page

PC-BSD, a free open-source operating system that focuses on desktops and laptops, announced today that blekko, the popular human-curated search engine, has been chosen as the default search engine in the latest release of the operating system.

Release features back end changes and bugfixes, as well as new front end user features

The FreeNAS™ Team has announced the release of FreeNAS™ Version 8.0.1. FreeNAS™ 8.0.1 represents a major leap in functionality and stability for FreeNAS™ 8. Features added to FreeNAS™ in the 8.0.1 branch include S.M.A.R.T. and UPS services, USB 3.0 support, and OSX Lion AFP and Time Machine compatibility. In addition, cronjob support and rsync have been added to the GUI, and replication has been improved for increased data integrity.

High-capacity appliance features cross-platform compatibility with enterprise features at an affordable price

iXsystems has announced the availability of the TrueNAS™ Pro family of storage appliances. TrueNAS™ Pro storage appliances provide security, scalability, and flexibility at a low total cost of ownership. The TrueNAS™ Pro software is based on the FreeNAS™ 8 operating system, and is enhanced with enterprise features such as Intent Log Failure Recovery and De-Duplication, with Active-Passive Failover coming soon. TrueNAS™ Pro also supports Fusion-io ioDrive, ioDrive Duo, and Octal cards as L2ARC to drastically accelerate storage performance.

The FreeBSD Foundation and iXsystems announced today their commitment to support the efforts of World IPv6 Day to accelerate global IPv6 deployment.

The FreeBSD Foundation and iXsystems announced today their commitment to support the efforts of World IPv6 Day to accelerate global IPv6 deployment. Earlier this year, the FreeBSD Foundation and iXsystems jointly awarded Bjoern Zeeb a grant to create an IPv6-only version of the FreeBSD and PC-BSD open source operating systems.

New driver enables replacement of aging ataraid driver

iXsystems has recently completed work on graid, a revised software-assisted RAID driver for FreeBSD. The graid driver replaces the existing ataraid driver with a new GEOM-based implementation. This allows graid to create stable, OS-independent software RAID arrays.

OS-independence in a RAID array means that no matter which operating system you use or install, the RAID will be recognized and addressed the same way. This also allows for the metadata format the RAID is built with to be migrated to another type.

The Titan FreeNAS™ Pro harnesses new memory platform technology, and offers unparalleled storage and networking performance

iXsystems is proud to announce it is collaborating with server-deployed memory innovator Fusion-io to introduce the Titan FreeNAS™ Pro Appliance.

Fusion-io provides a next generation storage memory platform for data decentralization that significantly improves processing capabilities within a datacenter by relocating process-critical data from centralized storage to the server where it is being processed.

Goals are to implement GEM, port KMS, and write new DRI drivers for Intel Graphics

The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce that Konstantin Belousov has been awarded a grant to implement support of GEM, KMS, and DRI for Intel Drivers. This project is being co-sponsored by iXsystems.

Systems Feature Energy Efficient, Next-Generation 10 Gigabit Performance

iXsystems today introduced the iX-2216-10G and iX-1204-10G servers to cater to the increasing demand for 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) technology. 10GbE has moved past the early adoption stage and is rapidly becoming the mainstay for the backbone of enterprise and service provider networks.

Community feedback sought before final release

FreeNAS™--an Open Source Storage Platform based on FreeBSD--supports sharing across Windows, Apple, and UNIX-like systems. Both home and business users can share media across an entire network. Other features include FTP, data replication, iSCSI, and support for Apple's Time Machine. The current FreeNAS™ Beta release is now available for testing and can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/freenas/files/. The project welcomes community feedback to improve the product for final release.

Discs used to facilitate networking training in instructional workshops throughout the African continent

The FreeBSD Mall, a provider of high quality FreeBSD software, documentation, support, and services to the open source community, recently donated FreeBSD CDs and DVDs to the NSRC (Network Startup Resource Center) for UNIX / FreeBSD workshops being held in Malawi and Tanzania. The NSRC is a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading networking knowledge to diverse regions throughout the world. Open source operating systems are excellent instructional tools for NSRC workshops due to their easy and free acquisition and superior security and stability.

Four-Disc CD Set, Dual-Sided DVD now available for purchase.

The FreeBSD Mall is now shipping FreeBSD® Version 8.1, the second release of the FreeBSD 8-STABLE branch in AMD64 and i386 architectures.

FreeBSD version 8.1 is the first update to FreeBSD version 8.0, which added Virtual Access Points (VAP) support to 802.11 wireless networking, and allowed virtual machine administrators to create their own nested jails. The 8.1 release includes new features and improves upon the features that were introduced in FreeBSD version 8.0.

20 server compute nodes in 7U of server rack space are the ultimate energy-efficient companions to FreeBSD and Linux

The new Triton TwinBlade Server from iXsystems is the ideal solution for system administrators who need energy efficiency, density, and ease of management in Linux and FreeBSD environments. The iX-TB4X2 delivers the most energy-efficient blade server in the industry with four N+1 redundant, high-efficiency (94%) 2500W power supplies.

Long time BSD user and advocate will now lend her expertise to community-building for PC-BSD

Dru Lavigne currently serves on the Board of Directors for the FreeBSD Foundation and is the current Chair of the BSD Certification Group. As of August 2nd, she will be adding Director of Community Development for the PC-BSD project to her resume.