Explore emerging technologies, industry trends, and innovative solutions across storage, servers, networking, and open-source software with iXsystems Tech Spotlight articles.
As part of my role at iXsystems, I talk to many customers, analysts and engineering types. What I hear most often is “who is iXsystems” and “what is TrueNAS”? Let me give you a quick overview of iXsystems history and why many people are using TrueNAS instead of legacy...
Over the past number of years, hard drive capacity has skyrocketed. I remember not too long ago when a 512GB drive was huge. However, now it’s commonplace to see 2, 4, or even 6TB sized HDDs in everything from desktops to storage server systems. Thanks to consumers,...
In anticipation of our anti-vibration rack test, we thought we’d give you a sneak peek of the system we’ll be using to measure the results. Say hello to the TeraFiler. The system features a dual node head with 16 drives in a 3U chassis and 8 external SAS controller...
On April 27, 2014, Ben Milman gave a talk to a packed room during the 15th annual LinuxFest Northwest. The presentation taught newcomers to open source operating systems how to set up a Network Attached Storage device for their home or office using the FreeNAS...
It’s been a while since we showcased some of our behind-the-scenes efforts, so here’s a quick update on what certain members of iXsystems have been working on for the FreeBSD community. Craig Rodrigues recently published a status update in the latest FreeBSD quarterly...
NOTE: This is historical content that may contain outdated information. Never seen anything like this before? This is what one terabyte of RAM and 80 logical CPU cores looks like! For the curious, here are the specs of this monster: Quad Socket System with Dual 10GbE...
This past November, Thomas Pham, David Valencia, John Hixson, and Jeremy Quinn made the trek to Denver, CO for Supercomputing 13. The unanimous consensus was that the event was a great success! The team came back excited and full of stories to share. The event saw the...
On November 18-19, 2013, the OpenZFS Developer Summit was held at Delphix in San Francisco, California. The summit was attended by developers from many different companies who are currently building products using the ZFS file system. FreeNAS developers from iXsystems...
Another week, another successful tradeshow for iXsystems. Dru and Kris recently attended Linuxcon 2013 in New Orleans where they represented the FreeBSD Project with a booth and passed out schwag. This was our first appearance at this show and Dru and Kris were kind...
NOTE: This is historical content that may contain outdated information. This article tries to show how to manage an important (in terms of size) computing park when talking about the unattended installation and upgrade of FreeBSD servers. What you will learn How to...
