iXsystems, the industry leader in enterprise storage and servers powered by Open Source and SYNNEX Corporation, today announced that the gsa-logoU.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has authorized the addition of iXsystems’ suite of storage products and services to the SYNNEX GSA contract (GS-35F0143R) under Federal Supply Schedule 70.
iXsystems, the industry leader in Enterprise Storage and Servers powered by Open Source, today announced that it plans to implement a 100% channel and partner sales model for all its rack-based storage products. For over 20 years, iXsystems has used a hybrid direct and channel sales model to build a worldwide brand and user base for its rack-based product lines. To meet increasing demand for its award-winning TrueNAS Enterprise Storage, iXsystems is launching the iXsystems Partner Program (iXPP) and is moving to a channel-only sales model for TrueNAS and FreeNAS storage arrays, while continuing to offer its server product line through its existing hybrid direct and channel sales model.
iXsystems, the industry leader in storage and servers powered by Open Source, today unveiled the TrueNAS E16F All-Flash expansion shelf for the TrueNAS Z50 TrueFlash all-flash storage array. The TrueNAS Z50 is designed and developed to make optimal use of the intelligent compression and optional deduplication features provided in TrueNAS. The maximum SSD capacity was doubled from 1.92GB to 3.84GB and up to four TrueNAS E16F expansion shelves can be added to a TrueNAS Z50 TrueFlash. These improvements increase the maximum capacity of the Z50 TrueFlash ten-fold to 300TB.
Enterprise storage vendor iXsystems today announced the release of Version 9.10 of its TrueNAS enterprise storage array firmware. TrueNAS 9.10 represents the third generation of core software for the award-winning line of enterprise storage arrays and is available to all new and existing TrueNAS users. At the center of TrueNAS 9.10 is an update to the FreeBSD 10.3 operating system which brings significant performance improvements and provides the foundation for the next generation of network fabrics including 100GbE Ethernet.
iXsystems, the industry pioneer in enterprise storage and servers driven by Open Source, today announced that the TrueNAS Z35 received the top ranking from DCIG in their 2016-2017 iSCSI SAN Utility Storage Array Buyer’s Guide. Representing iXsystems’ fourth DCIG Buyer’s Guide win, the iSCSI SAN Utility Storage Array Buyer’s Guide evaluated more than 100 different criteria across 67 different storage arrays from 14 different storage vendors, including Dell, HP, EMC, and NetApp.
iXsystems, the industry leader in storage and servers driven by Open Source, officially announced the TrueNAS E60 expansion shelf. Adding a TrueNAS E60 to a TrueNAS Z35 enables scaling to 3.84PB, a 150% improvement in addressable capacity, and does so in only 35U of rack space, less than half the rack space of other enterprise storage vendors. A density of over 100TB per rack unit allows for a deployment of almost 5PB in a 48U rack.
iXsystems, an industry leader in storage and servers driven by Open Source, today announced that its TrueNAS arrays continue to receive accolades from industry research firm DCIG. The TrueNAS Z50 “TrueFlash” array ranked “Excellent” in the DCIG 2015-2016 All-Flash Array Buyer’s Guide. This news comes just months after DCIG awarded the TrueNAS Z20 with an “Excellent” rating in their 2015-2016 Small/Midsize Enterprise (SME) Hybrid Storage Buyer’s Guide. DCIG also awarded the TrueNAS Z30 an “Excellent” in their 2015-2016 Midsize Enterprise Hybrid Storage Buyer’s Guide.
iXsystems, an industry leader in storage and servers driven by Open Source, today announced its TrueNAS Z20 and TrueNAS Z30 both were named “Excellent” by industry research firm DCIG in the 2015-2016 DCIG Midsize-Enterprise Hybrid Storage Buyer’s Guide. This news comes only a mere few weeks after the TrueNAS Z20 was also awarded an “Excellent” rating in the Small/Midsize Enterprise (SME) Hybrid Storage Buyer’s Guide as well.
iXsystems, an industry leader in storage and servers driven by Open Source, today announced its TrueNAS Z20 hybrid storage array was named “Excellent” by industry research firm DCIG in the 2015-2016 DCIG Small and Midsize Enterprise Hybrid Storage Buyer’s Guide.
The TrueNAS 9.3 release features improved virtualization support with the addition of new VMware VAAI primitives. The newly added VAAI Block primitives include Write Same Zero to save resources on writes, XCOPY which reduces VM deployment time by having TrueNAS perform large data transfers, and Atomic Test and Set, which increases the number of VMs you can place on a datastore backed by TrueNAS. Also supported is the SCSI UNMAP command, which is used to recover capacity when a VM is moved or deleted.
