FreeNAS determined to be flexible, easy to manage, and high performing, at a price that can’t be beat
Network World recently assessed FreeNAS in terms of usability, features, and NFS I/O performance. In performance tests, the device under test was an iX-2212 server supplied by iXsystems. FreeNAS version 8.3.0-RELEASE-x64 was used in testing.
Test results show that FreeNAS performance is fast, especially with sequential reads and re-reads. Storage performance tests usually measure I/O in bytes per second; when expressed in bits, FreeNAS read and re-read data at rates at or above 6Gbps. Installation is “fast and straightforward”, and virtually every task can be achieved from the Web UI.
The review and several graphs illustrating the results can be found here:
Network World
The iXsystems iX-2212 can be found here:
iXsystems iX-2212
