OSCON 2018 Recap
The O’Reilly Open Source Conference returned to Portland, Oregon for its 20th anniversary and our Senior Analyst, Michael Dexter, joined the FreeBSD Foundation at their table to spread the word about FreeBSD.
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FreeNAS 11.2-BETA available, Lawrence Systems interviews Kris Moore, It’s All NAS, & more, Issue #59
FreeNAS 11.2-BETA1 is now available! The first BETA of FreeNAS 11.2 is now available. Users, especially those who use Plugins, Jails, or VMs, are encouraged to update to this release in order to take advantage of the many improvements and bug fixes to those...
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It’s All NAS
If you have spent any amount of time in the Storage industry, you have invariably observed that Network Attached Storage (NAS) is often projected as the opposite of a Storage Area Network (SAN). NAS is file and SAN is block, right? Well, just reading the acronyms out loud should give you your first clue that something is amiss: one is a category of storage while one is a category of network.
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Open Source Storage eBook, FreeNAS 11.1-U5 available, OpenZFS Feature Flags in FreeNAS & more, Issue #58
iXsystems presents the 2018 June Newsletter.
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SELF 2018 Recap
The iXsystems Team had an enjoyable experience at this year’s SouthEast LinuxFest. We had a steady stream of attendees visit our booth to tell us how much they enjoy using FreeNAS and quite a few were interested in the FreeNAS Mini Raffle. Also, there was a myriad of questions about what’s new in FreeNAS, TrueNAS, and TrueOS’ new project, Project Trident.
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BSDCan 2018 Recap
The 15th annual BSDCan took place the first week of June 2018 and saw record attendance by users and developers from around the world, including many members of the iXsystems team. It was an honor to sponsor the Saturday night social event and be a part of North America’s largest BSD conference. Our Senior Analyst, Michael Dexter, recaps his experience at the tradeshow.
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iXsystems: Proud Sponsor of Southeast Linuxfest
It’s almost that time of year again! The 10th anniversary of SouthEast LinuxFest (SELF) is upon us and iXsystems is proud to announce that we will attend as a premier sponsor for the event. The conference will take place at the Sheraton Charlotte Airport Hotel from...
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iXsystems Newsletter: May Edition
iXsystems presents the May 2018 Newsletter.
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Visualizing ZFS Performance
Many tools exist to understand ZFS performance challenges and opportunities, but a single table by renowned performance engineer Brendan Gregg will teach you to visualize the relationship between each tier of storage devices when architecting your TrueNAS or FreeNAS system.
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Boise Technology Show 2018 Recap
Every year, Fisher’s Technology, our Idaho Channel Partner, holds a one-day technology show and this year iXsystems was excited to be a Platinum sponsor and the exclusive storage exhibitor. Read iXsystems’ Channel Sales Manager David Valencia’s recap of the show.
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