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The History of iXsystems
How did iXsystems get its start? I get asked this question a lot. Sure, you could look it up on Wikipedia or Google, but why get the secondhand version when you could get it straight from the source? That’s me, by the way. I was working at BSDi in 2001 when they sold...
A Little Flash Goes A Long Way
When customers discuss enterprise storage they often talk about multi-tiering. However, many experts recommend that they consider a different concept: combining flash with hard disk. This is not a new concept – IBM did it more than 30 years ago! Back then, flash was...
FreeNAS 9.3 Features – Support for VMware VAAI
With all the excitement over the big changes introduced in FreeNAS 9.3 (including the new update manager and the decision to completely move to ZFS), it’s easy to overlook some of the other features that were added during the release. One of those features we’d like...
The Case for TrueNAS
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...
5 Reasons Why a Business Should Not Use Legacy Storage
The world has changed and a business must face the eruption of data from “The Internet of Things”, BYOD, social media, and Big Data. Many businesses must be agile and flexible yet do more with less. The storage market is large yet dominated by a handful of legacy...
iXsystems Announces Availability of FreeNAS 9.3 for General Consumption
iXsystems announced today the general availability of FreeNAS version 9.3. Highlights of the release include a simplified and revamped Web UI, automated updates, a new set-up wizard, and ZFS boot environments. FreeNAS 9.3 underwent extensive testing by thousands of BETA testers from the FreeNAS Community.
SuperComputing 2014 Recap
Supercomputing was a blast! I got in late on Monday, just in time for the official opening of the show. They made a real party out of it - there were minibars spread all around the show floor, and a marching band going up and down the aisles. At the iXsystems booth,...
LISA 2014 Recap
Dru, Marty, and David attended LISA 2014 in Seattle, WA last week. Although Dru is a veteran of the conference, it was the first time at the show for both Marty and David. “Having never attended a LISA conference, I was uncertain of what to expect. Of course, there...
MeetBSD California 2014 Recap
This year’s MeetBSD California Conference was a tremendous success. Nearly 200 people attended the conference, which was held at Western Digital’s San Jose office, over the course of both days. The conference was held in the “unConference” format, and featured...
Cloud Computing Expo 2014 Recap
Last week, we had a booth at Cloud Computing Expo 2014. Since the conference was right in our backyard, we sent a pretty sizable group to represent Team iX. The conference marked the debut of our newest booth backdrop—a design showing the relationship between...
