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iXsystems Hardware Reviewed on StorageReview.com
The iXsystems Titan 316J JBOD storage expansion shelf received a thorough and informative review by StorageReview.com, the authority on storage news and reviews. The Storage Review team briefly discussed chassis specifications before running three sets of tests...
Developer’s Corner: Alfred Perlstein
It’s been a while since our last Developer’s Corner. The office is still busy as the year winds down. We recently acquired a few additions to the iXsystems developer team, including Alfred Perlstein, a dedicated FreeBSD committer since 1999. Alfred first familiarized...
FreeNAS Development Team Announces FreeNAS 8.3.0-RELEASE
The FreeNAS development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of FreeNAS 8.3.0-RELEASE. This is a major milestone in FreeNAS development, bringing in the plugin system with ZFS version 28. Development of the FreeNAS 8.2 branch has come to a halt, as...
iXsystems Goes Green
Here at iXsystems, we make a conscious effort to be as environmentally-friendly as possible, from our internal practices to the products we sell. Part of this effort is our use of Green Wagon Electronics Recycling to recycle our old rubber and metal electronic parts....
Top 5 Uses for FreeNAS
Now that your old desktop is obsolete and puttering away at its last breaths, there are still ways to get the most out of the old hardware instead of throwing it all away. With FreeNAS, a variety of useful possibilities exist to give new life to your old PC. I have...
Upcoming Fall Tradeshows
The days of summer are slowly fading away behind us as fall quickly settles in. Here at iXsystems, we look ahead to a busy season of trade shows to support the various open source projects we are involved in. Armed with our impressive supply of daemon horns and a team...
Developer’s Corner: Dru Lavigne
Next up in Developer’s Corner, I had the pleasure of corresponding with Dru Lavigne, the Community Manager and Technical Writer here at iXsystems. Dru started out as an entrepreneur (the co-owner of an independent moving company). Once the company was established, she...
Developer’s Corner: Peter Allen
Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with Peter Allen, our Senior Storage Engineer. There’s plenty to talk about regarding his background and what he sees in store for TrueNAS™, iXsystems’ leading storage appliance based on FreeNAS. Peter started off as a Corporate...
Developer’s Corner: Joseph Atkinson
It has been a while since our last Developer’s Corner blog post. This month, I had the pleasure of talking with Joseph Atkinson (more commonly known by his online alias, “jsa@”), a recent addition to iXsystems’ team of FreeBSD and FreeNAS developers. Joseph first...
iXsystems Announces Release of FreeNAS™ 8.2
New Major Version Features Software Plugin System, Enhanced Enterprise Features iXsystems® is proud to announce the release of FreeNAS 8.2. This major release adds a plugin system based on the PBI system from PC-BSD, allowing users to install a wide variety of...
