Press Releases
McGill University Selects iXsystems’ TrueNAS for Petabyte Deployment in School of Computer Science
iXsystems announced that McGill University’s School of Computer Science has deployed TrueNAS® in its various computing environments across the campus. The school has deployed multiple storage arrays to thousands of students, researchers and teachers. They use TrueNAS to share files over NFS, CIFS, and AFP.
iXsystems Announces TrueOS Launch
iXsystems announced today the launch of TrueOS®, the next evolution of PC-BSD. TrueOS is a modern, cutting-edge distribution of FreeBSD, combining the convenience and features of a rolling release distribution with the failsafe technology of ZFS boot environments.
iXsystems Storage Now Available On GSA Schedule
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 Turns to a Channel-First Approach to Meet Demand for Its TrueNAS and FreeNAS Enterprise Storage Products
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 to Host MeetBSD California 2016 at UC Berkeley
iXsystems announced today that the fifth MeetBSD California conference will take place at UC Berkeley’s Clark Kerr campus on November 11-12. As in past years, this year’s MeetBSD California will once again follow a mixed “unConference” format and will feature breakout sessions, discussion groups, and talks from prominent figures in the BSD community.
iXsystems(R) Introduces TrueRack(TM) at VMworld 2016
iXsystems, the industry leader in storage and servers powered by Open Source, today announced TrueRack™, a converged rack-scale solution enabling customers to quickly, easily, and automatically deploy thousands of virtual machines in support of hyperscale business-critical applications, including scale-out, scale-up, database and object storage, virtualization, VDI and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). TrueRack offers over 4X higher bandwidth and up to a 70% lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) than Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other public cloud providers.
iXsystems Wins Gold for Product Line of the Year in Best in Biz Awards International 2016
iXsystems, the industry leader in enterprise storage and servers driven by Open Source, received the highest honor of “Gold” for Product Line of the Year for its Data Storage products in the 2016 International Best in Biz Awards. Best in Biz Awards International is an independent global business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts. This award follows iXsystems’ awarding of two Silver Best in Biz North America awards in December of 2015 and reaffirms the importance of Open Source technologies that iXsystems provides to the global marketplace.
iXsystems Expands Capacity of Its TrueFlash All-Flash Array by 10x
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.
iXsystems’ TrueNAS Firmware Update Delivers Compelling Performance, Replication, and Graphing Improvements
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 Sees Annual Growth Exceeding 50%
iXsystems, an industry leader in enterprise storage and servers driven by Open Source, announced that in 2015 it experienced a doubling of unit shipments and a growth in revenue of 50% for the second consecutive year. Over the last two years storage shipments have more than doubled and storage under management has grown to over half an exabyte.