Category Archives: FreeNAS

iXsystems debuts exclusive ZFS Encryption Feature in FreeNAS 8.3.1

Following the release of FreeNAS 8.3.1, iXsystems has released the following announcement: iXsystems continues to lead the way for free and open source software with the release of FreeNAS Version 8.3.1. With this update, FreeNAS becomes the first open source storage platform to … Continue reading

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FreeNAS 8.3.1-RELEASE available

The FreeNAS development team has announced the availability of FreeNAS 8.3.1-RELEASE. FreeNAS 8.3.1 is based on FreeBSD 8.3 with version 28 of the ZFS filesystem, and features volume based encryption for ZFS. Release information, imagages and plugins can be downloaded from … Continue reading

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FreeNAS 8.3.1-RC1 now available

The FreeNAS development team has announced FreeNAS 8.3.1-RC1 which will be the first and only release candidate planned for the final version of FreeNAS 8.3.1-RELEASE. FreeNAS 8.3.1 is based on FreeBSD 8.3 with version 28 of the ZFS filesystem, and features volume based … Continue reading

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FreeNAS 8.3.1-BETA3 is now available

The FreeNAS development team has announce the availability of FreeNAS 8.3.1-BETA3.  This is the last planned public beta of 8.3.1 as it moves towards the final. FreeNAS 8.3.1 adds ZFS volume encryption to the features available in FreeNAS 8.3.0.  BETA3 has a number … Continue reading

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FreeNAS: Flexible, fast storage, and the price is right

NetworkWorld has published a very positive review of FreeNAS: “It takes something different to stand out in the crowded network-attached storage market. How does free, as in free beer and free speech, sound? Overall, FreeNAS offers a very positive story, with … Continue reading

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FreeNAS 8.3.1-BETA2 available

Josh Paetzel from iXsystems has announced the availability of the FreeNAS 8.3.1-BETA2 images over the weekend. At this point things are looking to be in good shape, I’m calling this a BETA because I’m very conservative, and because encryption can go wrong in such grand … Continue reading

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Happy 2013 and miscelaneous news

Happy 2013 to all regular readers and the occasional visitor. It’s been a while since this site was updated, but this was due to work and holidays. Hopefully we’ll see FreeBSD 10 released this year and the use of FreeBSD … Continue reading

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Google+ FreeBSD Communities

After I put up a post linking FreeBSD related Google Plus pages, Google announced Google Plus Communities. As far as I’m aware there are already two FreeBSD related Communities. FreeBSD Central (link) FreeNAS (link) Feel free to join, and if you’re aware … Continue reading

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