Category Archives: FreeNAS

FreeNAS 8.0.1-RC2 available

iXsystems has made the second FreeNAS 8.0.1 release candidate available for testers. If there aren’t any showstoppers, this should be the last RC before the final release. To give this RC a test-drive you can download it from: https://sourceforge.net/projects/freenas/files/FreeNAS-8.0.1/ Some … Continue reading

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FreeNAS releases: FreeNAS 8.0-RC1 and FreeNAS 0.7.2.7529

FreeNAS 8.0-RC1 Josh Paetzel has announced the availability of the first release candidate (RC1) for FreeNAS 8.0.1. I’m pleased to announce that FreeNAS 8.0.1 Release Candidate 1 is available for download. This is the first release candidate for FreeNAS 8.0.1. At … Continue reading

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iXsystems announces TrueNAS Storage Appliance (FreeNAS based)

Xsystems has announced the availability of the TrueNAS™ Pro family of storage appliances. TrueNAS™ Pro storage appliances provide security, scalability, and flexibility at a low total cost of ownership. The TrueNAS™ Pro software is based on the FreeNAS™ 8 operating … Continue reading

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FreeNAS 8.0.1-BETA4 available (and 0.7.2)

“Quality first”. That’s what the guys at iXsystems must thought when releasing FreeNAS. Beta number 3 was going to be the last test for both FreeNAS 8 and FreeNAS 8.0.1, but for both versions a BETA4 came out. This is … Continue reading

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FreeNAS videos, FreeBSD on Amazon EC2 and Intel GPU FreeBSD driver update

Three noteworthy links today to FreeBSD related news: I. FreeBSD on Amazon’s EC2 Colin Percifal mentioned on his blog that he managed to successfully run FreeBSD on Amazon’s EC2 via defenestration, tricking EC2 to think Windows is running. How can … Continue reading

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FreeNAS 8 – Audio interview and Magazine Article

There’s an audio interview (bsdtalk 206- FreeNAS 8 with Josh Paetzel) on BSD Talk with Josh Paetzel, IT Director at iXsystems. Will Backman and Josh discuss FreeNAS 8 in a 17 minute interview. (MP3 | OGG) The June 2011 issue of BSD Magazine … Continue reading

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FreeNAS 8: interview and review

Techworld Australia caught up with Josh Paetzel, director of IT at iXsystems and project manager for FreeNAS 8, to talk about the current state of the OS, what lies ahead for it, and the relationship to FreeNAS 0.7. Check out … Continue reading

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FreeNAS 8.0-RELEASE now available (detailed)

Following one beta and five release candidates (RC’s), FreeNAS 8.0-RELEASE has been made availabe earlier this week by iXsystems, the corporate sponser behind the FreeNAS Project. The last stable release was FreeNAS 0.7.2 (Sabanda), released mid-October 2010. FreeNAS is a … Continue reading

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