Category Archives: iXsystems

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-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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FreeBSD news wrap up (10 December)

This is a selection of short but news worthy selection of links: A FreeBSD load balancing expert is needed (elance) Will the FreeBSD Foundation hit its 500k funding goal? Faces of FreeBSD – Alberto Mijares. The FreeBSD Foundation has started … Continue reading

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Miscelaneous FreeBSD news updates (Calligra, EC2, Dev’s Corner, GhostBSD)

The KDE/FreeBSD team has announced that the Calligra 2.5 Suite of integrated KDE Applications is now available in the Ports tree. The FreeBSD/EC2 startup (“rc.d”) scripts are now in the FreeBSD ports tree. (via) New updates in the iXsystems Developers’ Corner: Peter … Continue reading

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FreeNAS 8.2 plugins – Part 1: Installing (video)

The FreeNAS team at iXsystems has uploaded a video showing how to configure the Plugins service and install a plugin in FreeNAS 8.2.0.

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FreeNAS 8.2 Released

After four beta releases and one release candidate (RC), iXsystems has announced the release of FreeNAS 8.2.0, a FreeBSD-based operating systems for Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems. This new release is the first 8.x branch release support plugins or extensions. These were … Continue reading

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iXsystems renews collaboration agreement with Fusion-io

iXsystems’ TrueNAS Unified Storage Appliances will continue to leverage Fusion ioMemory technology for powerful, high-performance storage solutions. From the press release: iXsystems Renews Collaboration Agreement with Fusion-io

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iXsystems, and its developers

We all know that iXsystems does a great job promoting FreeBSD, building FreeBSD based products and supporting FreeBSD based projects (incl. PC-BSD, FreeNAS). But, who are the developers that are part of this company? Who are the guys doing the coding … Continue reading

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