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'''TrueNAS''' is the branding for a family of ] (NAS) products produced by ]. They include both ] and commercial offerings, based on the ] file system and either ] or ]. It is licensed under the terms of the ] and runs on both commodity ] hardware and turnkey appliances offered by iXsystems. |
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'''TrueNAS''' is a family of ] (NAS) products produced by ], incorporating both ] and commercial software. Based on the ] file system, TrueNAS runs on ] as well as ] and is available under the ]. It is compatible with ] hardware and is also available as turnkey appliances from ]. |
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TrueNAS supports network clients including ], ] and ], and a variety of ] hosts such as ], ] and ]. Supported networking protocols include: ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. Advanced TrueNAS features include full-disk ] and a ] architecture for third-party software.<ref name="tomshw1"/><ref name="arctech1"/><ref name="networkw1"/><ref name="lwn1"/><ref name="theregister"/><ref name="computerw1"/> |
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TrueNAS can be used on many network clients, including ], ] and ], and is compatible with ] hosts such as ], ] and ]. Networking protocols supported by TrueNAS include ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. Advanced features include full-disk ] and a ] architecture for third-party software.<ref name="tomshw1"/><ref name="arctech1"/><ref name="networkw1"/><ref name="lwn1"/><ref name="theregister"/><ref name="computerw1"/> |
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== Products== |
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The TrueNAS family includes: |
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:* (previously FreeNAS) – a highly mature, free file server appliance based on ] . |
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:* – a free TrueNAS implementation based on the ] ] distribution. In addition to the features of TrueNAS Core, it includes a significant number of additional features, including ] scale-out capabilities, expanded device driver support, KVM virtual machines, Kubernetes and Docker clients. |
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:* a line of enterprise turnkey systems for use in traditional file server and SAN deployments, also based on TrueNAS Core. The systems include modest 5-bay units scaling up to very large arrays and storage clusters. Storage media include traditional hard-drives and flash media. The very extensive set of product features can be found on the product page. |
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==User experience== |
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TrueNAS is managed through a comprehensive web interface that is supplemented by a minimal shell console that handles essential administrative functions. The web interface supports storage pool configuration, user management, sharing configuration and system maintenance. As an ] system appliance, TrueNAS boots from a ] device or ] ]. This image is configured using a ] bootable installer. The TrueNAS ] is fully independent of its storage disks, allowing its configuration database and encryption keys to be backed up and restored to a fresh installation of the Operating System. This separation also allows for TrueNAS system updates to be performed through the web interface. |
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==History== |
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==History== |
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The FreeNAS project was started in October 2005 by Olivier Cochard-Labbé who based it on the ] embedded firewall and ]. Volker Theile joined the project in July 2006 and became the project lead in April 2008. In September 2009, the development team concluded that the project, then at release .7, was due for a complete rewrite in order to accommodate modern features such as a ] architecture. Volker Theile decided that the project best be reimplemented using Debian ] and shifted his development efforts to the interim CoreNAS project and eventually ] where he continues as the project lead. Cochard-Labbé responded to community objections to "The Debian version of FreeNAS" and resumed activity in the project and oversaw its transfer to FreeNAS user ].<ref>{{cite web |
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The TrueNAS project originated as FreeNAS, created by Olivier Cochard-Labbé in October 2005, based on the ] firewall and ]. The project evolved over time, with Volker Theile joining in 2006 and later leading the project. In 2009, development shifted towards ] ], resulting in the creation of ]. Cochard-Labbé returned to oversee the project's transition to ],<ref>{{cite web |
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| access-date = 2013-08-23}}</ref> where FreeNAS was re-engineered and rebranded as TrueNAS. |
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| access-date = 2013-08-23}}</ref> Developers Daisuke Aoyama and Michael Zoon continued developing FreeNAS 7 as the ] project. Meanwhile, iXsystems rewrote FreeNAS with a new architecture based on ] 8.1, releasing FreeNAS 8 Beta in November 2010.<ref>{{cite web |
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| access-date = 2013-08-23}}</ref> The ] architecture arrived with FreeNAS 8.2 and FreeNAS versioning was synchronized with FreeBSD for clarity. FreeNAS 8.3 introduced full-disk ] and FreeBSD 9.1-based FreeNAS 9.1 brought an updated ] architecture that is compatible with the ] Warden jail management framework. FreeNAS 9.1 was also the first version of FreeNAS to use the community-supported OpenZFS v5000 with Feature Flags.<ref>{{cite web |
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| title = What's New with FreeNAS |
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| title = FreeNAS 9.1 Release Notes |
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}}</ref> FreeNAS 9.2, based on FreeBSD 9.2 included performance improvements and introduced a ] ] for remote system administration.<ref>{{cite web |
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}}</ref> FreeNAS 9.3, based on FreeBSD 9.3 introduced a ZFS-based boot device, an initial ] and a high-performance ] ] server.<ref>{{cite web |
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In October 2015, ten years after the original FreeNAS release, FreeNAS 10 ALPHA was released, providing a preview of what would become FreeNAS Corral ] on March 15, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |
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}}</ref> FreeNAS Corral departs from FreeNAS by providing not only ] functionality but also ] functionality thanks to its integrated ] support. However, on April 12, 2017 iXsystems announced that FreeNAS Corral would instead be relegated to being a 'Technology Preview', citing issues such as "general instability, lack of feature parity with 9.10 (Jails, iSCSI, etc), and some users experiencing lower performance than expected"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/important-announcement-regarding-freenas-corral.53502/|title=Important announcement regarding FreeNAS Corral|work=FreeNAS Community|access-date=2017-04-19|language=en-US}}</ref> and the departure of the project lead. Instead, the decision was made to revert to the existing 9.10 code and bring Corral features to 9.10.3 and further. |
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In May 2017, iXsystems announced that FreeNAS 11 would be imminently released, which was based on 9.10 but included features such as an update of the FreeBSD operating system, ] management, updates to jails, and a new beta user interface along the lines of Corral but based on ]. |
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In March 2020, iXsystems announced that the 12.0 release will merge the FreeNAS code base with that of their commercial TrueNAS offering. FreeNAS will become TrueNAS CORE while TrueNAS will be renamed TrueNAS Enterprise.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-05|title=FreeNAS and TrueNAS are Unifying|url=https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/freenas-truenas-unification/|access-date=2020-07-16|website=iXsystems, Inc. - Enterprise Storage & Servers|language=en-US}}</ref> This change was made official with the release of TrueNAS 12.0 on October 20, 2020.<ref name="12.0">{{cite web |title=TrueNAS 12.0-RELEASE|url=https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/library/truenas-12-0-release/}}</ref> |
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In October 2020, iXsystems announced a new product, TrueNAS SCALE would be developed. TrueNAS SCALE would still utilize ZFS, but be based on Debian Linux.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-29 |
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] released FreeNAS 8 in 2010, marking a significant rewrite of the software based on FreeBSD 8.1. Subsequent versions introduced features such as full-disk encryption, plug-in architectures, and support for ]. TrueNAS continued evolving, with notable later releases including FreeNAS Corral and TrueNAS CORE. |
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* Fusion pool support, allowing flash-based VDEVS that store metadata and small-block IO |
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The 8.0 reimplementation of FreeNAS moved the project from a m0n0BSD/]/]-based architecture to one based on ]'s NanoBSD embedded build system, the ] programming language, the ] web application framework and the ] (]).<ref></ref> It also used the ] web server, but this was replaced with ] in FreeNAS 8.2. The terminated successor to 9.10.2, known as FreeNAS Corral, retained the ] web server and ZFS-based boot device of FreeNAS but replaces the Django/dōjō web application framework with an original one alongside the team at Montage Studios. FreeNAS 11 implemented a new interface using ]. |
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* ], ] and Enterprise ] |
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* ] server storage backing (Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, PCIe pass-through) |
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* Media center audio/video serving and streaming to ] devices |
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* Application Services Apps (Helm Charts), Docker Containers, Kubernetes, App Catalogs, GPU Sharing (TrueNAS SCALE) |
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The TrueNAS project originated as FreeNAS, created by Olivier Cochard-Labbé in October 2005, based on the m0n0wall firewall and FreeBSD 6.0. The project evolved over time, with Volker Theile joining in 2006 and later leading the project. In 2009, development shifted towards Debian Linux, resulting in the creation of OpenMediaVault. Cochard-Labbé returned to oversee the project's transition to iXsystems, where FreeNAS was re-engineered and rebranded as TrueNAS.
The reimplementation of FreeNAS with version 8.0 transitioned the project onto a new architecture based on FreeBSD's NanoBSD embedded build system, Python, Django, and the dōjō toolkit. The initial web server, lighttpd, was later replaced by nginx in subsequent versions.