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The 2016 OpenZFS Developer Summit and Hackathon took place September 26th and 27th in San Francisco and showcased the amazing growth that OpenZFS is experiencing as a technology and a project. I attended the first “ZFSDay” back in 2012 and remember ... [More] the uncertainty surrounding ZFS… [Read more…] The post OpenZFS: Stronger Than Ever appeared first on FreeNAS - Open Source Storage Operating System. [Less]

Hello FreeNAS Users, We have big news…the long-awaited FreeNAS 10-BETA is finally here! Be sure to check out the 4th FreeNAS State of the Union as Jordan Hubbard, iXsystems CTO & FreeNAS Project Manager, gives an update and a walkthrough of the ... [More] new features in FreeNAS 10-BETA. Cheers, The FreeNAS Team   FreeNAS 10-BETA is […] The post FreeNAS 10-BETA Has Arrived | State of the Union #4 | And More… | Issue #37 appeared first on FreeNAS - Open Source Storage Operating System. [Less]

Hi folks! Yes, after a rather exhausting BETA release cycle and over 3 months of work involving more than 830 tickets resolved we are very proud and excited to finally ship FreeNAS 10 BETA! Attached to this post are some fancier Release Notes rather ... [More] than the usual wall of text we post. There will also […] The post FreeNAS 10-BETA is Now Available! appeared first on FreeNAS - Open Source Storage Operating System. [Less]

Hello FreeNAS Users, With summer winding down, here’s your chance to save $150 on a brand new FreeNAS Mini XL. Read on for more details. We also have a new tutorial video about updating FreeNAS 9.10 in this issue as well as some user-created content ... [More] from the community, including a few builds and a guide […] The post Save $150 on the FreeNAS Mini XL | FreeNAS How-To Guides | And More… | Issue #36 appeared first on FreeNAS - Open Source Storage Operating System. [Less]

Hello FreeNAS Users, In case you hadn’t heard the latest, FreeNAS 10 just achieved a major milestone: Graphical consoles are now supported in virtual machines! As we continue to work on FreeNAS 10, we’ve also made significant improvements to its ... [More] enterprise counterpart, TrueNAS. To learn more about the new TrueNAS release and hear a client […] The post FreeNAS 10: Graphical Consoles in VMs | TrueNAS 9.10 RELEASE | And more… | Issue #35 appeared first on FreeNAS - Open Source Storage Operating System. [Less]

Hello FreeNAS Users, FreeNAS 10-ALPHA2 has arrived in time for summer! A lot has changed since the first ALPHA so be sure to watch Jordan Hubbard’s third State of the Union for a demo of the new features. We also have a quick video to concisely ... [More] explain the benefits of TrueNAS (the enterprise version of […] The post Users Love FreeNAS 10-ALPHA2 – “New UI, Amazing Changes!”| State of the Union #3 | TrueNAS Crash Course | Issue #34 appeared first on FreeNAS - Open Source Storage Operating System. [Less]

Usual download place: http://download.freenas.org/10/ALPHA2 Usual update train: FreeNAS-10-Nightlies See the README file in the release for pointers to relevant development docs. This is an ALPHA release, so usual warnings about lack of quality, its ... [More] willingness to scribble all over your data, kick your dog and eat your cat apply. That said, it’s coming along nicely […] The post FreeNAS 10-ALPHA2 is out! appeared first on FreeNAS - Open Source Storage Operating System. [Less]

Hello FreeNAS Users, We ship a lot of FreeNAS Minis and Mini XLs every month but ever wonder how they get built? This month, we take a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the FreeNAS Mini XL. By popular demand, we’ve also released a tutorial ... [More] video that demonstrates how to add SSL certificates in FreeNAS. […] The post Behind-the-Scenes of the FreeNAS Mini XL | How to: Add SSL Certificates to FreeNAS & Mirror Your Boot Drive | Issue #33 appeared first on FreeNAS - Open Source Storage Operating System. [Less]

Hello FreeNAS Users, In time for spring, both the new FreeNAS Mini XL and FreeNAS 9.10-RELEASE are now available. A patch to fix the recently-discovered Badlock security vulnerability will also be released soon. Speaking of the Mini XL, it’s your ... [More] chance to win one for free! Read on for more details and get ready to […] The post FreeNAS 9.10 is Here! Upgrade Now | Upcoming Fix for Badlock Security Bug | And Much More | Issue #32 appeared first on FreeNAS - Open Source Storage Operating System. [Less]

A general heads-up and JFYI from Jordan Hubbard on the case of the “Badlock” security vulnerability in Samba, the tool used by FreeNAS and TrueNAS to provide SMB networking. The post Blog: Badlock (CVE-2016-2118) and TrueNAS and FreeNAS appeared first on FreeNAS - Open Source Storage Operating System.