<s>
TrueNAS	O
is	O
the	O
branding	O
for	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
network-attached	B-Application
storage	I-Application
(	O
NAS	B-Application
)	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
produced	O
by	O
iXsystems	O
,	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
using	O
the	O
OpenZFS	B-Operating_System
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
BSD	B-License
License	I-License
and	O
runs	O
on	O
commodity	O
x86-64	B-Device
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TrueNAS	O
range	O
includes	O
free	O
public	O
versions	O
(	O
TrueNAS	O
CORE	O
,	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
)	O
,	O
commercial	O
versions	O
(	O
TrueNAS	O
Enterprise	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
versions	O
(	O
TrueNAS	O
SCALE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueNAS	O
supports	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Unix	B-Application
clients	O
and	O
various	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
hosts	O
such	O
as	O
XenServer	B-Operating_System
and	O
VMware	O
using	O
the	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
,	O
AFP	B-Protocol
,	O
NFS	B-Protocol
,	O
iSCSI	B-Protocol
,	O
SSH	B-Protocol
,	O
rsync	B-Application
and	O
FTP/TFTP	B-Protocol
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advanced	O
TrueNAS	O
features	O
include	O
full-disk	O
encryption	O
and	O
a	O
plug-in	B-Application
architecture	O
for	O
third-party	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueNAS	O
is	O
the	O
brand	O
for	O
iXsystems	O
 '	O
open	O
source	O
network	B-Application
attached	I-Application
storage	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueNAS	O
CORE	O
(	O
previously	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
)	O
–	O
a	O
free	O
file	B-Application
server	I-Application
and	O
expandable	O
platform	O
based	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueNAS	O
Enterprise	O
–	O
an	O
enterprise	O
file	B-Application
server	I-Application
for	O
commercial	O
use	O
,	O
also	O
based	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueNAS	O
SCALE	O
–	O
a	O
free	O
Linux	B-Application
based	O
hyper-converged	B-Architecture
scale-out	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
TrueNAS	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueNAS	O
hardware	O
–	O
Enterprise	O
Storage	O
Arrays	O
,	O
a	O
network-attached	B-Application
storage	I-Application
(	O
NAS	B-Application
)	O
systems	O
,	O
storage	O
area	O
network	O
(	O
SAN	O
)	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
High	O
Availability	O
systems	O
,	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
22	O
petabytes	O
raw	O
capacity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueNAS	O
supports	O
the	O
OpenZFS	B-Operating_System
filesystem	B-Application
which	O
provides	O
data	O
integrity	O
checking	O
to	O
prevent	O
data	O
corruption	O
,	O
enable	O
point	O
in	O
time	O
snapshotting	B-Application
,	O
replication	B-Architecture
and	O
several	O
levels	O
of	O
redundancy	O
including	O
striping	B-General_Concept
,	O
mirroring	B-General_Concept
,	O
striped	O
mirrors	O
(	O
RAID	B-Architecture
1+0	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
three	O
levels	O
of	O
RaidZ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
embedded	B-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
appliance	O
,	O
TrueNAS	O
boots	O
from	O
a	O
USB	O
Flash	O
device	O
or	O
SATA	O
DOM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TrueNAS	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
is	O
fully	O
independent	O
of	O
its	O
storage	O
disks	O
,	O
allowing	O
its	O
configuration	O
database	O
and	O
encryption	O
keys	O
to	O
be	O
backed	O
up	O
and	O
restored	O
to	O
a	O
fresh	O
installation	O
of	O
the	O
Operating	B-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
project	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
October	O
2005	O
by	O
Olivier	O
Cochard-Labbé	O
who	O
based	O
it	O
on	O
the	O
m0n0wall	B-Protocol
embedded	B-Architecture
firewall	O
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
6.0	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
concluded	O
that	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
then	O
at	O
release	O
.7	O
,	O
was	O
due	O
for	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
accommodate	O
modern	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
plug-in	B-Application
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Volker	O
Theile	O
decided	O
that	O
the	O
project	O
best	O
be	O
reimplemented	O
using	O
Debian	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
shifted	O
his	O
development	O
efforts	O
to	O
the	O
interim	O
CoreNAS	O
project	O
and	O
eventually	O
OpenMediaVault	B-Application
where	O
he	O
continues	O
as	O
the	O
project	O
lead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cochard-Labbé	O
responded	O
to	O
community	O
objections	O
to	O
"	O
The	O
Debian	O
version	O
of	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
"	O
and	O
resumed	O
activity	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
oversaw	O
its	O
transfer	O
to	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
user	O
iXsystems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
Daisuke	O
Aoyama	O
and	O
Michael	O
Zoon	O
continued	O
developing	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
7	O
as	O
the	O
NAS4Free	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
iXsystems	O
rewrote	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
with	O
a	O
new	O
architecture	O
based	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
8.1	O
,	O
releasing	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
8	O
Beta	O
in	O
November	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plug-in	B-Application
architecture	O
arrived	O
with	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
8.2	O
and	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
versioning	O
was	O
synchronized	O
with	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
for	O
clarity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeNAS	B-Application
8.3	O
introduced	O
full-disk	O
encryption	O
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
9.1-based	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
9.1	O
brought	O
an	O
updated	O
plug-in	B-Application
architecture	O
that	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
TrueOS	B-Application
Warden	O
jail	B-Language
management	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeNAS	B-Application
9.1	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
to	O
use	O
the	O
community-supported	O
OpenZFS	B-Operating_System
v5000	O
with	O
Feature	O
Flags	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeNAS	B-Application
9.2	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
9.2	O
included	O
performance	O
improvements	O
and	O
introduced	O
a	O
REST	B-Protocol
API	I-Protocol
for	O
remote	O
system	O
administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeNAS	B-Application
9.3	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
9.3	O
introduced	O
a	O
ZFS-based	O
boot	O
device	O
,	O
an	O
initial	O
Setup	O
Wizard	O
and	O
a	O
high-performance	O
in-kernel	B-Operating_System
iSCSI	B-Protocol
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeNAS	B-Application
9.10	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
10.3-RC3	O
brought	O
an	O
end	O
to	O
the	O
FreeNAS/FreeBSD	O
synchronized	O
naming	O
and	O
introduced	O
Graphite	B-Application
monitoring	O
support	O
and	O
experimental	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
bhyve	B-Application
hypervisor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
ten	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
release	O
,	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
10	O
ALPHA	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
preview	O
of	O
what	O
would	O
become	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
Corral	O
GA	O
on	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeNAS	B-Application
Corral	O
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
underlying	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
,	O
container	B-Language
management	O
system	O
and	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
management	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeNAS	B-Application
Corral	O
departs	O
from	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
by	O
providing	O
not	O
only	O
NAS	B-Application
functionality	O
but	O
also	O
hyper-converged	B-Architecture
functionality	O
thanks	O
to	O
its	O
integrated	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
April	O
12	O
,	O
2017	O
iXsystems	O
announced	O
that	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
Corral	O
would	O
instead	O
be	O
relegated	O
to	O
being	O
a	O
'	O
Technology	O
Preview	O
 '	O
,	O
citing	O
issues	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
general	O
instability	O
,	O
lack	O
of	O
feature	O
parity	O
with	O
9.10	O
(	O
Jails	O
,	O
iSCSI	B-Protocol
,	O
etc	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
users	O
experiencing	O
lower	O
performance	O
than	O
expected	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
departure	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
lead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
iXsystems	O
announced	O
that	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
11	O
would	O
be	O
imminently	O
released	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
9.10	O
but	O
included	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
update	O
of	O
the	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
management	O
,	O
updates	O
to	O
jails	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
beta	O
user	O
interface	O
along	O
the	O
lines	O
of	O
Corral	O
but	O
based	O
on	O
Angular	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
iXsystems	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
12.0	O
release	O
will	O
merge	O
the	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
code	O
base	O
with	O
that	O
of	O
their	O
commercial	O
TrueNAS	O
offering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeNAS	B-Application
will	O
become	O
TrueNAS	O
CORE	O
while	O
TrueNAS	O
will	O
be	O
renamed	O
TrueNAS	O
Enterprise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueNAS	O
SCALE	O
would	O
still	O
utilize	O
ZFS	B-Application
,	O
but	O
be	O
based	O
on	O
Debian	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2022	O
,	O
iX	O
announced	O
that	O
TrueNAS	O
CORE	O
,	O
their	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
Based	O
version	O
of	O
TrueNAS	O
,	O
has	O
reached	O
General	O
Availability	O
and	O
is	O
suitable	O
for	O
large	O
deployments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
8.0	O
reimplementation	O
of	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
moved	O
the	O
project	O
from	O
a	O
m0n0BSD/m0n0wall/PHP	O
-based	O
architecture	O
to	O
one	O
based	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
's	O
NanoBSD	B-Operating_System
embedded	B-Architecture
build	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
the	O
Django	B-Language
web	O
application	O
framework	O
and	O
the	O
dōjō	B-General_Concept
toolkit	I-General_Concept
(	O
JavaScript	B-Language
library	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
used	O
the	O
lighttpd	B-Protocol
web	O
server	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
nginx	B-Operating_System
in	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
8.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
terminated	O
successor	O
to	O
9.10.2	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
Corral	O
,	O
retained	O
the	O
nginx	B-Operating_System
web	O
server	O
and	O
ZFS-based	O
boot	O
device	O
of	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
but	O
replaces	O
the	O
Django/dōjō	O
web	O
application	O
framework	O
with	O
an	O
original	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeNAS	B-Application
11	O
implemented	O
a	O
new	O
interface	O
using	O
Angular	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
TrueNAS	O
CORE	O
Version	O
History	O
Branch	O
Initial	O
release	O
Latest	O
Build	O
Date	O
Released	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
version	O
Status	O
Notes	O
/	O
Changes	O
9.10	O
2016-03-23	O
9.10.2-U4	O
2017-05-25	O
10.3	O
STABLE	O
Previous	O
Release	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
9.10	O
Released	O
10.0	O
(	O
"	O
Corral	O
"	O
)	O
2017-03-15	O
Withdrawn	O
:	O
relegated	O
to	O
preview	O
only	O
The	O
"	O
Corral	O
"	O
branch	O
was	O
cancelled	O
on	O
or	O
around	O
23	O
April	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
citing	O
as	O
reasons	O
that	O
although	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
a	O
major	O
"	O
ground	O
up	O
"	O
rewrite	O
of	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
,	O
too	O
many	O
issues	O
had	O
emerged	O
within	O
2	O
weeks	O
of	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
reverted	O
to	O
the	O
proven	O
9.10	O
branch	O
of	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Corral	O
branch	O
was	O
relegated	O
to	O
a	O
"	O
technology	O
preview	O
"	O
.FreeNAS	O
Corral	O
Status	O
:	O
From	O
“	O
RELEASE	O
”	O
to	O
“	O
TECHNOLOGY	O
PREVIEW	O
”	O
StatusEmbarrassing	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
20%	O
speed	O
improvement	O
of	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
kernel	B-Operating_System
compared	O
to	O
9.10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enhancements	O
to	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
services	I-Protocol
to	O
maintain	O
services	O
and	O
consistent	O
mappings	O
if	O
networking	O
is	O
disrupted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenZFS	B-Operating_System
is	O
up-to-date	O
with	O
Illumos	O
11.32019-11-15RELEASE2020-01-2811.3	O
STABLEPrevious	O
releaseHighlights	O
from	O
release	O
announcement	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Re-implemented	O
Replication	B-Architecture
Engine	O
,	O
allows	O
up	O
to	O
10Gb	O
replication	B-Architecture
speeds	O
(	O
a	O
10x	O
improvement	O
)	O
,	O
resume	O
support	O
on	O
failed	O
transfers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
ability	O
to	O
replicate	O
locally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACL	O
Manager	O
–	O
Allows	O
setup	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
ACL	O
's	O
directly	O
via	O
the	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
web	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMB	B-Operating_System
Shadow	O
Copies	O
are	O
now	O
enabled	O
by	O
default	O
for	O
new	O
shares	O
–	O
Note	O
:	O
Snapshots	B-Application
will	O
only	O
show	O
up	O
in	O
Windows	O
“	O
Previous	O
Versions	O
Tab	O
”	O
if	O
the	O
snapshot	B-Application
USED	O
size	O
shows	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
repository	O
of	O
Community	O
plugins	B-Application
has	O
been	O
created	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
now	O
create	O
and	O
distribute	O
3rd	O
party	O
plugins	B-Application
which	O
are	O
not	O
officially	O
iXsystems	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iSCSI	B-Protocol
Wizard	O
–	O
Streamlines	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
creating	O
new	O
iSCSI	B-Protocol
targets	O
down	O
to	O
a	O
few	O
clicks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NAT	O
Support	O
for	O
Plugins	B-Application
–	O
Eliminates	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
each	O
plugin	B-Application
to	O
have	O
a	O
dedicated	O
IP	O
address	O
on	O
your	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Full	O
featured	O
2.0	O
API	B-Application
–	O
Includes	O
both	O
REST	B-Protocol
and	O
Websocket	O
connections	O
,	O
allowing	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
to	O
be	O
fully	O
scripted	O
and	O
driven	O
via	O
the	O
same	O
API	B-Application
used	O
by	O
the	O
web-interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Large	O
Pool	O
Creation	O
Assistance	O
–	O
When	O
creating	O
ZFS	B-Application
pools	O
with	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
disks	O
,	O
the	O
UI	O
provides	O
an	O
automated	O
way	O
to	O
repeat	O
a	O
VDEV	O
layout	O
across	O
all	O
remaining	O
disks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZFS	B-Application
Performance	O
optimizations	O
across	O
the	O
board	O
for	O
many	O
different	O
workloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TrueNAS	O
API	B-Application
2.0	O
now	O
supports	O
API	B-Application
keys	O
for	O
remote	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
API	B-Application
v1.0	O
has	O
been	O
deprecated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2	O
factor	O
authentication	O
,	O
LDAP	O
,	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
,	O
RADIUS	O
,	O
IPSec	O
,	O
Kerberos	O
and	O
other	O
authentication/user	O
management	O
systems	O
supported	O
in	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
therefore	O
available	O
for	O
TrueNAS	O
(	O
Note	O
:	O
some	O
but	O
not	O
all	O
supported	O
in	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Highly	O
resilient	O
ZFS	B-Application
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
with	O
Feature	O
Flags	O
(	O
OpenZFS	B-Operating_System
v5000	O
)	O
and	O
theoretical	O
storage	O
limit	O
of	O
16	O
Exabytes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZFS	B-Application
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
features	O
are	O
fully	O
configurable	O
and	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Compression	O
(	O
including	O
lz4	B-Language
and	O
gzip	B-Application
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Snapshots	B-Application
(	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
near-continual	O
;	O
snapshotting	B-Application
every	O
15-30	O
minutes	O
is	O
not	O
uncommon	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Physical	O
disks	O
are	O
fully	O
portable	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
moved	O
without	O
data	O
loss	O
to	O
other	O
FreeNAS	B-Application
servers	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
any	O
other	O
Operating	B-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
that	O
supports	O
a	O
compatible	O
version	O
of	O
OpenZFS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
20,000	O
packages	O
and	O
ports	O
available	O
and	O
able	O
to	O
be	O
installed	O
from	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
repositories	O
.	O
</s>
