San Jose, CA – February 12, 2025 – iXsystems, the leader in Open Enterprise Storage, is sharpening its focus on the rapid growth of its TrueNAS Enterprise storage business by transitioning its server hardware integration division to its trusted partner, Amaara Networks.

Effective immediately, this strategic move allows iXsystems to accelerate innovation in open enterprise storage, ensuring that customers benefit from both cutting-edge storage solutions and high-quality server offerings. Amaara Networks, with deep expertise in server solutions and a strong customer-first approach, will seamlessly take over server operations, delivering continued excellence.

Strengthening Leadership in Open Enterprise Storage

This transition reinforces iXsystems’ leadership in enterprise storage by enabling a sharper focus on the expansion of TrueNAS Enterprise, the industry’s leading open enterprise storage platform. As demand continues to surge, iXsystems is dedicating more resources to driving continued TrueNAS innovation, enhancing security, and delivering the best value in enterprise storage while ensuring customers continue to receive top-tier server solutions through Amaara Networks.

For customers, this move ensures best-in-class offerings in both storage and server solutions. It also marks a milestone in iXsystems’ long-term strategy—solidifying its position as the go-to provider for versatile, scalable, and secure enterprise storage.

Leadership Commentary

“As enterprises increasingly adopt open enterprise storage, we see a tremendous opportunity to expand and enhance TrueNAS for the global market,” said Mike Lauth, CEO of iXsystems. “By transitioning our server business to Amaara Networks, we ensure our customers receive the best possible experience while allowing us to dedicate our full focus to advancing TrueNAS as the industry’s leading open enterprise storage solution. Amaara’s deep expertise and commitment to customer success make them the perfect partner for this transition.”

“We are honored to be entrusted with iXsystems’ server business and are fully committed to maintaining the high level of service and reliability that their customers have come to expect,” said Victor Ahuja, Co-Founder and Head of Sales of Amaara Networks. “This partnership strengthens our collaboration with iXsystems and allows us to expand our solutions while ensuring a smooth and seamless transition for all server customers.”

The Future of iXsystems and TrueNAS Enterprise

With record sales, increasing adoption of TrueNAS Enterprise storage appliances, and expanded manufacturing capabilities, iXsystems is doubling down on its commitment to delivering best-in-class enterprise storage. The company recently moved into a new Silicon Valley headquarters to support its growing operations and will continue to push the boundaries of innovation in open enterprise storage.

For inquiries regarding TrueNAS storage solutions, please contact sales@ixsystems.com. If you have any questions regarding the transition, visit our FAQ page or reach out to servertransition@ixsystems.com.

About iXsystems

For over two decades, iXsystems has been a pioneer in open storage solutions, helping thousands of enterprises and organizations build, deploy, and support TrueNAS storage systems. With a deep commitment to open-source innovation, security, and customer success, iXsystems continues to redefine enterprise storage, delivering unmatched reliability, performance, and value.

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Leveraging its position as a trusted storage solution, TrueNAS is addressing the industry’s most pressing challenges, from data security to cloud cost management.

With over 40% CAGR since 2021, TrueNAS recorded an all-time revenue high, driven by the following growth highlights:

• 104% increase in TrueNAS Community Edition adoption
• 900% growth in NVMe capacity, powered by F-Series All-NVMe flash systems.
• 4X rise in deployments exceeding $1M.
• 39% Sales Growth in EMEA
• 4.9 out of 5 rating in Gartner Peer Insights for Primary Storage.
• Gartner Peer Insights “Customer Choice Award” in North America in two categories: “Primary Storage” and “File and Object Storage”
• Expanded in key verticals such as media and defense.

“TrueNAS is redefining what’s possible in open storage by delivering enterprise-grade reliability and security at a fraction of the cost of traditional vendors,” said Brett Davis, EVP, TrueNAS. “With our focus on customer needs and service, we’re uniquely positioned to help organizations address data growth and budget challenges.”

2024: A Year of Innovation and Growth

In 2024, TrueNAS delivered major product advancements that propelled its growth trajectory:

• Unified TrueNAS Community Edition: CORE and SCALE merged into a single offering, with upcoming Fangtooth (TrueNAS 25.04) driving innovation.
• H-Series Trimode Edge Appliance: Launched with full flexibility to support both HDDs and NVMe SSDs.
• TrueSecure: Advanced security package meeting FIPS 140 and NIST standards, and trusted by military, government, and enterprise customers.
• All-NVMe “F-Series”: Achieved 10PB system scalability with extreme value and performance.
• AI Integration: Introduced the first TrueNAS AI bot, simplifying operations and setting the stage for future AI-driven solutions.
• OpenZFS 2.3: Integrated enhancements like Fast Deduplication, dRAID, and RAID-Z expansion to maintain leadership as the “most trusted” file system.

Emerging Storage Trends to Watch in 2025

TrueNAS identified five key trends shaping enterprise storage:

1. Balanced Edge-Core-Cloud Strategies: Organizations are moving beyond cloud-first strategies, seeking resilience, performance, and cost efficiency across all environments.
2. Virtualization Upheaval: VMware’s pricing changes are driving enterprises to reexamine their IT budgets and explore alternatives.
3. Data Sovereignty: Governments and enterprises are prioritizing localized data storage to mitigate risks associated with global cloud providers and AI misuse.
4. Big Data Growth: Video content and AI-generated datasets are driving exponential data growth outside hyperscalers.
5. Military-Grade Security for Enterprises: Rising AI-driven cyberattacks are accelerating demand for robust data protection.

“Organizations are navigating a perfect storm of data growth, cost pressures, and security threats,” added Davis. “TrueNAS is here to help them face these challenges head-on by delivering solutions that combine technical innovation with economic value.”

2025 Roadmap: Meeting Tomorrow’s Storage Needs

In 2025, TrueNAS will expand its leadership in open enterprise storage with key initiatives:

• Fangtooth (TrueNAS 25.04): A unified release to streamline development and community support.
• H-Series Edge Expansion: Launching a 100GbE-capable system with High Availability and comprehensive protocol and application support.
• Storj Collaboration: Partnering to deliver affordable hybrid cloud and backup solutions with the security and sovereignty required.
• F-Series All-NVMe Advancements: Adding RDMA and NVMe-over-Fabric technologies to further increase performance.
• Scaling Beyond 100PB: Introducing new tools for managing ultra-large datasets.

About TrueNAS

TrueNAS is the world’s most trusted open storage platform, relied on by millions of users and a majority of Fortune 500™ companies. Powered by the acclaimed OpenZFS file system, TrueNAS delivers scalable, unified storage with unmatched reliability and performance. TrueNAS Enterprise combines data center grade hardware and professional support to meet the demands of enterprise users, providing cost-effective, modern data storage solutions.

Learn more at www.truenas.com.

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The H30, the latest addition to the TrueNAS H-Series appliance lineup, combines NVMe and HDD support in each bay, 100GbE networking, dual-controller High Availability (HA), and FIPS 140-certified security in a low-power 2U form factor.

“As data demands surge and edge computing evolves, organizations need storage that balances speed, scalability, and security,” said Brett Davis, SVP, TrueNAS. “The H30 sets a new standard for adaptable, high-performance storage, giving businesses the flexibility to expand without compromising efficiency or budge

Powerful Performance and Future-Proof Scalability

The TrueNAS H30 adds twice the performance of its H10 and H20 siblings in the H-Series product line. The H30 is engineered to support demanding Edge workloads, offering:

• Unified storage supports file, block, object, and Docker apps
• 60TB NVMe SSDs scale up to a total capacity of 720TB in 2U
• Expand up to 2.5 PB of HDD storage in 5U of rack space
• 10-100GbE networking delivers storage bandwidth of 8-10GB/s
• Tri-mode drive support enables NVMe SSDs and HDDs in the same bays
• Dual-controller High Availability (HA) or Single Controller configurations
• Optional TrueSecure with FIPS 140 and enterprise security compliance
• Extremely low power consumption of less than 400W

Each H-Series system is designed to scale efficiently, with options to expand up to 114 drive bays in a 6U footprint. The modular design allows seamless upgrades from H10 to H20 to H30 without data migration, ensuring investment protection.

TrueNAS Software: Optimized for Performance and Security

The H30 ships with TrueNAS Enterprise 24.10.2 and is optimized for upcoming enhancements in TrueNAS Enterprise 25.04, which introduces:

• Fast Deduplication for more efficient NVMe storage
• 16Gb and 32Gb Fibre Channel for seamless SAN integration.
• Support for LXC containers and VMs adds flexibility for virtualization and edge computing

With OpenZFS 2.3 as its foundation, the TrueNAS H30 ensures data integrity, efficient storage management, and enterprise reliability.

Modernize Your Storage

The TrueNAS H-Series is available now with configurations starting at under $10,000, and a variety of customization options based on your performance and capacity needs. Enterprises looking for more performance can explore the TrueNAS F-Series, which now supports over 10 petabytes of NVMe with 4x100GbE performance. Enterprises looking for more capacity can explore the TrueNAS M-Series, which supports up to 30PB of HDD storage.

Organizations interested in exploring how to future-proof their infrastructure with the TrueNAS H30 can contact TrueNAS sales representatives for tailored recommendations.

About TrueNAS

TrueNAS is the world’s most trusted open storage platform, relied on by millions of users and a majority of Fortune 500™ companies. Powered by the acclaimed OpenZFS file system, TrueNAS delivers scalable, unified storage with unmatched reliability and performance. TrueNAS Enterprise combines data center grade hardware and professional support to meet the demands of enterprise users, providing cost-effective, modern data storage solutions.

Learn more at www.truenas.com.

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The TrustRadius Buyer’s Choice Award is entirely based on verified customer reviews, emphasizing the significance of unbiased feedback in recognizing product excellence. TrueNAS has earned a 9.1 out of 10 rating on TrustRadius from dozens of customers, demonstrating its excellence in security and performance capabilities, value for price, and customer support. TrueNAS’s recognition reaffirms its commitment to delivering quality, transparency, and true customer satisfaction.

“Input from our customer community is integral to the TrueNAS development process, and this recognition by TrustRadius is a testament to the value our users see in TrueNAS,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President at iXsystems. “We remain committed to helping our customers leverage open storage to simplify operations, reduce costs, and enhance data protection. The Buyer’s Choice Award speaks to our continuous mission of providing open and reliable storage solutions that deliver peace of mind. Tremendous thanks to our customers who took the time to share their TrueNAS experiences with the world.”

TrueNAS is open enterprise storage, trusted globally from the data center to the edge. Built around the legendary ZFS file system, it offers high-performance, reliable, and scalable storage solutions for enterprises and small businesses, excelling in virtualization, media production, backup, and big data workloads, with robust data protection, cloud integration, and multi-protocol support.  Winning the Buyer’s Choice Award, one of several awards TrueNAS has won in the past year, further demonstrates the success of open enterprise storage in addressing customer needs and providing exceptional value.

For more information about the TrustRadius Buyer’s Choice Award and to read customer reviews, please visit the TrustRadius website.

About TrueNAS

TrueNAS is the world’s most deployed storage software. Relied upon by millions globally, TrueNAS is an award-winning data platform used by a majority of Fortune 500™ companies. TrueNAS harnesses the power of the ZFS file system to provide scalable, unified storage with reliability and performance demanded by data-heavy workloads. TrueNAS helps organizations modernize data storage by leveraging open technology to simplify operations and drastically reduce costs.

To learn more about TrueNAS Enterprise storage solutions, visit: www.truenas.com.

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SAN JOSE, CA, May 2, 2024 – iXsystems^®, the company behind TrueNAS Open Storage, today announced they were named a Strong Performer in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage1. In the report, iXsystems was also named as a Customers’ Choice for the North America region. This recognition is in addition to iXsystems’ prior recognition as a Customers’ Choice for the North America region in the 2024 and 2023 Voice of the Customer for Primary Storage2.

“The ’Voice of the Customer’ is a report that synthesizes Gartner Peer Insights’ reviews into insights for IT decision-makers. This aggregated peer perspective, along with individual detailed reviews, is complementary to Gartner expert research and can play a key role in the buying process as it focuses on direct peer experiences of implementing and operating a solution.”

The Customer Experience rating for iXsystems in the Gartner report was 4.9 (25 Ratings) for Product Capabilities(23 Ratings), 4.9 for Support Experience (24 Ratings), 5.0 for Deployment Experience (23 Ratings), and 4.9 for Sales Experience (23 Ratings).

According to one customer review for iXsystem’s TrueNAS Enterprise, “We purchased this product to fill a gap we had for a large storage depot. We needed something that could provide scalable redundancy, snapshots/versioning, and replication. The snapshots have worked well and saved us a lot of headaches. AD integration has been seamless for us. Support has been on point.”

Another customer review stated, “ “The process of getting TrueNAS integrated into our environment was smooth & straightforward. I had to spec out a system that was suitable for our relatively tight budget, and we had to make some tweaking throughout the purchasing process to make it work. Nonetheless, our sales rep was very responsive through the process. We also have a closed network environment and needed some information to get updates and other communications working through our proxy. I asked the implementation person assigned to our company and he responded promptly and accurately — which I can honestly say is an exception among the vendors we work with! Most vendors don’t have the information on hand or don’t understand our network setup.”

“Customer voices matter most, so no recognition means more to us than having them selecting iXsystems as a Customers’ Choice for the North American region in two distinct Voice of the Customer reports,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President for iXsystems. “The success of our customers and users remains our top priority as we help them leverage open storage to simplify operations and reduce cost while modernizing how they store and protect data.”

¹ Gartner, Voice of the Customer for Distributed File Systems and Object Storage, 24 April 2024.

² Gartner, Voice of the Customer for Primary Storage, 23 March 2024.

GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally, and PEER INSIGHTS is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Gartner Peer Insights content consists of the opinions of individual end users based on their own experiences, and should not be construed as statements of fact, nor do they represent the views of Gartner or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in this content nor makes any warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this content, about its accuracy or completeness, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Resources

• To contact iXsystems about TrueNAS Enterprise storage appliances, go to: https://www.truenas.com/get-quote/

About iXsystems and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Relied upon by millions in all 195 countries, TrueNAS is an award-winning universal data platform used by a majority of Fortune 500^TM companies. The platform harnesses the power of the legendary ZFS file system to provide scale-up or scale-out unified storage with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and many other data-heavy workloads. As an alternative to legacy storage systems that are proprietary, restrictive, and often overpriced, TrueNAS helps organizations modernize how they store and protect data by leveraging open storage to simplify operations and drastically reduce cost.

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SAN JOSE, CA, April 24, 2024 – iXsystems^®, a global leader in open source solutions and the company behind TrueNAS, today announced the production release of TrueNAS SCALE 24.04 alongside its new series of hybrid storage appliances, the TrueNAS Enterprise H-Series. TrueNAS 24.04 is the fourth major version of the company’s Linux-based data platform software, furthering the mission to provide true data freedom by continually improving on the exceptional flexibility, interoperability, and storage efficiency that has already made TrueNAS the world’s most deployed storage software.

Codenamed “Dragonfish”, TrueNAS 24.04 is expected to be the best-ever version of TrueNAS, representing the next step in major advancements in  security, performance and functionality of the platform over all previous releases of TrueNAS (CORE and SCALE). The 42% growth in the number of organizations using TrueNAS over the past 18 months corresponds to the two consecutive Customers’ Choice awards in Gartner’s annual Voice of the Customer Report for the Primary Storage category. During this same time, users of TrueNAS Enterprise also rated their experiences 4.9 out of 5 in the Distributed File Systems and Object Storage category.

TrueNAS 24.04 introduces SMB and Admin auditing, and the Enterprise support of Restricted Admins and Immutable Snapshots. Additionally, TrueNAS 24.04 has a simplified and improved Share Creation workflow, and open client sessions for both the SMB and NFS file sharing protocols can now be managed from the TrueNAS web UI for further simplicity and efficiency.

TrueNAS Enterprise H-Series

The TrueNAS Enterprise H-Series is the newest member of the iXsystems’ storage system portfolio. Available in dual-controller configurations and with options for hybrid or all-flash storage, the TrueNAS H-Series is designed to provide reliable storage for cost-optimized workloads at the Edge or data center that can scale up to 2 petabytes (PB) in capacity. The series introduces two models, the TrueNAS H10 and the forthcoming H20, both having a compact 2U form factor with these benefits:

• Power-Efficiency: With a typical power consumption of 100-300 watts , the TrueNAS H-Series helps meet your corporate sustainability and environmental initiatives.
• High-Availability (HA): Available dual-controller architecture provides continuous accessibility, providing over 99.999% uptime.
• Expandability: With optional 24, 60, or 102-bay expansion shelves, the H-Series is ready to grow from 20TB all-flash to 2PB hybrid storage.

“The availability of the new TrueNAS Enterprise H-Series, powered by TrueNAS 24.04, exemplifies our commitment to advancing the world’s most widely deployed storage software,” stated Morgan Littlewood, Senior Vice President of Product Management at iXsystems. “The H-Series provides the smallest and lowest power footprint while the M-Series and F-Series deliver Hybrid scalability and All-flash performance.”

TrueNAS Open Storage Community

A testament to the draw of TrueNAS, the TrueNAS^® Open Storage Community has grown significantly over the past several years. Already the most used storage software on earth, TrueNAS saw 42% growth in the number of organizations and individuals using TrueNAS over the past 18 months, while the general market saw slower than expected commercial growth.

“We must always begin by thanking the TrueNAS Community, including those who are also our Enterprise customers, for their tremendous support that has elevated TrueNAS into a  leading position in the storage marketplace, backed by social proof,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President for iXsystems. “ At a time when analysts predict as many as 3 in 10 companies will choose a new storage supplier in 2024, we are looking forward to helping those organizations discover why so many others are choosing TrueNAS as the top alternative for conquering their data growth challenges.”

Availability

Both TrueNAS H-Series appliances and TrueNAS Enterprise 24.04 software are now available. The community edition, TrueNAS SCALE 24.04, is also free to download or upgrade to. For more information on TrueNAS H-Series or other TrueNAS Enterprise storage products, please contact iX.

Resources

• For more information on TrueNAS 24.04, please visit this blog
• For more information on TrueNAS Enterprise H-Series, please visit the product page
• To contact iXsystems about TrueNAS Enterprise storage appliances, go to https://www.truenas.com/get-quote/
• To participate in the TrueNAS Open Storage Community, please visit https://forums.truenas.com

About iXsystems and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Relied upon by millions in all 195 countries, TrueNAS is an award-winning universal data platform used by a majority of Fortune 500^TM companies. The platform harnesses the power of the legendary ZFS file system to provide scale-up or scale-out unified storage with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and many other data-heavy workloads. As an alternative to legacy storage systems that are proprietary, restrictive, and often overpriced, TrueNAS helps organizations modernize how they store and protect data by leveraging open storage to simplify operations and drastically reduce cost.

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This repeated recognition was made possible by TrueNAS Enterprise customers investing their time to share their experiences on Gartner Peer Insights™ and further cements TrueNAS’ position as among the top of the category in the Enterprise Storage Market. Our focus is to make our users and customers successful. It is encouraging to see TrueNAS Enterprise improve its already high ratings, and we are also grateful for our Enterprise community whose shared experiences led to this recognition.

Five star ratings were received from 85% of the Gartner Peer Insight reviews of TrueNAS in 2023 This puts TrueNAS Enterprise’s overall rating at 4.9 out of 5.0 stars! When it comes to specific categories, like Product Capabilities, Deployment Experience, Support Experience, and Sales Experience, we’ve maintained impressive ratings of 4.9 and 4.8 stars. The full report can be accessed at https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/4304999 (Gartner Subscription Required).

As a universal data platform, TrueNAS Enterprise earns top-ratings for multiple storage categories. We look forward to competing in the Primary Storage category for years to come, aiming to secure a GPI Customers’ Choice three-peat in 2025. We also look forward to making a strong debut in the forthcoming Voice of the Customer Report for “Distributed File Systems and Object Storage” later in 2024.

TrueNAS Enterprise once again received higher scores than Dell EMC, HPE, and NetApp offerings for Primary Storage.  It’s also worth noting that while some of the comparable products in the Primary Storage category offer only block storage, TrueNAS is a universal data platform that gives customers the choice of block, file, and object storage interfaces as well as applications. Organizations of all sizes, including large Enterprise are among those who rated TrueNAS Enterprise 4.9 stars.

Multi-billion dollar Telecommunications company:

“The switch to TrueNAS was unbelievably easy and overall, I wished it happened sooner. Simple and straightforward experience. We were able to go in with requirements and know quickly if the solution offered was going to be able to meet our requirements. A lot of options are available out of the box that comparable products charge for.”

Government organization in the United States:

“Simple, Fast, And Productive. Communications were clear and concise. Getting the correct solution was simple and did not involve upsells to unneeded products. The responsiveness of the interfaces make it a breeze to make changes or review system configurations. Most configurations are easy to perform.”

$250M mid-sized Service Provider company:

“Easy To Use And Stable Storage Solution. Purchasing was straightforward. Pricing is reasonable. Customer support is quick and knowledgeable. The devices are stable and easy to set up. Our needs were understood, and appropriate product options were presented. Setup was almost plug and play, this made it very easy to integrate and migrate off our old hardware.”

These reviews are just a sample of reviews including all TrueNAS Enterprise appliance, with reviews for the new F-Series introduces in forthcoming:

• https://www.truenas.com/m-series/
• https://www.truenas.com/x-series/
• https://www.truenas.com/r-series/

A sincere thanks to all the customers of all sizes and industries who made this recognition possible. We invite all to read more about this Gartner award here and see what other customers are saying about their TrueNAS Enterprise experiences on Gartner Peer Insights.

Gartner, Voice of the Customer for Primary Storage, Peer Contributors, 23, February 2024. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally, and PEER INSIGHTS is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Gartner Peer Insights content consists of the opinions of individual end users based on their own experiences, and should not be construed as statements of fact, nor do they represent the views of Gartner or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in this content nor makes any warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this content, about its accuracy or completeness, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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SAN JOSE, CA, March 12, 2024 – iXsystems®, the company behind TrueNAS Open Storage, today announced they were named a Strong Performer in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’ for Primary Storage. iXsystems TrueNAS Enterprise was also named a Customers’ Choice in Primary Storage for the region of North America. This is the second consecutive report which has recognized iXsystems, categorizing vendors into four quadrants based on User Interest and Adoption (X-axis) and Overall Experience (Y-axis). Vendors from any of the four quadrants may be the best fit depending on your business needs.

The report can be accessed at https://www.gartner.com/document/5222864 (Gartner Subscription Required).

The “Voice of the Customer” is a document that synthesizes Gartner Peer Insights’ reviews into insights for IT decision makers. This aggregated peer perspective, along with the individual detailed reviews, is complementary to Gartner expert research and can play a key role in your buying process, as it focuses on direct peer experiences of implementing and operating a solution.

Among 79 Gartner Peer Insights reviews for TrueNAS Enterprise over 12 months, 85% received five stars and the remaining 15% received four out of five stars. This aggregate rating for TrueNAS Enterprise remained 4.9 of 5.0 stars in the latest report, also rating 4.9 for Product Capabilities, 4.9 for Deployment Experience, 4.9 for Support Experience, and 4.8 for Sales Experience.

TrueNAS Enterprise appliances from iXsystems are designed for demanding storage environments that require performance, scalability, and reliability. Where most products in the Primary Storage category only provide block services, the TrueNAS universal data platform provides block, file, and object storage interfaces, in addition to the ability to run applications and VMs. Its powerful and versatile primary storage software is built on OpenZFS, offering advanced management capabilities for provisioning, monitoring, and optimizing storage resources. Other notable data optimization and protection features include data compression, encryption, deduplication, and replication, making it ideal for storing and protecting business-critical data.

According to one customer review, “The switch to TrueNAS was unbelievably easy and overall, wished it happened sooner. Simple and straightforward experience. We were able to go in with requirements and know quickly if the solution offered was going to be able to meet our requirements. A lot of options are available out of the box that comparable products charge for.”

Another customer review noted TrueNAS Enterprise to be “Simple, Fast, And Productive. Communications were clear and concise. Getting the correct solution was simple and did not involve upsells to unneeded product. The responsiveness of the interfaces make it a breeze to make changes or review system configurations. Most configurations are easy to perform.”

“Customer voices matter most, and we believe this recognition of TrueNAS Enterprise as a Customers’ Choice for the North American region and a ‘Strong Performer’ two years in a row underscores the business value customers of our enterprise storage appliances and users of open source software rave about,” said Brett Davis, Executive Vice President for iXsystems. “The success of our customers and users is our top priority as they modernize how they store and protect data by leveraging open storage to simplify operations and reduce cost.”

Gartner, Voice of the Customer for Primary Storage, Peer Contributors, 23, February 2024. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally, and PEER INSIGHTS is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Gartner Peer Insights content consists of the opinions of individual end users based on their own experiences, and should not be construed as statements of fact, nor do they represent the views of Gartner or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in this content nor makes any warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this content, about its accuracy or completeness, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Resources

• For more information about this report, please visit: https://www.gartner.com/document/5222864
• To contact iXsystems about TrueNAS Enterprise storage appliances, go to: https://www.truenas.com/get-quote/

About iXsystems and TrueNAS

iX is an Open Source pioneer and the company behind TrueNAS, the world’s most deployed storage software. Relied upon by millions in all 195 countries, TrueNAS is an award-winning universal data platform used by a majority of Fortune 500TM companies. The platform harnesses the power of the legendary ZFS file system to provide scale-up or scale-out unified storage with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and many other data-heavy workloads. As an alternative to legacy storage systems that are proprietary, restrictive, and often overpriced, TrueNAS helps organizations modernize how they store and protect data by leveraging open storage to simplify operations and drastically reduce cost.

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Fast Dedup is a major overhaul of the original OpenZFS deduplication capability. One of the primary issues with traditional deduplication with ZFS has been the need to keep the deduplication hash tables in memory at all times to avoid massive performance penalties. This existing functionality led to performance challenges when scaling up capacity and usability issues during operation.

With the introduction of Fast Dedup, there have been several major innovations including:

• The size of metadata is now dynamically sized to fit in either RAM or dedicated flash devices to avoid hitting the performance penalty wall.
• The metadata structure has been completely re-engineered to enable efficient updates using a log append process, greatly improving performance for large updates such as deletions.
• The dedup table will favor dedup-able data and prune blocks that show no dedup potential.
• Combining metadata improvements with properly configured storage, including dedicated metadata flash devices, will improve the sustained dedup performance by over an order of magnitude for larger systems.

Kudos to the Development Team

Led by Allan Jude of Klara, the development team included engineers from Klara and iXsystems. The development was completed in less than a year thanks to the strong OpenZFS expertise of the team. The project was primarily sponsored by iXsystems for use in TrueNAS, the industry’s most used storage platform.

“Klara is very proud of the speed and functional quality of the Fast Dedup development.” said Allan Jude. “We look forward to completing the integration and testing work needed for this to be a standard OpenZFS capability, with no extra cost.”

By contributing the software now, Klara and iXsystems are working to ensure it will have the quality needed to be included in OpenZFS 2.3. The contributed software has gone through preliminary validation and we look forward to wider community testing. Making it available to the OpenZFS community will allow enhanced review and testing with a broader range of use cases and capacities.

“The OpenZFS Community is very excited to receive this major contribution of Fast Dedup software,” said Matt Ahrens. “Fast Dedup has been a major user desire for many years and we are pleased to see that Klara and iXsystems have developed the feature in-line with our general requirements. We look forward to testing and integrating the new software.”

OpenZFS 2.3 is expected to take most of the next nine months to mature and reach release quality and status. These Fast Dedup features will be integrated with TrueNAS SCALE “Electric Eel” along with other expected OpenZFS improvements.

TrueNAS with Fast Dedup

Test software, not to be used for production, is expected in Q2 for TrueNAS SCALE. This will allow validation of functionality and performance prior to a production release.

A formal TrueNAS release with Fast Dedup included is planned for the second half of 2024. This will be in both TrueNAS SCALE Community Edition and TrueNAS Enterprise appliances, including the TrueNAS F-Series, M-Series, and R-Series.

“Fast Dedup has been a longstanding desired feature of ZFS and TrueNAS, and can deliver 5X the usable capacity and 20X the performance.” said Kris Moore, SVP of Engineering. “These attributes will significantly improve the economics of OpenZFS storage relative to Cloud storage and proprietary storage, and our team could not be more ecstatic to see this come to fruition.”

Contact the Developers

For more information or to volunteer for the ongoing testing and validation processes, please contact one of the primary developers.

iXsystems is the company behind TrueNAS. You can make an impact in the community by getting to know TrueNAS SCALE now, developing on nightly builds in March, and testing closer to RELEASE later this year. If we can also help your company with TrueNAS Enterprise appliances, book a time to chat with a product specialist.

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