This week's TrueNAS Scale announcement builds on the company's March announcement that its commercial project TrueNAS and its community project FreeNAS would be merging into a common base.

TrueNAS Scale Has Come a Long Way From the Days of FreeNAS . TrueNAS (which used to be FreeNAS) has come quite a long way in recent years.

Benefits of combining FreeNAS and TrueNAS include : ... – True Scalability: ZFS is a future-proof 128-bit “scale up” file system that is designed for decades of continuous use.

Setting up FreeNAS, a popular open-source network attached storage (NAS) solution, is not a difficult task. Here's how to get started and configure a working home server.

To set up FreeNAS you’ll need to download the installation ISO file from the FreeNAS website. If you have an optical drive, burn that ISO to a disc and then boot from it the way you would any ...

After having used FreeNAS for close to a week, I must say that I have very few complaints. The installation was simple, configuration a breeze, and so far the system has required no maintenance or ...

Your FreeNAS server will automatically update the service each time its IP address changes, so you’ll always be able to connect to the server from the Internet using the unique URL you’ve created.

If you have an aging computer lying around, you can turn it into a NAS for for free with the open-source FreeNAS operating system. Here's how. First, ...

FreeNAS 8.0, the long-awaited update to the best, most secure, and easiest to use network-attached storage (NAS) solution, is now available -- and if you don't have a NAS, or you've never made one ...

Now that your FreeNAS system is up and running, it's time to add your hard disks to its pool. Here's how: Head to Storage > Volumes > Volume Manager in the left-hand sidebar to add a new, blank ...