TrueNAS CORE 13 is the end of the FreeBSD version
Bad news from BSD land – the oldest vendor of BSD systems is changing direction away from FreeBSD and toward Linux.
NAS vendor iXsystems has been busy this year, but apart from some statements in online user communities, it hasn't been talking about the big news. Back in 2022, we covered TrueNAS CORE 13, the new release of its FreeBSD-based turnkey OS for NAS servers, and in that article we mentioned its new product, the Debian-based TrueNAS SCALE, aimed at providing storage for Kubernetes users.
Now it seems the company is betting its future on that Linux-based product, meaning the end is in sight for the FreeBSD offering.
TrueNAS SCALE is apparently thriving. Gartner recently handed iXsystems a gong for Customers' Choice in storage. With some VMware users feeling uncomfortable about Broadcom's takeover and assessing alternatives, many TrueNAS customers told the company that they were considering KVM.
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March 2024 Partnerships Update
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