The company iXsystems has released the TrueNAS SCALE 24.10 distribution, which uses the Linux kernel and Debian package base (previous products from this company, including TrueOS, PC-BSD, TrueNAS, and FreeNAS, were based on FreeBSD). Like TrueNAS CORE (FreeNAS), TrueNAS SCALE can be downloaded and used for free. The size of the ISO image is 1.4 GB. The source code for the TrueNAS SCALE-specific build scripts, web interface, and layers is published on GitHub.
The Linux-based TrueNAS SCALE edition is now the main branch, while the TrueNAS CORE FreeBSD branch has been moved to maintenance mode, where they plan to fix bugs and security issues for a few more years. New features and new versions of components will only be developed in the TrueNAS SCALE branch. TrueNAS SCALE is not the only Linux-based alternative to FreeNAS—a distribution called OpenMediaVault split from FreeNAS in 2009 and was adapted to the Linux kernel and Debian package base.
Among the features of TrueNAS SCALE is the ability to create storage solutions that span multiple nodes, while TrueNAS CORE (FreeNAS) was positioned as a single-server solution. In addition to increased scalability, TrueNAS SCALE also features the use of isolated containers, simplifying for infrastructure management and making it suitable for the creation of software-defined infrastructures. TrueNAS SCALE utilizes ZFS (OpenZFS) as its file system. It provides support for Docker containers, KVM-based virtualization, and scaling across multiple nodes using Minio or Syncthing.
To organize access to storage, SMB, NFS, iSCSI Block Storage, S3 Object API, and Cloud Sync are supported. For secure access, connections can be made via VPN (OpenVPN). Storage can be deployed on a single node and gradually horizontally scaled in response to increasing needs by adding additional nodes. In addition to handling storage-related tasks, nodes can also be used to provide services and run applications in containers orchestrated using the Docker platform or in virtual machines based on KVM.
In the new version:
- Updated versions of the Linux kernel 6.6.33, OpenZFS 2.2 (2.2.99), and Docker Engine 27.1.1. The package base has been synchronized with Debian 12.
- The backend for launching additional applications in isolated containers has been transitioned from using Kubernetes to Docker tools. The ability to run custom Docker images is provided, using either the installation wizard or a configuration YAML file.
- Added the capability to expand RAIDZ arrays by adding additional disks to them.
- Services for saving and restoring backups to the cloud storage Storj iX have been added.
- A global search feature across all pages of the web interface and settings has been implemented.
- The dashboard has been redesigned, introducing new widgets, reports, and settings.
- A user interface has been added for assessing the health of NVMe drives based on testing using S.M.A.R.T technology.
- The installer for the distribution has been rewritten.
- To improve support for Kerberos, NFS, and SMB, the nslcd process has been replaced with sssd.
- For each installation, the generation of a unique system identifier has been enabled.
- Experimental support for fast data deduplication in ZFS partitions has been added.
Source: opennet.ru
