iXsystems, which develops a distribution kit for the rapid deployment of FreeNAS network storages and commercial TrueNAS products based on it, about the start of work on the new open source project TrueNAS SCALE. A distinctive feature of TrueNAS SCALE is the use of the kernel Linux and package base Debian 11 (Testing), while all previously released products of the company, including TrueOS (former PC-BSD), were based on FreeBSD.
The goals of creating a new distribution include expanding scalability, simplifying infrastructure management, and application Linux-containers and focus on creation . As in FreeNAS, TrueNAS SCALE relies on the ZFS file system in the implementation from the project (as a reference implementation of ZFS, it is proposed ). TrueNAS SCALE will also use tools developed by iXsystems for FreeNAS and TrueNAS 12.
FreeBSD-based development and support for FreeNAS, TrueNAS CORE, and TrueNAS Enterprise will continue without change. The key message of the initiative is that OpenZFS 2.0 will be support as Linux, as well as FreeBSD, which opens the door for experiments in creating a universal toolkit for NAS, not tied to a specific operating system, and allows you to start experimenting with Linux. Application Linux will allow us to implement some ideas that are unachievable using FreeBSD. As a result, solutions based on FreeBSD and Linux will coexist and complement each other, using a common toolkit code base.
Development of TrueNAS SCALE-specific build scripts . During the next quarter, we plan to publish more detailed information about the architecture and offer periodically updated test builds to familiarize yourself with the development progress. The first release of TrueNAS SCALE is scheduled for 2021.
Recall that two months ago iXsystems merging the free FreeNAS distribution with the commercial TrueNAS project, which extends the FreeNAS experience for enterprises, and about the termination of the development of the TrueOS project (former PC-BSD). Interestingly, in 2009 FreeNAS already distribution kit , which was transferred to the kernel Linux and package base Debian.
Source: opennet.ru
