iXsystems has published TrueNAS SCALE 22.12.2, which uses the Linux kernel and the Debian package base (the company's previous products, including TrueOS, PC-BSD, TrueNAS, and FreeNAS, were based on FreeBSD). Like TrueNAS CORE (FreeNAS), TrueNAS SCALE is free to download and use. The size of the iso image is 1.7 GB. The source code for the TrueNAS SCALE-specific build scripts, web interface, and layers is published on GitHub.
FreeBSD-based TrueNAS CORE and Linux-based TrueNAS SCALE products are developed in parallel and complement each other, using a common toolkit codebase and a standard web interface. Providing an additional edition based on the Linux kernel is due to the desire to implement some ideas that are unattainable using FreeBSD. It is noteworthy that this is not the first such initiative - in 2009, the OpenMediaVault distribution kit was already separated from FreeNAS, which was transferred to the Linux kernel and the Debian package base.
One of the key improvements in TrueNAS SCALE is the ability to create multi-node storage, while TrueNAS CORE (FreeNAS) is positioned as a single server solution. In addition to increased scalability, TrueNAS SCALE is also distinguished by its use of isolated containers, simplified infrastructure management, and suitability for building software-defined infrastructures. TrueNAS SCALE uses ZFS (OpenZFS) as its file system. TrueNAS SCALE provides support for Docker containers, KVM-based virtualization, and multi-node ZFS scaling using the Gluster distributed file system.
Storage access is supported by SMB, NFS, iSCSI Block Storage, S3 Object API and Cloud Sync. To ensure secure access, the connection can be made via VPN (OpenVPN). The storage can be deployed on a single node and then, as needs increase, gradually expand horizontally by adding additional nodes. In addition to performing storage tasks, nodes can also be used to provide services and run applications in containers orchestrated using the Kubernetes platform or in KVM-based virtual machines.
In the new version:
- Added support for TrueNAS Enterprise hardware.
- Added options for configuring sudo to the user setup and replication screens.
- An option has been provided for the administrator to enable the SSH service.
- An option has been added to the advanced application settings to add a "force" flag.
- For pending replication jobs, information is provided with the reasons for the pending.
- Added forwarding feature to Kubernetes.
- Updated Linux kernel 5.15.79, NVIDIA drivers 515.65.01 and OpenZFS 2.1.9.
Source: opennet.ru