iXsystems Recertified X- and M-Series Platforms for vSphere and ESXi

iXsystems, Inc. recertified its X-Series and M-Series platforms for vSphere and ESXi.

TrueNAS M Series

TrueNAS includes a plug-in for vCenter 6.5 and 6.7 and support for the VMFS6 file system release.

TrueNAS unified storage line provides storage solutions for many aspects of virtualization solution:

• Standard VMs: iSCSI LUNs (block) or NFS shares (file) on hybrid storage

• Performance VMs: iSCSI or FC LUNs on AFA

• File sharing: SMB and NFS shares for shared data applications

• S3-API buckets: S3 compatible local object storage for multimedia content

• Backup storage: Bulk storage for backup and recovery systems

• Support for vSphere 6.x

FreeNAS dashboard
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TrueNAS has been certified for vSphere for many years. This recertification reconfirms the quality and functionality of the FreeNAS and TrueNAS software, especially as it applies to VMware, Inc. applications.

FreeNAS is an open source storage OS with more downloads and operational systems; TrueNAS uses the open source base and provides the HA appliances needed for certification along with support for vSphere Storage APIs Array Integration (VAAI) for iSCSI.

vCenter Plugin
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Updated vCenter plug-in
Additionally, the company released an updated vCenter plug-in which enables new functionality and integrates with vCenter 6.5 and 6.7. These updates provide improvements in functionality, usability, and reliability for vSphere users. The plug-in is downloadable from the company website with assistance from the TrueNAS support team.

TrueNAS all-flash and hybrid appliances for VM Storage
Virtualization storage needs to provide the capacity, IO/s, and latencies demanded by the applications. It provides the technologies to meet these objectives with a total cost that is a fraction of traditional storage.

Open source software changes the economics of the storage business and gives power back to users. Storage capacity can be scaled economically and independently of the compute capacity. With TrueNAS unified storage, the same systems can support block, file, and object storage requirements on a unified ZFS back-end that provides performance compression, snapshots, and clones. TrueNAS arrays can also be configured as all-flash or hybrid (disk+flash) to meet the needs of the application.

Truenas M Series front and rear

TrueNAS all-flash systems start at less than $20,000 and scale to a TrueNAS M50 with up to 1,600TB of capacity and 800,000 IO/s. User pricing has broken below the $1/GB barrier at a HA system level, without having to factor in deduplication and compression ratios. A typical VM may use 50GB of storage. The cost per IO/s of all-flash systems is up to 80% lower than hybrid systems.

Truenas X Series front

TrueNAS Hybrid systems scale to capacities of 10PB or more. Through the use of smart caching technologies such as NVDIMM and NVME, performance can be achieved with enterprise-grade HDDs. The cost /GB of hybrid systems is up to 80% lower than all-flash systems when using larger drives.

Higher capacity TrueNAS hybrid systems can also be used as backup appliances for virtualization solutions. TrueNAS all-flash solutions are often used as primary storage for performance-critical VM infrastructures.

With TrueNAS, you can choose both all-flash and hybrid. Separate systems can be used in large scale deployments. In smaller scale deployments, a single system can have both an all-flash pool and a hybrid pool.

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The Asigra TrueNAS product integrates Asigra, Inc.‘s backup functionality, including global deduplication and ransomware prevention, into standard TrueNAS platforms.

“Private clouds and virtualization are important use-cases that have been fueling the growth of TrueNAS. The integration of the best performing hardware and enterprise software enhancements, along with our open source software, delivers unrivaled value and performance in a uniquely powerful and versatile storage solution,” said Brett Davis, EVP, iXsystems.