Speaking with StorageGAGA on his latest foray with FreeNAS & TrueNAS

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Written By Charles Chow

We have definitely used FreeNAS at some point of our career as technologist, but not many of us are aware that they actually have a paid offering around it. Not only that, even lesser known to most is the availability of a representation in Asia Pacific.

Today, I speak to an old friend about his new foray into this space. Do check out the video below.

You can also jump into various timelines.

00:00 Intro to iXsystems
01:40 FreeNAS, TrueNAS and etc? Explaining the portfolio...
03:55 How does the "Free" version differ from the "Paid" version
05:00 Looking into TrueNAS hardware
06:04 TrueNAS usecases that you were not aware of
08:30 How iXsystems customers are deploying during pandemic times
10:09 How does customers migrate from the community version to TrueNAS
11:46 Lets talk ZFS
14:53 TrueNAS can also run Virtual Machines
17:36 Excitement on the roadmap with regards to containers
20:15 Where does iXsystems fit in compared with all the storage players in the market?
24:20 What are some of the prevailing trends in the ASEAN / Southeast Asia markets?

Charles Chow

I am an IT Practitioner (my day job) that have been across multiple roles ranging from end-user, post-sales, pre-sales, sales, and management.

I enjoy everything that is technology and a big advocate in embracing new tech. I love taking things apart and understanding how it works, in the process appreciating the engineering that goes into it.

Sometimes, I take my passion at work and apply it to my hobbies as well aka cycling.

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