TrueNAS / iXsystems - IT Press Tour #60 Jan. 2025

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1. IT Press Tour - January 2025 ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
4. 1. TrueNAS 2025 2. Production Facility Tour 3. TrueNAS Technology Review 4. Our Top 5 Market Trends Agenda ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
6. TrueNAS Two Editions Storage Appliances w/ Enterprise Support Open Source SDS, Community-Supported ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
7. We Provide Open Enterprise Storage • 20 Years in Business • 2 Primary Campuses in USA • 60% Fortune 500 Companies • Customers in 100 Countries • Worldʼs Largest Storage Community • 1 Million Users • Used in Every Country ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
8. TrueNAS 12M+ annual visitors to TrueNAS December 2024 ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
9. TrueNAS in 2025 500,000 Annual Downloads in 190 Countries 103K 92K Country TN Downloads EMEA USA ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
10. TrueNAS Strong growth in 2024 More NVMe Flash Capacity Deployed More TrueNAS Enterprise Appliances on Linux Technology 450% 900 % Increase in $1M Deployments Most growth in M&E & Defense Deployment 300% Growth in TrueNAS Community Edition Gartner Peer Insights Primary Storage Rating 104% 4.9 Quality Compound Growth Rate since 2021 Business 40% ©2025 iXsystems, Inc. Growth in EMEA in 2024 39%
11. TrueNAS Powers Critical Industries Worldwide Global Reach - over 60% of the Fortune 500
12. Storage Customer Choice Leader 3x Gartner Peer Insights Customers Choice Winner • 24/7 support with a dedicated team for large deployments • Expertise in high-performance, air-gapped solutions for mission-critical industries • Post-deployment partnership to ensure optimal performance Gartner's Highest Customer Satisfaction Rating 4.9 As rated by enterprise customers Evaluation & Contracting 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.8 Integration & Deployment Service & Support Product Capabilities Customer Experience ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
13. TrueNAS M and R Series are powering groundbreaking astronomy research at two locations in Hawaii.
14. TrueNAS M50-HA is at the heart of advanced space exploration.
15. 10PB of TrueNAS assists real-time production on some of the world’s most popular films.
16. TrueNAS Appliance Portfolio From Mission Critical to Branch Office Branch Office TrueNAS Mini Series Power Optimized TrueNAS HSeries Capacity Optimized TrueNAS MSeries Cost Optimized TrueNAS RSeries Performance Optimized TrueNAS FSeries ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
17. TrueNAS FSeries Overview Maximum Flash Density, Highest Performance Use Case High Performance Media Production, Enterprise, Virtualization, etc High Availability Dual Controller Supported Media NVMe Flash Form Factor 2U - 14U Rackmount Capacity Up to 10 PB Bandwidth Up to 4x 100 GbE Performance Optimized ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
18. EnCharge AI deployed the all-NVMe TrueNAS F100 as a high-performance file server for scalable Electronic Design Automation EDA) tools
19. Overview High Capacity, High Availability Use Case Mission Critical Enterprise, M&E for Active Archive, Backup High Availability Dual Controller Supported Media Hybrid (Disk & Flash) Or All Flash Form Factor 4U - 52U Rackmount Capacity Up to 25 PB per Rack Bandwidth Up to 200 Gbit/s TrueNAS MSeries Capacity Optimized ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
20. Digital Film Tree migrated to 4x TrueNAS M50, powering 100Gb ingest for 4K post-production on Ted Lasso.
21. Overview Versatile, Energy Efficient, High Availability Use Case Small and Medium Enterprise & M&E, Edge High Availability Dual Controller Supported Media Hybrid (Disk & Flash) Or All NVMe Flash Form Factor 2U - 6U Rackmount Capacity Up to 2.5 PB Bandwidth Up to 100 Gbit/s TrueNAS HSeries HA Standard Power Optimized ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
22. Hilliard City Schools added a TrueNAS H10, allowing extracurricular clubs to store video at a fraction of the cost of their existing Nimble SAN
23. Overview High-Density Performance and Capacity, Value-Oriented Use Case Multi-Purpose, Backup or Tier 0 High Availability No Supported Media Hybrid (Disk & Flash) Or All Flash Form Factor 1U - 12U Rackmount Capacity Up to 5 PB Bandwidth Up to 200 Gbit/s TrueNAS RSeries Cost Optimized ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
24. Skywalker Sound relies on TrueNAS RSeries for real-time AI processing of streaming content.
25. TrueNAS Data Platform Summary Enabling a Suite of Data Services Unified Storage Data Protection and Governance Data Security and Encryption Data Migration and Replication Disaster Recovery and Backup Cloud & Hybrid Solutions ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
26. TrueNAS Extended Cloud Services TrueCloud Backup Powered by StorJ TrueNAS Fleet Management ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
27. TrueNAS in 2025 Customers are complementing or replacing their infrastructure ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
28. 2024 Enterprise Customer Reviews The highest ratings and recommendation score in the Primary Storage category. ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
29. “Blazing fast, exceeds expectations.” Customer Reviews
30. “Their TrueNAS platform stands out as the most flexible and efficient storage solution on the market.” Customer Reviews
31. “Both their sales and engineering teams demonstrate an unparalleled level of care and commitment that I haven't experienced with any other vendor.” Customer Reviews
32. Gartner Reviews Voice of the customer- Why customers adopt TrueNAS Enterprise • 100% praise our Support • 90% praise our Reliability • 90% praise our Performance • 70% praise our Cost-Effectiveness ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
33. TrueNAS in 2025 Leading our category with 1M Deployments ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
34. TrueNAS makes the most sense for the majority of enterprise workloads. • Virtualization • Media & Entertainment Storage • Backup • File Sharing • AI / ML Storage • Archive ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
35. Enterprise storage doesnʼt need to be overly complicated or expensive “ ” ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
36. Production Tour ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
37. Technology Review ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
38. The 30,000 foot view of TrueNAS Performance - NVMe & HDD Pools - TrueNAS Appliances Security - Ransomware - FIPS/NIST Support - Enterprise 247 - Management Tool TrueNAS Reliability - High Availability - Backup and Replication - APIs, WebUI, Tools Open Source Storage - OpenZFS - Linux - RDMA for NFS and iSCSI - TrueNAS Appliances - KMIP Integration - FIPS/NIST - Enterprise 247 - Management Tools - High Availability - Snaps, Backup, Replication - APIs, WebUI, Tools - OpenZFS - Linux Enterprise Community Edition Performance Security Support TrueNAS Reliability Open Source Storage
39. TrueNAS Platform Summary Unified Storage for all Major Use Cases - Deploy 100 TB to 100 PB with ease Versatile storage targeting M&E, Enterprise file, Virtualization, AI, CCTV and Backup. • Disk, Hybrid, or NVMe Flash • File, Object, Block • Defense-level Security • Apps and VM Platform ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
40. The Backbone of TrueNAS Reliability Complete Data Integrity Self-Healing Protection Enterprise Security ZettaByte Scalability NVMe Flash Performance The Most Trusted File System Native ZFS Integration ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
41. RELEASE PHASE MISSION IMPACT Development Transparent GitHub code eliminates hidden risks. Testing Community and Hacker testing ensures security. Community Deployment Reliability proven by 100,000+ users in the real world before Enterprises. Enterprise Deployment Independent audits enhance trust. TrueSecure adds Defense-level Security Upgrades Transparent updates ensure security and rapid threat response. Open Enterprise Storage = Reliable & Secure Strong Adoption in highly secure environments due to auditability ©2025 iXsystems, Inc. These customer logos are confidential
42. TrueNAS Continues to Evolve in 2025 Apps: Docker, LXC, VMs RAIDZ Expansion & dRAID Fast Copy Fast Dedup OpenZFS Cloud Backup Cloud-Based Management Large-Scale Systems Trimode NVMe with HA ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
43. Native Docker Compose Common WebUI Enables 400K Custom Apps ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
44. Fangtooth TrueNAS 25.04 Enterprise-Focused Features • Fast Dedup • SMB Block Cloning for Veeam • iSCSI XCOPY Block Cloning for VMware • Fibre Channel with HA NVMe • iSCSI & NFS over RDMA • LXCs & Improved VMs • General Purpose OS STIG Completion ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
45. Block Cloning is 10x Faster Data is Copied logically without needing Dedup Processing & Metadata Benefits of Cloning • Copy data logically not physically • No extra storage space • Only Metadata WRITES • 90% less network traffic • 10X acceleration iSCSI Block Cloning for SMB File Cloning for ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
46. Chassis 2U Form Factor 100240V AC < 500 W Typical, 850 W Peak Drives NVME up to 720 TB HDD up to 300 TB TrueNAS Enterprise File, Block, Object, Apps, VMs OpenZFS data management Replication ZFS, rsync, cloud) TrueSecure - encryption, immutability TrueNAS H30 Power Optimized With HA Standard ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
47. TrueNAS H30 Power Optimized With HA Standard Controller 2 HA Controllers 20 Core, 256GB 8GB/s Expansion Shelf Up to 2.5 PB ES24/60/102G2 Network Fabric Flexible networking Ethernet Up to 100 Gbe Fibre Channel Up to 32 Gb ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
48. Any TrueNAS Unified Storage Restore Anywhere TrueNAS to StorJ Backup 80% Massive Savings vs AWS TrueNAS System • Cloud Backup to Storj • Globally Distributed • 11 Nineʼs Reliability • Restore Anywhere • No need for second Data Center Encryption Deduplication Region Locking ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
49. 5 New Trends In Storage ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
50. 1. Balanced Edge-Core-Cloud Strategy 2. Virtualization Upheaval 3. Data Sovereignty for Everyone 4. Big Datasets Everywhere 5. Defense-level Security for Enterprise 5 New Trends In Storage What Weʼre Hearing from TrueNAS Customers ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
51. Trend #1 Balanced Edge-Core-Cloud Strategy Getting it right means understanding the tradeoffs • Organizations better understand the strengths, limitations and costs • Weʼre seeing strong data repatriation from Cloud to Core PBs • Scarcity of storage expertise is a challenge ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
52. TrueNAS Portfolio Map to Edge, Core, Cloud From Mission Critical to Branch Office TrueNAS Mini Series TrueNAS HSeries TrueNAS MSeries EDGE TrueNAS FSeries TrueNAS RSeries CORE CLOUD TrueCloud Backup Powered By: TrueNAS CloudSync to S3 Compatible Object Stores ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
53. From the branch office to the datacenter, all TrueNAS customers have the same intuitive, powerful interface to protect their most valuable digital assets. ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
54. TrueNAS Press Release TrueNAS H30 Brings High-Performance, Eco-Friendly Storage to Multi-Site Edge Environments January 2025 ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
55. TrueNAS Press Release TrueNAS Integrates Storj for Decentralized, Cost-Effective Cloud Backup February 2025 ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
56. Trend #2 Virtualization Upheaval Storage budgets are increasingly tight. • License Cost pressure impacts storage choices • Lots of interest: either as Primary or Backup Tier • Demand for alternative hypervisor support ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
57. Trend #2 Virtualization Upheaval 5X Price Increase, Only 10% of Customers are Leaving ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
58. 60% lower VMware license costs Trend #2 Virtualization Upheaval ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
59. Trend #2 Virtualization Upheaval All can be deployed with TrueNAS + cluster of servers ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
60. Trend #2 Virtualization Upheaval Tier 1 Critical Business Applications TrueNAS FSeries Tier 2 Enterprise File Shares, Virtualization TrueNAS MSeries Tier 3 Near-Line Storage, Backup Storage TrueNAS RSeries TrueNAS reduces storage costs by 30% ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
61. TrueNAS Press Release TrueNAS Delivers Record Growth in 2024, Plans Strategic Expansions in 2025 February 2025 ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
62. TrueNAS Press Release TrueNAS FSeries Breaks New Ground in Density and Performance March 2025 ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
63. Trend #3 Data Sovereignty for Everyone A New Era of (dis)Trust: Control your Data, Control your Destiny • Everyone wants their own (private) copy • Driven by government requirements and organizational security • …and increasingly, AI privacy concerns • Retention requires reliable storage ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
64. Trend #3 Data Sovereignty for Everyone Sovereignty means total control of your own data, with no lock in. ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
65. Trend #3 Data Sovereignty for Everyone ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
66. • Aligned with Open-Source Security Mandates • Supports AI and Critical Infrastructure Projects • Proven Reliability in Large-Scale Deployments • Cost-Effective with No Proprietary Licensing Fees Trend #3 Data Sovereignty for Everyone ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
67. Image placeholder Trend #3 Data Sovereignty for Everyone Thereʼs a strong need for institutional archival of digital assets. ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
68. 1 Trend #3 Digital Sovereignty and Data Governance “Silent corruptions are a fact of life.” (they lost 17% of their data to bitrot) “Silent corruptions are a fact of life.” 17% of data loss was attributed to bit rot in test study
69. Trend #3 Data Sovereignty for Everyone OpenZFS eliminates bit rot and ensures long term data retention. ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
70. 5 Racks of TrueNAS MSeries, totalling 100 PB for the most security-conscious organizations. Trend #3 Data Sovereignty for Everyone
71. Trend #3 Data Sovereignty for Everyone Organizations and governments want to control their data thatʼs used by AI. They want clear ownership . ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
72. TrueNAS Press Release TrueNAS Meets Growing European Demand for Open Source and Data Sovereignty April 2025 ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
73. Trend #4 Big Datasets Everywhere Driven by exponential data generation in AI, M&E, and Research • It’s not just a problem for the hyperscalers • Strong need for high capacity and high bandwidth • Majority of use cases can be cost-optimized ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
74. 75 PB of storage across 3 sites with completely secure, private access. Trend #4 Big Datasets Everywhere INTERNATIONAL RELIEF
75. How do you edit the video for this?? With .
76. Vegas Sphere Video Production in 10K resolution. Trend #4 Big Datasets Everywhere Primary Site 2nd Site
77. TrueNAS Press Release Warwick University Accelerates Cancer Research with TrueNAS and OMERO March 2025 ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
78. TrueNAS Press Release TrueNAS Enterprise 25.04 Launches with Fast Deduplication and RaidZ Expansion April 2025 ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
79. Trend #5 Enterprises Adopting Defense-level Security Ransomware isnʼt slowing down. 7x more attacks on AWS in 2024. • NIST and FIPS-level security for secure-conscious organizations • Immutable snapshots and Role Based Access Control • Increasing demand for secure 3-2-1 backup best practices • Secure Backup solutions with Veeam / Asigra / StorJ ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
80. The Standards body for Security and Technology in the US ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
81. TrueNAS M50-HA Powers 2.5 PB of Production, Backup, and Archival Storage for Satellite Data
82. Defense-Level Security with TrueNAS Enterprise TrueSecure Encryption & Data Security Admin & Vendor Security Management & Client Options TrueSecure • FIPS validation • FIPS 140-3 Software Encryption • FIPS 140-2 Drives (optional) • KMIP, NIST 800-171 • STIG Support • NIST CSF orientation Data Share Security • SMBv3 Encryption • NFSv4 ACLs • Snapshot Retention • Immutable S3 Buckets • SMB Auditing Data-in-Transit Encryption • ZFS replication • FIPS 140 Validated SSH • AES256 encryption • Wireguard VPNs Data-at-Rest Encryption • Per ZFS dataset or pool • AES-256 grade • Self-encrypting Drives • FIPS 140-2 HDDs & SSDs Admin Security • Active Directory, Kerberos • LDAP, Google OAuth • KMIP Key Management • SSH with FIPS 140-3 • Rootless Administration • Separate Management Network Vendor Security • Security Notices • Software Bill of Materials (BoM) • Pen Testing • Open Source Code • Community Testing Clients • SMB • NFS • iSCSI • S3 Management • TrueCommand • SNMP • Syslog • WebUI • SSH ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
83. Better RPO, Better RTO 321 is your best ransomware protection strategy. ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
84. Backup with TrueNAS Customers are complementing or replacing their infrastructure ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
85. secure backup data flow Snapshots, Immutability, Restricted Administration. ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
86. “TrueNAS and Storj provided a complete 3-2-1 solution for my VMware-Veeam backup environment, and support was fantastic.” Josh Herr IT Director at Geiger Ready-Mix 1 PB+ data protected ©2025 iXsystems, Inc.
87. News Summary ©2025 iXsystems, Inc. January: TrueNAS H30 Brings High-Performance, Eco-Friendly Storage to Multi-Site Edge Environments February: TrueNAS Delivers Record Growth in 2024, Plans Strategic Expansions in 2025 February: TrueNAS Integrates Storj for Decentralized, Cost-Effective Cloud Backup March: TrueNAS FSeries Breaks New Ground in Density and Performance March: Warwick University Accelerates Cancer Research with TrueNAS and OMERO April: TrueNAS Enterprise 25.04 Launches with Fast Deduplication and RaidZ Expansion
88. TrueNAS in 2025 The Future of Storage is Open