IxSystems, a developing distribution to quickly deploying Freenas network storage and based on it Commercial products Truenas, published the first stable release of the distribution distribution Truenas Scale , notable use of the Linux kernel and the Debian batch base, at that time Like all previously manufactured products of this company, including Trueos (former PC-BSD), were based on FreeBSD. Like Truenas Core (Freenas) a new product can be loaded and used for free. The size of ISO image 1.5 GB. Development of Truenas Scale assembly scenarios , Web interface and Giant Leads on GitHub.
The development and support of Truenas Core (FreeNAS) based on FreeBSD will continue – solutions based on FreeBSD and Linux will coexist and supplement each other using a common toolkit code and a typical web interface. As a file system in Truenas Scale, ZFS is used ( OpenZFS ). Providing an additional edition on the basis of the Linux kernel is explained by the desire to realize some ideas unattainable when using FreeBSD. It is noteworthy that this is not the first such initiative – in 2009 from Freenas has already separated the OpenMediaVault distribution, which was translated into the Linux kernel and the Debian batch base.
One of the key improvements in Truenas Scale has become the ability to create storage, scalable into several nodes, while Truenas Core (FreeNAS) is positioned as a solution based on a single server. In addition to expanding the Truenas Scale mascagatability, it also differs in the use of isolated containers, simplifying the infrastructure management and suitability for creating software-defined infrastructures . Truenas Scale provides support for Docker, Kubernets, KVM-based virtualization and ZFS scaling not multiple nodes using a distributed Gluster file system.