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| 2012-07-21 |
NEW • BSD Release: FreeNAS 8.2.0 |
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After four beta versions and one release candidate, FreeNAS 8.2.0 is available for download, which is a free, open-source, Network-Attached Storage (NAS) operating system based on FreeBSD. From the release announcement: "The FreeNAS development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of FreeNAS 8.2.0-RELEASE. FreeNAS 8.2.0-RELEASE is the first release on new branch of code that incorporates tighter integration between the ZFS command line and the FreeNAS GUI. This release also features the ability to run arbitrary services and interact with them through the FreeNAS GUI in a FreeBSD jail. This jail allows a wide range of third party software to be run on top of FreeNAS, using the PBI format from PC-BSD or FreeBSD packages or ports, as well as official FreeNAS plugins. Additional features include: support for iSCSI target reload; GUI support for SAS and FC multipath hardware; WebShell accessible from the FreeNAS web interface; ZFS scrubs are configurable from the GUI...." Read the press release, the release notes, and an important update to 8.2.0-RELEASE-p1. Download: FreeNAS-8.2.0-RELEASE-p1-x86.iso (96MB, SHA256), FreeNAS-8.2.0-RELEASE-p1-x64.iso (104MB, SHA256).
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| About FreeNAS
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| FreeNAS is a tiny FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services (CIFS, FTP and NFS).
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| 2013-03-20 |
BSD Release: FreeNAS 8.3.1 |
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Josh Paetzel has announced the release of FreeNAS 8.3.1, an open-source storage platform that supports sharing across Windows, Apple, and UNIX-like systems: "The FreeNAS development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of FreeNAS 8.3.1-RELEASE. FreeNAS 8.3.1 is based on FreeBSD 8.3 with version 28 of the ZFS file system, and features volume based encryption for ZFS. There have been no major changes between 8.3.1-RC1 and RELEASE, mostly bug fixes and minor usability improvements to the GUI. Please familiarize yourself extensively with the encryption features of FreeNAS before using them. Doing the wrong thing can end up in a state where the volume is hidden behind very difficult-to-break AES 256 encryption. Many modern CPUs feature hardware support for encryption. If hardware support is available FreeNAS will use it." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information and useful links to documentation pages. Download (SHA256): FreeNAS-8.3.1-RELEASE-x64.iso (113MB), FreeNAS-8.3.1-RELEASE-x86.iso (107MB). |
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| 2012-10-27 |
BSD Release: FreeNAS 8.3.0 |
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Josh Paetzel has announced the release of FreeNAS 8.3.0, a free and open-source Network-Attached Storage (NAS) operating system based on FreeBSD: "The FreeNAS development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of FreeNAS 8.3.0-RELEASE. FreeNAS 8.3.0 is based on FreeBSD 8.3 with version 28 of the ZFS file system. This is a major milestone in FreeNAS development, bringing in the plugin system with ZFS version 28. Development of the FreeNAS 8.2 branch has come to a halt, as both ZFS version 15 as well as FreeBSD 8.2 are no longer supported. There have been no major changes between 8.3.0-RC1 and RELEASE, mostly bug fixes and minor usability improvements to the GUI." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (SHA256): FreeNAS-8.3.0-RELEASE-x86.iso (103MB) FreeNAS-8.3.0-RELEASE-amd64.iso (112MB). |
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| 2012-09-27 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 8.3.0-BETA3 |
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The fast and furious development of FreeNAS, a FreeBSD-based operating system designed to provide free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services, continues with a new beta: "The FreeNAS development team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeNAS 8.3.0-BETA3. This is the last planned public beta of 8.3.0 as it moves towards the final. This beta includes a re-factoring of the Active Directory and LDAP integration. It has a rework of serial port support, adding the ability to set the serial port speed. The NFS sharing was re-factored in BETA2 with an eye towards maintaining compatibility with sharing schemes set up in previous FreeNAS releases. The re-factored sharing is more powerful and flexible than in previous releases, while enforcing the OS-based rules. Support for the LSI 'skinny' RAID controllers was added, including the 9265/9285." Here is the full release announcement. Download: FreeNAS-8.3.0-BETA3-x86.iso (160MB, SHA256), FreeNAS-8.3.0-BETA3-x64.iso (170MB, SHA256). |
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| 2012-08-10 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 8.3.0-BETA1 |
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Josh Paetzel has announced the availability of the first beta build of FreeNAS 8.3.0: "The FreeNAS development team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeNAS 8.3.0-BETA1. This is the first public release of the 8.3.0 branch of FreeNAS, which upgrades the underlying base system of FreeNAS to FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p7. This update brings with it Version 28 of the ZFS file system, as well as a number of updates to the drivers and utilities in the base system. FreeNAS 8.2.0 brought with it the ability to install plugins, this functionality is present in FreeNAS 8.3.0 as well. At the moment upgrading the plugin jail to the version included with FreeNAS 8.3.0-BETA1 will cause plugins to stop working and will require re-installation and reconfiguration of all plugins to resume normal operation. Our recommendation at this time is to avoid upgrading working components of the plugin system." See the release announcement for notes on new ZFS file system features. Download: FreeNAS-8.3.0-BETA1-x86.iso (156MB, SHA256), FreeNAS-8.3.0-BETA1-x64.iso (168MB, SHA256).
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| 2012-06-16 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 8.2.0-BETA4 |
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Josh Paetzel has announced the availability of the fourth beta release of FreeNAS 8.2.0, a specialist FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services: "The development team is pleased to announce FreeNAS 8.2.0-BETA4, to upgrade plugins, as well as the plugin jail itself. There have been numerous bug fixes and improvements over previous beta releases. The GUI upgrade format changed in 8.2.0-BETA3 from xz to txz. What this means is that if you are attempting to do a GUI upgrade to 8.2.0-BETA4 from 8.2.0-BETA3 use the .txz version of the GUI_Upgrade file. If you are upgrading from any previous version use the .xz file." Read the rest of the detailed release notes for more information. Download: FreeNAS-8.2.0-BETA4-x86.iso (153MB, SHA256), FreeNAS-8.2.0-BETA4-x64.iso (163MB, MD5).
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| 2012-04-19 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 8.2.0-BETA3 |
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Josh Paetzel has announced the availability of the third beta build of FreeNAS 8.2.0, a specialist operating systems providing free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services: "I've just completed uploading FreeNAS 8.2.0-BETA3. Upgrades from BETA2 work, but most likely any plugin stuff that is working in BETA2 will stop working. You'll want to use the plugins in the BETA3 directory with this beta, don't mix and match. Notable highlights are a complete re-factor of plugins, iSCSI target reload, and the Samba security fix. The 8.2 branch of FreeNAS introduces many functional changes when compared with the 8.0.x releases. ZFS can be manipulated from the CLI, and changes for supported items tracked by FreeNAS will be reflected in the GUI. zvols, datasets, and entire volumes can be created, destroyed, or manipulated on the CLI and will be propagated to the GUI." The release announcement. Download: FreeNAS-8.2.0-BETA3-x86.iso (94.5MB, SHA256), FreeNAS-8.2.0-BETA3-x64.iso (101MB, SHA256).
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| 2012-03-14 |
Development Release: FreeNAS 8.2.0-BETA2 |
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Josh Paetzel has announced the availability of the second beta release of FreeNAS 8.2.0, a specialist operating systems providing free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services: "It has been a long road, and it's not anywhere close to being done, but FreeNAS is a step closer to a release with plugins. I'm pleased to announce on behalf of the FreeNAS team, FreeNAS 8.2.0-BETA2, available for immediate download from SourceForge. The 8.2 branch of FreeNAS introduces many functional changes when compared with the 8.0.x releases. ZFS can be manipulated from the CLI, and changes for supported items tracked by FreeNAS will be reflected in the GUI. Zvols, datasets, and entire volumes can be created, destroyed, or manipulated on the CLI and will be propagated to the GUI. The GUI now supports active-passive multipath capable hardware, which targets mainly SAS drives on dual expander backplanes." Read the full release announcement which includes a complete list of new features. Download: FreeNAS-8.2.0-BETA2-x86.iso (95.9MB, SHA256), FreeNAS-8.2.0-BETA2-x64.iso (102MB, SHA256).
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| 2012-03-01 |
BSD Release: FreeNAS 8.0.4 |
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Josh Paetzel has announced the release of FreeNAS 8.0.4, the latest update of the project's FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services: "FreeNAS 8.0.4-RELEASE is now available for immediate download. Changes since 8.0.3-RELEASE: update ataidle from 2.6 to 2.72 based on maintainer's recommendation due to interoperability with 2.6 and certain chipsets; fix the inadyn port so that it works on i386; fix a regression for DHCP users where /etc/resolv.conf would be nulled out if DNS servers weren't specified in the GUI; disable AIO by default and change the default AIO read / write size to 4 kB; add in logic to start lockd and mountd when NFS is enabled so that FreeNAS doesn't need to be manually prodded to start the services, or rebooted in order for the services to become effective." Read the detailed release notes for a complete list of changes and fixes. Download: FreeNAS-8.0.4-RELEASE-x86.iso (94.1MB, SHA256), FreeNAS-8.0.4-RELEASE-x64.iso (101MB, SHA256).
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