# IXsystems
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{{Short description|American computer technology company}}
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| name = iXsystems, Inc.
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| trading_name = TrueNAS
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| predecessor = [Berkeley Software Design](/source/Berkeley_Software_Design), [Walnut Creek CDROM](/source/Walnut_Creek_CDROM), Telenet Systems Solutions
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| founder = Michael Lauth, Matt Olander
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| key_people = Michael Lauth, Matt Olander, Brett Davis, [Kris Moore](/source/Kris_Moore),
| industry = [Computer hardware](/source/Computer_hardware)
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| products = [TrueNAS](/source/TrueNAS), [TrueOS](/source/TrueOS), Servers
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| homepage = {{URL|iXsystems.com}}
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| location_city = [San Jose, California](/source/San_Jose%2C_California)
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'''iXsystems, Inc.''', [doing business as](/source/Trade_name) '''TrueNAS''', is a privately owned American computer technology company based in [San Jose, California](/source/San_Jose%2C_California) that develops, sells and supports computing and storage products and services. Its principal products are customized [open source](/source/open_source) [FreeBSD](/source/FreeBSD) [distributions](/source/Software_distribution), including the discontinued [desktop operating system](/source/desktop_operating_system) [TrueOS](/source/TrueOS) (formerly PC-BSD),[{{cite web |url=http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/57794?theme=print |title=Why iXsystems bought PC-BSD |author=Mayank Sharma |date=13 October 2006 |work=linux.com |access-date=1 April 2010}}] the FreeBSD based [file server](/source/file_server)s and [network attached storage](/source/network_attached_storage) systems [TrueNAS Core (previously FreeNAS) and TrueNAS Enterprise](/source/TrueNAS), and the [Linux](/source/Linux) based TrueNAS SCALE. It also markets [hardware platform](/source/hardware_platform)s for these products, and develops enterprise-scale storage architectures and [converged infrastructure](/source/Hyper-converged_infrastructure)s. As part of its activities, the company has strong ties to the [FreeBSD](/source/FreeBSD) community, has repeatedly donated hardware and support to fledgling projects within the BSD community,[{{Cite web|url=https://www.ixsystems.com/history/|title=History|website=iXsystems, Inc. - Enterprise Storage & Servers}}] and sponsors and develops development within FreeBSD, as well as being a sponsor and attendee of [open-source](/source/open-source) community events.
==History==
iXsystems was founded in 1991 as [Berkeley Software Design](/source/Berkeley_Software_Design), Inc. (BSDI, later BSDi) by [Rick Adams](/source/Rick_Adams_(Internet_pioneer)) and members of the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley) [Computer Systems Research Group](/source/Computer_Systems_Research_Group) (CSRG), including [Keith Bostic](/source/Keith_Bostic_(software_engineer)), [Kirk McKusick](/source/Kirk_McKusick), [Mike Karels](/source/Mike_Karels), [Bill Jolitz](/source/Bill_Jolitz) and Donn Seeley.[{{cite web|url=http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050727225542530|title=The Daemon, the GNU and the Penguin - Ch. 16, by Dr. Peter Salus|year=2005|author=Dr. Peter Salus|access-date=2 May 2016|archive-date=10 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710085615/http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050727225542530|url-status=usurped}}] In the year 2000, Berkeley Software Design, Inc. acquired enterprise server manufacturer Telenet System Solutions, Inc.,[{{Cite web|url=http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/00/06/01/0651251/bsdi-acquires-telenet-system-solutions|title=BSDI Acquires Telenet System Solutions - Slashdot|website=bsd.slashdot.org|date=June 2000 |access-date=2016-05-02}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/20/BSDi.html|title=So What Is BSDi Up To? - O'Reilly Media|last=Scott|first=Joseph|website=www.onlamp.com|access-date=2016-05-02|archive-date=8 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408212030/http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/06/20/BSDi.html|url-status=dead}}] which was founded in 1996 and operated from the same San Jose, California office and manufacturing facility that iXsystems operates today. In 2001, BSDi sold its operating systems business to [Wind River Systems](/source/Wind_River_Systems) and spun off its hardware business and iXtreme[{{Cite web|url=https://trademarks.justia.com/761/36/ixtreme-76136753.html|title=IXTREME Trademark - Serial Number 76136753 :: Justia Trademarks|website=trademarks.justia.com|access-date=2016-05-02}}] line of servers as iXsystems, Inc.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.windriver.com/news/press/pr.html?ID=436|title=Wind River to Acquire BSDi Software Assets, Extending Development Platforms to Include Robust UNIX-based Operating Systems for Embedded Devices|website=www.windriver.com|access-date=2016-05-02|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919224218/https://www.windriver.com/news/press/pr.html?ID=436|url-status=dead}}] In 2002, OffMyServer, Inc., owned by two BSDi employees, acquired iXsystems, Inc.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/offmyserver-purchases-ixsystems-formerly-bsdi-server-business/|title=OffMyServer purchases iXsystems (formerly BSDi) Server Business!|date=2002-08-28|website=iXsystems, Inc. - Enterprise Storage & Servers|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-02}}] and operated it as OffMyServer, Inc. until restoring the iXsystems name in 2005.
In 2006, iXsystems adopted the PC-BSD[{{Cite web|url=http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2006/10/23/ixsystems-pc-bsd.html|title=Why iXsystems Bought PC-BSD - O'Reilly Media|last=Lavigne|first=Dru|website=www.onlamp.com|access-date=2016-05-02|archive-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701063157/http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2006/10/23/ixsystems-pc-bsd.html|url-status=dead}}] project and hired its founder, Kris Moore. In 2007, iXsystems acquired FreeBSD Mall, Inc., reuniting all the portions of the original BSDi that had been spun off to [Wind River Systems](/source/Wind_River_Systems). In 2009, iXsystems negotiated to continue the [FreeNAS](/source/FreeNAS) project when its developers decided to move it to [Debian](/source/Debian) [Linux](/source/Linux). iXsystems introduced a comprehensive rewrite of FreeNAS in 2011 which now provides the platform for the "FreeNAS Mini" SMB NAS arrays and "TrueNAS" enterprise storage arrays. In August 2010, BSD author [Dru Lavigne](/source/Dru_Lavigne) joined iXsystems and in July 2013, [Jordan K. Hubbard](/source/Jordan_K._Hubbard),[{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/08/jordan-hubbard/|title=Apple's Operating System Guru Goes Back to His Roots|magazine=WIRED|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-02}}] one of the founders of the FreeBSD project,[{{cite web | url=http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/history.html | title=About the FreeBSD Project | access-date=16 April 2014}}] joined iXsystems as CTO.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20130629224418/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10871630.htm Apple's Jordan Hubbard Joins iXsystems]. Prweb.com. Retrieved on 16 April 2014.]
On June 25, 2025, iXsystems made public that it is henceforth doing business as TrueNAS.[{{Cite web |title=TrueNAS rebrand, community highlights and what’s new in virtualization |url=https://email.ixsystems.com/truenas-rebrand-community-highlights-and-whats-new-in-virtualization |access-date=2025-12-19 |website=email.ixsystems.com |language=en}}]
==Products and services==
===Servers===
iXsystems designs, sells and supports custom [x86](/source/x86) servers for workgroups through data centers with a focus on support for the [FreeBSD](/source/FreeBSD) operating system. All iXsystems servers are subjected to a three-day burn-in process to reduce returns and are available with [Linux](/source/Linux) as an alternative operating system.
=== {{Anchor|FreeNAS|TRUENAS}}TrueNAS ===
{{main|TrueNAS|Network attached storage}}
[TrueNAS](/source/TrueNAS) is the brand for ixSystems' open source [network attached storage](/source/network_attached_storage) platform. It includes:
:* TrueNAS Legacy (previously CORE/FreeNAS) - a free file server and expandable platform based on FreeBSD.
:* TrueNAS (previously SCALE) - a [Linux](/source/Linux) based [hyperconverged](/source/Hyper-converged_infrastructure) version of the TrueNAS platform.
:* TrueNAS Enterprise - an enterprise file server for commercial use, based on SCALE.
:* TrueNAS branded hardware - enterprise storage arrays, a [network-attached storage](/source/network-attached_storage) (NAS) systems, [storage area network](/source/storage_area_network) (SAN) devices, and [High Availability](/source/High_Availability) systems, with up to 10 petabytes raw capacity.
The FreeNAS project was originally launched by third party developers in October 2005 and aimed to create an [open source](/source/open_source) [network attached storage](/source/network_attached_storage) system based on [FreeBSD 6.0](/source/FreeBSD). In September 2009, the development team concluded that the project, then at release 0.7, required a complete rewrite to accommodate modern features such as a [plug-in](/source/plug-in_(computing)) architecture, and the project gradually [forked](/source/fork_(software)), with a new version based on [Debian](/source/Debian) [Linux](/source/Linux), and the existing version being transferred to iXsystems,[{{cite web
|title = Project of the Month, January 2007
|publisher = SourceForge
|url = https://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2007-01.php
|access-date = 2013-08-23
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080313190212/http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2007-01.php
|archive-date = 2008-03-13
}}][{{cite web
| title = Interview with Olivier Cochard-Labbé, Founder of FreeNAS
| publisher = BSD Magazine
| url = http://bsdmag.org/downloads/15
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130120010413/http://bsdmag.org/downloads/15
| url-status = usurped
| archive-date = 20 January 2013
| access-date = 2013-08-23}}] who rewrote it with a new architecture based on [FreeBSD](/source/FreeBSD) 8.1, releasing FreeNAS 8 Beta in November 2010.[{{cite web
| title = FreeNAS 8 Beta released
| publisher = Warner Losh
| url = http://bsdimp.blogspot.com/2010/11/freenas-8-beta-released.html
| access-date = 2013-08-23}}]
On November 19, 2010, iXsystems released FreeNAS 8 Beta, its first release of the popular [free and open-source](/source/Free_and_open-source_software) [software-defined storage](/source/software-defined_storage) project that it adopted and rewrote. FreeNAS is based on the [FreeBSD](/source/FreeBSD) [operating system](/source/operating_system) and the [OpenZFS](/source/OpenZFS) file system.
On August 3, 2011, iXsystems introduced the ''TrueNAS''[{{Cite web|url=https://www.truenas.com/|title=TrueNAS Open Storage | ZFS for the Home to the Data Center|website=TrueNAS Open Storage | ZFS for the Home to the Data Center}}] line of enterprise storage arrays, a [network-attached storage](/source/network-attached_storage) (NAS) system and [storage area network](/source/storage_area_network) (SAN) device that supports the [SMB](/source/Server_Message_Block), [AFP](/source/Apple_Filing_Protocol), [NFS](/source/Network_File_System_(protocol)), [iSCSI](/source/Internet_SCSI), [SSH](/source/OpenSSH), [rsync](/source/rsync) and [FTP/TFTP](/source/File_Transfer_Protocol) sharing protocols over [Ethernet](/source/Ethernet) and [Fibre Channel](/source/Fibre_Channel) network fabrics. TrueNAS also supports vendor-certified protocols including VMware VAAI, Microsoft CSV, ODX, and VSS, and Veeam. A custom, tool-less enclosure provides TrueNAS High Availability using dual controllers, and four user-serviceable components: disks, power supplies, fans and the controllers themselves. TrueNAS uses the [OpenZFS](/source/OpenZFS) file system in [hybrid](/source/Hybrid_array) and [all-flash](/source/Solid-state_drive) configurations up to 10 petabytes in raw capacity.
On March 15, 2020, iXsystems announced the merging of FreeNAS and TrueNAS into a unified product with two editions.[{{cite web |url=https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/freenas-truenas-unification/ |title=FreeNAS and TrueNAS are Unifying |date=March 15, 2020|publisher=iXsystems |access-date=July 5, 2020}}] ''TrueNAS CORE'' would be the [rebranded](/source/rebranding) continuation of FreeNAS, as a free, open-source option, and ''TrueNAS Enterprise'' would continue as a paid, closed-source option with additional enterprise-focused features.[{{cite web |url=https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/truenas-core-features/ |title=TrueNAS CORE is the new FreeNAS |date=April 15, 2020|publisher=iXsystems |access-date=July 5, 2020}}] Additionally a [Linux](/source/Linux) port of TrueNAS was under development, to be known as TrueNAS SCALE.
==== FreeNAS Certified ====
The iXsystems ''FreeNAS Certified''[{{Cite web|url=https://www.ixsystems.com/freenas-certified-servers/|title=FreeNAS Certified Servers|website=iXsystems, Inc. - Enterprise Storage & Servers}}] line of [small and medium-sized enterprise](/source/small_and_medium-sized_enterprise) storage arrays are designed to run the FreeNAS storage operating system and are available in 1U, 2U and 4U configurations.
==== TrueNAS Mini and Mini XL ====
The iXsystems ''TrueNAS Mini''[{{Cite web|url=https://www.truenas.com/truenas-mini/|title=TrueNAS Mini|website=TrueNAS Open Storage | ZFS for the Home to the Data Center}}] line of [SOHO](/source/Small_office%2Fhome_office) storage arrays are designed to run the TrueNAS storage operating system and are available in 4 bay and 8 bay configurations.
'''Powered by TrueNAS'''
TrueNAS has announced an Initiative called "Powered by TrueNAS[{{Cite web |date=2024-07-31 |title=TrueNAS Launches “Powered by TrueNAS” with First Partner HexOS |url=https://www.truenas.com/blog/powered-by-truenas-hexos/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |language=en-US}}]" with First Partner HexOS (Eshtek Inc.),
HexOS is marketed as a storage solution which targets users looking for "Simple Setup", and other NAS features made easy for installation.
==See also==
*[Lumina (desktop environment)](/source/Lumina_(desktop_environment))
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.ixsystems.com/ Official website]
* [https://www.truenas.com TrueNAS website]
* [https://hexos.com/ HexOS website]
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