Last year TrueNAS unified their SCALE and CORE offerings as part of solidifying their enterprise storage efforts around Linux from their prior FreeBSD base. This year the developers at iXsystems have another change in store with announcing TrueNAS Connect as a new bridge for accessing TrueNAS enterprise storage features without having to invest in their hardware.
TrueNAS Community Edition has been their free operating system for NAS devices and other enterprise storage devices that is Linux-based and delivers a great standard offering. But for TrueNAS Enterprise it’s only been available to those with commercial relationships as in buying TrueNAS Enterprise appliances — various servers / storage solutions pre-loaded with TrueNAS Enterprise for the most advanced feature-set for this open-core platform.
Today though TrueNAS Connect is announced for bridging the gap between TrueNAS Community Edition and TrueNAS Enterprise. This new option lets users enjoy the enhanced features without having to buy TrueNAS Enterprise appliances. It will still cost you money, but it’s an option for those already invested in other hardware or obliged by your organization to using other hardware, but wanting to use the most of the TrueNAS capabilities in the enterprise.
The iXsystems business model remains open-core and TrueNAS Community Edition will continue to be maintained and available for free.
“TrueNAS Connect enables a new option for power users: professionals, small businesses, and anyone managing important storage. It’s the bridge, delivering enterprise-class capabilities like advanced monitoring, websharing, proactive alerts, multi-system management, and ransomware protection to your own hardware. Over the coming years, we plan to offer more value-added features to power users.”
Those wanting to learn more about this new shift in the TrueNAS landscape can do so via the TrueNAS.com announcement.
