FreeNAS 11.0 Open-Source Storage Operating System to Be Based on FreeBSD 11

iXsystems' Kris Moore announced the general availability of a first Release Candidate (RC) milestone of the upcoming FreeNAS 11.0 open-source storage operating system.

It appears that this Release Candidate is also the first public development build of FreeNAS 11.0, as the team thoroughly tested the operating system for the past several months and decided that it's stable enough to be promoted straight to the RC state. As its version number suggests, development is currently based on the FreeBSD 11-STABLE operating system.

"We decided to start this series off with a Release Candidate (RC) version, because it is rebased on a newer version of FreeBSD (11-STABLE)," said Kris Moore, Director of Engineering at iXsystems. "This version has been tested in the nightlies for several months now, but just to play it safe we are asking for users to test out this release and let us know immediately if anyt... (read more)

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