TrueNAS Tech Talk (T3)

Chris and Kris are back on TrueNAS Tech Talk to talk about backups – World Backup Day was March 31st, and it’s time to level up your data protection. They’ll go through the concept of air-gapped systems, how to implement a “virtual air-gap” with TrueNAS, and the components of a solid, resilient backup and replication architecture that you can build yourself. A couple viewer questions round out the mix; and will Chris have to DLSS 5 his life if he loses the bet with Kris? Find out today. The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.58: Backups, Virtual Air-Gaps, and TrueNAS Replication Setup appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

Chris and Kris take this episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk to respond and clear the air about recent changes made to the build scripts repository on GitHub, and this means for TrueNAS users. They’ll talk about the “Enterprise-First” focus, how feature requests are reviewed and sorted, and where Community Edition is headed. The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.57: Clearing the Air on the Build Script Changes – What It Means for You appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

Today’s TrueNAS Tech Talk brings the (tentative!) release schedule for TrueNAS 26 – from BETA1 to the .0 release, find out when you’ll be able to get your hands on the next generation of TrueNAS software, as well as some of the key features that will be included. Kris and Chris also talk about one of those key features, the new dataset tiering functionality coming to TrueNAS 26. All this and eight viewer questions ahead today. The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.56: TrueNAS 26 Release Schedule, Dataset Tiering, and Viewer Questions appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

Today’s TrueNAS Tech Talk is short but sweet – there’s a quick hotfix for TrueNAS 25.10.2, an official TrueNAS Proxmox storage plugin is available for Community testing, Docker network support is landing in the App catalog – and an update on plans for SMART options for monitoring drive health. The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.55: TrueNAS Hotfix, Proxmox Plugin, Docker Networks, and SMART Update appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

On today’s episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk, TrueNAS 25.10.2 is out – Kris and Chris will go through the fixes and improvements included in both this latest release as well as recap the features of 25.10. Kris has also been hard at work in the lab – the TrueNAS Labs, launching today with the first experimental project, the Model Context Protocol server. Hear about how Kris has been talking to his TrueNAS, and actually getting an answer back. The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.54: TrueNAS 25.10.2 Release – and Talking to your TrueNAS server with MCP? appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

On today’s episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk, raise the alert flags – and badges, and modal dialogs – it’s time to start unveiling the UI and UX overhaul work in progress for TrueNAS 26. Today’s focus is the new Alert system, now with greater details, suggested actions, links to the documentation, contextual highlighting, and more! We’ll also take on four (or five, depending on how you count them) more viewer questions. The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.53: TrueNAS 26 Alerts Overhaul – Alerts, Badges, and Context appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

On today’s episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk, Kris and Chris confirm what some of you were guessing – TrueNAS 26 is dropping the decimals! Find out the details about our new annual release cycle, how new features will be added, and the fish is cooked, no more codenames. We’ll look at some of the technical news from the past week – from Intel’s ZAM to WD’s “Dual Pivot” drives. Then it’s time for the soapbox – is AI about to have its “MP3 Moment”? From early CGI to self-driving cars, we’ll find the parallels of the past and look to the future. Finally, there’s time for some questions, including some ideas on USB booting. The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.52: TrueNAS 26 Plans, A Hardware Arms Race, and AI’s “MP3 Moment”? appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

On today’s TrueNAS Tech Talk, Kris and Chris will revisit the three virtualization technologies that you can use to run non-storage workloads on TrueNAS – Docker, LXC, and KVM. How do they impact performance and functionality, and which one’s right for you? They’ll also tackle some viewer questions about VDEV removal, and make suggestions around L2ARC and Special VDEVs for a user building a budget system in the midst of RAMmageddon. The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.51: TrueNAS Virtualization Solutions – Docker, LXC, and KVM – Which to Use appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

On today’s TrueNAS Tech Talk, it’s another round of technical information. Chris goes into the details on some of the additional VDEV types and how they interact with the ZFS Adaptive Replacement Cache (ARC) – should you make room for an extra SSD or two in your system? Kris also reveals the upcoming changes to the LXC Container ecosystem in TrueNAS 26 – now merged in the nightlies and ready for testing. The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.50: ZFS VDEV Types and ARC Interactions, New LXC Containers for TrueNAS 26 appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

On today’s TrueNAS Tech Talk, Chris and Kris take on some SSD truisms and myths – does old data on SSDs “go stale” and actually read slower than freshly written? It does, and they’ll tell you how to help prevent both performance and data loss on your TrueNAS SSD pool – the best part is, you’re probably already doing it! We’ll also tidy up some of the questions around TRIM, why autotrim is off by default, and where you might find some pain points. Plus, we’re looking for your insight, comments, and suggestions on how to further enhance TrueNAS to help mitigate some of the issues of the component price crisis – from the mundane to the madhouse, we want to hear your ideas – even if you want to use a USB boot device again! The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.49: The Care and Feeding of SSDs – TRIM and Charge Refresh appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

With the AI-driven component price bubble in full swing, hybrid storage is making a comeback. Now if only there was a software-defined storage solution with a filesystem that handled hybrid SSD/HDD systems really well – anyone know one? Chris and Kris go through some of the existing and upcoming options to enhance your hybrid TrueNAS solution by combining SSD VDEVs with your HDDs. Later on, by viewer request, Kris digs deeper into the guts of WebShare – security design, back-end architecture, and the languages used. Plus, our first sponsor spot – it’s us! Get your TrueNAS swag at truenasmerch.com The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.48: Hybrid Storage is Back, and TrueNAS WebShare Tech Deep(er) Dive appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

On today’s holiday episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk, Kris and Chris have an early holiday gift – a preview of the upcoming WebShare feature coming to TrueNAS 26.04! We’ll walk through some of the features enabled, from photo viewing with location integration, to sharing files with users directly over HTTP without a TrueNAS login. Handle ZIP files directly, and even do simple document editing – all this and more coming to the next version of TrueNAS. The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.47: TrueNAS WebSharing is Launching in 26.04 and in the Nightly image now! appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

Kris and Chris are back, after a busy November, just in time to detail the key features coming up in the first point release for “Goldeye” – TrueNAS 25.10.1 – already at over 55,000 installs. They’ll also talk about the new Valve hardware announcements, and what this could mean for the adoption of Linux on the desktop, as well as better support for x86-on-ARM translation. And in honor of Valve acknowledging the existence of the number 3, they’ll take a trio of viewer questions. All this and more today on T3. The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.46: TrueNAS 25.10.1 Fixes & Features, Valve counts to 3, Viewer Questions appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

On today’s episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk, Kris and Chris tackle the TrueNAS 25.10 update feedback head-on. They’ll explain the details behind the NVIDIA driver update, the SMART testing change, and even drive spin-down being not the best choice for your ZFS powered TrueNAS. There’s even more viewer questions coming today on native S3 services in TrueNAS, Intel GPU support for 26.04, and how you can figure out what API version to call without calling the API. The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.45: Responding to your Feedback on 25.10, SMART, NVIDIA, and more! appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

On this special Birthday episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk; Wait, Kris and Chris have been podcasting for a whole year already? Time has flown, and we’re talking about the TrueNAS 25.10 “Goldeye” launch, some tidbits from the OpenZFS Developer Summit, and yes – they will talk about the SMART changes! NVIDIA drivers, MinIO changes, and lots more viewer questions are all coming up next! The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.44: TrueNAS 25.10 Release – Your Feedback, and One Year of the T3 Podcast! appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

On this week’s TrueNAS Tech Talk, it’s all about the API – the Application Programming Interface. Kris and Chris look under the hood to talk about the control system that even TrueNAS itself has to play by, and how you can develop your own custom scripts and integrations. They’ll tackle more user questions, from “will special vdevs help for media browsing” to a user who asks if they can have Enterprise features on their home system; as well as a reminder about the upcoming OpenZFS Developer Summit next week. The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.43: TrueNAS API for Integrations, and More Viewer Questions appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

On today’s episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk, Kris and Chris do a quick review of the latest 25.10-RC1 update, along with an answer to the question of “What’s that new icon in the toolbar?” – introducing the public preview of TrueNAS Connect, available for use now alongside 25.10-RC1! From inventory management to custom enclosures, enhanced alerting to headless, web-driven installation – find out what Connect brings to the TrueNAS experience. They’ll also tackle some viewer questions from the comments on Spotlight search, a built-in file manager, and how feasible rebootless updates might be in the future. All this and more ahead today! The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.42: TrueNAS 25.10-RC1 Review, and Introducing TrueNAS Connect Public Beta appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

On today’s TrueNAS Tech Talk, Kris digs into a major feature in the upcoming TrueNAS 26.04 “Halfmoon” release – Spotlight search support for MacOS. Find out how the new “truesearch” service will work to index and catalog your files to give lightning-fast search results, in a common back-end DB, so that additional search protocols can extend the functionality in the future. Chris and Kris will also tackle a pack of viewer questions – and probably sign themselves up for a bunch more Feature Requests as a result! The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.41: Spotlight and Search Index in TrueNAS 26.04, & Viewer Questions Galore appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

On today’s episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk, TrueNAS 25.10-RC1 is just a few weeks from deployment, and there’s a few helpful fixes since the Beta release – then Kris and Chris will dig into the big news; OpenZFS 2.3.4 is in 25.10-RC1, and despite the small version number bump, it’s bringing a big list of fixes. Kris and Chris will go through some of the highlights of the release notes, and how they’ll impact and benefit the performance, reliability, and features of TrueNAS. Finally, a teaser for TrueNAS 26.04 “Halfmoon” – early testing of the new MacOS Spotlight support is looking good, so if you’re on the dev update train, give it a shot and let them know how it’s going! The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.40: TrueNAS 25.10 RC1 brings OpenZFS 2.3.4 – New Fixes and Features appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.

Tom Lawrence joins Kris and Chris on today’s episode of TrueNAS Tech Talk! From on-site video production in RVs to a special-interest server streaming two million images a day, come find out how Tom has leveraged TrueNAS both personally and professionally – plus, hear the team weigh in on the growing desire for data sovereignty, how open source development needs a complimentary business model, and wax eloquent (or maybe less so) about the future of AI. All this, plus the number of TrueNAS systems Tom has at home, coming up. The post T3 Tech Talk Ep.39: Talking TrueNAS and Tech with Tom Lawrence appeared first on TrueNAS - Open Enterprise Storage.