News Summary:
On March 11, 2026, iXsystems announced TrueNAS Connect, a new offering allowing access to TrueNAS enterprise storage features without requiring an investment in their hardware. This development followed the company's previous year's unification of its SCALE and CORE offerings, which solidified its enterprise storage efforts around Linux, moving from a FreeBSD base. Earlier, on February 18, the broader enterprise storage landscape showed Linux dominating most file-server deployments, with the NAS market experiencing significant growth as organizations balanced on-premise reliability with cloud convenience. Separately, on February 16, the up-and-coming HexOS operating system for NAS devices drew attention for its aim to provide a user-friendly experience built on a TrueNAS foundation, despite charging a fee while TrueNAS remains free for consumers. On February 4, iXsystems also outlined plans for TrueNAS 26, scheduled to enter beta in April, focusing on integrating the Linux 6.18 LTS kernel paired with OpenZFS 2.4, following the release of TrueNAS 25.10, its Linux-based OpenZFS operating system. Previously, on January 8, TrueNAS introduced WebShare, an enterprise-grade solution for file sharing accessible directly from a web browser, providing an alternative to Samba (SMB) or NFS.
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