Na vier bètareleases is nu de eerste release candidate van FreeNAS versie 8.2.0 uitgekomen. Met dit pakket kan een in het netwerk opgenomen computer als 'network attached storage' worden ingezet, dus puur en alleen voor het opslaan van data. Het geheel is gebaseerd op FreeBSD versie 8.2 en voorzien van een overzichtelijke webinterface. Waar de systeemeisen in versie 7 nog heel laag waren en het prima op een oude computer kon draaien, is er voor versie 8 iets uitgebreidere hardware nodig. Het complete changelog is op deze pagina te vinden, dit zijn de belangrijkste veranderingen in versie 8.2.0:
Changes in the 8.2 branch versus 8.0.x
The 8.2 branch of FreeNAS introduces many functional changes when compared with the 8.0.x releases.
ZFS can be manipulated from the CLI, and changes for supported items tracked by FreeNAS will be reflected in the GUI. zvols, datasets, and entire volumes can be created, destroyed, or manipulated on the CLI and will be propagated to the GUI.
The GUI now supports active-passive multipath capable hardware, which targets mainly SAS drives on dual expander backplanes. Any multipath capable devices that are detected will be placed in multipath units which are then exposed to the GUI, and the parent devices will be hidden.
Plugins are now available. Third party modules can be added to FreeNAS which will persist across upgrades and can be manipulated and configured from the GUI. Documentation on using and creating plugins is available here. BitTorrent, DLNA/uPNP, and iTunes plugins are available as of this writing.
The GUI now includes a webshell, which allows you to access a root shell from within a web browser.
The "Create Volume" modal was renamed to "Volume Manager". Extending existing pools is more intuitive than it was previously; selecting multiple disks for a storage volume is now done via a multiselect widget instead of checkboxes to improve ease of use when creating volumes.
ZFS volumes can now have periodic scrub tasks configured for them; the default is set to 35 days to be consistent with the OS default.
An autotuning script is now available -- disabled by default. It sets various tunables and sysctls based on system resources and components. The predetermined values are exposed through the GUI from the Sysctls and Tunables panes.
A newer web toolkit is used, which behaves better with modal dialogs and more intuitively in general when compared with older versions. It also has better browser compatibility, including compatibility with Android / iOS mobile devices!
A more responsive service state detection mechanism was added to improve FreeNAS interoperability in VM software (VMware, VirtualBox, etc).
FreeNAS 8.0 screenshot, klik op de afbeelding voor een grotere versie.
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