Download FreeNAS 9.1 RC2

The second release candidate of FreeNAS version 9.0 has been released. With this package, a computer included in the network can be used as ‘network attached storage’, so purely for storing data. Additional functionality can be added using plugins. The whole is based on FreeBSD and provided with a clear web interface. More information about the possibilities of FreeNAS can be found at this page are being found. FreeNAS 9.0 is based on FreeBSD 9.1 and includes several improvements to the zfs file system.

Major changes:

• Version 9.1-STABLE of FreeBSD with performance improvements, bug fixes, and updated software packages.
• Many improvements to the ZFS filesystem, including feature flags, TRIM support, enhanced drive removal notification, LZ4 compression, improved ARC memory reclamation and reliability improvements.
• Improved Plugin Jail subsystem which supports multiple jails and an enhanced UI including enhancements from PC-BSD Warden.
• Improved Volume manager including auto optimization of volumes for performance.
• Improvements to the encryption subsystem.
• Documentation enhancement.
• Increased base image size to 3.7GB.
• GUI UPGRADES FROM FREENAS 8.X ARE NOT SUPPORTED (due to image size #7)
• **IMPORTANT** Backward compatibility of FreeNAS 9.1 ZFS pools with older versions of ZFS is not to be expected. Upgrade pools with extreme caution, as all ZFS pool upgrades are one-way and only FreeNAS 9.1, FreeBSD 9-STABLE, and FreeBSD 8.4 currently support this ZFS pool format.
• To convert 8.* pluginjail to a 9.* pluginjail, please run the jail migration script like so (prior to configuring jails):
  /root/migrate_pluginjail.sh -D
  Any plugins installed will need to be updated manually, this can be done on the services->plugins page.