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The Foundation of Enterprise Reliability
At the heart of TrueNAS Enterprise lies the revolutionary ZFS file system, originally developed by Sun Microsystems and now maintained as the open-source OpenZFS project. Unlike traditional storage systems that layer file systems on top of hardware RAID controllers, ZFS integrates volume management directly into the file system level. This architectural approach eliminates the complexity and potential failure points of traditional storage stacks while delivering unprecedented data integrity guarantees.
The Copy-on-Write (CoW) architecture ensures that your critical data is never overwritten until new writes are completely verified. This means that even during power failures or system crashes, your data remain perfectly intact.
Hardware Platforms for Every Need
TrueNAS Enterprise offers multiple hardware platforms designed to meet the diverse requirements and budget constraints:
TrueNAS H-Series
Provides exceptional value for high-performance storage without enterprise premiums. These single-controller systems are available in all-flash and hybrid configurations, scaling up to 2 petabytes of capacity, making them ideal for prioritizing cost-effectiveness while maintaining excellent price-performance ratios.
TrueNAS M-Series
Represents the flagship enterprise platform with models including the M40, M50, and M60. These dual-controller systems support high-availability configurations essential for mission-critical applications. The M60, with its advanced controller architecture, can handle the most demanding workloads while scaling beyond 20 petabytes.
TrueNAS Mini
The Mini family offers various configurations from the compact Mini X (up to 70TB) to the rack-mountable Mini R (over 200TB), allowing individual departments to experience TrueNAS capabilities while seamlessly integrating with larger TrueNAS Enterprise deployments.
This platform diversity allows you to deploy the right solution for each use case, while maintaining compatibility and unified management across all systems.
TrueNAS for Sectors
TrueNAS for Defence
With unmatched data integrity, scalability, and flexibility defence.
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TrueNAS for Universities
With unmatched data integrity, scalability, and flexibility for any education organisation.
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Scales Effortlessly
From small departmental deployments to massive infrastructure. A single TrueNAS system can accommodate everything from a few terabytes to over 20 petabytes.
Modular Architecture
You can start with what you need today and expand as you grow, without the massive upfront investments typically required by legacy storage vendors.
Storage Efficiency
Features like inline deduplication and compression automatically optimise your capacity utilisation. Compression often achieving 2:1 ratios on typical including document repositories, email systems, and more.
Adaptive Performance Optimisation
The intelligent caching system automatically identifies your most frequently accessed data and places it on the fastest storage tiers available. TrueNAS Enterprise adapts its performance characteristics to match your specific requirements.
Key Features
Data Security
Military-Grade Encruption
Security in higher education has never been more critical, with universities facing increasing cyber threats while managing sensitive research data, student records, and intellectual property.
Integration Capabilities
Seamless Campus Compatibility
TrueNAS Enterprise integrates naturally into existing university IT environments without requiring massive infrastructure overhauls.
Enterprise-Grade Support
Support with Academic Awareness
University IT operations face unique challenges that generic enterprise support simply cannot address effectively.
Professional Services Excellence
Powerful Migration Services
University IT migrations are particularly complex because they must accommodate academic schedules, research continuities, and diverse technical requirements.
Strategic Partnership Benefits
Local Expertise with Global Backing
As a certified TrueNAS Enterprise strategic partner, we combine deep local knowledge of UK higher education requirements with the technical expertise and resources of a global technology leader.
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Data Security
Military-Grade Encryption Without Performance Penalties
Security has never been more critical, with businesses and institutions facing increasing cyber threats while managing sensitive data. TrueNAS Enterprise provides comprehensive encryption both at rest and in transit, utilizing AES-256 encryption that meets the most stringent security requirements without impacting system performance.
The self-encrypting drive support means that if physical storage devices are removed from your data center, the information remains inaccessible without proper authentication. For the handling of sensitive data subject to GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 requirements, this level of protection provides important compliance capabilities.
Integration Capabilities
Seamless Campus Compatibility
TrueNAS Enterprise integrates naturally into existing IT environments without requiring massive infrastructure overhauls. There have been substantial investments in VMware vSphere infrastructure, and TrueNAS provides native integration through VAAI (vSphere Storage APIs for Array Integration) and comprehensive iSCSI and NFS support. This means your existing virtual machines, can immediately benefit from enterprise-grade storage without migration headaches.
For those adopting containerised applications and cloud-native technologies, TrueNAS Enterprise offers robust Kubernetes integration through CSI (Container Storage Interface) drivers. This forward-looking capability ensures your storage infrastructure can support both current virtualised workloads and future cloud-native applications as your institution modernises its technology stack.
Enterprise-Grade Support
Support with Academic Awareness
Businesses and Institutions face unique challenges that generic enterprise support simply cannot address effectively. TrueNAS Enterprise support is specifically designed to be as useful as possible.
Our support teams understand that a storage outage affect you in many different ways. The support infrastructure provides guaranteed good response times, ensuring that your most important operational periods receive priority attention.
The support model includes proactive monitoring capabilities that can identify potential issues before they impact operations.
Professional Services Excellence
Powerful Migration Services
TrueNAS Enterprise professional services have developed migration methodologies specifically designed for complex migration.
The process includes extensive pre-migration testing to ensure that specialised applications continue to function correctly on the new storage infrastructure.
Data integrity verification is built into every migration process, with multiple checksum validations and application testing ensuring no data is compromised during the transition. For those with decades of legacy data, our teams have extensive experience in migrating from obsolete storage systems while maintaining complete historical accessibility.
Strategic Partnership Benefits
Local Expertise with Global Backing
As a certified TrueNAS Enterprise strategic partner, we combine deep local knowledge of UK requirements with the technical expertise and resources of a global technology leader. Our team understands the specific procurement processes, compliance requirements, and operational challenges facing UK businesses and insitutions.
