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TrueNAS Storage Solutions

TrueNAS® is the world's #1 open-source storage platform — built on OpenZFS and trusted by over 1,000,000 deployments across government, research, media production, and enterprise. Rated 4.9/5 for customer satisfaction (Primary Storage, G2 2024), TrueNAS delivers unified file, block, and object storage with hardware-free data protection that proprietary SAN vendors simply cannot match at the price. As an authorised TrueNAS partner in the UAE, Apisylux deploys and manages both tiers: **TrueNAS Community Edition** (open-source, software-only — ideal for businesses, SMEs, and home labs) and **TrueNAS Enterprise Edition** (iXsystems certified appliances with enterprise support SLAs — built for mission-critical workloads). Whether you need a Mini Series branch-office NAS, an R-Series cost-optimised SAN, or an M-Series/F-Series petabyte array, we size, procure, build, and operate the right system for your UAE workloads — with all data staying on-premise in the UAE.

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In short

Authorised TrueNAS deployment partner in the UAE. Community and Enterprise server deployments — ZFS-powered NAS/SAN/S3 storage from branch-office Mini systems to petabyte-scale M-Series arrays.

What We Offer

Comprehensive Features

Our truenas storage solutions services include everything you need for success.

TrueNAS Community Edition deployment — open-source, software-only, zero licence cost
TrueNAS Enterprise Edition — iXsystems certified appliances with 24/7 enterprise support SLAs
Full appliance lineup: Mini Series (branch/SME) · R-Series (cost-optimised) · H-Series (power-efficient HA) · M-Series (capacity enterprise) · F-Series (NVMe performance)
OpenZFS storage pools — RAIDZ1/Z2/Z3 with continuous bit-rot detection and auto-repair
Unlimited ZFS snapshots + auto-resume replication to offsite or cloud (Backblaze B2 / Wasabi S3)
All protocols in one system: SMB 2/3, NFSv3/v4, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, S3/MinIO, rsync, WebDAV, FTP
Active Directory / LDAP integration, Kerberos auth, per-dataset ACLs and quotas
TrueCommand® centralised management for multi-system environments
High Availability (HA) dual-controller configurations (H/M/F-Series) — 99.999% uptime
In-line adaptive compression, deduplication, thin/thick provisioning, and TRIM
Hardware procurement: iXsystems Mini/R/H/M/F-Series + custom Supermicro UAE-sourced builds
Remote monitoring, proactive alerting, quarterly ZFS health checks, and managed services
Benefits

Why Choose Our TrueNAS Storage Solutions?

Experience the advantages of working with our expert team.

1

Self-Healing OpenZFS

OpenZFS checksums every block of data on every read and write. Bit-rot, silent corruption, and sector errors are automatically detected and repaired using RAIDZ parity — no RAID controller needed, no data loss without warning.

2

Community & Enterprise — One Platform

TrueNAS Community Edition is free open-source software ideal for SMEs and startups. TrueNAS Enterprise Edition adds iXsystems-certified hardware, gold/platinum support SLAs, and HA dual-controller options. You can start Community and upgrade to Enterprise appliances as you scale.

3

Industry-Best Customer Satisfaction

TrueNAS holds a 4.9/5 customer satisfaction rating (G2 Primary Storage 2024 & 2023) — the highest in the industry. It is trusted by government agencies, research institutions, media production houses, and Fortune 500 enterprises worldwide.

4

UAE Data Sovereignty

A UAE-hosted design can support data-residency and transfer controls when required. Location alone does not establish UAE PDPL compliance; access, purpose, retention, security, contracts, data-subject rights, and any transfers still need governance.

5

Petabyte-Scale Without Vendor Lock-In

Scale from a Mini Series 264TB branch NAS to an M-Series 30PB enterprise array — all running the same TrueNAS OS. No proprietary firmware, no expensive licence upgrades, no forced migrations when you grow.

6

Fraction of Proprietary SAN Cost

TrueNAS delivers every feature of enterprise NAS/SAN vendors (NetApp, EMC, Pure Storage) — snapshots, replication, iSCSI, S3, HA — at a dramatically lower TCO. Most UAE clients save 50–70% versus comparable proprietary storage.

Our Process

How We Work

Our proven process for delivering exceptional truenas storage solutions results.

Storage Assessment

We audit your current storage environment, capacity requirements, workload types (file, block, object, VM datastores), protocol needs, RPO/RTO targets, HA requirements, and 3-year growth projections.

1

Edition & Appliance Selection

We recommend the right edition (Community or Enterprise) and appliance series: Mini for branch offices, R-Series for cost-optimised multi-purpose, H-Series for power-efficient HA, M-Series for capacity-optimised enterprise, or F-Series for NVMe-intensive performance workloads.

2

Pool Design & Hardware Procurement

We design the ZFS pool topology (RAIDZ2 recommended for production), select drives (SAS/SATA HDDs, SATA/NVMe SSDs), specify expansion shelves, and procure iXsystems-certified or custom Supermicro hardware — UAE-locally, typically 3–7 days.

3

TrueNAS Installation & Configuration

We install TrueNAS, create ZFS pools and datasets, set compression and dedup policies, configure SMART tests, enable encryption-at-rest, and apply per-dataset quotas and retention policies.

4

Network & Protocol Integration

We configure VLANs, LACP link aggregation, jumbo frames (MTU 9000), and iSCSI multipath. We join TrueNAS to your Active Directory/LDAP, provision SMB shares, NFS exports, iSCSI targets, Fibre Channel initiators, or S3 buckets as required.

5

Replication, Alerting & Handover

We configure snapshot schedules, ZFS replication to offsite or cloud, SMART disk alerts, capacity threshold notifications, and email/webhook alerting. We deliver full admin documentation, TrueCommand setup (for multi-system environments), and staff training.

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Technologies We Use

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