IXSystems FreeNAS Mini XL Review
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iX Systems FreeNAS Mini XL Review
Mini XL is a Purpose Built NAS Server by iXSystems
Competes with Synology, QNAP, Drobo, etc
Small to Midsize business or for things such as video/ content creation
FreeNAS?
FreeNAS is an enterprise grade open source NAS operating system.
Based off of FreeBSD
Features such as
ZFS with 3 drive failure
Deduplication
Snap Shot replication
iXSystems?
Created FreeNAS
Builds enterprise grade systems running FreeNAS
Mini XL Storage Device
32GB of ECC RAM up to 64
SSD Read and Write caches
8-Core 2.4GHz Intel CPU
8 Hot Swap Bay (Up to 48 TB Size Currently)
2 1GB NIC
1 Year Hardware Warantee
Starts at $1499.
Look and Feel
Mid grade “custom” built PC.
Off the shelf parts
VGA
Use Case?
Already invested in FreeNAS and doing a large deployment.
$500+ markup for an Open Source OS
Why Frowny Face?
The main benefit of the Mini XL is the customizability of FreeNAS.
If someone plans to customize FreeNAS do they want to pay $500 Markup.
“Certified Hardware”… How often does FreeBSD have hardware issues?
Final Thoughts
Feels like a dumb CEO idea…
Trying to expand into a market without really adapting the product for the market.
Fine product, but at the price point seems an odd product.
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