FreeNAS, World’s Most Popular Storage OS, Gets AMD Ryzen Support, Cloud Sync

Coming six months after the release of the FreeNAS 11 stable series, the FreeNAS 11.1 update is based on FreeBSD 11.1 and introduces cloud integration, support for AMD Ryzen and Intel Xeon Scalable family of processors, OpenZFS performance improvements, as well as preliminary support for Docker application container engine through a virtual machine built from RancherOS. The new Docker support integrated into FreeNAS 11.1 provides a mechanism that automates application deployment inside containers, as well as a graphical tool that lets users manage Docker containers. Users are urged to test drive Docker support in FreeNAS and report any issues they might encounter.