The system offers either an all-flash storage option or hybrid storage, which includes HDD storage devices paired with Flash for the best of both worlds. There are 4x different Expansion Shelves compatible with the IX Systems TrueNAS M50 Storage enclosure. For scale-out, the M50 can support up to 8x additional Expansion Shelves depending on your storage needs. For scale-up using TrueNAS SCALE software, in addition to TrueNAS Enterprise CORE, up to 100 systems can be clustered together. The unit has a base configuration of up to 500TB of storage.
Supported Expansion Shelves
TrueNAS ES24
Featuring a dedicated management port, the system can be managed out-of-band using TrueNAS Enterprise CORE. This high-availability storage enclosure is also VMware certified. It offers unified file, block, and S3-Compliant object storage. Available at no extra cost, TrueNAS M-series also offer data compression, space-efficient snapshots, clones and provisioning at no extra cost. TrueNAS Adaptive Compression (TAC) ensures highly efficient performance while maximizing storage capacity.