Software Update: FreeNAS 11.3-U3

The third update for version 11.3 of FreeNAS has been released. With this software, a computer included in the network can be used as network attached storage. Additional functionality can be added with the help of plugins. The whole is based on FreeBSD and provided with a clear web interface. More information about the possibilities of FreeNAS can be found at this page are being found.

FreeNAS version 11.3 includes an improved replication engine that performs up to ten times better, an access control list manager that allows the creation of smb shares from the interface, and a repository for community plugins. The complete release notes for version 11.3 can be found on this page are being found; the release notes for this update are as follows:

FreeNAS 11.3-U3

iXsystems is pleased to release Update 3 for FreeNAS 11.3! FreeNAS 11.3-U3 is a maintenance release that includes over one hundred bug fixes and quality of life improvements for the software. Notable fixes include:

• Network Interfaces section updates (NAS-105964, NAS-105963, NAS-105960, NAS-105959, NAS-105958, NAS-105965)
• Allow mounting NFS shares with either Kerberos or default security when Require Kerberos for NFSv4 is disabled. (NAS-105956)
• Import a Samba 4 patch for an Apple Time Machine bug (NAS-105911)
• UI visual improvements (NAS-105909, NAS-105916, NAS-105927, NAS-105907, NAS-105862, NAS-105800, NAS-105713, NAS-105661, NAS-105601, NAS-105513)
• Improve Active Directory auto-rejoin (NAS-105853)
• Merge FreeBSD patches and update FreeNAS Kernel to 11.3-RELEASE-p8 (NAS-105837)
• Improvements to the alert system (NAS-105785, NAS-105792, NAS-105833, NAS-105876, NAS-105715, NAS-105684, NAS-105664, NAS-105660)
• Make fstab handling for Jail mount points more robust (NAS-105735)
• Temperature reporting fallback for drives on a SCSI HBA (NAS-105656)
• SMB sharing improvements (NAS-105395, NAS-105443, NAS-105443, NAS-105445, NAS-105951, NAS-105578, NAS-105703, NAS-105833, NAS-105835, NAS-105911, NAS-106049, NAS-106047)

the Jira FreeNAS 11.3-U3 issue tracker has a full list of changes included in this release.

Note: There is a current issue where the UI can become unresponsive after upgrading. If this occurs, clear the browser cache and refresh the page (shift-F5).