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TrueNAS has unveiled the V160, a new entry in its enterprise appliance lineup crafted to support larger, more flexible workloads. This platform is targeted at organizations seeking to balance performance needs with cost efficiency—particularly as fluctuations in flash pricing continue to impact infrastructure planning decisions.
At its core, the V160 features dual fifth-generation TrueNAS controllers powered by AMD EPYC processors, complemented by PCIe 5.0 connectivity and a maximum of 768GB DDR5 memory per controller. The system adopts a hybrid storage architecture that integrates high-capacity HDD tiers, NVMe flash, and a sizeable adaptive cache layer. TrueNAS states the V160 delivers up to 60 GB/s of throughput (driven by robust memory bandwidth) and boasts a cache capacity of up to 24 TiB, leveraging the advanced caching capabilities inherent to TrueNAS’s ZFS file system foundation.
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This hybrid design allows administrators to adjust the balance between NVMe and SAS HDD storage across 24 internal drive bays, while also supporting expansion to over 1,400 drives within a single system. Additional scale-out options include up to six NVMe flash shelves or fourteen 102-bay SAS HDD shelves, enabling configurations with up to 20 PiB of flash storage or more than 35 PiB of HDD capacity. A key advantage of the platform is its lack of capacity-based licensing, letting organizations scale their storage infrastructure without incurring incremental software costs tied to growing capacity.
From a platform functionality standpoint, the V160 unifies file, block, and S3-compatible object storage into one integrated system—aligning with TrueNAS’s focus on unified storage solutions that eliminate silos. This consolidated approach is designed to reduce operational overhead associated with managing multiple storage silos, disparate tools, and varied support models. The V160 also supports a wide-ranging virtualization and container ecosystem, including VMware, Proxmox, Hyper-V, Xen, OpenShift, and Kubernetes—catering to modern enterprise deployment needs, whether running virtual machines or containerized applications. Additionally, it incorporates high-availability and failover capabilities specifically engineered to support large-scale virtual machine deployments, ensuring continuity for critical workloads.
The system is also optimized for high-throughput workloads such as media production and AI pipelines. For media environments, including 4K and 8K video workflows, the platform supports real-time editing and ingest without relying on proxy workflows. In AI and machine learning use cases, NVMe tiers can be used for active model serving, while HDD tiers provide lower-cost capacity for training datasets and archival data.
TrueNAS has unveiled the V160, a new enterprise appliance built to support large, dynamic workloads. It targets organizations balancing performance and cost efficiency, especially amid volatile flash pricing impacting infrastructure planning.
Powered by dual fifth-gen TrueNAS controllers with AMD EPYC processors, the V160 features PCIe 5.0 connectivity and up to 768GB DDR5 memory per controller. Its hybrid architecture combines high-capacity HDDs, NVMe flash, and a large adaptive cache, delivering up to 60 GB/s throughput and 24 TiB cache (leveraging TrueNAS’s ZFS foundation).
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Administrators can tune NVMe/SAS HDD balance across 24 internal bays, with expansion to over 1,400 drives. Scale-out options include 6 NVMe shelves or 14 102-bay SAS shelves (up to 20 PiB flash/35 PiB HDD). No capacity-based licensing lets organizations scale without incremental software costs.
The V160 unifies file, block, and S3 object storage, reducing overhead from managing multiple silos. It supports VMware, Proxmox, Hyper-V, Xen, OpenShift, and Kubernetes, with high-availability/failover for large-scale VM deployments.
Built-in data-efficiency features include TrueNAS Adaptive Compression and Fast Deduplication. Selective compression cuts capacity use without slowing incompressible data; deduplication targets redundancy pre-disk. These are standard, not licensed add-ons.
Running TrueNAS Enterprise 25.10, all key features (snapshots, replication, multiprotocol access, TrueCloud backup) are enabled by default. TrueNAS offers a 7-year enterprise lifecycle with no mandatory hardware refreshes or extra feature licensing, ensuring predictable costs.It uses OpenZFS for filesystem, enabling data portability across TrueNAS and other OpenZFS platforms, avoiding proprietary formats and preserving data control.
The TrueNAS V160 is available now. TrueNAS 26, its next major software release, is in beta and expected for enterprise use later in 2026.
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Email: yangyd@qianxingdata.com
Website: www.qianxingdata.com/www.storagesserver.com
Business Focus:
ICT Product Distribution/System Integration & Services/Infrastructure Solutions
With 20+ years of IT distribution experience, we partner with leading global brands to deliver reliable products and professional services.
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