Open Storage Is Disrupting The Enterprise Market Source: iXsystems, Inc. By Morgan Littlewood, SVP, TrueNAS Product Management, iXsystems, Inc. Virtually every organization in the world relies on digital automation, making data more valuable today than ever before. Preventing data loss is thus a paramount concern, making storage system reliability an absolute imperative for organizations of all sizes. Delivering on this requirement, enterprise-class Open Source software is emerging as the key to resilient, enterprise-grade storage affordable for all. Any storage system today must offer a comprehensive array of features and capabilities. Some of the most desirable functions, such as silent corruption detection, data reduction, and write cache resilience in the face of power outages, were traditionally restricted to proprietary storage solutions targeting the largest enterprises. Open storage is changing this industry dynamic by dramatically lowering the true cost of these important enterprise-level features.