Case Study: NIST achieves FIPS-compliant, vendor-independent enterprise storage with TrueNAS

NIST avoids a $3 million maintenance surprise with TrueNAS

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) required a federal-grade storage solution that met stringent FIPS compliance standards for security and reliability while avoiding costly vendor lock-in. Their challenge was to find a flexible and resilient platform for critical infrastructure roles like virtualization and backups that was also cost-effective over the long term.

iXsystems provided NIST with its FIPS-certified TrueNAS enterprise storage systems. The solution delivered predictable costs, reliable support, and the flexibility to avoid proprietary lock-in. This resulted in multiple successful deployments across departments, with one end-of-life system still functioning perfectly, ultimately saving NIST from a nearly $3 million maintenance bill with their previous vendor.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)