Discussion: Linux jails... Do you use them?
So the question is simple, do you use linux jails? The question has been brought up in bug ticket 5624 "Can we remove the linux jails?" If you have used them or you read the forums a lot you'd know a...
View ArticleHas 9.1.2.6 broken Time Machine support?
I upgraded to 9.2.1.6 over the weekend and have been having lots of problems with Time Machine not running with an error that device is already in use. It's not, as it's a dataset used specifically for...
View ArticleSeting up Freenas 9.2.0 with Transmission and Couchpotato as a DLNA-Server
I created a post on my personal blog that describes how to set up Freenas 9.2.0 with Transmission and Couchpotato as a DLNA-Server and I figured, I might post a link here to it. Feel free to give some...
View ArticleWD Red Pros vs Blacks
Hey guys, I will be upgrading my FreeNAS soon, and want to know your thoughts. From what I have read, it seems that WD Blacks would do just fine, and this is what I have been leaning towards for...
View Articlehelp with ipfw and openvpn
Fair warning - I'm a noob with freenas. I'm trying to set up ipfw in a jail to block all traffic except to a VPN that has already been set up and is working properly. I've read up on ipfw, but clearly...
View ArticleCompression and Hardware vs Software RAID
I had asked earlier about upgrading my NAS about a month ago and recently bought a used Poweredge 2950 with 8GB of ECC memory and 4x 2TB WD Reds for a Raid-Z2 array. I am about to setup my initial...
View ArticleCannot join FreeNAS to Server 2012 R2 AD
I have been running this FreeNAS box for almost a year with zero issues. A month ago, I migrated my domain to a new server, a Dell PowerEdge. I put Server 2012 R2 on it. I started to experience...
View ArticleUtente Transmission
Salve ho aperto questo Thread come conseguenza di questo altro Thread: rinominare file Qualcuno conosce la Password dell'utente Transmission??? Tramite terminale ho controllato i permessi dei file...
View Article[QUESTION] How to distribute 8 * 4TB disks optimaly on zpools/vdevs?
My system is E3C226D2I mobo, Xeon E3-1245v3, 16GB ECC RAM, LSI 9211-8I in IT mode, 8-bay U-NAS NSC-800 case, 400W PSU, 8 * HDD WD40EFRX RED 4TB. FreeNAS 9.2.1.6. It should mainly store and stream (NFS,...
View ArticleVirtualbox Bridged network mode
Hi guys, I am trying to run Windows XP inside a Virtual Machine. I got to install it and everything looks super cool but I can't get to have the network working. This is the network settings page on...
View ArticleHaving trouble getting Plex to access the correct folders.
What I want to do is rip or download a movie and transfer it to my NAS. Then have Plex serve it up to my devices. Simple, right? I can transfer my files, but I can't get plex to access the correct...
View ArticleCan I get the mlxen driver to work?
I got ahold of an HP G2 10GB card (a Mellanox ConnectX-2 in disguise), but there doesn't seem to be any official vendor support for FreeBSD (though they are supposed to release drivers for the...
View ArticleRAM requirement still 1GB per 1TB even if mirroring?
Seeing the part in the guide about wanting roughly 1 GB RAM per 1 TB disk space, does that still hold true if you are planning to mirror drives instead of doing a RAIDZ setup? Not being a filesystem...
View ArticleCan't rebuild a UFS mirror.
I have 2x1tb hard drives in a UFS mirror and one of them recently dropped out of the array, it no longer reports any read/write activity and it has been throwing up smart errors for a while now so it's...
View ArticleCIFS permissions inheritance not working on my machine
Hi, I have the following setup (setup the same as the Wiki explains it): Users: one user with my username which is the same as my Windows username and another with my brother's Groups: "Users" group...
View Article[FreeNAS 9 Plugin] - Syncthing
Source https://github.com/josh4trunks/FreeNAS-Plugins Notes Uses the user/group 'syncthing', UID/GID = 819 Can be updated to the latest available version with the command 'service syncthing update'
View ArticleVirtualBox Console Access (from browser)
Hi Everybody, Just started testing out virtualbox from the jail template.. Launced my ubuntu live cd and everything seems ok so far.. I was wondering about virtualbox console access from web browser.....
View ArticleFree space discrepancy
Anyone know why there's a discrepancy between the free space returned by zpool list and that by zfs list? (Configuration is 8x4TB + 3x4TB raidz3) Code (text): % zpool list NAME SIZE ALLOC...
View Articleext4 single drive share
is it possible to share a single drive as storage via the gui with out making a 1 drive vdev or using it in a ZFS config? i know this is not exactly the point of freenas but i am still hunting down...
View ArticleNAS with OLD pc: energy consumption and performances
Hello, I have some extra parts from old pc's and I would understand if it is possible to use them to create a NAS with FreeNas. I need a solution for backup and streaming audio / video. I do not care...
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