Is my RAID card or hard drive dying?
I run FreeNAS as a VM with ESXi. It's got ECC RAM and HDDs connected via an IBM M1015 (flashed to LSI 9211-8i, and passthrough'd to the VM). It had been running pretty well until recently. Basically,...
View ArticleHp z620
In day or so I will get my new server a hp z620 from ebay. Hp motherboard are equipped whit 6 sata 4 sata 2.0 and 2 sata 3.0 I'm in to if they are separated on two controller so I can let the 4 sata...
View ArticleOpenvpn in a iocage jail
Has anyone managed to get openvpn running in an iocage jail? I have tried to install the same was as in a warden jail but it cannot start. Code: root@vpngateway:~ # tail /var/log/messages Dec 29...
View Article[How-To] Set up Time Machine for multiple machines with OSX Server-Style Quotas
Normally, when you setup Time Machine (TM) you must use a Quota of some sort, or Time Machine will allocate all of the space on your FreeNAS server. The traditional approach is to use a dataset quota,...
View Articleudma_crc_error_count of 820.
Having carried out many data transfer tests on my new system I thought it was time for some baseline measurement tests. I ran Smartcl and everything, apart from the following two items, were as you...
View Article[FreeNAS 11.1] Unlocking encrypted pool throws exception "MiddlewareError"
Hi, I installed FreeNAS 11.1 as clean install on a new USB-Stick and as upgrade of an existing 11.0-U4. In both cases If I try to unlock my pool a exception is thrown and displayed: Code: Environment:...
View ArticleVM Nic - MAC Address definition
hello if i create a VM and have a NIC Type device. i could add a MAC Address, how it the formate to enter it? with : or - or something else? I did not find a hint in the Manual, sorry! have a nice day...
View ArticleWindows file managers using SSH/SCP, that avoid long path/filename issues -...
I'm getting a little frustrated at the limitations of Windows explorer and Explorer replacements on Windows, for manipulating files on my FreeNAS box when they're nested with long-ish paths or have...
View ArticlePlexPy: Cannot start as a service (python not found)
I have plexpy installed (pkg plexpy) in a warden jail. All was working fine until i recently restarted the box. Now I cannot start plexpy service, but I can successfully run it directly: Code:...
View ArticleSystem updated to 11.1 stable: promote dataset?
Hi! I have two servers in a replication group. Upgraded one of the servers to 11.1-stable. Should I promote the datasets on the 11.1-stable server before upgrading the other server to 11.1? What does...
View ArticleZFS scrub stuck, and won't continue
Hello, I google'd a lot but cannot find any solution to my problem: The ZFS scrubbing stuck at 56.66% and does not continue: Code: root@freenas:~ # zpool status -v Prim pool: Prim state: ONLINE...
View ArticleUpdated to 11, Supermicro stuck at PEI Intel Reference Code Execution Code 02...
I just updated to freenas 11 from 9.10. It rebooted my server after downloading the update, and instead of going to post it has gone to a bios screen with: 'PEI Intel Reference Code Execution Code 02'...
View ArticleUpdating from Nexenta to a new, upgraded FreeNAS build
Hello all, This is my first post to this forum. My history regarding ZFS is from Nexenta and have now been getting inspired to update and move to FreeNAS that I had thought a few years ago already as...
View ArticleAMD Ryzen build - simple home media server
Hey folks! I've had a FreeNAS server running on an AMD A6 APU for a little over a couple years and I'm toying with the idea of putting together a whole new build. The main question I have is whether or...
View ArticleUsing a VMware virtual disk as L2ARC read cache?
I have the following server: T330 Intel Xeon 1240 v6 32GB (soon 64gb) ECC 1x4TB via H330 controller (soon 7 more slots, so might go for a nice 6x4TB raid 6) I would like to know if it would be a bad...
View ArticleMy first FreeNAS build, Ryzen1700x
Hello, Finally saved enough to build myself a nice FreeNAS box. It'll be running at home as a file server/media server/backup station. Build costs around 2000+ euro's. Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2...
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RAID 10 - Probability Of Two Disks In Any Sub-Array (Mirrored Paid) Failing
Chart illustrating the probability of a two drive failure in a RAID 10 (striped RAID 1 sets) configuration being a mirrored pair. In other words, if any two drives fail simultaneously, the chart below...
View ArticleFor those who love ZFS ...
# zpool status pool: pfSenseMirror state: ONLINE scan: scrub in progress since Sun Dec 24 21:54:29 2017 252M scanned out of 620M at 84.1M/s, 0h0m to go 0 repaired, 40.70% done config: NAME STATE...
View ArticleHi from Canada
Hi All, I’m new to FreeNAS. Started with a D-Link DNS-323. I am currently using a WD myCloud as my NAS. Looking for a larger NAS set up. I use Macs and PCs My knowledge is mainly UNIX and a little...
View ArticlePWDIS feature in new SATA drives to watch for.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/hdd-sata-power-disable-feature,36146.html Basically most sata drives do not use 3.3 Volts even though it is available per the SATA specs. The power is sent through...
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