Persistent L2ARC?
Hey all, It never made sense to me that L2ARC residing on SSD's (a mostly stable media) would be wiped on a reboot, and all that optimized cache data would be lost, forcing a rebuild on a drive with...
View ArticleOption to enable SSH in Jails
It would be very helpful to have a checkbox option to enable ssh access into the plugin jails.
View ArticleBest practices for large amount of discs
I have a norco case with 24 hot swapbays. After reading cyberjocks guide I want to make sure I understand the implications of my choices. Originally, I started with 8 discs, then added another 8 discs...
View ArticleFTP users and groups
Hi guys, I want to share some files with the external world. Given the list of services, I figured FTP would be the best. However, looking at the GUI and the documentation, I'm a little puzzled. Of...
View ArticleInstalling Plex in a jail?
I'm attempting to install Plex per: https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/102532-how-to-install-plex-in-a-freenas-jail/ At the line: cd /usr/ports/multimedia/plexmediaserver/ && make install...
View Article[How-To] ownCloud using NGINX, PHP-FPM, and MySQL
INTRODUCTION This guide's purpose is to show my recommended method to install ownCloud in a jail on FreeNAS. This method will have superior performance over the PBI method because this stack uses...
View ArticleConfiguring transmission plugin too run through OpenVPN using PIA with...
I've read a few posts on how to configure just the transmission plug-in to run through VPN using OpenVPN. There are a couple that get into a detailed description on how to do this, most notably these 2...
View ArticleMoving Jails?
So, when I first started out with freenas I installed 2 small disks, no mirroring or anything. Later I added 2 larger disks (4Tb) and kept the first ones for the Jails as you can see here: Problem is...
View ArticleFreeNAS Crashing?
Hello. I need some help please. For the past few day (a few days after updating to .7) my server has been crashing. When I try to get to the web GUI I am greeted with this... An error occurred. Sorry,...
View ArticlePlease help me decide what kind of pool to use on home server
Good evening, First time posting so be gentle with me. I’ve been using Linux MD in a RAID 6 configuration for my file server for nearly two years. After getting my hands on a ZFS array at work and...
View ArticleCan't write on my ZFS volume
Hi, I'm having a problem with write permissions on my freenas volume. From a CIFS or NFS share, I get an "access denied" when I try to copy a file into the volume. Within Freenas : Code (text):...
View ArticleAdding AD group to wheel / sudoers
I want to configure things so that members of my AD group "domain admins" can ssh into my server and run some commands as root. I assume that changes to sudoers aren't persistent. Is there a way to add...
View ArticleBackup storage build
Hello, We have been running FreeNAS at the office using old commodity hardware over the years and it's run very well. The purpose of our build is to provide more storage capacity both in disk space and...
View ArticlePregunta sobre el sistema de archivos
Buenos días amigos, soy nuevo en este foro y comunidad. Tengo un viejo PC que quiero transforma en un servidor de FreeNAS. Como no tengo problemas en instalar SO y si no funciona, volverlo a instalar,...
View Article1 Failed Drive - 2nd Drive not visible
Hi I have a box here that is running 8.0.4. It's booting from USB and has (had) 2 x 3TB drives which (I believe) were in a ZFS mirror config or some other mirror config When given it I found that it...
View Article[HOWTO] pyLoad 0.4.9 (self-made port)
Hi people, I've created a FreeBSD port for pyLoad 0.4.9. I want to submit this port to the FreeBSD ports collection (creating a binary package later?). I'm also planning creating a FreeNAS PBI. I would...
View ArticleISCSI Problem
Hi, i have some problem with iSCSI service that do not start. i have FreeNAS-8.0.4-RELEASE-p2-x86 and log report : Sep 18 11:37:43 freenas-gm freenas: Starting istgt. Sep 18 11:37:43 freenas-gm...
View ArticleInstalling FreeNAS on Plextor M6e SSD
I'm installing FreeNAS on a new server and I'd like to use a PCI-E Plextor drive (PX-AG128M6e) for the installation drive. It is recognized in the BIOS, but it is not visible in the FreeNAS...
View ArticleVolume Import Issue
Sorry if this is a really simple fix, I am a FreeNAS newb. I am upgrading my system and am trying to import my pool. I first tried to do it with the GUI. Volume showed up, I started importing it. GUI...
View ArticleIt's Bash's turn to have a security hole
http://arstechnica.com/security/201...big-security-hole-on-anything-with-nix-in-it/ Because lady luck thought to herself "Hmm, this year could use a second major security hole in software that's...
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