NFS on Ubuntu 13.10
Hey, Today I installed FreeNas 9.2.1.8 and now I am trying to set up a NFS. First I created a Volume with the volume manager. Then I created a dataset. Now I want to set up a NFS for this dataset. So I...
View ArticleDrKK's Definitive Guide to Installing OwnCloud in FreeNAS (or FreeBSD)
What is OwnCloud? In a nutshell: It is like DropBox, but self-hosted. If your main use case for DropBox is just to have your own, personal, storage in the cloud, then you might find OwnCloud to be a...
View ArticleHome made NAS instead of QNAP TS-451
Hello folks, first of all hello. and im new here but i wont use this fact as excuse. Im fan of everything free and open sourced. Lets start. I have right now all possible stuff on several HDDs and...
View ArticleConfused about that LSI card? Join the crowd ...
A recent post prompted me to think, there's a lot of confusion regarding LSI HBA/RAID cards. If you're confused, it is probably understandable... it can be a bit complicated! ZFS users on FreeNAS...
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ZFS Replication
Hi folks, need functionality confirmation from experts. Here is the scenario: 2 software-identical freenas setups (both at 9.2.1.8), one is ZFS PUSH, second one is ZFS PULL. Pull is on slow network...
View ArticleNeed help on zpool import
Hi all, i use Freenas 9.2.1.5 for a home NAS solution. Since the storage ran out of space (due to my VMware labs) i decided to grow the raidz2 pool (six disks in one vdev) from 2GB to 6 GB each. I...
View ArticleWill Virtualization of FreeNAS EVER be a good idea?
I know that in the current state of FreeNAS, virtualization is a bad idea. My question (aimed to those in the know) is: will it EVER be a good idea? Might there be some improvements coming down that...
View ArticleDeleted Folder Keeps Coming Back
Hi, I'm a noob and I been using Freenas for more than a year and so far I didn't encounter any problem. I need some help, it's not really a problem but it's annoying. I created a folder before. I tried...
View ArticleShould I worry about WD REDs running 40C on a mostly idle machine?
I have been reading here that disk temperatures should be under 40C. Mine is a home server setup with me being the single user (mostly), and the system is idle lot of the times, but the disk...
View ArticleZoneminder on FreeNas
Hi, Altough I'm not an expert I succesfully installed FreeNas 8.3.1 with transmission plugin, shares, ftp server etc. I wondered how could I install zoneminder or any surveillance software but I found...
View ArticleHELP!!! Looking to install Free-Nas on Lacie Box
Hey Guys, I'm looking to install free-nas on my Lacie Ethernet Disk Raid 1TB for my esxi environment. I see that you can install other versions of linux (since mine is running linux 2.6) on other Lacie...
View ArticleIs it better to avoid plugins if you want to have up to date software?
I have a relatively recent install of FreeNAS-9.2.1.6-RELEASE-x64 running on a 16GB AMD A8-6600K system and a lot of storage. I got excited about running all my storage related services on this system,...
View ArticlePCI intel pro/1000 GT NIC performance compared to Realtek (iperf)
Hi! Finally I have almost everything for my first FreeNAS box. I started some testing, and the results wasn't really what I was expecting. The problem I think was NIC performance. Current server on...
View ArticleRe-Installed CrashPlan Plugin Won't Start
After making some changes to a working CrashPlan installation (details here), I wasn't able to start the CrashPlan Service so I decided to go back to square one. I deleted the CrashPlan Plugin and...
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Help please. Getting slow network performance WITH Intel gigabit nic.
Hello all. I just fired up my second FreeNAS build (shown below). I’m having network throughput issues. I thought it was originally due to the onboard Realtek NIC so I ordered an Intel Pro1000 PCIE...
View ArticleJAILS, PLEX: The path '/mnt/datastore1' requires execute permission bit
Hi, I am trying to use Plex on my FreeNAS 9.1.1 When I try to configure the Plex Jails Storage, I get the following Message: The path '/mnt/datastore1' requires execute permission bit See the...
View ArticleStill struggling with rsync
I've tried a few times to sort this, but I just can't understand why this doesn't work so thought I'd ask some experts. I have 2 HP micro servers running 9.2.1.8, both with 16GB ECC RAM but with a...
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Lian-Li PC-Q26
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/lian-li-mini-itx-nas-pc-q26,27950.html http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-q26/ Looks like a very interesting (and pricey, like most Lian-Li products) case for...
View ArticleFreenas Every so often drops network
So far this has only happened 3x in the last 2 months. Freenas drops the network the only error i see is "hostname not found". When the network drops, i can no longer access the GUI, also all the...
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Avis config, infos sur FreeNas
Bonjour à tous, Je suis Alexandre, j'ai fait mes études dans l'informatique (davantage industrielle) mais j'aime bricoler dans l'informatique. Mon nouveau challenge est de me faire un Nas, j'ai vu...
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