Old user, new problems
I've been using FreeNAS for a long time. Enjoy the NAS features, but not much of a networking guy. I set it up for mirroring two 2TB drives and have survived a drive failure and several updates over...
View ArticleConstant network activety from idle client
I've got a FreeNAS server running in a SOHO environment. There are two physically separate LANs here, each connected to one of the two Ethernet ports on the FreeNAS box. The 'primary' LAN is where...
View ArticleLooking for recommendations for DIY fileserver for home storage
Hi there, I'm having the following hardware: Asus N3150M-E 8GB RAM (non ECC) 3x WD RED 4 TB 1x SSD for the OS (FreeNAS planned) I want to have a local file server in my house for backing up my...
View ArticleBacking up bhyve VMs
Hi, I have a question regarding virtual machines running on bhyve. If using the GUI (11.0-U4) the only way to add disks to bhyve is zvol's. Are there any ideas how to handle backups of those zvols? I'm...
View ArticleMoving from nightlies to stable
Hello - I have been having some issues with nightlies hosing me so bad that I have to revert back to an old boot environment and I was wondering how I could just move to the stable only release? Is...
View ArticleBulk transferring files
My 2.5TB hard drive is starting to make complaints over SMART. I'm replacing it with a 4TB. What is the best way to transfer the files, Ideally with some kind of progress indicator? I don't need a...
View ArticleTurning encrypted stripe into mirror
Hi, I've recently bought a new disk and I intended to turn the existing setup into a mirror data pool. I currently have a stripe pool with one disk and I was looking to add redundancy to it. My pool is...
View ArticleX11SSM-F New BIOS Posted
Well I just checked the Supermicro site and found a new BIOS firmware file called X11SSMF7_309. There was no IPMI update file. Supermicro does not tell you what changed in the BIOS, very sad. I...
View ArticlePlex not reading dataset folder
I've posted a couple other threads trying to get this fixed for over a month now with no luck. I'm going to try to keep this less lengthy to see if it helps, but it'll be difficult without providing...
View Articleis plex still not showing the media in FreeNAS 11.1 ?
So I am still using FreeNAS 9.10 and I upgraded once to 11.0. And when I tried to get Plex to work I couldn't do it. In the Plex plugin it could not find the directory where the media was located. I...
View ArticleHow To: Change IPMI Sensor Thresholds using ipmitool
This is the discussion thread for the Resource available here. It can also be found by using tabs at the top of the thread. The discussion was copied over from the original thread, which is now locked....
View Articledeleting old boot environs
Hello - Is there a faster way to delete old boot environments in the CLI rather then waiting one by one in the GUI? I am trying to remove old boot environments from as far back as last July - yeah I've...
View ArticleGetting this message on boot, which now takes about half an hour; Can't...
I was doing some copies between SMB shares on a Windows client machine... and a Windows installer was running in a Bhyve VM, when my FreeNAS became completely unresponsive. I couldn't SSH into it,...
View ArticleHelp with SATA Controller Passthrough from ESXi 6.5 to FreeNAS
Hello all, I’m new here and I’ve run into a roadblock. I’m having an issue passing through my onboard SATA controlled from ESXi 6.5 to a FreeNAS VM and was hoping I might get a little help. Before I...
View ArticleNot Booting Off USB Install
Hi all, I'm trying to install FreeNAS on the Hardware in my signature. But the Box won't boot off the install USB. It can boot off the usb installer, ubuntu server, & ubuntu-desktop. So my...
View ArticleRsync Help
Hi, I'm moving to FreeNAS. I have a main Ubuntu Server running that does cron jobs using rsync. I'm trying to figure out how to set it up in FreeNAS so it does the jobs. It pulls a folder from another...
View ArticleFreeNAS-11.1-U1 - VM
Hello helping hands, I need some suggestions and support for my requirements. Let me put them down first. I want to sync Dropbox, OneDrive on my FreeNAS Box I have Apple TV, and I want to play movies,...
View ArticleBeginner's build, need advice.
Hi guys, I've been thinking about building a NAS for a few years now but have never gotten around to doing it mainly because I don't know which parts to get. So I'd like some advice on that. The NAS...
View ArticleMy new 48 bay build.
I ordered a new chassis. A closeout special. I normally don't buy new. It arrived today. View attachment 22613 http://www.chenbro.com/en-global/products/RackmountChassis/4U_Chassis/NR40700
View ArticleLooking for recommendations for DIY fileserver for home storage
Hi there, I'm having the following hardware: Asus N3150M-E 8GB RAM (non ECC) 3x WD RED 4 TB 1x SSD for the OS (FreeNAS planned) I want to have a local file server in my house for backing up my...
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