10GB NIC direct connected can't ping.
Hello, I'm having a strange issue. I'm using an HP Microserver Gen8 with an HP NC550SFP Dual 10GB Card (made by Emulex). The card is correctly identified and shows alive. Because I'd rather not buy an...
View ArticleHow to add mirrored boot device?
So, I wanted to try and make a mirrored boot device, just to see how it works. Looked through the GUI but could find not info. Read the manual for 9.3 and could only find the install way but as I had...
View ArticleZpools created on CLI don't show up in GUI
Hello, I've created a zpool via CLI (zpool create ...). I even specified "-R /mnt" to match the gui created pools, but the cli created pool will not show up in GUI. If I export on cli and import with...
View ArticleWon't POST with 9.3 on USB
I've tried several different methods to get it working, but I can't get my machine working with 9.3 beta. No matter what I do, the machine won't even POST with the USB flash drive plugged in. It hangs...
View ArticleFailing disk and time to change RAID-z strategy?
Hello, I am currently using 8x 2TB (mixture of WD, Seagate & Hitachi) drives in a single RAID-Z3 pool (so 5 disks for data, 3 for parity). All these are installed in a Supermicro 16 bay enclosure...
View ArticleECC Memory Question
First, please don't bring up the ECC vs. non-ECC argument here. I do understand the risks of running non-ECC memory. In fact, that is part of the reason I'm making this post. I am currently in the...
View ArticlePower Supply Sizing
Hey Folks, It's time to upgrade my pool again and I'm thinking my current 450W Seasonic 80+ Gold PSU won't be up to the task (although if it is that would be fantastic). The server specs are as...
View ArticleSlow webgui, buggy plugins system
Currently running on FreeNAS 9.2.0, I have my volumes, datasets and shares created. The problems that I am facing: 1. The webgui is slow in loading (I am on 100 Mbps LAN). The left hand side column...
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ZFS volume usage issue
hi all, I create one zvol in my ZFS volume, and the size of zvol is 6.74TB, the last space is 180GB,just like the picture show. The zvol is shared through ISCSI. Then i copy many files into the shared...
View ArticleEnsure this value has at most 30 characters (it has 32).
Hello, I'm using FreeNAS 9.2.0-RELEASE-x64 (ab098f4). When I go to Storage > Volumes > View Disks via web UI, I see then my 3 hard disks, named da0, da1 and da2. Each one is a 4Tb disk. When I...
View ArticleAtom C2558 + A1SRM-2558F FreeNAS Compatibility
Hi Guys, Been doing some research into new low power components for a NAS Build, Does anyone know if Intel Atom C2558 can work with FreeNAS? Is atom 2.4Ghz enough horsepower? No De-Dupe/AES/Possibly...
View ArticleDatasets and CIFS
Good morning, Well, After much fun over the last 2 days I managed to get all of my data off to other drives and move my usual hard drives into my NAS box and get FreeNAS installed. Currently running 3...
View ArticleJail on NIC with no address
My FreeNAS box has 2 NIC ports, one is on my LAN, and the other I want to use for Jails that will be on the WAN. My ISP provides me with 5 static IPS and my current Gentoo server (that I want to...
View ArticlePlease help - 10gb-10gb-1gb setup without 10gb switch
Basically I can't spend money on 10gb switch because I only need 1 of the machines connected by 10Gb. Below is a quick doodle to explain what I want to achieve. My main workstation is used for 3D,...
View ArticleUpdate error (GUI and CLI)
I've had no luck for the last few days getting the updates. My GUI will run but fail at the end leaving the updates in the queue. If I use the freenas-update update command it results in the following....
View ArticleWriting halted on iSCSI zpool
I am running 9.2.1.8 Release x64 with 6x3TB drives in a raidz2 pool. I setup an iscsi target that allocates all but 800k of the zfs pool. This config has been running fine for about a year. Now, I am...
View ArticleStart over
How do I wipe everything clean and start over? I think I messed something up and just want to start from scratch.
View ArticleUpdates kick USB out of boot order
I posted this issue as a bug report ( https://bugs.freenas.org/issues/6690 ). But, I believe it was closed as a user configuration issue. That may be the case. But, after some testing, I'm not sure....
View ArticleFreeNAS on VMWare Player
Hi I’m quite new to FreeNAS and currently running 9.2.1.9 on a dedicated PC. I also have a Windows PC which is much more powerful. Due to power consumption and space, I’m thinking about using VMWare to...
View ArticleUPS configuration?
I just got a UPS and am trying to set it up on my 9.3-beta freenas. Normally I would ask this on the regular help forum but since I am on beta I am posting here. So first off I am pretty sure things...
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