Greetings
Hi All, I'm a fairly new Freenas user. Like Freenas a lot so far. Would like to express my thanks and appreciation to the community! Greetings, Tim
View ArticleSome insights into SLOG/ZIL with ZFS on FreeNAS
What is the ZIL? POSIX provides a facility for the system or an application to make sure that data requested to be written is actually committed to stable storage: a synchronous write request. Upon...
View ArticleUnable to ping anything when inside iocage jail - FreeNAS-11.1-U7
I have FreeNAS-11.1-U7 running on Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 0 @ 2.00GH with one out of two physical NIC connected (ix0). I am able to access FreeNAS GUI via webpage. FreeNAS is able to access...
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Hello All
Great community. I'm Currently using FreeNAS mostly for storage, media and to run 1 VM. This is a great community here. I was trying to add my FreeNAS build but didn't see the option on the profile. I...
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FreeNAS on Dell R320 and Dell R230 sharing my impressions
Hello, been reading this forum for quiet some time and now I thought it's time to give a little back to the community, so I wanted to share my impressions with the Dell servers mentioned above so that...
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Plugins not available in 11.2
I recently moved to 11.2 and I'm not able to see the available plugin list populate in the GUI. Anyone have suggestions on how to diagnose this? [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: FreeNAS-11.2-U2.1...
View ArticleSome files are 0KB large after moving them from one dataset to another
Hi! I have my FreeNAS system up and running and I'm working on setting it up properly. When I tried moving some files from one dataset to another today, some of the files were suddenly 0KB in size,...
View ArticleRestored from backup, no network connectivity
Hi everyone, I did a config backup earlier tonight before upgrading my freenas to the latest version, and later breaking connectivity by accident forcing me to reinstall. I reinstalled to my USB drive,...
View ArticleUsing 11.2-U1, 11.2-U2 or 11.2 U2.1 ... new GUI fails to respond to menu...
The new GUI fails to show the right screen under Systems / Boot Environments. I click on that option and all I see is the dashboard (or what ever I was showing before I click on the menu). I tried some...
View ArticleHow to: Install MiniDLNA into iocage (FreeNAS 11.2)
This is a follow up highly inspired (copy/paste) of the excellent guide from joeschmuck to install minidlna in FreeNAS prior to 11.2....
View ArticleHow to Install MiniDLNA on FreeNAS 9.3 (Prior to Plugin)
How to install MiniDLNA into a FreeNAS 9.3, 9.10.x., 11.x (original GUI & New GUI) Jails (warden and iocage). It appears that FreeNAS has no plans to incorporate a simple DLNA server for FreeNAS...
View ArticleInstalling Ubiquiti UniFi Controller in a jail
m0nkey_ submitted a new resource: Installing Ubiquiti UniFi Controller in a jail - Simple how-to to install the UniFi controller in a jail This is a very basic how-to. I'm going to expand on this...
View ArticleHow much power does freeNAS use?
Hi. I'm not sure how to give this thread a good subject, but my thought is how much power does freeNAS use? I know it depends on the hw used for freeNAS, but can freeNAS use the same power as other NAS...
View ArticleFreeNas USB died and can't auto import Volumes
My Freenas USB died yesterday. I reinstalled the latest version of Freenas on a new USB drive and booted up. I am able to access the console now and am able to see the 4 disks currently in my system....
View Articlefreenas web interface and shares not accessible but jails are
anyone know what might cause the freenas web interface or smb shares to not be accessible, while stuff running in jails is accessible and running fine? i had this problem yesterday after which i...
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2nd Network Interface for iocage jail
Hello, I have some iocage plugins - all working well. I know how to choose a specific network interface for a iocage jail on FreeNas 11.2 - but how can I add a second interface. I have to different...
View ArticleRaid-Z2 SMB read speed ~66MB/s (slow?)
Despite being new to FreeNAS, over the past few months of use I have really come to appreciate how powerful it is as a storage operating system (in particular ZFS with adequate RAM!). Drive Setup: 6x...
View ArticleQuestion on expanding zpool ( raidz1 )
I have a 12 bay server I put freenas on. I think I just messed up expanding my storage. I currently have 8 drives now which are 2 sets of raidz1-0 and raidz1-2 I just added 3 more drives and extended...
View Articledelete files, available space doesn't update ?
When does the space in the GUI update when deleting files ? I have deleted a lot of files and trying to figure out what updates the available / used space. I am working on reducing size, backuping...
View ArticleCannot format hard drive
Hello everyone. Below I have a few photos. One of which is my specs that are always asked for. Anyways, I have a hard drive that will NOT format/wipe. I'm new to using FreeNAS (started last August of...
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