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TrueNAS (formerly FreeNAS) is a network attached storage (NAS) server appliance distribution based on the FreeBSD operating system

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ZFS memory requirements in a "big files" DAS scenario

I have some old server hardware that I want to build a FreeNAS data server with, but it only has 8 GB of memory and I can't really expand on that. I plan on putting 6 4tb drives in there, with double parity, yielding about 14 gb of actual storage.…
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ZFS (Freenas) off-lining an apparently healthy drive during scrub

I have a 4 disc RAIDZ config running on Freenas 9.1. Earlier I noticed that one of the drives had been taken offline. I ran smartctl, and all the discs passed SMART. A few days ago the machine had been powered off while a windows client was writing…
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ZFS Permanant errors dectected in the following files (<0xf49a>:<0x390aff>)

I had to replace one of my hard drives in our storage array and now I'm getting the following message pool: vol0 state: ONLINE status: One or more devices has experienced an error resulting in data corruption. Applications may be…
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FreeNAS prevents writing to VIMs .swp file

Our developers recently updated to the latest version of vim and sense then when they edit files from the network share hosted on a FreeNAS server, they eventually cannot write the file, as the .swp file throws them a read only type of error. I…
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FreeNAS not correctly connecting to Active Directory - not seeing how to add Domain Accounts

It looks fine from SSH: [root@FREENAS1] ~# ping SERVER1 PING SERVER1.local.domain.com (192.168.2.2): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192.168.2.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=0.265 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.2.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.365 ms ^C ---…
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Risk of FreeNAS as Virtual File Server

There is much debate as to whether FreeNAS can be run as a virtual machine. The official position is that yes, but there is additional configuration required. If I cannot guarantee that I can follow these recommendations, am I more vulnerable to…
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FreeNAS ports/pkg not working after update to 9.10

I recently updated to FreeNAS 9.10 stable via the UI and now I'm having trouble with my packages and ports on my oldest existing portjail. It seems the catalog won't update and I can't really install anything - either by ports or pkg. My pkg version…
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Virtualised SQL Server Cluster test environment error "originally formatted with sector size 4096"

I am trying to set up an environment for testing a clustered SQL Server upgrade, so I have built a replica here on VMware Workstation 11. I have provisioned 3 servers for this, two Windows Server 2012R2 for the SQL, and a FreeNAS 9.1 to provide the…
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Cannot see Active Directory users and groups in FreeNAS users list

I would like to add a local user to a Active Directory Domain in FreeNAS. The Active Directory is created by FreeNAS itself (there's some samba service running). Unfortunately, I can neither see the Active directory users nor the Active Directory…
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What does Samba need from LDAP for a valid account?

I have inherited an OpenLDAP system, coupled to a FreeNAS and it is quite a headache to create users all the time. I just want to create a user that can access its own homes share. I have a working user in my LDAP that I almost copied to the new…
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iSCSI steps between 1Gb/s and 10Gb/s

So, I am in the process of building out a iSCSI system based off freeNAS. This is being connected to a few (around 20ish) ESXi 5.5 boxes. These ESXi boxes only have the boot drive and a few Gb of local storage (something like 30gb SSD's). I am in…
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FreeNAS plugins won't load

I recently set up my first server using FreeNAS, and have it up and running on my internal LAN. When I installed, I saw a list of plugins available, but I didn't install any at the time. Today, I went back to my FreeNAS setup, clicked the Plugins…
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freenas disc problems - smart error - how to repair zfs raid?

My problem was that hdds of my zfs raid partly degraded and partly destroyed after a lightning. I was able to detect the problem with zpool status: zpool status myzfs pool myzfs state: DEGRADED (DESTROYED) The good news. ZFS seems to be really…
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FreeNAS 9.3 and AD

Ever since my upgrade from 9.1 to 9.3, I'm having all sorts of issues getting FreeNAS to place nicely with AD (2008 level) (I've also tried a fresh install of 9.3 with the same issues) /var/log/messages doesn't give me much: Jan 2 10:28:28…
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Choosing CPU configuration for small NAS

I am going to build an small 4 disks NAS server with FreeNAS/ZFS. I've read that due to ZFS performance 8GB is the recommended amount of RAM for the solution, but I wonder about the CPU. Currently I am considering Celeron G1610T, 2.3GHz as low cost…
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