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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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Is it possible to mount iSCSI on multiple machines?

I have a freeNAS setup with iSCSI attached to my Windows machine. That servers me great cause I get all the ZFS features and easy reconnecting in Windows - Don't have to mess around with SMB mappings and reconnect issues constantly. I have tried to…
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iSCSI for VAAI/ODX, or NFS, on a file server with multiple distinct shares

I'm building a 3 server setup (FreeNAS, FreeNAS replication, ESXi) for a small network with a handful of users and a couple of "power users". The aim, briefly, is to migrate from multiple machines and windows file shares to more centralised and…
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How to diagnose netstat: no namelist

I had to replace an NIC on my HP Proliant Microserver, running FreeNAS 9.3 In my crashplan jail, I now get "netstat: no namelist" as a response when I execute the netstat command. How to I diagnose this? Could it be that the virtual NIC epair for…
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Weird ZFS performance with 4K pool block size?

I'm starting to look at ZFS, doing tests with FreeNAS on an old HP MicroServer (N40L). Didn't get extra RAM yet so it's only running with 2 GB, so pretty much no cache. I created a pool on a single 1 TB SATA disk, created a zvol, and exported it…
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Printer Sharing with FreeNAS

I am using FreeNAS on my lan to do some file/iTunes sharing but I'd like to add printer sharing to it so that I can stop using a second (aging windows) system. I'm not familiar with BSDs but I am comfortable with the shell (I'm a Debian admin) are…
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Convert raidz1 to raidz2 via a temporary drive

I set up a new NAS server a few months ago and set it as RaidZ. I'm re-thinking that decision and would like to grab an extra drive and move to RaidZ2. Before everyone replies that this isn't possible with ZFS I'd like to point out that I know it's…
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Using same drive for iSCSI and SMB share under FreeNAS

I'm setting up a new FreeNAS server this weekend with pretty good success, but I am stuck on one last issue. Right now I have 2x 1.5 TB drives that I want mirrored (I was planning Software RAID 1) for a total of 1.5 TB usable space. I need to be…
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IBM M1115 and LSI 9211-8i IT mode

I have an IBM M1115 RAID Controller. It has 8 Seagate SATA drives connected to it using what I assume is a forward breakout cable (SFF-8087 to 4x SATA). When I power it up without flashing to LSI 9211 firmware, sometimes I see 8 drives in the LSI…
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mounting ZFS zvol snapshot locally gives "Invalid argument"

I'm trying to mount a snapshot of a ZFS zvol. The zvol should have a ext2 partition on it (as evidenced by the CentOS VM to which the zvol is currently shared by iSCSI): [root@test-vm ~]# file - < /dev/sdb /dev/stdin: x86 boot sector; partition…
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Can you add a different size RAIDZ1 to an exists zpool?

For example, I have a 4x2TB RaidZ1 set up right now, but I would like to add only a 3X4TB RaidZ1 in addition to it. Is there a way to do this with zdevs/another Zpool? Thanks
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Windows 7 PC cannot see some LAN PCs, but can access them via path

In an office LAN, with Windows 7 Professional workstations and a FreeNAS Samba server, 2 workstations have intermittent problems in browsing for the other workstations, as well as the FreeNAS server. However, so far, it appears that typing in the…
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How fast can a Windows 2008 CIFS client write to SAMBA server using 10Gb NIC?

We are experiencing a performance problem using Windows 2008 CIFS client. We have a FreeNAS server that delivers 1.3GB/s on ZFS write. We have 10Gb network connecting NAS server and CIFS clients. Using two Linux CIFS clients, we can get around…
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Linux Software RAID (mdadm) vs ZFS Z-Raid for file server

I recently had a bit of a scare with my software RAID 5 array becoming degraded. I was able to add the drive back into the array, but it got me thinking about trying something different. I am currently running the file server along with my DNS, web…
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How to delete temp files reported as corrupt by zpool status

I have just upgraded from FreeNAS 8.0.2 to 8.3.0 Release-p1. After the update reportedly succeeded I was going to upgrade the ZFS pool from ZFSv15 to ZFSv28. First, I checked the status of zpool. At that time I discovered that the pool has errors.…
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How do I connect my FreeNAS File Server to my Mac OS X Directory Server?

I am trying to connect my File Server (FreeNAS 8.0.1 / 8.2-RELEASE-p7) with my Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Directory Server's Open Directory... I know that Mac OS X provides an LDAP service via which other servers can authenticate against, but I am having…
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