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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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FreeNAS confusion: not sure what happened. raidz1 "DEGRADED", disk "FAULTED"

Sorry for the long narrative, but I'm thoroughly confused. I'm using FreeNAS-8.0.4-RELEASE-p2-x64 (11367) on a box with 5x3TB SATA disks configured as a raidz volume. A few days ago, the console gave me this alert: CRITICAL: The volume raid-5x3…
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RHEL iSCSI on FreeNAS

I am able to mount a iSCSI SAN drive onto multiple RHEL Servers, but when I make changes to the files on SAN, they are not evident on the other servers sharing the same drive. Am I missing something? Looking for replies! Cheers, Anshuman
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How to implement cheap LFF 3.5" SATA storage on a HP ProLiant ML350 G6 with 2.5" SFF SAS

In a series of bad, hasty decisions, a HP ProLiant ML350 G6 server was bought for file server use at my place of work. The intention was to build a FreeNAS 8 server using cheap 3.5" SATA drives. Only the HP ProLiant ML350 G6 unit we got is equipped…
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Backing up AFP Shares from my FreeNAS server

I have chosen to use Amazon S3 to back up my AFP shares from my FreeNAS server. What is the best / most efficient (automated) way in which to get my data from the AFP shares to Amazon S3. I have around 40 AFP shares that will require backing up…
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Turn server back on after power loss with FreeBSD

I have a VIA M'SERV S2100 with FreeNAS 8. Since I upgraded from FreeNAS 7, the M'SERV no longer turns back on after suffering a power failure. As I remember it, there was a setting for it in the old FreeNAS control panel, but I haven't been able to…
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Connecting FreeNAS 8 to Mac OS X Lion LDAP Server

I currently have Mac OS X Lion Server running from a MacMini and want to use it purely as an LDAP server for authentication for FreeNAS 8. I have FreeNAS setup and running on a VM, all features working correctly and as expected however I cannot…
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What are the problems with running a file server (FreeNAS) in a VM?

I have a FreeNAS file server that uses ZFS for redundant storage. I'm considering running this as a virtual machine using VMWare Workstation (I would give the VM access to the physical disks, rather than using virtual disks). What problems might I…
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Converting from OpenSolaris (EON) to FreeNAS

I have a 6TB RaidZ ZFS array configured on my nv129 based OpenSolaris filer, and I want to upgrade to FreeNAS as painlessly as possible. I remember betas had warnings that they did not support existing ZFS pools - has this changed? I can't seem to…
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OpenFiler versus FreeNAS for Mac OSX environment

I'm a photographer and I have a requirement find a better method of storing my photo library. Currently I use a Macbook Pro and 6 external drives connected via USB2 or FW800. They are divided up in pairs, one is a copy of the other synced manually…
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How to configure FreeNAS for a WireGuard VPN?

I have a FreeNAS 11.3 system and followed iXsystems' instructions on setting up WireGuard. With a simple wg0.conf I'm now able to connect successfully. I'd like to be able to use this setup as a proper VPN, meaning that I can use the tunnel to…
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How to thin out snapshots on Freenas

I do have a freenas server as backup server - every evening it creates a snapshot of a dataset and some minutes lates an rsync task starts to backup the data to my freenas. In the webui I only have the option to auto-create snapshots and auto-delete…
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ZFS volume is not accessible

I'm using FreeNAS-11.2-U4.1. The server is used for storing VMWare vSphere virtual machines. There are two zvols: Lab and Edari. Both of them belong to the same pool, SSD-Storage. The problem is that vSphere can't mount one of the zvols, Edari. So…
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Why has performance plummeted after destroying and recreating a ZFS pool?

Had to destroy and recreate a pool due to some other issues. I noticed that performance on the new pool is atrocious. Whereas before on the old pool, ARC was full and ARC hits were high, ARC hits on the new pool have dropped considerably. On the new…
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ESXi 6.7 any settings I make are disabled after reboot, also passthrough not working

Noticing none of the settings in an ESXi 6.7 installation are surviving reboot. I created the USB with a stock installation ISO like always, downloaded from the VMWare website. Just used the USB key like a normal drive. Have been doing this for…
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Creating a new Infrastructure for my company using Windows Server and FreeNas

I was hired to create software but now also stuck with governing all of the IT work. The company uses a Windows 10 Home machine as a file server for 13 users. I need to plan for up to 50 employees. My requirements are to create a domain, host SQL…
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