Questions tagged [freenas]
FreeBSD (open-source)- based server operating system focusing on Network Attached Storage (NAS).
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Howto set a root password in Freenas?
I installed Freenas 8.3.1 on my micro-server and it never asked me to set a root password. I already configured it as necessary via the web GUI but now i want to set a root password so no-one can mess ...
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How do I change the screensaver on FreeNAS 8?
The default screensaver is annoying. I would be happier with a blank screen.
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How should I choose a media type for a FreeBSD installation? [closed]
I use FreeNAS for my NAS server. I was thinking of replacing it with a raw FreeBSD installation for a bit more flexibility (add a web server and possibly other things). The following is an excerpt ...
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Options for SATA ports on motherboard for Files server
I am planning to build a big file server. (Windows or FreeNAS).
I need at lease 300T of space. what options do I have to RAID all disks together?
I mean on physical level what kind of connection ...
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FreeNas ZFS Non-Striped Configuration To Maximize Available Space?
I have a 4 disk (2.0TB each) FreeNas setup and I want to maximize the space available for storage. From what I've read that would involve using the stripe configuration, but that also increases the ...
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Can I create a ZFS mirror in FreeNAS using different sized disks?
I've just bought a new 4-bay N54L server for home use. I've upgraded it to 8G of RAM, which will permit me to run FreeNAS 9.1.x with ZFS.
I've loaded a new 2TB SATA disk plus a spare 250G disk into ...
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FreeNAS has poor performance with write speeds under 1 MB/s
I have a FreeNAS system with 3 2 TB drives running in a ZFS RAID, 8 GB RAM, Intel Gigabit NIC, and Intel G3220 processor. The FreeNAS system is running off of a 2 GB USB stick.
I am running FreeNAS 9....
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Access virtual freeNAS from other computer in same network
I am experimenting with the NAS software freeNAS, which I run on my macintosh using VMware. Up to now everything went fine, I have access to the web url provided by freeNAS to configure the virtual ...
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Can boot be customized such that I can switch between OSes by using a hardware switch or button (no keyboard)? [duplicate]
I'm thinking of building a home-made NAS that would double as a Steam Machine. It would have one small SSD for the operating systems and at LEAST one LARGE HDD for media, preferably a third so games/...
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Avahi quits working after a few minutes on FreeBSD/FreeNAS
As I mentioned in another post, I've set up a portsjail on FreeNAS 9.1.1 (FreeBSD 9.x) with CUPS and avahi. I'm trying to set up AirPrint support. I've gotten to the point that a Mac can see the avahi ...
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Can I boot my NAS from another computer?
I am currently running a HP N40L with FreeNAS. Is there a way to boot up over the network without physically turning it on? It's lazy I know but let's just say I'm a fan of automation where ever ...
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setting up a NAS with FreeNAS
Forgive me if this question has already been asked, but I'm looking into setting up a NAS using FreeNAS, which has an impressive array of options. Assuming that I am using a m'board with 4 SATA ...
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FreeNAS 8 and ext fs
i'm trying out freenas8 for my personal NAS, i have lots of data that was in an ubuntu server, but somehow i never got the file sharing right. on freenas things just worked. i installed on usb, tried ...
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FreeNAS/ZFS/Raid-Z slightly different disks
I'm considering using FreeNAS and "recycling" some of my older 1TB disks. Two are the exact same model Western Digital while another is Seagate and the fourth is Samsung.
Typically, since all disks ...
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Should a RAID array of 3x7200 RPM HDDs be able to saturate a gigabit ethernet link?
I have a ZFS RAIDz (RAID5) array of three 7200RPM SATA2 drives in a FreeNAS virtual machine. I have multiple machines connected to this VM over a gigabit network. I'm seeing via bandwidth graphs that ...
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FreeNAS SubVersion/GIT Repo
I'm running FreeNAS 9.1. A Friend of mine was asking me the other day:
Can you run Subversion or Git repo using FreeNAS? Is there a plugin or an easy way to make this happen?
Thanks for the Help! ...
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Why does OSX create AppleDouble files on a Samba share, but not on a Windows file share?
We deployed a FreeNAS server with Samba shares on a network consisting of Windows and OSX clients.
When the OSX clients copy files onto the Samba shares, a lot of AppleDouble (for example, ....
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safe to setup NAS in virtual image with web server?
My current setup is Ubuntu Desktop, running Apache + MySQL + PHP stack. I use this image to host my small website to the outside world.
I want to now run a virtual machine on the box, that will ...
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Combine OS partion with data partition on NAS4Free/FreeNAS
I recently built a NAS4Free (formerly FreeNAS) machine using a 256MB (yes, MB) USB drive for the OS. When I did the original install, I had the bright idea of making the OS partition just big enough ...
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Adding multiple users to FreeNAS
I need to add a couple dozen user accounts for ftp access to our FreeNAS box.
Is there any way to accomplish this without manually entering each one via the GUI?
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ZFS with two disks: does this make sense? what is the safest configuration?
I am in the process of planning a file server for private usage (small amounts of various kinds of data, but mainly photos, videos, music). I will probably use NAS4free/FreeNAS and want to give ZFS a ...
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How to share a DVD drive on FreeNAS for Windows Network
I have added my DVD drive in the FreeNAS Web Interface (from Disks - Management). Now I want to access it as a Windows share (i.e. access it on my windows network) hence I tried mounting it but I keep ...
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Freenas and 3 2tb hard drives, best configuration [closed]
I want to get a home nas running with freenas
currently I have server essentials 2012 running but the whole domain enviorment seems like overkill for what i want to accomplish. I just want to backup ...
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Where are the Proxy Settings in FreeNAS?
I'm behind a proxy and I'm trying to install packages in FreeNAS. Where can I find the proxy settings? The export command (along with many other things) isn't installed as part of the standard ...
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Possible to run Windows Update Server on FreeNAS?
Like the title says... Is there any way to run a Windows Update Server as a jail or something like that? Preferably I'd like to keep FreeNAS as the host OS. I don't think my box is powerful enough ...
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Can you run Xen on FreeNAS?
I've seen lots of posts about running FreeNAS in a virtual enviroment but none about using FreeNAS as a host, is this possible? Ideally I would like to buy a HBA card which supports ISCSI passthough ...
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Can you add a hard drive to a RAID?
I've decided on creating a NAS running FreeNAS using a software RAID 5 setup. I want to start the RAID with 2x2TB drives and slowly add more 2TB drives as I go. Is this possible? If I have a full RAID ...
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What architecture does my FreeNAS have?
I'd like to upgrade my FreeNAS 8.2.0 (BSD based) and wanted to double check which disk image (32 bit or 64 bit) to download – I'm 90% sure that my hardware (dual core Atom board bought about 2.5 years ...
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Micro-PC as USB NAS [closed]
I am thinking of trying a Micro-PC such as MK802 III as a USB NAS.
Is that a good idea?
Do USB hubs generally work with Micro-PCs?
I do need a LAN port, and I see many of these do not have it. (...
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Installing Linux NIC Drivers on FreeNAS
I have a system with FreeNAS installed on.
With all the hardware, we have a HP 10Gbit NIC (NC522SFP) that needs to run. It is physically installed, but the system won't pick it up.
I've checked the ...
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How to install compiler and binutils on FreeNAS?
I'd like to run a backup tool, duplicity, that apparently requires a cc compiler and binutils. I'm able to locate and install the required BSD packages for python, gcc, and dependencies from ftp2....
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Recover FreeNAS network volume affected by rm -rf
I'm on OS X 10.8.2 and have FreeNAS 8.0 running with a 6 TB volume connected through AFP. 5 TB were recently deleted with rm -rf by a malicious script. The FreeNAS volume has no ZFS snapshots, because,...
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Permissions ... how to make a folder undeleteable?
On FreeNAS (FreeBSD) ... I'm trying to make a folder 'undeleteable'.
I logged in as root. I created a folder called test and chmod it to 700 (rwx------). Owner is root, group is wheel.
Then I log in ...
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Permission denied problem in Freenas + Transmission
Running Freenas 0.7.2 (5543) and Transmission 2.11
The problem it that i can not save a torrent where ever i want..
For example...
I can save in: /nmt/1-500gb/Tv/dexter but i can not save in /nmt/4-...
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Do 7.2k SATA drives and a hardware raid controller always end with trouble?
I'm reading the FreeNAS userguide and came across the statement:
Note that hardware RAID configured as JBOD may still detach disks that
do not respond in time; and as such may require TLER/CCTL/...
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Where is my VMware-ws FreeNAS CIFS(ZFS) bottle-neck?
Background: I'm building a quiet HTPC + NAS that is also supposed to be used for general computer usage. I'm so far generally happy with things, it was just that I was expecting a little better IO ...
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Installing FreeNAS 8.3 problems
I'm trying to install FreeNAS 8.3 on some desktop-level hardware (AMD Phenom + 890FX + 16GB) and I've been unsuccessful. I initially tried using a USB stick and followed the instructions on the ...
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FreeNAS 8.2.x - IDE vmware drive detected as multipath and causing errors
First of all I had FreeNAS 7 running as dedicated on HP Microserver, then upgraded to 8 upgrading my pool as well (4x1TB RaidZ)
Since I upgraded to FreeNAS 8 I had this message popping up. it meant ...
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How do I configure SFTP on FreeNAS?
Well, how do I configure SFTP on FreeNAS to be secure? My goal would be to get access to certain folders on my FreeNAS with a SFTP client like FireFTP.
I'm using 0.7.2 Sabanda (revision 5462).
The ...
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How to backup a large FreeNAS? [closed]
We have a 12TB FreeNAS box in the office, and are looking for a way to keep a backup of it offsite.
We're considering (1) tape; (2) a bunch of bare drives (popped into a spare hotswap bay); (3) ...
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firefly freenas 8.2 with iTunes
I'm trying to get Firefly Version svn-1696 to work on Freenas 8.2 with iTunes (latest)... I've installed everything correctly and it seems to work. I have a working mount point so that the jailed ...
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Can't complete a SMART test on FreeNAS
I'm trying to run a disk test with smartctl -t long on FreeNAS.
But the test immediately aborts with Aborted by host.
From what I've read, this is because the system is using the drive, so it cannot ...
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Freebsd (Freenas 8) and robocopy gives Error 5 Time-Stamping Destination File WHy?
I have a NAS running FreeBSD/FreeNas 8.0.4 When I copy files from a windows system to it via SMB/CIFS normally (explorer/copy) it all goes fine. User can create/delete/update files
When i attempt ...
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FreeNAS RAID5 Server - CPU Choice
What factors should you consider when choosing a CPU for a FreeNAS server? What are the implications and limitations based on CPU in this context?
Currently I'm looking to build a FreeNAS server ...
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folder permissions on FreeBSD
I have a drive on my FreeNas (8.2) box which transmission copies files automatically when it is finished downloading them. It works fine as long as the download is a single file, if it's folder with ...
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could not connect to server (FreeNAS server)
I have imported a volume and set its permission like this
then I created an AFP share like this
then I created an AFP service like this
but when I am trying to connect to server from Mac I am ...
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How to find out if my BIOS will support 3TB drives?
I want to turn an old PC into a NAS, and before I go buying 3TB hard drives, I want to check if my BIOS will support these drives. This answer outlines some requirements.
Mainboard: supports 48-bit ...
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Is it possible to take ANY ISO image file and make a boot USB key?
I've done this countless times with Windows 7 installations: booted the image from a USB key and installed. No problem.
I want to do this with a FreeNAS 0.7.2 live CD, but I am having the hardest ...
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Is there any very easy way to turn a hard drive or computer into an NAS?
I saw projects like FreeNAS, but first of all I couldn't even find the download, and also it looks like I'll need to do a lot of Linux programming and headache to get it working. I need something that ...
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Adding more drives to motherboard with two SATA slots only?
Hardware n00b, building a freeNAS 8 box.
Motherboard has 2 SATA slots:
http://www.jetway.com.tw/jw/motherboard_view.asp?productid=309&proname=M26GT3-SVP
All 3 PCI slots are empty.
I have 3 more ...
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