Anyone upgraded yet? I want to be because of the base OS updates, but am hesitant given the Corral Fiasco.
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FreeNAS 11
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I had two systems running on Corral. Last night I "upgraded" one of them to 11 (in quotes because I had to do a fresh install of Corral, import the pools and re-create my shares). Seems to work OK. My "upgrade" was simple because I don't have any jails, VMs or Dockers running (any of which severely complicates upgrades from Corral or even 9.10.x).
I did note that windows shares seem more responsive from the a win10 system. I thought I was just being optimistic but I played with shares from the two FreeNAS boxes (one still on Corral, one upgraded to 11) and the difference was very noticeable and consistent. No idea why - except perhaps the update to Samba 4.6.4 in FreeNAS 11 and the SMB3.x features added to the 4.6 release train.
Haven't had it running long enough to judge stability or issues.
I did note that windows shares seem more responsive from the a win10 system. I thought I was just being optimistic but I played with shares from the two FreeNAS boxes (one still on Corral, one upgraded to 11) and the difference was very noticeable and consistent. No idea why - except perhaps the update to Samba 4.6.4 in FreeNAS 11 and the SMB3.x features added to the 4.6 release train.
Haven't had it running long enough to judge stability or issues.
I am beating on it now and will report back my '1000 ft view' here in the next day or two. My test FN11 AIO is suffering some abuse as I type this. :-D
EDIT: SMFH, srsly, cannot create a raid-z out of three hussl slc ssd's, created a stripe just fine then I couldn't even modify any of the core functionality blue buttons (buttons elicit no repose when clicked).
Talk abt a snafu, I had such high hopes, here's to the next 'drop'. Back to the legacy UI that works...grumble grumble
EDIT: SMFH, srsly, cannot create a raid-z out of three hussl slc ssd's, created a stripe just fine then I couldn't even modify any of the core functionality blue buttons (buttons elicit no repose when clicked).
Talk abt a snafu, I had such high hopes, here's to the next 'drop'. Back to the legacy UI that works...grumble grumble
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I have also upgraded one of my 2 FreeNAS machines. Seems to work well, but existing bhyve machines are not imported to the GUI. A new VM machine can be created in the GUI, and the disk (from an old VM) can be used. But the new UI expects to boot VM machines through UEFI, my existing Linux virtual machines are all setup with grub and MBR... I have tried to convert one of the machines to use UEFI and it won't boot.
The Linux VM machines can be started using command line - and if setup to start automatically, they do so. Therefore, concerning VM, FreeNAS 11 does not change anything for me.
The Linux VM machines can be started using command line - and if setup to start automatically, they do so. Therefore, concerning VM, FreeNAS 11 does not change anything for me.
I pulled the trigger this morning on the upgrade to see if it resolves my ongoing NFS issues. Holding off on upgrading my pools, in case I need to roll-back.
First Impressions:
Similar to @PigLover much faster SMB access times
Dont really like the new UI, its different, but I dont really see it as an improvement.
First Impressions:
Similar to @PigLover much faster SMB access times
Dont really like the new UI, its different, but I dont really see it as an improvement.
That's because 11 is the last update for 9.10 renamed. With Corral cancelled they moved back to the versioning scheme where the major number syncs with the FreeBSD version being used.
There is an option to select which UI you want to use on the login screen.
Interesting tid bit, and not a scientific finding by any stretch.
Since my upgrade to FN11, my ARC hit ratio has increased from 65% to around 82%. I don't know why this would have changed and certainly, my workload hasn't changed. I welcome it just the same.
Since my upgrade to FN11, my ARC hit ratio has increased from 65% to around 82%. I don't know why this would have changed and certainly, my workload hasn't changed. I welcome it just the same.
Probably not an actual change in hit rate. Likely more related to the fact that they "fixed" (or at least modified) hit rate calcs early in the FN11 development cycle (sometime around FN9.10.2).
See here for some discussion. You gotta dig deeper to get the details: [SOLVED] Differing ARC Usage in FreeNAS-9.10.2
You can switch to the new UI on the fly by appending "/ui" to the server URL. E.g http://freeNAS_URL/ui
am still on the sidelines, so what's the general consensus here about the stability of FN11?
i don't have jails or VMs running on mine, so that's less complication for me at least.
i don't have jails or VMs running on mine, so that's less complication for me at least.
nice. thanks.Didn't have any issues - upgraded and left alone, continued to run as before.
Only thing noticeable - more frequent updates
now to free up a weekend for some storage maintenance.