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    FreeNAS Cloud sync with delayed delete?

    In FreeNAS (11.x U5, if that matters), I have a cloud sync task to upload a folder to GCP cold storage (my photography backup). I set the cloud sync task to "sync", so if I delete something locally, it gets deleted in the cloud. The problem is that GCP storage has a 90 day minimum storage...
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    Supermicro Guide - Potential new purchase

    Good day everyone! I am looking to possibly purchase a new server to replace my Dell R710 running FreeNAS. Right now all my bays are full and there isn't much more I can do to expand the storage or add SSDs or NVME for caching etc. I am looking at potentially purchasing a SuperMicro server...
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    Storage Server For Media and Video Editing Setup

    Hello everyone, I am new to the forum, and I don't know if this is the right place to post this here. I am looking to build a storage server for my studio, which I will be using for a few applications. I would like to know what kind of OS and setup should I use. I don't know much Linux commands...
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    Right Storage conntroller for freenas

    So I bought a hp dl380e gen 8 and only 4 of the bays work, so I need an add-in card. The one officially recommended is this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-631670-B21-Smart-Array-P420-1GB-FBWC-DL380e-Gen-8-12-14-LFF-Kit-/143298056050?hash=item215d3acf72 1 I’m pretty sure that one would not work...
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    FreeNas: How to Bridge Nics like a Switch and DHCP-serve them

    In the wake of the Jellyfish "it just works out of the box etc BS", scenario is as follows. You have a FreeNas box with multiple Nic-ports that you are directly connecting to the client devices. Possibly a 10Gbit Rj45 or in my case, Mellanox CX3s set to 40GbE. For maximum comfort, all...
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    Disk Passthrough ESXi to FreeNAS

    Hi, my first post here after discovering this useful forum! I have at home a PC running ESXi 6.7.0, let's call it my "homelab server". It is nothing special, it has an AMD FX-8350, 32GB RAM DDR3, a 512GB SSD for the ESXI and some VM's (Server Core 2016 and a couple of W10 VM's). I'd like to...
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    Speedy NAS, help needed: Want 1.0GB/s

    Thank you for taking the time to read- I have a number of nodes that (I'm being told) now need to write to a NAS (that was designed for redundancy and capacity) at much faster speeds than operational. Currently a Windows box over a 40gbe Mellanox fibre card writes to the TrueNAS box (40gbe...
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    Power efficient Processor for nas build .

    Hi , i am a student i am planning to build a freenas for my home data backup and plex purpose . Can anyone suggest me any power efficient processor for this build . suggest anything except atom c servers processors . Please suggest some processor which supports ECC memory . And not a Atom...
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    EU [UK] FS: Supermicro SC836 SuperQuiet Server / X9SCL+-F / 32GB DDR3 ECC (SOLD)

    SOLD. ------------ This is pretty much a perfect FreeNAS file server and has been serving as such reliably in my homelab. Consists of a SC836 case from circa 2008 or so which had everything overhauled a few years back with 4 PIN PWM SuperQuiet fans (FAN-0104L4), a SuperQuiet 920W PSU and...
  10. Diavuno

    FreeNAS install failed

    I'm giving FreeNAS another chance and can get it to install on bare metal. For my testing I'm using an X8 fat twin, each node currently has: E5640 6x4GB DIMMs 4x2TB HGST NAS 2x 300GB S3500 SSDs. The HBA is the intel chipset in AHCI I think its a good setup for testing however when I...
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    FreeBSD pre-prod test: S3700 horrible SLOG performance

    Long time lurker, first time poster, yadda yadda. I'll do my best to get all the pertinent data in here, sorry in advance for the length. I've built a test rig to evaluate using ZFS as a backup and archival storage target for those items which do not make sense to store in one of our various...
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    ZFS Send/server migration help

    I built a new Freenas system (specs for both below). What I'd like to do is: Copy data from system_old to system_new Switch to using system_new (jails, etc.) as primary When system_new is settled, destroy pools on system_old, reconfigure new pools using more disks (8 instead of 6), then use it...
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    recommendations for silent nas chassis - 10+ drives?

    Does anyone have a recommendation for a silent chassis with space for minimum 10 drives, but preferably 15+. (3.5 inch) m-atx would be perfect. -j
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    Cheap SAS (*Right Angle*) SFF-8087 to 4x SATA breakout cable LOTS

    At this price it's worth buying a handful, as long as the lengths (20", 24", 28", & 31") will work with your setup. I personally have 1M cables coiled up and velcro-ed together in one of my short depth cases, so these will work for at least that application. H/T @Rand__ for his post...
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    Need some advice on finalizing my massive NAS upgrade

    Build’s Name: Dell R730XD NAS/DO EVERYTHING BUILD Operating System/ Storage Platform: FreeNAS CPU: 2 x Xeon E5-2678 12 core 2.5GHz Motherboard: Dell R730XD Chassis: Dell R730XD Drives: Deciding... RAM: 128GB (8x16GB) Add-in Cards: Perc H730 Power Supply: 2 x 750w Usage Profile: Plex Movie/TV...
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    Future FreeNAS platform considerations (Intel Xeon E vs Xeon v6)

    I'm planning to build a FreeNAS in the near future (possibly around November/December). I would very much like to use an AMD based platform, but there seem to be some issues with Zen support even 18 months after it was released. Specifically I would like to use ECC RAM, and don't prefer to...
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    Proxmox passthrough to Freenas

    Hi I was wondering if any experts could tell me what I was doing wrong? Note: I am aware that passthrough is an experimental feature in Proxmox VE and that some purist will not like the FREENAS running in a VM. But trying to make a all in one test system ala Patrick. Following this I managed...
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    Use FreeNAS and FreeBSD service to talk to wireless sensors

    Hey I was finally able to trace the sensor readings using wireless temperature transmitter interface with raspberry pi But I am curious to do it by using FreeNAS and FreeBSD services to achieve mention below points - Send the readings from raspberry pi to FreeNas storage system where readings...
  19. AveryFreeman

    zpool not degraded, but certain files cause transfers to hang

    Hello, I have a pool on a general file server with 6 x 2TB drives configured in a three-group mirror that are very old. The system, for all intensive purposes, appears to be working normally. The pool does not report as degraded. However, I have been trying to move certain files using rsync...
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    FS: FreeNAS / Plex Server - Fairly High End- used

    I'm selling my FreeNAS server. I built it a couple months ago. Very little usage. I'm in the process of moving and need to get rid of some of my machines. PARTS LIST: Motherboard: ASRock Rack E3C236D2I Mini ITX Server Motherboard LGA 1151 Intel C236 CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1275 v6 Kaby Lake 3.8 GHz...