Hello, i'm in the process of finalizing my FreeNAS build that I plan to use for my VMWare lab, I want to make sure I have a well rounded platform that covers my needs and I was wondering if I would benefit from adding a cache drive to my pool. Here is my current build: PowerEdge R710 (2)...

Hi, we have a FreeNAS configured to work with our AD but we are experiencing a strange issue: depending on the day, 'getent passwd' shows a different number of users in AD. For instance, 26.XXX, 6.XXX, 5XX, etc. We have disabled the FreeNAS cache for the Active Directory, but it's still not...

Hey I'm going over this guis blog https://pthree.org/2012/12/07/zfs-administration-part-iv-the-adjustable-replacement-cache/ Pretty great read and I was wondering, at the end of this post he shows that he has a 2 OCZ ssds in both mirror and stripe? - or do I read it incorrectly? pool...

Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to use part of the RAM of a motherboard as a cache of a RAID controller. It may sound a little absurd, but I've seen RAID cards out there that apparently have not, and I wondered if they were pulling RAM. Another question I have is if, for that, said...

I have a FreeNAS box I've been using for a few years now that has 3 of the drives linked below in RAIDZ1: (HGST DeckStar NAS 3.5" 4TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache Drive) https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W04177421 I went to buy another one of these drives so I could rebuild my pool...

Long story short. After setting up my freenas and creating the pool, I did a complete re-install/restore and imported the zfs pool so I could get familiar with recovering from a major failure. When trying to check ashift, I discovered the following: zdb Shows only the boot pool. zdb -U...

Hallo Zusammen, ich beschäftige mich in Form eines Projekts mit Storage für eine kleine VDI. Mein Pool beinhaltet 8x 1TB HDDs und bis zu 6 SSDs. Ich habe meinen Pool so konfiguriert dass ich 4 512Gb EVO SSDs als L2Arc nehme und 2 512GB EVO SSDs als ZIL. Mag vielleicht erstmal oversized sein...

Hi everyone, I did spent the last few days on reading on the whole FreeNAS topic and still am very overwhelmed as I am new to many things. I decided to create a thread to get help from experienced people to get a hint in the right directions, and what is best for my specific needs. (I am...

Dear Community, I'd like to remove a cache disk from the system, but I can't. I tried these pool: striped_volume state: ONLINE scan: scrub repaired 0 in 10h11m with 0...

I'm not even convinced that SSD caching is a best practice first off, so here's my --possibly stupid, but please humor me-- question: Say I have 12x 2TB hard drives on my volume (the type of raid here doesn't really come in play with pertaining to the question, but say I use a RAIDZ2 -- being...