I am going to build my first NAS with FreeNAS and I have done a lot of research on what hardware to get. Still, since this is my first build I am a little worried that I might miss something. The main thing I want to use my NAS for is Plex, and sharing videos with my family across households...

[Newbie warning] I will be migrating a slowish FreeNAS that is still running on an old HP MicroServer N36L to a new HPE MicroServer Gen10 soon. It is likely to start with 2 x 8 TB (or 10 TB) Seagate IronWolf or WD Red drives, 16 GB ECC RAM and it would boot from 2 x SanDisk Ultra Fit 64 GB USB...

I would like to know if FreeNAS 11+ would benefit from any hardware crypto, such as AES-NI, that may—or may not—be provided by the newish AMD Opteron X3000 processor family: X3126, X3418, or X3421 that come in the new HPE/HP MicroServer Gen10. I could not find anything on the web that lists...

OK I am trying to use what we have to build a nice FreeNAS server, please tell me any concerns about hardware choices Dell 710 64 GB ram LSI 9211 Controller 9211-8I Quantity 6- 4TB Hitachi Enterprise SAS Drives One of these SSD’s and...

Hi, So my Freenas has been doing great for a few months but I want to upgrade the MB/CPU/RAM. I have some sensitive data on my drives and I am not sure how I should swap out the motherboard. I keep thinking, would I have to remember the original ports for each drive connected to each sata port...

Is there any workaround or guide how to assign dedicated NIC to a docker container, VM or jail?

I have a Fractal Design Node 804 with a Silver Stone 500 W 80 Gold power supply. The case I got used and it came with a ASROCK QC5000-ITX motherboard and a Startech.com PEXSAT34RH RAID card. Will these work for a FreeNAS (or an URAID) setup? If this doesn't work, I'm looking at a ECS...

I've tried to look up the protocol and therefore any specific hardware choices relevant to ZFS send/receive for replication, but can't find details beyond a statement that ZFS uses a "serialised" data stream (which implies its own protocol not SMB/NFS/whatever). I've got to set up a new FreeNAS...

I was hoping to build my FreeNAS out of my old PC and some drives that I am using in my dual bay RAID storage. I have an Asus Maximus V Gene with a Core I5 & 16GB RAM. After doing some initial reading I see that it is recommended to use ECC Ram. Unfortunately this MB does not support ECC. My...

I have one Supermicro set up that I am attempting to resurrect. Everything works great except, regardless of which version I try, it won't recognize the the Intel HBA in the chasis. The other network adapters are fine, but after seeing 10G networking I really want to get things pumping through...

Hi all, I am a normal FreeNAS user and this is the first time I encountered an issue with my FreeNAS. I build FreeNAS on a scrap pieces of Mini ITX system and it works for about 3 years.. just today, it died and I checked and found out that the motherboard is the main culprit.. its a old part...

Is there a method to trigger a graceful shutdown when FreeNAS loses power to a redundant power supply? I've got a Supermicro SC825 2U Rackmount Server case which has redundant Power Supplies. I've got a UPS with no USB data connection to signal power loss. I'd like to plug one PS into the UPS...

Hi everyone, I am a new member of the forum, hoping to build a nas server very soon. I have just 1 question for you. Does the 9.10 release natively support the lan chipset on the ga-x150m-pro ecc motherboard, or will i need to install the driver. And how will this be done easily? It's not a home...

Hello pros out there, as a beginner I come to you with a question about usability, security and because I am looking to the best solution. I spend the last weeks gathering information and reading manuals and threads and now I am stuck with my initial concept and am not sure whether I should...

Hi All I'm in the process of building my first home server which will mainly be used for plex and storage and I have a couple questions about my chosen parts; Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Case CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 Motherboard: Supermicro X10SL7-F (or other if you can recommend one)...

Hi everyone. I'm looking at building my first Server to use for home backup and for running Plex for home media center and on the go access (ie accessing at work) I've picked out some hardware and wanted to get your thoughts and suggestions? Case: Either "Fractal Design Node 804 Chassis" OR...

Is anyone aware of a hardware list for 4-5 bay enclosures? Buffalo models seem to be the most common hit, but there isn't a good list of competitors that I've come across. Does anyone in the freenas community maintain a list of good hardware choices? I could build something based on...

I can't find any information about support for the new AMD Ryzen lineup of CPU's. Is there planned support? Thx in advance :) // Gurra

I'm beginning to assemble the parts, and I have a couple basic assembly questions. Mostly regarding cable types/configuration for connecting backplane (12 HDs). X11SSM-F-O IBM Serveraid M1015 iStarUSA M-3120-ATX 12-Bay 1. How does the backplane connect to the M1015? What are those three...

Bonjour à tous, je me lance dans l’aventure FreeNAS et donc dans le choix des composants. L’utilisation sera la suivante : J’ai 4 TV et 1 Vidéo-projecteur (Salle dédié) possédant tous un lecteur Multimédia (PopCorn Hour A500). Je souhaite faire 2 HDD miroir pour le stockage de tous mes MKV...

Goodmorning everyone, After many hours spent researching the right components i couldn't find info regarding the requirements needed to run at the same time: -Plex -OpenVPN -Torrentbox -Resilio Sync -Backup -Ubuntu/Homebridge The main use for the server will be running plex media server, i...

Buongiorno a tutti, dopo molte ricerche non riesco a trovare una configurazione adatta alle mie esigenze. Mi rivolgo quindi a voi nella speranza che mi possiate aiutare a scegliere le componenti più adatte per far girare: -Plex -OpenVPN -Torrentbox -Resilio Sync -Backup -Ubuntu/Homebridge La...

Good Day all, I am new to FreeNAS, an OK server person and overall general techie...now that you know a little about my skill set here is some hardware info, I currently am attempting to reduce the 'size' of my setup (hardware). My current setup is basically the following: Sitting in a norco...

Hi all, I am new to the forum but have been running FreeNAS for about 2 years. It is a fantastic product with many capabilities. Of course the vast capabilities have made the learning curve a little steep, but I think I am now "getting the concept down". My move to FreeNAS was a cautious one...

So close to pulling the trigger...just need a little advice first. Especially, since this will be my first build. I think I narrowed it down, but open to advice to reduce cost while keeping same effectiveness. To be honest, my head is spinning from all the options. I've been reading for...

I finally was able to purchase a new HBA for my c2100, the dell 85M9R "mezzanine". I realize I have to cross flash it and want to be sure I get good instructions on how to do so. I came across...

So I build a 20TB 10 drive FreeNAS machine. I use a single 250GB hard drive I have laying around to put the FreeNAS OS on and ZFS the 10 other drives. Here is my question: When the 250GB FreeNAS OS drive fails and I have to build a new one from scratch, what happens to my 20TB ZFS array? Is...

Hi guys! I tried FreeBSD before but this is going to be my first FreeNAS build and theres some things that I don't know, I was hoping if you could point me to the proper direction for my build :) I am going to use Intel G4400. Does this motherboard support PCI Passthrough? And Can I run a Bhyve...

Building my first FreeNAS server. I think I got everything I needed from the various articles, but would love a double-check. The purpose of this server is two-fold. First, it'll act as a backup repository for my office server and workstations. We have a backup solution (Vembu) at the...

Will it FreeNAS? is a sub-forum where you can post a system or parts list you are considering purchasing for building a FreeNAS system. Before you post make sure to read the hardware guides. It's important to know the minimum system requirements for FreeNAS when asking a question. We also...

I was just wondering if I had a raid controller fail if I could switch to software raid to and still be able to get to my data?

NAS Build Research Primary Objectives: iSCSI to be used for guest OS storage on Xenservers 6.5 and 7.0. Shared storage to eliminate the need for a windows file server Connect to Active Directory for file server authentication LACP 2 10 GigE nics for 20 GigE storage access Secondary Objectives...

Hi, I recently installed FreeNAS 9.10 on a HP MicroServer Gen 8 with two Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB disks in a ZFS mirror configuration. All is fine except that in the SMART data I can see that the emergency retract count is going up for both drives each time I turn the server on/off even...

Bonjour, Je suis un peu un newbie dans le domaine, j'aimerais savoir si j'ai bien compris le concept et corriger moi si c'est faux. Je compte utiliser FreeNas avec son système de tolérance de crash de HDD et donc ceci grâce au Raid software de ZFS d'après ce que j'ai compris. Le système n'a pas...

Hi all, 2 questions re HBA on newer equipment 1. is there a HPSA firmware driver for FreeBSD/FREENAS ? 2 can we blacklist CISS firmware driver from loading using loader conf? Seems majority of *nix based distros have stopped using CISS and gone forward with the HPSA item...