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  1. G

    Ram to HDD TB size question

    Hey all! Quick question. Math is not my strong suit, I had a terrible time of it in high school. I wanted to ask, I have 5 8TB HDD drives in my TrueNAS server. the motherboard has 16GB and I was thinking of adding more Ram. Would 32GB be more suitable for that much storage? I read somewhere here...
  2. N

    Used HDDs - how to Check and prepare them for Truenas core/scale

    My Situation: Currently I am running no productive Truenas installation. I plan to virtualize Truenas Scale on my Proxmox host. I have a dedicated HBA that will get passed through to the Truenas VM. The Host has enough RAM and CPU Power, I probably will start with 6 Cores and 64 GB ECC RAM...
  3. F

    DiskIAnalyser 0.2 Beta

    This is an early work-in-progress, It's a simple python script to run on TrueNAS server to analyze the SMART disk reports using ChatGPT. The goal is to leverage the GPT3.5 and GPT4 API to read your disk's SMART reports and generate simplified reports with health scores and detailled summary of...
  4. Davvo

    Assessing the Potential for Data Loss

    This guide was written to be read from top to bottom without jumps, with the intent of spreading awareness to both new and experienced users; the author of this document assumes the understanding of the concepts explained in the following resources: ZFS Introduction ZFS Pool Layout Terminology...
  5. dak180

    TrueNAS-Report 1.8

    ZPool, SMART, and UPS Status Report with TrueNAS Config Backup Original Script By: joeschmuck Modified By: bidelu0hm, melp, fohlsso2, onlinepcwizard, ninpucho, isentropik, rotx, dak180 Last Edited By: dak180 Current Version: v1.8 Preview of the output here: https://i.imgur.com/jKwraw4.png When...
  6. Davvo

    Dig the IOPS

    I get the feeling that most of us (myself included) rely too much on the 250 IOPS value used as reference in iX's ZFS Pool White Paper, so I wrote this bit in order to clarify things a tad. IOPS stands for input/output operations per second and represents how many read and write operations a...
  7. Alibuba

    Advice on migrating HDDs and data to FreeNAS

    Hi everyone, I'm planning on retiring my aging CentOS system, and migrating existing data and hard disk drives to a newly built (albeit from old spares) ESXi host. In addition to the Linux server I'm running a NAS box, used mostly for backups, and a desktop with a Windows Storage Space. My...
  8. U

    Setting up hot and cold tiers using SSD and HDD

    Hello Everyone, I'm building a system using a supermicro X10QBI machine, my initial plan was to have a 6 SSD's for my hot-tier and 8 HDD's for my cold-tier. I have 2 individual raid controllers on the box and i'm ready to install freenas. I wanted to ask the community as I've googled around but...
  9. aponomarenko

    HDD reliability stats for 5 years

    Interesting results from the Linux-Hardware.org portal: This picture shows relative number of computers with bad SMARTs depending on the drive vendor (Seagate is less reliable on average). Based on this study: https://github.com/linuxhw/SMART The site has a fork for BSD where we can register...
  10. M

    Installation questions

    Hello, I have a doubt to deploy FreeNas in the small company where I work, I have the following configuration: HP Proliant server, xeon processor 3.30ghz, 20gb of ram. My doubt is can I install freenas with just 1 hd and then add another hd just like to perform RAID 1 to mirror the data?
  11. WW1 Flying Ace

    Drive replace question / clarification needed...

    I have a 8x6TB RaidZ2 system. I purchased 8 new drives to increase capacity. There are spare drive slots available in the system. The system allows hot swapping (I can see the new drive.) My intention is to insert a new larger drive into an open slot, then tell the system to replace one of the...
  12. K

    First Build for FreeNAS

    Hello fellow FreeNAS Forum Family, my Name is Thomas and I'am still researching to build a first own FreeNAS Server. The main purpose of this server will be to store files (oh wow, he really will try storing files in a NAS :rolleyes:) from my own computer (meaning Pictures and Web-Projects...
  13. iliak

    Replace failed hdd issue

    i have a raidz1 with 8 ssds one had some issues and was marked as unavailable. i have set it to offline, swapped and selected replace. after some time, Pool status still have errors and it stays in degraded, what could be the reason ? should i try to replace it again?
  14. Fire-Dragon-DoL

    SOLVED Badblocks destructive test and returned errors

    I've been running disk-burning tests on my new HDDs using https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/github-repository-for-freenas-scripts-including-disk-burnin.28/ Of 4 HDDs, 3 of them are showing a lot of read errors. Are they really all damaged? 1 of them is a WD blue (meant for backups...
  15. Conor Calby

    Backing up data to second hard drive

    Hello All, I have a Freenas server (home built Intel Celeron CPU G465 @ 1.90GHz with 4GB of RAM (works fine!!) running FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201412090314) I use the server for a variety of things but mostly as a home cloud storage system. It hosts things like family photos, various software...
  16. E

    Hard disk advice

    Hello all, Short summary, I have a FreeNAS setup at home with 4 x 3TB Seagate HDDs in a RAIDZ1 setup and yesterday one of the HDD failed (seems i'm on Santa's naughty list). It starting making ticking noises and when I logged in I got an alert "server state is degraded", I placed it offline to...
  17. cirss

    FreeNas HDDs speed vs hardware RAID SDDs

    Hi FreeNAS community :) Would like to share my storage experience: hardware RAID SSDs vs FreeNAS old rust spinning SATA HDDs.... Hardware and soft used: 1) 4 years old, everyday in use HP ML350p Gen8 server, 2xXeon 2630v2, 64GB RAM, with 420i raid 1GB cache raid controller, configured...
  18. W

    Is my HDD dying?

    I'm pretty sure it is, but why is a brand new disk dying after a month of use? === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate IronWolf Device Model: ST4000VN008-2DR166 Serial Number: ZDH466SW LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 0b1639b23 Firmware Version: SC60 User Capacity...
  19. Y

    Shifting Disks To New Hardware?

    So As You Can Read My Title, I Want To Shift My Current FreeNAS 11.2 BETA3 System To New Hardware. I'm Writing All Specs Below. Current FreeNAS: Processor: Intel G3260 RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR3 Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 HDDs: 1x Seagate 160GB SATA2 (OS) 2x Seagate Barracuda 1TB...
  20. M

    Ständige Zugriffe auf die HDD´s

    Hi Leute, hab mit vor kurzem eine NAS mit 17 x 2TB HDD´s im Z2 gebaut. Alles läuft wie erwartet, 2 x 16GB ECC RAM, Intel G4620 verbaut und ASROCK ROCKS WS Mainboard, 10 SATA3 PCIe Karte inside + 7 SATA onboard - soweit so gut. Der HDD Bericht zeigt mir jedoch ständige Zugriffe auf alle HDDs...
  21. D

    Question regarding hdd size when extending pools.

    I’ve tried to search for the answer, but it seems to be an unusual question. Background: I have a server with 16 bays. Current configuration: 4x2TB setup as 6TB total size. Minimum ending configuration: I know how to extend 3x4x2TB for a total of 4x4x2TB I also know how to rebuild and replace...
  22. Kennyvb8

    grinding noise - HDD

    Hello i have 6 HDD in raidz1-0 i think, and last night one of the disks startet makeing grinding noises, and still doing. Smart test shor/long all passes on all disks?!? so how do i figurer out which one is doing the noise? i have 2 new disks laying around i can easily replace 1-2 drives, but...
  23. K

    New FreeNAS server - Mirrored disks only performing like a single disk

    Hi, i have a HP ML10v2 with the following specs: Intel Xeon E3 1230v3 16GB Kingston ECC Onboard sata controller in AHCI 2x2TB WD RE4 8GB Kingston USB2.0 (FreeNAS) i installed FreeNAS 11 on the server (after applying the latest SPP for the server) and set up both 2TB drives in a mirror. i...
  24. C

    Question about buying HDDs

    I'm building my first nas and I bought everything except the hdds. Will be going for wd reds (regular, not pro) but I was wondering if there are any specific rules to follow when buying hdds. I was originally planing on mixing the size of hdds i.e 4tb + 3tb + 6tb. Is there something wrong with...
  25. E

    E le temperature?

    Una delle cose che mi ha stupito di FreeNas 11 è la totale assenza di un monitor per le temperature... come è possibile che non ci sia ? (o non l'ho trovato io ?), nel caso come posso risolvere?
  26. S

    SOLVED SuperMicro SC836 HDD Temps Too High / Fan Replacements / Your Experiences?

    Hi, As my first foray into a non-COTS server, I purchased a used SuperMicro Super Chassis SC836E16-R1200B via ebay. Having sold my QNAP NAS appliances to offset the cost, I was left with 16 HGST Deskstar NAS HDDs - 6TB that needed to be repurposed. I spent considerable time researching and...
  27. G

    Добавление ВТОРОГО тома (Volume data). - зависает.

    Добрый день. У меня vmware машина на esxi 6. стоит freenas 9.10 (последний) уже настроена и работает. Добавил в виртуалку новый виртуальный HDD от другого луна (хранилища). в volume manager делаю - добавить новый DATA - новое (Хранилище). не новый датасет (dataset) система дает мне запустить...
  28. tbrezniak

    Feedback on new FreeNAS Build

    Been planning a new freenas build since I had data corruption on my old freenas. I wasn't using ECC and it bite me hard. I have the following parts from my old build: HDDs - candidates for the RAIDZ2 pool: MEdia pool for movies and TV shows 6x WD Green WD20EZRX, 2TB- SATA 6 GB/S 5400rpm HDDs-...
  29. tyve55

    Gathering some feedback on DIY FreeNAS build...

    New here but have spent a while lurking around on the forum and reading various pdfs on this. I have the following at my disposal: HDDs - candidates for the RAIDZ2 pool: 2x Hitachi Travelstar 5K750, 500GB - SATA300 5400rpm 1x Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003, 2TB - SATA600 5900rpm 2x WD...
  30. Bhoot

    High capacity HDD

    Hi all. I am sure everyone is aware of the growing sizes of HDD at an exponential rate. While the WD Red Pro have not found a disk > 8tb; Seagate Ironwolf has touched 10tb and HGST (owned by WD) has touched 12. The WD Red come with a 3 year warranty; red pro 5 years; Ironwolf 3y; ironwolf pro 5...
  31. V

    Only one hard disk

    Hi Community, I Installed FreeNAS on my old Notebook. Now i have a problem. I have only one HDD in my Notebook where i can Install FreeNAS. But now I cant create an Pool on this HDD. So I want to install the System and the storage on one Disk. Is this possible, until now is only working with an...
  32. IceBoosteR

    HDD Load Cycles, Spindown and disk access

    Hello Community, I have my FreeNAS system for a while now, and i am wondering a little bit about the hdd access and spindown for them. I also have a question for the load cyle count. First of all, I have 4 WD Red with 4TB, SMART attributes are looking like this: D# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE...
  33. R

    Ayuda, se me rompio uno de los discos duros de mi servidor FreeNAS

    Hola un saludos para todos, soy nuevo en el uso de freenas y aun tengo grandes dudas, por favor si me pueden ayudar, se me rompio uno de los discos duros (tenia 2 HDD 500gb en RAID) y por supuesto no perdi la información gracias al RAID pero ahora: 1. puedo ponerle un nuevo disco de 500gb al...
  34. IceBoosteR

    BUILD 4TB drive recommendation

    Hello all, regarding to my introduction thread https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/hello-freenas-community.46345/ I have some questions to the recommended drives. My problem is, that I read RAID5/RaidZ1 is dead, because when you lost a drive and want to recreate the data with parity...
  35. D

    RAID Question

    I wasn't to build a freenas server and I was given 8 new hard drives that are pretty awesome so I would rather not have to buy anymore to add to the ones I just got. 2 x 1TB WD Se 2 x 2TB WD Se 2 x 3TB WD Se 2 x 4TB WD Se I am not sure what RAID to use for this...
  36. K

    SSD VS WD RED

    1 SSD VS 2 WD RED drives for a server that is used basically for pictures and movies. What one would perform better. I know obviously there is more redundancy with 2 WD RED drives. But that off to the side. For just pure speed, what would perform faster? Any one use a SSD in a server and how is...
  37. D

    Cómo configuro para usar un disco externo USB?

    Hola, soy nuevo por aquí. Necesitaria saber si hay alguna guia bien explicada para configurar en el sistema, un hdd externo que tengo. La idea es configurar el sistema de forma que grabe o lea la información almacenada en este disco; utilizando CIF o FTP. Como el motherboad que tengo, (según...
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