I'm receiving a temperature warning for the m.2 controller when I power on the device. I didn't see any other posts with this issue that I can find. I'm using an ASRock B450 Pro4 motherboard and a 250 GB Crucial P2 NVMe m.2 SSD. It's a brand new device that I just built and I'm completely new...

Hello dear forum members. I am looking for the answer to my question about the use of the M2 connector on the motherboard using a adapter. I don’t know who to contact, therefore I am waiting for a competent opinion on this issue. There is a motherboard ASUS PRIME J3355I-C (CELERON, mini-ITX), it...

Hi folks, I'm considering upgrade paths for my system. At the time of writing my system specs are as follows: Case: Fractal Design Define R6 (Build Report) FreeNAS Release: FreeNAS-11.2-RELEASE-U2 Board: SuperMicro X11SSM-F Processor: Intel Core i3-7100 Memory: 32 GB HBA: LSI/Broadcom...

Anyone know of a reliable 8-port SAS/SATA x4 adapter card? I've seen plenty of x1, x2 and x4 cards, but they mostly use fairly unreliable/cheap controllers. All the SAS controllers I've found are either 8-port x8 or 4-port x4. If anyone has any 8-port x4 adaptor card that they know and swear by...

I’m posting this because I haven’t found much information online or in the forums regarding the compatibility of quad m.2 adapter cards with FreeNAS. Considering the growing m.2 adoption on boards, it makes sense to discuss them regardless of how they are used, also since the newer Gen4x4 are...

Hello everybody! Anyone came across these 2/4x m.2 4/8x PCI gen.3 adapters allready? - P is PCIe, S for Slow As far i found any information, they run an Avago PLX chip (not shure for gen.2) - down in the reviews, incl. pic, "...QM2-2P-344 and QM2-2P-384 on Windows PCs...." & the guy obviously...

I was wondering if it is possible to install FreeNAS on an M.2 drive and still use it to store some jails on it as well. I have a spare 128Gb M.2 Drive, and I feel it could be put to good use somehow in a FreeNAS. But I think FreeNAS destroys all partitions prior to install, so im not quite sure...

Hello guys I was thinking of building my new NAS setup. I find a nice case in 2u format with 12 trays in front for my rack, I already have a recent motherboard with a Xeon on it and a M.2 port As the HDD backlane of my case offer only a Mini SAS HD connexion, I was thinking about plugging an M.2...

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...