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    FreeNAS from baremetal pc hardware to ESXI server hardware

    I have had for a while now an install of FreeNAS 11.2 (most recently U4) on a re-purposed Intel i7 4970K with 16 GB of RAM, 3x mixed size WD Purple hard drives (started with what I have and will slowly increase drives to match size) in Raid Z, 1x 1TB Purple hard drive stand-alone for misc...
  2. dinkinflicka87

    Hello from the US - Have been lurking a while, finally ready to share!

    Hello from the US, I have been a lurker on here for the past year (2018) or so after building my system. I'm still in awe that I have my own server. I'm just an enthusiast. Not as hardcore as those who have built their systems with rack mounts (no room for that quite yest unfortunately. SO I...
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    Recommendations for a backup server

    Hi, im new here, im trying to do a backup server with a cpu with an intel core i7 4th gen, 16gb of ram, 1 external disk of 2tb, 1 internal disk of 2tb, and 1 disk of 500gb (that i will use for the OS i think), i need to backup like 7 windows computers there, to storage his documents in case of...
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    Feedback/Report on replacing NAS drives on a VMWare based virtualized freenas system

    Hello folks, this post is simply some kind of report or feedback about my experience with upgrading my 6x 4TB WD drives based zpool on an esxi based virtualized freenas system. This is not intended to be used as an general how-to, but it might help a minority of freenas users who might run into...
  5. Velict

    Specialty Game Server

    So I want to see if the following is possible: Build a server, a nice monster Install video cards (2-way sli) Install FreeNAS (duh!) Create Win10 VM to run simultaneously inside FreeNAS. Continuously active. Install games to the VM, and run/play these games only using the server's hardware...
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    SOLVED FreeNAS + Virtualbox?

    Earlier this year I was looking into building a FreeNAS machine, and then I discovered how much I'd be paying for the server. I also discovered PCI-E passthrough and so I decided to upgrade a few of the specs, and make a virtualized windows gaming machine to live alongside my virtualized...
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    VM questions inside

    So I have freenas working with usb drive I put some data onto a raidz2 system I wish to not spend more money on another physical pc for window server I can multiboot manually or you can clue me in on the vm solutions? windows server with freenas in a vm Thank you in advance if you have no...
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