Many Questions about a ZFS Build.

[danb35]

I think he meant he needs to plug an external usb 3.0 disk and transfer data from NAS.

No, that's not what he meant. He made that perfectly clear in his post on Friday. He's talking about being able to plug the "NAS" into his computer via USB and use it as an external hard drive. As a number of us have said, FreeNAS doesn't do that.

 

[ChriZ]

Im interested in accessing a NAS via USB. Using external drives. Mounting USB drives for use as a vdev sounds like a terrible idea

I saw the above, hence my post... But anyways, as we already established, network is better..

 

[aCuria]

I saw the above, hence my post... But anyways, as we already established, network is better..

10G Ethernet perhaps, but my usb3 enclosure with a ssd in it easily does 400MBps+++ in real world scenarios I'm sure usb3 > 1Gbe in terms of speed

It seems quite hard to get 10Gbe cost effectively, there isn't a LGA 1151 motherboard with integrated 10G, M.2 and 16x PCIE.

Intel 10G NICs are $300usd a pop so 10G is definitely the more expensive solution here.

 

[danb35]

Intel 10G NICs are $300usd a pop so 10G is definitely the more expensive solution here.

Used Chelsio 10G NICs are dirt cheap, though, like this one for $30 (though it's admittedly a very old model). A more-recent unit will be more expensive, but still can be had for about $100, like this. Chelsio is exceedingly well-supported in FreeNAS. You don't need a 10G switch, either--just a patch cable from the one to the other.

In any case, as we've already discussed, no standard PC is going to have the proper hardware (a USB B port) to do what you're looking for, and FreeNAS doesn't support it. The only supported way to access your data is over a network.

 

[Mirfster]

From a different thread I replied to:

Fine... make my provide an example will ya...

$75.00 and stated to work with Freenas 9... Also is Ethernet... Don't quote me on the permissible cable length (attenuance), Cuz I can't recall...

http://m.ebay.com/itm/EXCELLENT-CONDITION-Dell-XR997-Intel-10-GBe-10Gbps-Ethernet-Network-Card-PCie-/182088640464?hash=item2a655427d0:g:CwgAAOSwjMJXCv9~&_trkparms=pageci%3A5e537ec1-679f-11e6-8281-74dbd1e05a18%7Cparentrq%3Aad3104eb1560a2a486b80feffffebb70%7Ciid%3A6