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Fundamentals

General information applicable to any version of FreeNAS, unlikely to change or vary between versions or situations.

Categories

  1. Hardware 49
  2. FreeNAS 9.10 3
  3. Fundamentals 30
  4. Advanced 38
  5. Apps and Jails 54

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Western Digital Drives - The Preferred Drives of FreeNAS and TrueNAS CORE
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Welcome to TrueNAS SCALE - Beginners Intro
SCALE quick intro
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multi_report.sh version for Core and Scale V2.0.6
ZPool & SMART status report
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Cloud Sync monitoring script
Cloud Sync monitoring script
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ZFS Storage Pool Layout 2022-12-28
iX's White Paper about pool layout and performance
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solnet-array-test
A shell tool for performance testing and burn-in of a disk array
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Creating custom Google Photos API credentials for Cloud Sync Task
Workaround fix for Google Photos Cloud Sync Task that wont start or stays on 0%
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HOWTO: Resize a Linux VM's LLVM Virtual Disk on a ZVOL
So your Linux VM needs more space?
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Github repository for FreeNAS scripts, including disk burnin and rsync support Spearfoot
Github repository for FreeNAS scripts, including disk burnin and rsync support
Utility scripts for administation, reporting, disk burn-in, rsync
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ZFS RAIDZ Expansion Is Awesome but Has a Small Caveat 1.0
RAIDZ expansion can create some overhead but it can be recovered
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How to: Backup to local disks
Command line driven backups to direct attached disks
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ZFS Feature Flags in TrueNAS
Overview of ZFS Feature Flags and their support in FreeNAS
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A script to run rclone on the FreeNAS server to backup NAS data to Backblaze B2 cloud storage. 1.0
rclone script to backup to Backblaze B2
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Uncle Fester's FreeNAS Beginner's Guide
Guide for basic installation and configuration of FreeNAS
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Disk failure LEDs for various backplanes 2019-05-19
Identify and blink LED on disk failure
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ZFS Drive Size and Cost Comparison Spreadsheet to find best $/TiB diedrichg
ZFS Drive Size and Cost Comparison Spreadsheet to find best $/TiB 1.2
Compare 1:1 the potential size of your pool to find the most cost-effective $/TiB option
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Introduction to ZFS Ericloewe
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Introduction to ZFS Rev 1d)
A short introduction to ZFS, oriented towards FreeNAS users
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How to kill off SMB1, NetBIOS, WINS and *still* have Windows' Network Neighbourhood better than ever
Did you know Windows Vista onwards already has a better way built in? Just try it out!
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Picking a ZFS Pool Layout to Optimize Performance
Two-part post on understanding the mechanics of ZFS pool performance
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FreeNAS 101 1.1
Your getting started cheat sheet for FreeNAS, a max 10hr crash course in FreeNAS and related tech
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Hard Drive Burn-in Testing
Guidance for burning in hard drives prior to their use
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