Fundamentals

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

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  1. Hardware 53
  2. Fundamentals 38
  3. Advanced 49
  4. Apps and Jails 70

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multi_report.sh version for Core and Scale 3.0
ZPool & SMART status report
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ZFS Storage Pool Layout 2024-03-14
iX's White Paper about pool layout and performance
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The problem with RAIDZ
or why you probably won't get the storage efficiency you think you will get.
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Uncle Fester's TrueNAS Beginner's Guide
Guide for basic installation and configuration of TrueNAS CORE
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Assessing the Potential for Data Loss Davvo
Assessing the Potential for Data Loss
Disk failures, UREs and the imprecision of calculations.
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DiskIAnalyser 0.2 Beta
a script to analyze the SMART disk reports via ChatGPT, and generate per-disk health score
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What is a Debug and Why does (NickF think) it Matters? NickF
What is a Debug and Why does (NickF think) it Matters?
Exposing SCALE's new and best undocumented feature improvement.
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Spencer V2.0-BETA 1- Now with Pineapple - An Email Alert Script for Potentially Hidden Problems NickF
Spencer V2.0-BETA 1- Now with Pineapple - An Email Alert Script for Potentially Hidden Problems
A Companion for Multi-Report by joeschmuck
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Resources List including Detailed Hardware and System Build Notes (plus new user advice / help) WI_Hedgehog
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Resources List including Detailed Hardware and System Build Notes (plus new user advice / help) v1.24
TrueNAS is not as simple as videos make it look, though it is fairly easy to get a system running if
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TrueNAS-Report 1.8
SMART & ZPool Status Report for FreeNAS/TrueNAS
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10GBase-T: Best to avoid it if you can
Slower, power-hungry, and more expensive.
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Welcome to TrueNAS SCALE - Beginners Intro
SCALE quick intro
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Cloud Sync monitoring script
Cloud Sync monitoring script
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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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