My FreeNAS server Specs: Motherboard : Gigabyte Ram : 12GB Intel Chip : I5-2400 HDD WD Red NAS : 1TB will be 12 in the end

I built a NAS and installed FreeNAS, and now I'm looking for a few pointers in the right direction. I have a macOS laptop, and I'll likely eventually purchase a Windows desktop. • I'd like to be able to interface with the NAS universally (through any operating system). • I'd like to backup...

Ive been scoping out options on how to do what I want, and I keep hearing 2 distinct options; Jails, or a VM. For jails I see there are some negatives; mainly 'don't bother with native plugins because the updates are slow', and 'Jails are annoying with permissions on new files'. For VMs there...

Hi all, I'm new to the scene, and after some finnicking around with FreeNAS on a virtual machine I wanted to finally step into the wonderful world of NAS. After spending most of my life dealing with VMs and crappy windows boxes to do my dirty work, I figured it was time to step it up a notch...

Hello All, First id like to state that I admire the amount of patience you all can muster to work with this, because as my first time using freeBSD, this has been a harrowing ride sofar. :') What I am trying to do is install the sabNZBd plugin. I have tried following this tutorial, but sadly I...

Hi all, I'm in need of a NAS for photo/video storage and was initially planning on buying a pre-built NAS, but after a bit of research found I can repurpose my old PC as a NAS for substantially less money, and it'll be a fair bit more powerful using the magic of FreeNAS. Before i jump in and...