external hdd

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    Will Lenovo with external HDD FreeNAS?

    Hey, I have been looking for a good NAS solution for some time now. And I think I finally found the best thing for me. I got this mini lenovo desktop PC with an i5 and 8gb ram, that should be more than enough power for a plex server. But.. The thing is the size of a HDD, so there won't be any...
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    command for deleting backup files after 3 weeks

    So I created a cronjob for backing up my SMB to a external usb drive (command: rsync -zvr /mnt/files /mnt/Backup/ --delete-after) but I want it to delete the files which were deleted on the SMB only after 3 weeks on the backup drive, not immediately (as in the current command), but I don't know...
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    zfs pool replication via sneakernet

    Hello: I have two FreeNAS servers (9.10) in different countries, let's call them A&B. I want to have them replicate each other, and I can run that with test servers just fine. But B is new/empty and A has 6 TB of data and a slow internet connection (just 1Mb/s upload), so it is really a...
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    Existing FreeNAS server: Adding secondary external drives

    I've built my current freenas setup in an old tower with several 1TB HDDs inside. However, my space is getting clogged up now and it's going to be a while before I have my full 16TB server to convert everything over, so here's my question: With my existing working server, could I connect 3 of...
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    External NTFS HDD unreadable after connection to freenas server

    Hi all, I recently turned an old pc into a basic freenas server (socket775 dual core pentium, 6gb ram, 3x 500gb hdd). After the initial setup and after getting plex and network transfers working, I connected a 2tb external seagate HDD. I didn't get time to do anything else with the drive, just...
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