I just updated my 9.10 install to FreeNAS 11 and everything went fine. I had an old plex running but I decided remove it before I update to FreeNAS 11. I have now installed the plex plugin and it is running and I can log into it but I can't add any storage to it. I added my media as storage to...

I would like to know what would be the best parts of 2017 to build a reliable NAS for a small office. 5 - 6 computers will be accessing the NAS locally for Photography and Video Editing. I need about 20tb to start. Most work will be accessed locally but some also needs to be accessed...

This is my first time posting on this forum, but I have a sort of strange situation and want to know if anyone has any experience or input to share. I have a FREENAS setup that I just put together and I am looking at backup options. I already own a lacie big8 48TB storage array. It only...

I was hoping to build my FreeNAS out of my old PC and some drives that I am using in my dual bay RAID storage. I have an Asus Maximus V Gene with a Core I5 & 16GB RAM. After doing some initial reading I see that it is recommended to use ECC Ram. Unfortunately this MB does not support ECC. My...

Im a Noob to this as you will be able to tell. I would like to build a nas for my small office which will be used for accessing Large raw Image files and 4k video files it will be accessed from 4 mac computers on a gigabit network. I have a AMD processor and Motherboard that i have never used I...

Hi everyone, I'm kinda new to server hardware and freenas. I used FreeNas booted on a flash support in an old computer with 4 disks and 2 GB RAM (one of the 2 RAM burned so i stopeed) but now i want to have a dedicated computer with enough power to transcode, download, sort and store my files...

Hello, I own a small VFX company which finally needs a more decent storage solution, over the last days I've investigated quite a lot. And I think that I'll go with FreeNAS and a Build according to my/our needs. If any of you experienced FreeNAS users could answer me some questions and possibly...

The Motherboard Replacement Guide shows how to properly remove and replace the motherboard in a FreeNAS Mini or Mini XL. Many detailed photos are used to clarify and simplify the process. http://ixsystems.com/FreeNAS_Mini_Motherboard_Replacement.pdf

Just a quick one in case it helps anyone else out there. Hopefully someone will find this via a google search and clarifies what might be going on with their system if they use flac files in their music library. I installed the Subsonic Plugin and had it all set up. I was able to play mp3's...

Alright. I've been at this for half the night, tried clicking different things, I finally got to where I was ready to start randomly clicking to try and make this work. According to your guide, I click on Sharing, Windows (SMB), then create share and I am suppose to get a window where I create...

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So when FreeNAS 11 came, I updated from 9.10 to get rolling on the new options. Unfortunately this killed my VirtualBox jail that I was using to run some services I couldn't get working in a jail. So I started looking on how to get Docker running under FreeNAS 11 so I could replace those...

Background: New to FreeNAS, goal is to serve Plex transcoding (1080p) TV and Movies for 1-4 users with a "future proof" server. I've loosely based this build from John Ramsden's Build. I'll likely also use this as a backup location for a few laptops. Proposed hardware: (mix of Amazon and...

Hi, I tried googling my answer, and some said it was related to encryption, but my drives are not encrypted so the jails should be able to auto reload to my limited understanding. When setting it up I followed this guide here...

Hello, This forum really helped alot ! But I still can't make up my mind on what is the best solution for my first FreeNAS build. I want to use my NAS for storing files and Plex Server for maximum 2 video streams at once and maybe one small linux VM just for testing and playing. I think i...

Hello Community, I've been researching for the past weeks on hardware and recommended parts for my Freenas build. I'm planning on installing ESXi then run Freenas on a VM with a PFsense VM. My build is as follows: Case: Fractal Design Node 804 Cpu: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6 Kaby Lake Mobo...

Hi everyone I just bought a Dell Poweredge 710 server and I cannot get FreeNAS to boot from a USB stick to save my life. I have tried everything, changing the boot order, making the USB emulate a hard drive, selecting it and booting directly. Nothing works! I can easily boot windows server 2012...

Hallo Community, ich benötige eure Unterstützung und hoffe das Ihr mir helfen könnt. Über das Wochenende habe ich meinen Server neu aufgespielt und FreeNAS Corral installiert. Nach einer Anleitung hier im Forum habe ich das PlexPass Docker Image installiert und eingerichtet. Meine Mediathek...

Hello, I am running a FreeNAS system I've finally linked it to my PC but when i try to transfer files i get a "you need permissions to perform this action" I believe the only user I have is root, If i need to add another user(Please tell by steps).

Hi all, we've been running a freenas 20TB test environment for the last few months and all works great - now we're looking to expand and could use some advice. We are using the FreeNAS as the destination for disk based backups of production VMs and wanted to see if anyone could provide input on...

Hi FreeNAS forum :-) Another FreeNAS+NFS+ESXI+Datastore performance problem. Thanks for a great forum. (sorry for my english, hope that you understand) First of all, I have read the many threads about NFS Performance with VMWare, and I know and get that it is all related to the SYNC writes...

Folks, Over the past week I’ve been asked by many of you (some on the forums, some through other means) what our intentions at iXsystems are around the existing FreeNAS product. We did have language in our initial Corral press release around this, but I wanted to take a moment to dispel any...

Hi Everyone I'm starting my first server build soon and planning on using the Supermicro X10SL7‑F. I am aware I will need to flash it into it mode however I have been unable to find the firmware, all i can find is old and broken links. Does anyone have a working link for the firmware. I...

Hello, I noticed today a, what i think, very rare CPU usage percentage. I attach pictures below (please help because im very worried about): Thank you.

Hello, I had an issue yesterday with version 9.10., I was migrating some virtual machines to FreeNAS storage and all of a sudden it became unresponsive and restarted itself. After it restarted, it now hangs on mountroot. It fails to load even other snapshots. I attached a screenshot of the error...

Hier is a small tutorial how to install Home Assistant on your FreeNAS machine. create a jail in the jail enter: pkg update pkg upgrade pkg install python35 pkg install py35-sqlite3 python3.5 -m ensurepip after that you have to install HomeAssistant pip3 install homeassistant and start it...

Let me preface this by saying, I know freenas recommends new hardware and there are risks with my setup but I'm not really holding any sensitive data in my NAS and only using it as a media server. So I've had this laptop for awhile where the screen and the HDMI port of the laptop was not...

Building Cardigann which is coded in Go Lang was tricky. Here are the steps you need to follow if you want to setup in your Jail on FreeNAS (FreeBSD). Personally, I have it setup in my Transmission jail. First, you need to install GO Lang if you dont have it already in your Jail: pkg install...

Hello Everyone, I'm fairly new to the FreeNAS community, I've been using it for a couple of months. I'm truly loving it. At home I've been using NAS4Free due to my NAS being an Aspire Home Server with an Intel Atom, 4TB storage (with not the best retention), and 2GB RAM (I've had it for like 6...

Hi Everyone, I have been thinking about a FreeNAS setup to replace an old Drobo 5N that I have. Will keep this short and sweet. NAS Priorities: Transcode & Stream (3 x 1080p - 20 Mbps Max) Plex Media - Mostly Movies & TV Shows (Acquired legally of course) Run Jails with Couchpotato...

Hi everyone, I am relocating and need to sell this build in next 2-3 days. At suggestion/permission of a mod, I am posting it here. Please refer to notes at bottom for details. Here are the specs: AMD A6-6400K 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor Gigabyte GA-F2A85XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard...

Hi everyone, I am relocating and the international shipping is very expensive. Where can I sell my FreeNAS build quickly? I need to sell it within next few days. I am uncertain about its chances to be sold within few days on eBay. FreeNAS forums doesn't have a marketplace, but selling a custom...

I was just curious since this is the first time I will have an update pending on my server that has been running fantastic by the way if anyone had any tips or tricks when it comes to updating. Do you normally hold off for awhile looking around to see if there is some deadly bug? If so where...

Hey All, Running the latest version of FreeNAS on a Dell PE 2950 with 24GB RAM and having a crazy time troubleshooting why the plugins wont start after install. Let me explain: FreeNAS installed no problems. Setup the drives and the network, set time etc. Installed NextCloud plugin, installed...

Hi guys, I sporadically have the issue that my FreeNAS gets stuck when rebooting over the webUI. I have logfiles from the moment the shutdown command was sent. Dec 14 09:36:03 ce0nas notifier: shutdown: [pid 73077] Dec 14 09:36:03 ce0nas notifier: Shutdown NOW...

I recently set up a FreeNAS server with FreeNAS 9.10-U4 and I have the Plex plugin installed and running in a jail. In Plex there is an option for Plex to scan your library when something is changed, e.g. files are added or removed. I have checked that box and noticed that it doesn't work. I...

Hello guys, I'm very happy with my FreeNAS System but I do not have enabled the Emal notification yet. This is because, my NAS is only available in the internal network, and has no connection to the internet (because I don't need it). So there is a very useful feature and it is recommended to...

Hello everyone. It's my first time posting here. I'm currently in the process of building a home server mainly to be used for file storage and media consumption with plex (other cases might arise in the future). I will mostly be storing movies, videos, Audio CDs, and photos along with the usual...

I recently build a FreeNAS server (9.10-U4) and I want to use it as backup place for my Arch Linux machine using backintime via ssh. My problem is that I am having issues with permissions on the freenas when connecting to my freenas server through backintime. I haveon my linux box created a ssh...

Hello FreeNAS forum. I am having trouble booting FreeNAS on my Dell computer. If I try to boot from CD, it goes straight to Hard drive. I tried putting the boot order to the CD drive first and no change. THEN I tried removing the HDD from the default boot list and the BIOS complained of not...

Good evening everyone Please. Could anyone guide the process of installing the zabbix agent in FreeNAS 9.10? I've looked in several sites, but I've had success. Another question, what kind of monitoring can be done in the FreeNAS? thank you!

Hello! I am Gabriel, new to this forum, and kind of new to FreeNAS. First of all, thanks for all your effort. I have been using FreeNAS for two months, and the experience have been very positive so far ;). I want to ask you guys to help me understand how to determine bottlenecks when using...

I have an old droboFS that I am retiring now and replacing with a freenas server. The freenas server is up and running everything has been moved over except my backups taken with backintime from my Arch Linux box. In order to keep the integrity of the backup I have to move it with rsync. I was...

Hello world! I am building my first FreeNAS and I wanted to get some opinion's on the build as well as have a few questions answered. Below is the build: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ASRock E3C224D2I Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) Registered DDR3-1333...

So... I've recently replaced my FX8350 with an Intel CPU. I now have a full PC worth of parts from upgrading over the years, a spare AM3+ motherboard, as well as an old free PC I got from work. So I wanted to make use of this. I thought of setting up a PC for virtual machines, as well as a...

Hi there , I have set up a freenas box this week . There are 8 loan cards attached to it. I have configured cisco switch . But the scenario is, when I try real-time bench mark , I hardly can cross 1gbps. And when I have checked the report , it shows only nic 4 was transmitting and receiving...

Basically I've just installed FreeNAS 9.10 on a physical server, but when I go to View Disks under Storage, it only shows me one of my six drives. Below I've given all the info possible and the things I've tried already, however there's not much else to say as the issue is pretty straightforward...

Buonasera a tutti! :) I'm using FreeNAS for more than 1 year, but with the last 4-5 updates i have occurred in a lot of error! :( The last one... I have wake up my server, after around 1h i try to reach Transmission like i have always do and it doesn't work. When i go to the UI i see that all...

I cant acces my samba shares without setting both "allow guest account" and only "allow guest account". When I access my freenas by NetBIOS root (\\frenas\) on explorer it asks for my credentials , inserting any freenas credentials ('root' or any user I create and associate with 'wheel' group)...

We're looking at grabbing two storinators both of them will be the 60 drive bay ones Mobo: X10DRL CPU: Dual E52620 Ram: 256GB ECC (I've learned the mobo can take up to a ram so this will change if needed.) Boot drive: 1 SSD + Redundant SSD (120gb) What's better? 2x Rocket 750s or 4x LSI 9201...