I currently have an older laptop that has the following specifications - CPU: core i7 8750H - GPU: GTX 1050TI - RAM: 16GB DDR-4 3000mHz - Storage: 1. 512GB M.2 SSD - Storage: 2. 1TB HDD (Secondary) I want to repurpose this laptop to be a trueNAS server along side a fully functional secondary...

Hello, this is my first post and I'm completely new to freenas so please be comprehensive. I am going to build my first freenas server from an old lenovo M83 desktop, will be using an ssd as boot device but here isn't my problem. My issue is that I only have two 2 tb hdd and one 1 tb hdd. I...

Hey, I've got two LSI HBAs that are basically the same, the 9212-4i (branded by HP) and the 9212-4i4e. I'm wondering if anyone knows if the little 4-pin connector on it is some kind of SGPIO? It says "hdd leds" in the manual. I've used a SAS SFF-8087 -> SATA fan-out connector with sideband...

Dear All, I was introduced to Freenas like two month ago while was experimenting with creating a NAS. I had an Old CPU tower that has two x1 TB hard drives . I created a pool with both drives and now they are full . I like FreeNas now so I bought 3x10 TB WD drives . I want to use them to...

If I'm running out of SATA ports to add more drives, and I go with a PCIe SATA expansion card, if I use all the new ports, will the drive will be able to work full speed (in term of bandwidth)? Or there are limits? For example, if I use this card...

I'm having a hard time finding a micro ATX motherboard with support for ECC memory and at least 8 SATA ports, so I was thinking on getting an expansion card to increase the number of hard drive ports. However, I don't know if FreeNAS has any issues with most PCIe expansion cards. Can I just add...

I've moved my Supermicro 846EL1-900B chassis from a APC SmartUPS 1500 to a SmartUPS 6000 on 240V/30A circuit. Since then, during weekly scrubs the ESXi NICs drop and the Management Network and the VMs are not pingable. The VMs are still running, but I can't bring them back until I force...

Currently I have (4) WD Red 3TB hard drives which run at 5400 RPM that I will be replacing with 8TB WD Red Pro's which run at 7200 RPM. Can I replace these drives gradually (one at a time) if the new ones spin faster? They are set up in a RAIDZ1 configuration. Updated with info: My hardware...

I have a small NAS on which I'd like to start to expand the storage. My primary pool uses WD Reds but my other pools were set up with non-NAS drives that I had lying around at the time and it is those I'd like to change out to increase storage space and improve redundancy. Unfortunately...

Hello there! I am encountering the constantly repeating error on a brand new hard drive: Apr 8 15:54:28 Jonas (ada4:ahcich0:0:0:0): WRITE_FPDMA_QUEUED. ACB: 61 00 10 74 58 40 30 00 00 01 00 00 Apr 8 15:54:28 Jonas (ada4:ahcich0:0:0:0): CAM status: Uncorrectable parity/CRC error Apr 8 15:54:28...

Hi I got a used FreeNAS mini shipped to me. I am looking for a good ways to configure it. Especially what RAID for ZFS I should use. I ready everything in Cyberjock's FreeNAS guide, but not sure how should I organize my hard drives. Motherboard: C2750D41 ASRock Intel Avoton C2750 Memory: 8gb...

Hi All, Wondering if someone can take a look at my smartctl out put below, Just had an email saying the error count has increased on my drive, not sure if its failing etc. Have ran the disk through Hard Disk Sentinel and that shows that the drive is perfect 100 health Thanks Steve...

Granted I'm newer to the freenas world, I've built a FN server and a plex media jail on top of it with no issues. I've been using it for a year and it's been great buy my storage on my humble little setup is running close to its limits. I want to add to it, but realize I won't be able to do that...

Here are the drives I have at my disposal. I have 3 machines each capable of holding a max 12 drives. Currently I have 12x2TB drives in a Raidz2 which is ok but performance is lack luster. Most of the files are videos and are not accessed often. My current archive is 12.3TB and I would like to...

I am burning in a number of HDDs, using the information contained in this thread: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/how-to-hard-drive-burn-in-testing.21451/ And I am getting the following message from badblocks: 'Inappropriate ioctl for device', but the test seems to be working...

Hey. So i already have two 4TB Seagate drives. ST4000DM000 - 1F2168. Both Dated ~2013ish. One has 34k POH hours, one has 16k POH hours and they work great, but I want/need at least 1 new 4tb. One. Just one. one. So last week I tried to order _TWO_ more (2 for good luck) NEW identical ones , from...

Hey guys, QUESTION: Is there a way to have FreeNAS shutdown when a hard drive reaches 50*C? I have searched the forums but have not found this answer or many people asking about it. Our business FreeNAS server is not in a temperature controlled environment and it can not be moved to one. I...

I have a FreeNAS box I've been using for a few years now that has 3 of the drives linked below in RAIDZ1: (HGST DeckStar NAS 3.5" 4TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache Drive) https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W04177421 I went to buy another one of these drives so I could rebuild my pool...

Hello, I am new...actually, this is my first thread. So quite new. Anyway, I want to build a FreeNAS server....maybe down the line 2, so I can have a dedicated backup of the original. I plan on using it for PLEX and most notably for my photos, music and videos. I photograph weddings, sometimes...

As my server is currently configured I can use 8 hard drives in my server. This is what the IBM ServeRAID M1015 HBA supports by itself when flashed to IT mode. Last week I had a glimmer of hope that using a SFF8087-4S Discrete to SFF-8087 (Reverse breakout) Cable to connect four SATA ports on my...

Hello i've come across a issue after booting up FreeNAS (This also happened during installation) where it would come up with a Command Timeout Error, the attached image is what I get on screen! The system is rather dated to be honest but it does bootup the OS and the web panel is accessable...

Hi there, I have been using Plex in FreeNAS 9.3 for about a year now and I usually do the settings through the GUI and I am not good with coding/script. My current hard drives are ZFS: Volume1 - 1x3TB & Volume2 - 4x5TB (RaidZ1) I am going to remove the Volume1 - 1x3TB and add another 5TB and...

I wasn't to build a freenas server and I was given 8 new hard drives that are pretty awesome so I would rather not have to buy anymore to add to the ones I just got. 2 x 1TB WD Se 2 x 2TB WD Se 2 x 3TB WD Se 2 x 4TB WD Se I am not sure what RAID to use for this...