First time post - please be gentle ;) I am trying to build a Mac Pro 2008 FreeNAS system but I have come across a show stopper issue for me. During the FreeNAS start up process the fan's in this system get to what seems "full speed" (very loud) and they do not change. I did find some software...

I have this MacPro 3,1 with a Xeon E5462 2.8GHz Harpertown cpu. The E5462 doesn't have AES-NI. Its currently running 11.1 U4. I'm considering encrypting my 6x1tb RaidZ2. Currently there is no data on it as this was just built a few days ago. Thoughts on performance, etc. I'm using a Dell H310...

Hi, I am new to FreeNAS and BSD in general so my apologies if I'm missing something obvious. I have been given a 2008 Mac Pro that has been upgraded quite a lot and I thought could be used as a storage server, mostly because it can be upgraded a lot. It currently has 8GB of ram and I have...

Howdy, I am trying to install FreeNAS on a Mac Pro (mid-2012) Specs: Intel Quad Core Xeon @ 3.2 GHz 8 GB PC3 10600E RAM (4x2GB sticks) AMD Radeon HD 5770 w/ 1 GB 8 TB HDD Storage (4x2TB disks) 8 GB Flash Drive I installed FreeNAS via DVD to the Flash drive, rebooted the machine, held down Alt...

Hi, I'm building a FreeNAS server from an old Mac Pro. I've read that booting from a USB Flash drive could be problematic on the Mac Pro, so I'm considering using a PCIe SATA Adapter...