Hey everyone, New to posting on the forums, however I've been reading a bunch of threads, studying the hardware guide, and following a few builds (namely Stux's Norco Build). My primary use of this NAS will be to backup and store my personal media collection with enough redundancy that I...

So I have an SC846 box running Freenas. I have the SAS2 backplane. On it is a RAIDZ2+0 pool configuration of two 10 drive RAIDZ2 vdevs that are 4TB Reds. I'm looking to replace one of the vdevs with 8TB reds, and rather than run in a degraded state (pulling the drive to replace), I wish to...

Purpose of Thread Informational / Benefit of FreeNAS community / Discussion purposes. I couldn't find a quantitative comparison of the Noctua NH-D9DX i4 / NH-D9L and the SuperMicro SNK-P0048AP4, which would have been helpful in selecting a CPU cooling solution (as part of a broader system...

Hi, I bought this MB new and it arrive today. I finish the build, have OS drive ready, but it takes FOREVER to boot, like sitting there for 30 minutes slowly the numbers at the bottom changing every now and then. After some research, it appears that the BIOS can't boot the CPU I've bought -...

Hello, I am new to upgrading FreeNAS firmware. Have been using FreeNAS for about 6 months now. I have read and searched quite a bit, but found conflicting answers, so here I am writing this post. I currently have Supermicro x8dth-6f-o motherboard. I am getting the following warning: WARNING...

A few weeks ago I commissioned a new Supermicro X8DTN+ 2U, 12-bay server to replace my Supermicro X8DTU-F 1U, 4-bay server. The new server came with 72GB (18x4GB) Micron ECC RAM while my old server had 96GB (12x8GB) Samsung ECC RAM. Naturally, I would like that extra RAM in my new server and so...

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 everybody! I'm looking for a server and I'd like you opinion about this machine: 1 -...

Good day! We want to buy SSG-5018D4-AR12L https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/5018/SSG-5018D4-AR12L.cfm with big sata enterprise HDD. But we have some doubt about hardware compability this system with FreeNAS. Can someone tell us - everything wil be alright or not? Thanks for answers!

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...

Completely Fresh hardware system and clean install of FreeNAS 10 FreeNAS 10 latest as of Feb 20th (US time) Chassis: Supermicro 6048R-E1CR36H RAID Controller: LSI3108 HW RAID SATA Connected 24 x 8TB Drives Drives are all set to JBOD not RAID and are completely new out of the bags All drives...

Need a bit of newbie guidance.. End goal: A 10Gbe server to keep AV media at working speed for single user production. Inspired by popular cinevate 10gbe guide (http://www.cinevate.com/blog/confessions-of-a-10-gbe-network-newbie-part-1-basics/). Went and bought - Supermicro SE-847E16-R1K28LPB...

My motherboard of choice for my FreeNAS build is a Supermicro X9SCM-F-O as recommended by many in the forum. I searched the forum looking for if I will need to update the BIOS or leave it alone. I got a little confuse and I just need an expert familiar with this board to point me in the right...

I am considering purchasing a Supermicro SC836 case for a FreeNAS system. My one concern is the noise level. I have seen a number of examples where people have swapped the fans in the SC846 case to reduce the noise level but haven't found any examples for the SC836. If the SQ series power...

I've been looking on this forum to select components. I'm just trying to validate that the selected components are complete and make sense (or possible optimizations). Intel Xeon E3-1245V5 Crucial - DDR4 - 32 GB : 2 x 16 GB - DIMM 288-PIN - 2400 MHz / PC4-19200 - CL17 - 1.2 V - ECC Samsung 850...

Hello, my FreeNAS 9.10.1 (latest updates applied like month ago) started to crash pretty ugly. I suspect it's because of the replication task, which never caused problems (pool1 -> pool2, both local) but suddenly, after having rebooted the box 2 days ago, this happened: 1. Reboot triggered...

I thought folks here might be interested in reading about my FreeNAS adventure. I'm blogging my build: Hello FreeNAS! Goodbye Drobo and Iomega… My FreeNAS Build: Supermicro X10SL7, Intel Haswell Xeon, ECC RAM 14 Drives For 14 Ports: A Case For FreeNAS It’s Fine To Mount Hard Drives On Their...

Hello everybody I am new here and want to build my own NAS. Till now i have a Synology DS1512+ but it is too small anymore. I want to use a Supermicro 847E16-R1K28LPB as a chassis. But i am not sure if i have all the hardware i need: - Supermicro 847E16-R1K28LPB (my Store says that it isn't...