agentsmith23
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- Dec 16, 2011
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When backing up Windows 7 Pro, FreeNAS crashes
So I started out with a single 320GB drive and everything was going fine. I got a 1.5TB Seagate Green drive installed it in the server and FreeNAS recognized it just fine and I set up a CIFS share and windows sees it just fine as well. I intend to use this drive primarily for backing up other PCs on my network so the first thing I did was started backing up my main PC to FreeNAS on the 1.5TB drive. After 12 percent of the backup or 5mins or so FreeNAS goes completely off line. My PC no longer sees it and neither does my router. Getting it back online seems to be a bit of a chore, the first time just manually shutting down the server by holding the power button (I know this is a horrible way to shut down any computer but this is a headless system) and restarting it brought it back online. Every time after that I have had to reboot the server multiple times and once it is back online I try the backup again and the same results. I only had a few minutes to troubleshoot and rebooting and fighting with it to come back online. Any idea what would cause this?
I was also away from home for 2 days and no one had access to the server and the first thing I did when I got home was to shut down the server from the web gui and install the new drive. So I don't know if something else happened while I was away. I will be performing more extensive tests tomorrow. I will probably be disconnecting the 1.5TB drive and see if the same issue occurs on the 320GB drive. If it only happens when the 1.5TB drive is connected, what would cause that?
So I started out with a single 320GB drive and everything was going fine. I got a 1.5TB Seagate Green drive installed it in the server and FreeNAS recognized it just fine and I set up a CIFS share and windows sees it just fine as well. I intend to use this drive primarily for backing up other PCs on my network so the first thing I did was started backing up my main PC to FreeNAS on the 1.5TB drive. After 12 percent of the backup or 5mins or so FreeNAS goes completely off line. My PC no longer sees it and neither does my router. Getting it back online seems to be a bit of a chore, the first time just manually shutting down the server by holding the power button (I know this is a horrible way to shut down any computer but this is a headless system) and restarting it brought it back online. Every time after that I have had to reboot the server multiple times and once it is back online I try the backup again and the same results. I only had a few minutes to troubleshoot and rebooting and fighting with it to come back online. Any idea what would cause this?
I was also away from home for 2 days and no one had access to the server and the first thing I did when I got home was to shut down the server from the web gui and install the new drive. So I don't know if something else happened while I was away. I will be performing more extensive tests tomorrow. I will probably be disconnecting the 1.5TB drive and see if the same issue occurs on the 320GB drive. If it only happens when the 1.5TB drive is connected, what would cause that?