Can I run FreeNAS on a WIN 10 system

[hengis7]

If I install FreeNas does that mean I cannot retain my win 10 OS

 

[Astraea]

The best way to run FreeNAS is to install it as the only OS on a system, so you would lose your Windows 10 installation. Are there ways to run FreeNAS on Windows for testing or other development needs, yes. Should you run FreeNAS that was for any real data/production use. NO.

 

[Jessep]

Simple answer is you need a second machine to run FreeNAS on.

Please do some reading.

 

[HoneyBadger]

The best way to run FreeNAS is to install it as the only OS on a system, so you would lose your Windows 10 installation. Are there ways to run FreeNAS on Windows for testing or other development needs, yes. Should you run FreeNAS that was for any real data/production use. NO.

A properly configured virtual FreeNAS VM is perfectly reliable; however, I don't know if there is a method to do that on Windows 10. Crucially, I don't know if the Win10 Hyper-V has the PCI passthrough functionality.

 

[JaimieV]

Crucially, I don't know if the Win10 Hyper-V has the PCI passthrough functionality.

It doesn't.

Best bet to do this the complicated way is a type 1 hypervisor, but running your storage system in a VM on the same hardware that is your workstation is... massively suboptimal.

Best bet to do this the sensible way is a second machine for FreeNAS, as anyone would expect.

 

[kdragon75]

Hyper-v Nothing you need but you still use it because it's free!