First time installing FreeNAS Need help with pools.

[braxton092408]

I have never used FreeNAS before but I am trying to setup pools on my FreeNAS server. When I go to set it up and select disks there is no disks to choose from. I only have one disk. Do I need multiple?

 

[garm]

Did you install FreeNAS to your only disk?

 

[braxton092408]

Yeah are you supposed to have more than one disk?

 

[Yorick]

Yes. At least three: A small boot drive - 40GB SSD, or whatever you can get - and two data drives in a mirror.

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[danb35]

I only have one disk.

In the installer, did you not notice this:

 

[braxton092408]

Oh no I did not see that. Can I do the same with partitions?

 

[danb35]

Can I do the same with partitions?

Not really, no. The boot device is the boot device, and isn't to be used for storing data. If you need to boot from and store data to the same device, FreeNAS is not the solution for you.