So how did the boot drive (USB Flash) to which I had 9.3 and 9.10 installed offer me multiple boot options so that I could go back to earlier versions?
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I have an AMD system (see my test rig) just itching for FreeNAS 10 to be installed on it but first I need to clean up my computer room. I don't have enough hard drives to make a full featured NAS but it should be fine for operational checks. Maybe later today. If there is something specific a person wants me to test, throw it out there.
EDIT: Got FreeNAS 10 running on the AMD system, no issues so far and I plan to keep it running. I don't have much on it yet, just trying to do the basic configuration right now. Also, I removed the Intel NIC so I'm running on the motherboard RealTek NIC, this is just for testing purposes. I cannot saturate the LAN but it's close. Now to see how stable things are.
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Snapshots I think. i.e. you upgrade and the previous environment was saved. So you can roll back. But that's different than partitions. I'm pretty sure there is not a supported "upgrade" from 9.10.x to 10 right now. (I think I read that in this thread actually? Can't remember.) So that mechanism you refer too won't work at present.
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It's datasets and snapshots. I'm not sure how they interact.
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[root@nas] ~# zfs list | grep freenas-boot NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT freenas-boot 1.70G 26.4G 31K none freenas-boot/ROOT 1.66G 26.4G 25K none freenas-boot/ROOT/9.10-STABLE-201604261518 71.5K 26.4G 463M / freenas-boot/ROOT/9.10-STABLE-201605021851 61.5K 26.4G 481M / freenas-boot/ROOT/9.10-STABLE-201605240427 66.5K 26.4G 483M / freenas-boot/ROOT/9.10-STABLE-201606270534 49K 26.4G 595M / freenas-boot/ROOT/9.10.1 1.66G 26.4G 615M / freenas-boot/ROOT/Initial-Install 1K 26.4G 494M legacy freenas-boot/ROOT/default 33K 26.4G 494M legacy freenas-boot/grub 37.9M 26.4G 6.33M legacy [root@nas] ~# zfs list -t snapshot | grep freenas-boot NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT freenas-boot/ROOT/9.10.1@2016-04-30-13:09:28 2.69M - 494M - freenas-boot/ROOT/9.10.1@2016-04-30-14:26:07 2.46M - 494M - freenas-boot/ROOT/9.10.1@2016-05-04-06:24:55 94.1M - 463M - freenas-boot/ROOT/9.10.1@2016-05-26-22:31:40 92.5M - 481M - freenas-boot/ROOT/9.10.1@2016-07-16-18:09:43 109M - 483M - freenas-boot/ROOT/9.10.1@2016-08-04-17:30:27 253M - 595M - freenas-boot/grub@Pre-Upgrade-9.10-STABLE-201604261518 6.32M - 6.33M - freenas-boot/grub@Pre-Upgrade-9.10-STABLE-201605021851 6.32M - 6.33M - freenas-boot/grub@Pre-Upgrade-9.10-STABLE-201605240427 6.32M - 6.33M - freenas-boot/grub@Pre-Upgrade-9.10-STABLE-201606270534 6.32M - 6.34M - freenas-boot/grub@Pre-Upgrade-9.10.1 6.32M - 6.33M -
That is correct: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/freenas-10-beta-is-now-available.45755/
What I meant by "FreeNAS uses an entire drive. You cannot use partitions." is that the installer does not let you use partitions, only entire drives. The best way to use 9.10.1 and 10 on the same machine is to use different boot drives. However, I do not believe hopping back and forth between these 2 would be a good idea if you value the data in your pool. 10 is still experimental and changing frequently. Switching back and forth between a stable and an experimental version could have bizarre consequences. This is why I have a separate system for playing with 10. Then again I'm just speculating and you could be totally fine :D
I tried using alternate boot drives (but 10Beta only with the power to the "main" drives switched off, and just one "spare" drive connected), but even when I set the BIOS to have the USB flash drive with 10Beta as the first drive, it seemed to "pass control" to the SSD with 9.10; if I wanted to use 10Beta, I had to open the case and disconnect the SSD.
Manage to get visualization running as this was a issue with the beta when it was first released.
File a bug for it, that way it'll get the devs attention and they'll look at the request and decide if it's a good idea.
But do a quick check first in the issues already reported in the bug section as it may already have been reported.
https://bugs.freenas.org/projects/freenas-10/issues
https://bugs.freenas.org/projects/freenas-10/issues
I'm not familiar with Docker (I'm a Windows guy, mainly)... does the Plex installation under Docker in the state of the union video effectively run in a full VM? (i.e. is it running a fully emulated flavor of Linux or some translation of Linux->BSD API calls)?
I'm curious, only because I'm really looking forward to getting access to some of the Premium Music capabilities that aren't available under the BSD jail that FreeNAS 9 has...
If it is emulated, does that affect the transcode performance compared to 'down to the metal' implementations?
I'm curious, only because I'm really looking forward to getting access to some of the Premium Music capabilities that aren't available under the BSD jail that FreeNAS 9 has...
If it is emulated, does that affect the transcode performance compared to 'down to the metal' implementations?
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There is no "emulated flavor" of Linux or translation involved. It's an actual Linux distribution (boot2docker) that runs the Docker containers.
There should also be no noticeable impact on transcode or other aspects of performance. The hypervisor overhead is very small indeed.
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Better yet a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isvHJ51YRBk
I would stick with 9.10 since 10 is still in development and remember this is meant to run on a pc alone not with windows or the like.
Simplest method is freenas on a thumb drive and the harddrives as pure storage.
If you wish is to run this on your main pc beside windows then it wont work .
I have a windows 10 machine setup as a server. but I am trying to switch over to nas server right now i am trying out rockstor works pretty good. I was trying out FreeNAS 10 but felt overwhelmed not really sure where to start. I watched the videos (union of the state) but that only seem to show what was coming and some of the features. thanks
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ok thanks I am looking forward to the release and a guide to help people like me
I know FreeNAS 10 Isn't for production yet but anyone running it for production? My new FreeNAS build is going to be completed soon and just got excited for this, any other problems that I can run into other than limited support for FreeNAS 10? Can I lose my Data?
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You probably won't lose data.
We've had a FreeNAS 10 up and running for three months. Our production server (FreeNAS 9.10) is using FreeNAS 10 as a replication target. Lots of data is being pumped through 10 and we are confident with its ability to perform as a basic NAS (which is how we use FreeNAS - no jails, VMs or any other craziness).
That said, the FreeNAS 10 interface is atrocious. We'll give it another shot when the final release is out but, at this time, we don't see us going to FreeNAS 10 unless it becomes an absolute requirement. The usability of the web interface is a giant leap backwards.
Cheers,
Matt
Thank you Matt, guess I have to wait a little longer since that doesn't sound encouraging.. cheers! :)
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Well, I guess that's why we're all a diverse nation and world - differences of opinion. :D
9.10 will continue to be supported for some time and no one is "forced" to go to 10. Heck, we have some users who have still stuck with FreeNAS 8. Probably because they thought the FreeNAS 9 UI was an "atrocious giant leap backwards" ;)
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