FreeNAS-8.3.1-RELEASE-p2-x64 (r12686+b770da6_dirty) import NTFS with data problem

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Thanks in advance, everyone!

I was using NAS4Free with imported NTFS volume which contain CHINESE named folders and files and everything was going good.
When I install FreeNAS-8.3.1-RELEASE-p2-x64 and import the same NTFS disc, all my CHINESE named folders and files are disappeared!
I checked my CIFS config, and tried every codepage in CIFS, but it's still same problem!

So, is there any mistake I made?!

Can someone help me?

 

[cyberjock]

What do you mean by Import NTFS? You mean you mount it and use it as you would a UFS or ZFS drive?

NTFS support in FreeBSD is extremely flaky and shouldn't be used except to migrate data to your drive. I had a similar problem when migrating a Windows Server to FreeNAS. If I copied folders to the FreeNAS server from Windows using any method aside from the GUI the filenames would be messed up. I think that's your best way to solve this solution easily.

For myself, I created a ZFS pool and shared it on the network. Then mounted the FreeNAS drive on my Windows server and did a drag and drop. No file names messed up and everything was copied. It was a little slow considering I was limited to 110MB/sec, but it did get the job done without losing files or messing up file names.

Here's my "lessons learned" from migrating from Server 2008 R2 to FreeNAS.