Moving from existing Linux sofwtare raid5

[hobowithshotgun]

Hi Guys,

I've been following this project on/off for a few years and having decided to go down the DIY NAS rout (with a ubuntu install) would now like to try my hand at Freenas 8 which looks fantastic! I have a PC with 3 x 2TB drives in a Raid5 array currently. I was wondering whether it would be at all possible to have Freenas pick this up if I install it on a CF card and plug in the drives. I know I could, for example, move it to a new linux OS and run mdadm to reassemble the array, I just don't know whether freenas is able to do this.

Would I be better to back all the data up (~2gb) and then move the disks there and start over? I guess ZFS wouldn't be compatible with my existing raid setup anyway?

Any advice appreciated!

Cheers

 

[William Grzybowski]

No, you cannot. FreeNAS is based off FreeBSD and not Linux. FreeBSD does not recognize linux soft raid (mdadm raid5). You would have to backup and start from scratch

 

[hobowithshotgun]

Okey dokey, thanks for the info. Guess moving over to freenas will require a little more work than I'd hoped. Might run it up on a virtual box first to see if I wan't to make the plunge!