Multiple 'simple' questions...

[Skyfox]

Hi guys,

I have been using FreeNAS now for a few months. It's been great and I am very happy with it. However, I'm a bit of a noob still and I have several questions that should be pretty simple for the experts to answer. So please answer which ones you can.

1. When I originally set FreeNAS up, I did NOT select the option to encrypt the pools. Since then I have seen multiple places where it has been said that I should really encrypt the drives as there is not much of a performance hit. Is there a way to enable encryption on the pools without creating a new pool and losing everything?

2. How often should I enable drive scrubbing? Currently I have set it to 12 days.

3. With FreeNAS 9.2.0 they added the ability to 'upgrade' plugins. For example, I use the PLEX plugin, but when I upgraded it I lost all my settings. Is there a way to upgrade AND keep settings? Specifically in PLEX.

4. How often should I enable S.M.A.R.T. checking? Where does it display the S.M.A.R.T. results?

Thanks for your time!

 

[cyberjock]

1. Covered in the manual.
2. Depends on personal preference. Do your own homework and do what makes you happy. I do 1st and 15th of every month.
3. Search the forums. I just saw this question answered in the last 24 hours.
4. Again, depends on personal preference. Do your own homework and do what makes you happy. I do long tests 7th and 21st.

 

[Skyfox]

I am doing my homework... that's why I'm here :) Sorry it irks you that I didn't spot the answers elsewhere. Thanks for your answers though.

Much appreciated!

 

[cyberjock]

Just trying to teach you to fish.... :)

 

[Skyfox]

I do.

Found multiple answers for the 'how often' questions, so decided to ask if there was an optimum number of times. Would hate to wear out my drives by doing it too often simply because I didn't ask. (One place said every 6 days for the scrubbing)

Searched the forums for 'Plex update' no answers. Did find the post you mentioned just by entering Plex.

Yes, question 1 was in the manual, sorry I missed it! My bad.

Just be a little more polite to people who decide to ask. :)