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I had already opened this thread, for CPU always at 100% and errors on a disk, but I have now closed it because other problems arose with a new installation.
Being a backup server, I was able to delete all content, remove shared folders, datasets and pools.
Then I did a fresh install with the latest available ISO (TrueNAS-SCALE-22.12.3.3.iso).
Now, the CPU always has the wrong number of cores, but this also happens on 3 other NAS with the same motherboard and the same type of CPU.
I opened a separate thread for this issue.
At this point, after having recreated pools, datasets and shared folders, I found the CPU with an average load of 4% and the memory almost entirely free.
I then activated hourly and daily sbapshot procedures.
I haven't installed any apps.
Finding confirmation that after a few days everything was still fine, last night I launched some backups and moved the previous zip files to a shared folder.
At 3am everything seems OK.
This morning at 8am:
For those who are ready to object that it is an old configuration, I would like to point out that:
I am surprised by a completely different situation, without errors, but with the NAS completely blocked.
Thanks in advance for the advice, but without being able to access the menu and the shell I fear I will have to do a new installation and I don't think adding a little RAM makes a difference.
Being a backup server, I was able to delete all content, remove shared folders, datasets and pools.
Then I did a fresh install with the latest available ISO (TrueNAS-SCALE-22.12.3.3.iso).
Now, the CPU always has the wrong number of cores, but this also happens on 3 other NAS with the same motherboard and the same type of CPU.
I opened a separate thread for this issue.
At this point, after having recreated pools, datasets and shared folders, I found the CPU with an average load of 4% and the memory almost entirely free.
I then activated hourly and daily sbapshot procedures.
I haven't installed any apps.
Finding confirmation that after a few days everything was still fine, last night I launched some backups and moved the previous zip files to a shared folder.
At 3am everything seems OK.
This morning at 8am:
- The CPU has an average load of 55%, never drops below 50% and with peaks at 97%.
- The 9.2GB memory is divided with:
- Free: 1.4GB
- ZFS Cache: 4.6GB (it was only 1.8GB in the old installation with the most occupied storage; now there are about 200 zip files, I don't have precise data because it is now inaccessible; see notes below).
- Services: 3.2GB
- In the dasboard, the space used in the pool is only 9%.
- If I select the Pool menu, or I see the blue wheel spinning continuously or with other attempts I don't even see a pool or even a dataset.
- If I try to view the discs I see the blue wheel spinning continuously. Same with shared folders and services.
- The shell is totally black.
- To see the services I have to reboot and immediately enter the menu (SMB is enabled). If I enter the shell from here, I only see the introductory text and after "Welcome to TrueNAS" everything is blocked.
- The last two backups failed because the shared folder was missing.
- If from Windows I type \\IP-Address it doesn't even find the server, but it responds to the ping.
- Unlike the previous installation, I don't see any error messages in the dashboard.
For those who are ready to object that it is an old configuration, I would like to point out that:
- the NAS was built when 2 cores was the standard;
- which was rarely used until a few months ago (and almost it was always turned off);
- that the office sees only 4 users who use the NAS only for backup at different times, with little overlap.
- TrueNAS version: TrueNAS-SCALE-22.12.3.3
- Motherboard: ASRock FM2A85X-ITX
- CPU: AMD A4-5300 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
- Memory: 9.2GB DDR3
- 3 work HDD WD Red 3TB (WDC_WD30EFRX) with 1 Pool RAIDZ
- 1 Boot SSD Crucial CT120BX500SSD1
- 1 Apps SSD Crucial CT120BX500SSD1 (No apps installed)
I am surprised by a completely different situation, without errors, but with the NAS completely blocked.
Thanks in advance for the advice, but without being able to access the menu and the shell I fear I will have to do a new installation and I don't think adding a little RAM makes a difference.
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