Over 2TB

[webstyler]

Hello

We experience issue with openfiler for storage > 2TB .. with OF need to made the system volume lower and add other..

With FreeNas there is the same ?

Example:
server with 6 HD 1TB - Raid 10
So, I have 1 virtual disk with 3 TB storage
any issue to install freenas here and setting same VD as storage disk ??

Thanks

 

[Kimba]

Nope,

The only issue in FreeNAS and size of pool has to do with memory (1 GB per 1 TB with a 4 GB recommended min). I have 1 pool of 3.6 TB and it functions the same as the other pool of 1.8 TB. For reference I had both pools on the same machine with no problems.

 

[webstyler]

Hi Kimba

I have try to install on DELL R210 with 2 HD 2 TB / RAID 1 but get issue during installation
Insallation boot start from cdrom but see only a lot of text.. as error.. that still scroll :/

 

[Kimba]

Hmmmmmmm, you might have a bad disk. What are you installing the OS on? In FreeNAS 8.x.x it will take the entire disk regardless of the size that is why everyone installs it on a USB stick, CF or a small drive.

 

[webstyler]

I have try to install FreeNas 8.0.4

 

[Kimba]

For the 6 HD 1 TB use RaidZ2 which would give you 3.8 TB while surviving the possibility of 2 drives failing.

Install the OS on a 2 GB USB Stick -- that is just the easiest.

 

[webstyler]

I must install on server, cannot install on usb

 

[StephenFry]

I must install on server, cannot install on usb

If the board has USB capability, but no ports externally, you could buy a USB stick that attaches directly to the motherboard's USB connection.

Alternatively, you could use a sata/ide to CF converter.

...or just install on a SSD or even hard drive.

 

[survive]

Hi webstyler,

Any real reason you can't install to usb? According to Dell's "Hardware Owner's Manual" there's an internal USB port on the board for exactly this purpose.

-Will

 

[webstyler]

Hi survive

If usb broken all go down.. prefer to install also the system under raid disk

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

Hi survive

If usb broken all go down.. prefer to install also the system under raid disk

you can install on a disk, just remember that the whole disk will be used for freenas boot drive (not data). This is why a usb is recomended.

I don't believe any raid is possible on the boot drive. FreeNAS just loads into ram so the usb is just there as a place to write the config / load the image into ram upon boot.

Also your second post sounds like you tried to install FreeNAS into a system with hardware raid, this is not recommended, and software raid is the way to go with zfs.

 

[webstyler]

Tx for suggest Joshua

But, there is any way to boot from USB and keep safetly way to fast restore if primary usb crash ?

tx

 

[Kimba]

You can have 2 USBs -- 1 primary and one secondary.

Speed wise it will take 3 minutes for a reboot.

A CF will take 1 to 2 minutes on the reboot.

Remember the OS only requires 2 GB of space so anything beyond that becomes a waist and that is why we all use the USBs or CFs

I use a IDE to CF adapter because I don't want to use a precious SATA port while others use the USB because the IDE is precious for storage.