Partitioning

[Bungiex88]

New to free nas. I have a 1tb nvme for boot. And 2 6tb hdd for nas storage. When installling is there a way I can partition that nvme so I can install plug-ins on the nvme also. Or do I have to run partition software before I install freenas. How big of a partition do I need just for free nas

 

[CmdrDeLiver]

Bungiex88,

I'm in the same boat as you. A little digging on the forum has led me to the conclusion that what we want is not recommended or supported. Reasons include best practices, reliability, and setting a standard that ensures TrueNAS will perform well for the majority. Google freenas partition boot drive for some reading on why.

All that said, as an engineer who understands FreeBSD I can see the driving factors and am willing to take responsibility for my own actions. I can also fix it when something horrible happens. If you still want to pursue this and are willing to not blame anyone else when your server does something bad (read, please don't come here and write something negative about TrueNAS after modifying it outside of support scope), then there is a forum post with instructions. It is a bit dated and will require some understanding of FreeBSD to making it work.

Best of luck,

Mike

 

[pschatz100]

I would just get a small SSD for the Boot device and use the 1TB NVME device for some other purpose. Small SSD's are cheap.