Hello, I'm a brand new TrueNAS user trying to setup my first server. I've installed SCALE and booted the system. I'm now trying to create a pool.
I'm trying to create a mirror pool over my 3 2TB drives. I've gone through the steps specified here. However, it's been stuck on "Fetching data..." for about 2 hours now.
I remember with my previous NAS that the RAID initialization took several hours, but I had heard that ZFS should only take a few minutes (including some YouTube videos showing it taking that long for SCALE). Additionally, the lack of progress information is a bit disconcerting. The second I click off of the "Create Pool" window, it just exits and it doesn't appear that anything is happening in the background and I can request creating another pool with the exact same drives.
So I guess my questions are:
- How long should the pool creation take (ballpark anyways)?
- Is there a way to "background" the pool creation so that I can do other things (explore the interface, install apps, etc.)?
System Info:
Motherboard: ASUS
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590
RAM: 16GB DDR3
Hard Drives: 1x 2TB WD Red WD20EFRX, 2x 2TB Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM008
I'm trying to create a mirror pool over my 3 2TB drives. I've gone through the steps specified here. However, it's been stuck on "Fetching data..." for about 2 hours now.
I remember with my previous NAS that the RAID initialization took several hours, but I had heard that ZFS should only take a few minutes (including some YouTube videos showing it taking that long for SCALE). Additionally, the lack of progress information is a bit disconcerting. The second I click off of the "Create Pool" window, it just exits and it doesn't appear that anything is happening in the background and I can request creating another pool with the exact same drives.
So I guess my questions are:
- How long should the pool creation take (ballpark anyways)?
- Is there a way to "background" the pool creation so that I can do other things (explore the interface, install apps, etc.)?
System Info:
Motherboard: ASUS
CPU: Intel Core i5-4590
RAM: 16GB DDR3
Hard Drives: 1x 2TB WD Red WD20EFRX, 2x 2TB Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM008