Pool sharing between 2 FreeNAS boxes

[abnexus]

I'm "new" or inexperienced with FreeNAS to a large extent, but have been running it for a couple years and learning as I go. One thing that I've had in mind since setting up my 2nd box is using the pool in one box to store files (i.e. media files) and using the other box to run the jails (i.e. Plex). There is no real reason why I want to do this, just want to learn something new and put some purpose in the original box. I've looked around and I don't seem to be looking in the right area or know the correct terms to search. What is the best way of syncing the systems for one or both systems to recognize each other's pools?

 

[Samuel Tai]

It depends on what you mean by "seeing each other's pools". You could:

1. Replicate pools between the 2 systems, or
2. NFS export each system's pool to the other for the other to mount.

For the first, see Section 8.6 of the Guide. For the second, see Section 13.3.