Chollymike
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- Dec 8, 2023
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Please feel free to correct me if I am in the wrong place.
I have had a FreeNAS server, that I built, about 5 years ago. It worked perfectly for my needs which is file sharing on our home network. To me, TrueNAS, Seems very complicated.
First of all, my equipment:
Old salvaged Compaq case.
Mother Board is Gigabyte GA E350N-USB3
Memory is 2 - 8GB Hyperex
250GB Kootion Model X1 Pro( for the TrueNAS Core OS to reside on. FreeNAS Core already burned on)
2 - WD Red 3 1/2 inch HDD's to be set up in RAID 1 (mirror)
1- Bestec 165 Watt Power Supply
1- 120mm Case Fan
After 5 years, The unforseen happened. Both WD Red 2 1/2" HDD's "cratered".
I had been using a thumb drive for the FreeNAS OS. On that server I had it setup and called "Z" Drive RaidArray. My Wife and I each had our own logins. It was a simple file tree. I also run Acronis which backed up all of our computers and the FreeNAS. So fortunately I still have my Data.
FreeNAS seemed easy at the time. Now that FreeNAS and TrueNAS have merged, I am going with Core.
Here is my problem: I am now 72 so I seem to have forgotten everything I knew about the "jargon". So I need some step by step reading to get my TrueNAS back up and running. I do not expect anyone to sit down and write it up for me, I would just like links where I can read and follow the steps. I have been searching and I am confused by the new terminology.
Thank you in advance.
Regards, Mike (Chollymike)
I have had a FreeNAS server, that I built, about 5 years ago. It worked perfectly for my needs which is file sharing on our home network. To me, TrueNAS, Seems very complicated.
First of all, my equipment:
Old salvaged Compaq case.
Mother Board is Gigabyte GA E350N-USB3
Memory is 2 - 8GB Hyperex
250GB Kootion Model X1 Pro( for the TrueNAS Core OS to reside on. FreeNAS Core already burned on)
2 - WD Red 3 1/2 inch HDD's to be set up in RAID 1 (mirror)
1- Bestec 165 Watt Power Supply
1- 120mm Case Fan
After 5 years, The unforseen happened. Both WD Red 2 1/2" HDD's "cratered".
I had been using a thumb drive for the FreeNAS OS. On that server I had it setup and called "Z" Drive RaidArray. My Wife and I each had our own logins. It was a simple file tree. I also run Acronis which backed up all of our computers and the FreeNAS. So fortunately I still have my Data.
FreeNAS seemed easy at the time. Now that FreeNAS and TrueNAS have merged, I am going with Core.
Here is my problem: I am now 72 so I seem to have forgotten everything I knew about the "jargon". So I need some step by step reading to get my TrueNAS back up and running. I do not expect anyone to sit down and write it up for me, I would just like links where I can read and follow the steps. I have been searching and I am confused by the new terminology.
Thank you in advance.
Regards, Mike (Chollymike)