Windows explorer cause slow transfer
TLDR: has anyone ever seen windows explorer slow a transfer because it was trying to update the directory listing (or something similar) after every file transferred? Today I was moving 21000+ small...
View ArticleFreeNAS / iSCSI / Windows Server 2012/2016 DFS Setup
Just thought I would post what our current setup is and the reasons why. It may help someone out there if they ran into our problems: Our problem: We use Windows DFS for file replication and immediate...
View ArticleAndroid Control Apps?
I looked yesterday and saw that there are two Android apps that claim to control FreeNAS: FreeNAS Manager, and Operate for FreeNAS. Anyone tried them? Opinions?
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failing to mount on linux with CIFS (SMB) minimal version x.0
we've encountered this problem when setting server minimal SMB version to 2.0 or 3.0 : the mount will fail when specifying the exact version as the minimal. i.e. it seems the server checks...
View ArticleBackup Windows -> FreeNAS
I'd like to backup a "Windows 7 Home Premium" PC to Freenas over the network using the built in "Windows Backup and Restore" program. I thought I could back up to an iscsi share but Windows Backup...
View ArticleRancherOS - soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck
I've been having ongoing issues with Rancher using the default VM. It worked well previously but the shift to 11.1/11.2 hasn't gone so well. There is a soft CPU lockup that occurs and renders the VM...
View ArticleMount SMB share on VM Ubuntu 18.04
After completing the following I now have read access, but not write access in Ubuntu. Full access is capable in a remote windows machine. Please advise how to gain write access. Thanks. YouTube videos...
View Article[solved] Windows 10 as guest, upgrade to 2004 fails with not enough RAM
Hi there, just in case somebody else stumbles into this issue. I have a Windows 10 (x64) Guest VM with all VirtIO drivers running, wanted to upgrade it to Windows 10 2004 with the upgrade wizard...
View ArticleApple Time Machine
I've been experimenting with Apple's Time Machine backup on my scratch pool (3x2Tb raidz). I set up a AFP share, set a 500Gb quota, and configured it on my Mac, and it worked quite well for a six weeks...
View ArticleUnbuntu 20.04 in VM UEFI boot manager
Hi All, My first post! I have Ubuntu 20.04 Live Server in a VM, but if not attended it goes to the install process, even though it is installed.. I can send it to the Boot Manager and run it if I...
View ArticleVirtualizing Windows Server Essentials
I work at a small company as an Electrical Engineer and have taken on the additional duty of IT. For the past 5 years we have been running Windows Server Essentials 2016(started with 2012) with a fair...
View ArticleBig thank you and beware....
First of all, a huge thank you to @Yorick for his excellent tutorial on how to install a windows 10 virtual machine on a FreeNAS server. Thanks to his easy-to-follow instructions, I had all that done...
View ArticleBlockhead needs help...
... so I added a VM running Windows 10 Pro. It mounts and runs fine. Now I want to add a storage volume to said VM. Steps taken include: Create a new pool on a single SSD Create a ZVOL on said SSD Shut...
View ArticleSave Windows 10 system image to FreeNAS
I'm trying to create a system image in Windows 10 using the backup and restore (Windows 7) feature. You are supposed to be able to save the system image to a network location. So I enter the path to...
View ArticleDocker Options & FreeNAS
Hello, I am evaluating several FOSS NAS solutions for home surveillance, file storage, and containerization (specifically, Docker). Although my desire for native docker support is a priority for my...
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