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2/3/12 at 11:32pm
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So i recently found about about FreeNAS from engadget and tried it out... for some reason im getting a slow speed when transferring... averaging 10-11mb/s over network

also, the use of their raid-z makes me lose more than 1/2 of the space i had put in... as shown below what is in the comp, i get like maybe 900GB usable space after it sets up... ideas?

im using my secondary comp so specs are something like

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i was lookin at some threads on ocn and around and people complained about FreeNAS.

is there something similar to FreeNAS that runs off a flash drive and can create a NAS out of a comp easily like FreeNAS?

something maybe accessible online too?
Edited by iandroo888 - 2/3/12 at 11:34pm
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2/3/12 at 11:35pm
FreeNAS forum

Or there is NexentaStor @ http://www.nexenta.org/
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post #3 of 52
2/4/12 at 3:16am
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Originally Posted by iandroo888 View Post

So i recently found about about FreeNAS from engadget and tried it out... for some reason im getting a slow speed when transferring... averaging 10-11mb/s over network
also, the use of their raid-z makes me lose more than 1/2 of the space i had put in... as shown below what is in the comp, i get like maybe 900GB usable space after it sets up... ideas?
im using my secondary comp so specs are something like
680i asus striker
q6600
4gb ddr2 1066 corsair dominator
8800gt
4 x 500GB hd's
i was lookin at some threads on ocn and around and people complained about FreeNAS.
is there something similar to FreeNAS that runs off a flash drive and can create a NAS out of a comp easily like FreeNAS?
something maybe accessible online too?

Back the truck up!

10-12Mbps or MBps? Don't confuse Megabits with Megabytes, common mistake.

If you're using a 10/100 Switch you're getting the perfect speed. 10-12MBps is the limitation of 10/100.
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2/4/12 at 11:56am
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10-12Mbps or MBps? Don't confuse Megabits with Megabytes, common mistake.
If you're using a 10/100 Switch you're getting the perfect speed. 10-12MBps is the limitation of 10/100.

This^^,plus check your nic configs.And as far as your space concerns are you using RAIDZ2 instead of RAIDZ1? If so that could explain the drive space loss. RAIDZ2 creates double parity drives so it can withstand two drive losses instead of just one. Did you install the OS on a flash-drive? If not the drive in which the OS is installed on will not be available for storage.

As for alternatives to FreeNas check into Openfiler
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2/4/12 at 11:56am
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Originally Posted by killabytes View Post

Back the truck up!
10-12Mbps or MBps? Don't confuse Megabits with Megabytes, common mistake.
If you're using a 10/100 Switch you're getting the perfect speed. 10-12MBps is the limitation of 10/100.

this^^^ for one part of your question..
About raid, RAID 1 and RAID 0 + 1 (1 + 0) you will loss half your space aswell as a 4 drive RAID 6.. RAID 5 in your case will get 1.5TB approx as not counting the loss due to building theay array but will only has a fault tolerence of one drive failure where as RAID 6 will be only 1TB - abit but will have a two drive falure fault tolerance..
Just remember to back up your RAID arrays as they are more for redundancy (if you suffer a drive failure you can keep running) and NOT a 100% safe back up solution smile.gif
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2/4/12 at 12:21pm
10/11MB/s would be 100mpbs, so you're not running a gigabit local network. Either one of your routers or switches are 10/100 and not 10/100/1000. That or your network cables are cat5 or under that.

Get some Cat6e cables and a new router/switch that can do gigabit transfers. Cat5e will also do gigabit.
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2/4/12 at 12:55pm
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Originally Posted by killabytes View Post

Back the truck up!
10-12Mbps or MBps? Don't confuse Megabits with Megabytes, common mistake.
If you're using a 10/100 Switch you're getting the perfect speed. 10-12MBps is the limitation of 10/100.

MB/s. wasnt sure what i should be getting lol
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This^^,plus check your nic configs.And as far as your space concerns are you using RAIDZ2 instead of RAIDZ1? If so that could explain the drive space loss. RAIDZ2 creates double parity drives so it can withstand two drive losses instead of just one. Did you install the OS on a flash-drive? If not the drive in which the OS is installed on will not be available for storage.
As for alternatives to FreeNas check into Openfiler

ooh i couldnt find a good explanation of teh RAID-Z2 and RAID-Z1.. so i was just playing around with it.. that makes a whole lot of sense now..

yes the OS is on a flashdrive. time to switch to RAIDZ1
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this^^^ for one part of your question..
About raid, RAID 1 and RAID 0 + 1 (1 + 0) you will loss half your space aswell as a 4 drive RAID 6.. RAID 5 in your case will get 1.5TB approx as not counting the loss due to building theay array but will only has a fault tolerence of one drive failure where as RAID 6 will be only 1TB - abit but will have a two drive falure fault tolerance..
Just remember to back up your RAID arrays as they are more for redundancy (if you suffer a drive failure you can keep running) and NOT a 100% safe back up solution smile.gif
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10/11MB/s would be 100mpbs, so you're not running a gigabit local network. Either one of your routers or switches are 10/100 and not 10/100/1000. That or your network cables are cat5 or under that.
Get some Cat6e cables and a new router/switch that can do gigabit transfers. Cat5e will also do gigabit.

yah my router is only a 10/100.. i wasnt too sure on the conversion between MByte and MBit .. at least i know now from explanations from you guys.. so the speed im getting 10-12MByte/sec is the right speed i should be getting on a 10/100 network.. would only get anything higher if i were to upgrade to a 10/100/1000 network setup..

cool thx +rep to those who answered my questions ^_^

but aside from that, is there any other OS's like FreeNAS ? lot were saying FreeNAS 7 is much better than FreeNAS 8 yet i cant find it on the FreeNAS site.. any idea where to get it?
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2/4/12 at 8:19pm
One Alternative OS was referenced in first post. FreeNas 7 can be found in link posted.

http://iso.linuxquestions.org/freenas/freenas-0.7.1/
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2/5/12 at 11:49am
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nexenta? whats the diff between FreeNAS and that that you guys prefer/like? etc
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2/6/12 at 8:00am
I use FreeBSD (which FreeNAS is built on) on my home server

I had run NexentaCP1, which quite honestly was awful. However things have moved on significantly since then
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