Reformatting to 512 sector size using FreeNAS (FreeBSD)
If you've ever been curious on how to convert a disk that is formatted for an unusual sector size (4k, 520, etc.) to 512 try this camcontrol cmd da33 -v…
Freenas and shell commands for restarting AD connection
Here is a quick set of shell commands to reset and enable AD on Freenas 9.x service ix-kerberos stop service ix-nsswitch stop service ix-kinit stop service ix-activedirectory stop service ix-pam…
From 32 to 2 ports: Ideal SATA/SAS Controllers for ZFS & Linux MD RAID
Absolutely fantastic post on controllers for home storage systems can be found here I need a lot of reliable and cheap storage space (media collection, backups). Hardware RAID tends to…
How To: Set up Time Machine for Multiple Macs on FreeNAS (9.2.1.3)
This is copied from hereFreeNAS is awesome. Also, FreeNAS is hard... I recently switched from a Synology device, and while I am already appreciating the increase in functionality and power,…
How to rename a ZFS Volume on FreeNas
What you basically need to do is export the zpool using the shell command line (not on the web interface).The commands a fairly simple. zpool export [current zpool name here]zpool…