Freenas & ZFS Spare Disk

[kidchunks]

Is it possible for freenas (7.2) to attach a spare to a mirror (4 disk) zpool via the web gui? Searched around and only see a way to do it through the CLI. Which is fine but freenas doesn't save the pool when I reboot. I have to import the on-disk zfs config.

Thanks!

 

[danswartz]

I would recommend against freenas due to being old and moldy. The new one is still very rough around the edges. Either try zfsguru or openindiana+napp-it.

 

[kidchunks]

I would recommend against freenas due to being old and moldy. The new one is still very rough around the edges. Either try zfsguru or openindiana+napp-it.

Thanks for the suggestions, but both require a disk for installation. I'm looking for an embedded(usb flash) solution with zfs+iscsi support.

 

[dashpuppy]

Thanks for the suggestions, but both require a disk for installation. I'm looking for an embedded(usb flash) solution with zfs+iscsi support.

8.0 is good.

 

[danswartz]

Zfsguru can run from livecd with config on flash, I thought.

 

[dashpuppy]

Zfsguru can run from livecd with config on flash, I thought.

I just run the whole os off my usb stick, runs fine for me.

Running ISCSI with 4 vm's on it.

 

[kidchunks]

I just run the whole os off my usb stick, runs fine for me.

Running ISCSI with 4 vm's on it.

Ah I thought zfsguru couldn't do iscsi, I'll give it a shot. Which version are you running?

I just installed OI with napp-it (took less than an hour) and so far its working fine.

 

[dashpuppy]

Ah I thought zfsguru couldn't do iscsi, I'll give it a shot. Which version are you running?

I just installed OI with napp-it (took less than an hour) and so far its working fine.

Im running freenas 8.2 ( probably updated )

Hostname: dashpuppy.local
OS Version: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p1
Platform: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz
System Time: Sun Aug 7 20:28:09 PDT 2011
Uptime: 8:28PM up 13 days, 4:50, 0 users
Load Average: 0.11, 0.05, 0.01
FreeNAS Build: FreeNAS-8.0-RELEASE-amd64

 

[kidchunks]

I gave freenas 8.0 a spin (didn't try the beta or nightly builds) and the gui seemed sluggish and unresponsive at times.

 

[dashpuppy]

I gave freenas 8.0 a spin (didn't try the beta or nightly builds) and the gui seemed sluggish and unresponsive at times.

single or dual nic cards ?

I started with 8.0, it auto updated to 8.2.

I have dual NIC's in mine,

One for management, one for tie ISCSI to talk to.

 

[kidchunks]

single or dual nic cards ?

Dual for lan and dual for iscsi traffic. I'll give the beta or nightly a try and see if I experience the sluggish web gui. I find it odd that no one has had a similar experience. I've tested it on two systems and both experienced the same thing.