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How to create pool on FreeNAS

To Create a Pool on FreeNAS

Introduction:

FreeNAS is an open-source Network-Attached Storage OS based on FreeBSD(Berkeley Software Distribution) with the least system requirements and a strong online community filling in for the role of a support organization. It uses the OpenZFS pool ( open-source storage platform file system that handles disk and volume management.In ZFS, drives are rationally grouped together into one or more vdevs. this tutorial will cover the process of creartion pool on FreeNAS.

Creating pool

Log into the FreeNAS:

It will show the Dashboard page of FreeNAS and then click storage, pools Click Add and then click create pool

Enter the details and click create pool After that it will show the created pool page: With this method the pool creation on FreeNAS comes to an end.

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FAQ
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What is Vdev in FreeNAs?
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Each top level device in a pool is called a vdev, which can be a simple disk or a RAID transformation such as a mirror or RAID-Z array. ZFS file systems (called datasets) each have access to the combined free space of the entire pool. A storage pool is the most basic building block of ZFS.
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What is a ZFS pool?
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Instead of forcing you to create virtualized volumes, ZFS aggregates devices into a storage pool. The storage pool describes the physical characteristics of the storage (device layout, data redundancy, and so on) and acts as an arbitrary data store from which file systems can be created.
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What can you do with FreeNAS?
A
you can use FreeNAS to share data over file-based sharing protocols, including CIFS for Windows users, NFS for Unix-like operating systems, and AFP for Mac OS X users.
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What is pool in freeNAS?
A
FreeNAS uses the OpenZFS (pool) file system, which handles both disk and volume management.
In ZFS, drives are logically grouped together into one or more vdevs.
Q
What is FreeNAS?
A
FreeNAS is an open-source NAS operating system based on FreeBSD with minimal system
requirements and a strong online community filling in for the role of a support organization.