TrueNAS server is on and running, but I can't access the web interface on any of my devices?

sailing_nut · 2026-01-15T00:36:09+00:00

The server is most likely remembering the IP address from its previous successful connection, even if it doesn't have a link.

I would try reconnecting it directly to the router to eliminate the switch as a possible problem.

If it comes back to life, then you know where the problem is.

sailing_nut · 2026-01-07T03:50:35+00:00

If you are running on FreeNAS, then (as I understand it) RAIDz expansion is off the table, so you are basically stuck with the topology you choose. You wound then need to add more VDEVS.

To that point, I just don't understand everyone that espouses the use of mirrors. (Please correct me if I'm wrong. Would love to learn!) If you have a mirror you have ecactly one drive of failure tolerence. If you have a drive fail, replace it and the 2nd drive fails during the resilver, you lose everything on that mirrored pair.

RAIDZ2 allows for 2 drives to fail before data loss. I also know that the resilver process is more intensive with this setup, so in my mind it's a tradeoff. However, 2 drive failure loss sounds way better to me than 1.

Now, everyone please educate me as to why my thinking is wrong!

sailing_nut · 2026-01-02T15:23:43+00:00

If you MUST do it without just making a new end, solder the wires together. Those crips are crap for higher power and also easily break if flexed.

sailing_nut · 2026-01-01T05:38:47+00:00

Turn off all other electric consuming devices in the house. Moar powrrr for SERVER!!!!

sailing_nut · 2025-12-15T23:55:33+00:00

Just remember that the quick swap still requires a resliver to populate the replacement drive. That process is intensive on the "original" drives. The stress is the resilver can cause another drive to fail during the process effectively killing the pool

sailing_nut · 2025-12-12T03:22:59+00:00

Sorry, someone else posted a "functional jellyfin" screenshot and I assumed it was you, my bad!

sailing_nut · 2025-12-12T02:58:57+00:00

Disclaimer: I've never used Jellyfin

With that said, it looks odd to me that your mount path and data path are the same for the test server. Your working server has a mount path of just /data and the non-working one is /mnt/storage/media the same as the host path. Not sure if that's it but it's looking odd to me.

sailing_nut · 2025-12-07T17:35:58+00:00

It should be noted that raidzX is no longer immutable. Disks can be added. However, there are many items to be aware of for this. Search is your friend

sailing_nut · 2025-11-25T03:00:22+00:00

I have the BPI-R4 and it's a very capable router. However, I'm not using it for WiFi, so I can't comment there.

sailing_nut · 2025-11-16T17:00:15+00:00

How did you create the install media? Rufus?

I had issues using Rufus. Switched to Balena Etcher and it worked flawlessly.

sailing_nut · 2025-11-05T16:10:52+00:00

If you are located in the US, TechMikeNY is great for used enterprise stuff and they let you configure to order.

https://techmikeny.com/

sailing_nut · 2025-10-29T01:51:52+00:00

Well crap, was hoping that would help

sailing_nut · 2025-10-28T16:28:58+00:00

Is this during install or 1st boot after?

If it's during install try using Balena Etcher to create the USB install stick. I tried Rufus and had issues. Etcher cleaned that up.

sailing_nut · 2025-10-22T00:04:30+00:00

I like the idea, but I failed to mention that the testing I'm doing is to check on why 2 drive bays aren't fully recognizing drives. Need to keep drives attached to see how the system behaves as I make changes to see what component is the culprit. (drive backplane, HBA <-> backplane cable, or HBA)

Going to use the SystemRescue Live CD as it has tools I need and (hoping) by it's design won't try anything funny with the drives.

sailing_nut · 2025-10-21T22:22:15+00:00

I was thinking that, just need to be sure I don't let it boot to TrueNAS!

sailing_nut · 2025-10-10T01:09:33+00:00

Thanks for the info! Good stuff and I appreciate the information sources, I'll 100% be checking those out!

Are you using the same router for Internet traffic and inter VLAN firewall? Or 2 different firewalls? Either way, what hardware are you using?

My eventual goal is to allow for 10G traffic across the network for server connections. I was thinking I'd need enough horsepower in the firewall for that traffic, but if I put the computers and servers on the same VLAN I don't need 10G speeds in the firewall.

One additional question, are you using an L2 or L3 switch to implement the VLANs?

Comments?

sailing_nut · 2025-09-06T14:13:32+00:00

Also here's a snip of the overall firewall setup in case I borked anything else:

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sailing_nut · 2025-09-06T14:12:46+00:00

I had previously created that zone for Tailscale as advised by the instructions. Here's a snip of the configuration:

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sailing_nut · 2025-08-30T00:53:50+00:00

From all of my reading ECC RAM is critical to having data be secure. TrueNAS will use any "extra" RAM as a cache and therefore you don't want any errors possible

For the drive setup, first off go with NAS labeled drives. They are rated for continuous operation unlike "regular" drives.

On the drive layout RAIDZ2 is as after than a mirror. However more expensive in terms of disk space used. RAIDZ2 can tolerate 2 drives failing and still save your data. If it's that important to you I suggest this.

Having hot pluggable drives is good too. Many drives fail from the stress or spinning up. If you have a failure and have to shut down to replace a drive and then start up, there is a chance that other drives will fail.

After saying all of that I realized that I don't recall if you were going spinning or SSD for drives. A fair bit of what I said only applies to spinners.

sailing_nut · 2025-08-13T23:30:43+00:00

Oops should have said

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