Krackster

asked for help and I feel so unimportant. i looked in the manual and the help to find the answers after I was told to look there for answers. I have looked through so many posts on the forum to find the answers only to still not get the answer to help bring my new server build to an operational state. I am on a trial with 12 harddrives installed and would be happy to purchase a license. but now I don't think I will because it is obvious I am just a newbie and newbies annoy you. I will go to truenas deal with it. I had it up and running once but it did not fit my needs but least the forum was kinder to me and helpful to get it up and running.

Thank you for your help. This is my first server build and I really should be using the help section before posting

ok I understand. Can I disable the cache for the pool temperarily so I can move all my data to the aray first. my data transfer would be a one time shot just to offload all my files to to server first, the enable the cache for normal use? I have about 5tb of data to be stored on the server in my computer. I highly doubt that my average usage on the cache wouls exceed 2tb daily.

Is there a trigger point at which the cache will start moving files to the array automatically while still transferring the files from my computer?

ok, here is a fresh diagnostics myserver-diagnostics-20220827-1944.zip

If I did this right you should be able to see my system specs, I hope. I needed a storage solution for sharing files at home with kids who are heavy gamers and some other files. I have xfinity with the highest tier services ( 1 gig unlimited). I have a 2.5 gig port on the router hooked to a 2.5 gig unmanaged switch with 2.5 adapters in all the computers on the network. I have been building computers for many years so I have knowledge and a slew of parts laying around. What I don't have is IT smarts. I do want to learn VM's. Any help at all would be appreciated. Would like to: Have a NAS Have at least library for steam (3 user accounts) possible VM for steam Plex style media server Have windows backups for all computers There is more I would like to do but just don't have the brains yet to figure some things out. If I did not attach the right information file let me know so I can get the correct specs. Currently all parity and formatting is done, tried to move a 470 gig music folder from my computer but is stuck in my cache drive (240 gig cache) so the transfer stopped 239 gig. Can you tell me what I did wrong? myserver-diagnostics-20220827-0842.zip