FreeNAS RAIDing

[MindoverMaster]

Now that I got my server back up, controller card in, drives on RAID.

Problem is, when I get into FreeNAS, it sees two separate drives. When I add the drives and mount it. It sees separately my 2 x 640s I RAID 1.

So should I just do a software RAID on there? Hard RAID on the board, Soft RAID FreeNAS?

 

[S0ULphIRE]

RAID setup procedure is right on FreeNAS's site
documentation:setup_and_user_guide:software_raid_configuration_management [FreeNAS]

 

[MindoverMaster]

I thought it would configure RAID from the controller, no?

 

[KSoD]

No you have to do it. As stated right on their site:

The FreeNAS team recommends configuring each of the RAID Disks as standalone Storage Disks first to ensure they are fully functional and supported under FreeNAS. Once confirmed, remove any of the mount points and Disks for the RAID drives to ensure a clean start. The following description assumes that the drives have been confirmed as functional.

 

[MindoverMaster]

OK, I'm following that guide, and after I create the RAID, I see it as STOPPED or DEGRADED.

OK, figured it out. For some odd reason, The management tab does not show information on the RAID, but the information tab does. It's like the Management tab is frozen. But, it still works

So I formatted the drives as RAID, set up the RAID, formatted the RAID, mounted it, and shared it.

FreeNAS makes BSD easier, but still has you stumped sometimes...