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A server that can be shut down.

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January 17, 2014 7:24:29 AM

Hi everyone, sorry if this is in the wrong section but I wasn't sure where else to put it.

I'd really like to build a server like freeNAS but I don't really want to leave it on all the time. I know they're meant to be kept on all the time, but are there any options where I can have a server that can be shut down at the end of the night without having any problems.

Thanks for your time.

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January 17, 2014 7:36:01 AM

There is no reason that you can't shut down the server at night - do a controlled shutdown; don't just hit the power button.
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January 17, 2014 8:58:36 AM

Yesh - use FreeNAS (actually I prefer NAS4Free). Both of them can be started or shut down at will. And, actually, the best way to shut them down is to just hit the power button. (Like most OSs, FreeBSD is too clever to simple power off when you hit the power button; it does a graceful shutdown.)
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January 17, 2014 11:08:44 AM

Oh cool.So it won't affect redundancy or anything like that?

I used a freeNAS image on a flash drive (because I didn't want to waste a hard-drive), so every time I restart it just installs again. Will I need to use a dedicated hard-drive or is there a way around this?
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January 17, 2014 12:20:17 PM

Running of a flash drive is recommended for FreeNAS in a home environment. It takes a little longer to start up than running off a hard disk but that's all. You can't use the medium it is installed on for storage, so if you want to run off a hard disk you have to dedicate the whole disk just to the OS and have other disks for storage.
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January 17, 2014 12:25:58 PM

Hi iJack,

What I need help with is when I reboot or shut down the server, because the freeNAS image is installed with a flash drive which needs to be permanently left in, it installs freenas again on startup. Is there a way around it?

If I take out the flash drive I just get asked to insert bootable media.
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January 17, 2014 12:51:56 PM

The documentation here: http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Installing_from_CDROM shows you how to install FreeNAS to a flash device. This will make a bootable device that you just leave plugged in and set as the boot medium. It's worth reading the whole manual.
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January 17, 2014 2:16:43 PM

Okay thanks for all your help.
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