Posted January 22, 2020 I built my FreeNAS server with intent to have a couple of virtual machines running on it. Until now, I didn't realize that the virtualization program that FreeNAS uses requires Extended page support on the CPU, and I built my system with some pretty old server hardware. So, Is there anyway to change the program or do something to enable virtualization using basic virtualization support in FreeNAS? Motherboard : Intel s5000psl CPU: 2 x Xeon L5420 Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1147929-freenas-virtualization/ Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 22, 2020 FreeNAS is really a purpose built solution. Although some optimization can be done you really don't want to tweak anything too advanced. You'd be more likely to brick your install. Not to mention FreeNAS's hypervisor is not good. If you want ZFS + a good hypervisor switch over to PROXMOX. The CPU's have VT-x support. I'm not sure how important a role EPT would play if you used QEMU but I can do some Googling. Guides & Tutorials: PROXMOX - Rebuilding ZFS RAID rpool After Disk Failure Mass Deploying Customized Windows 10/11 Installs Building a GNU/Linux Based Windows Deployment Server GNU/Linux Installer Server: Installation & Configuration How to: Use (i)PXE to Install Windows from a Network Why Memorize IP's When You Can Self-Host DNS Instead? Ventoy - The USB Multi-Boot Utility! Introduction to PXE/iPXE Network Boot Featuring FreeBSD & Ubuntu Server Don't see what you need? Check the Full List or *PM me, if I haven't made it I'll add it to the list. *NOTE: I'll only add it to the list if the request is something I know I can do. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1147929-freenas-virtualization/#findComment-13236711 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 22, 2020 FreeNAS is designed to be installed on bare metal. Just because it can be virtualized doesn't mean it should. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1147929-freenas-virtualization/#findComment-13238029 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 23, 2020 Author 4 hours ago, alex75871 said: FreeNAS is designed to be installed on bare metal. Just because it can be virtualized doesn't mean it should. Virtualization inside of FreeNAS Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1147929-freenas-virtualization/#findComment-13238670 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 23, 2020 43 minutes ago, KingTdiGGiTTy said: Virtualization inside of FreeNAS FreeNAS's VM-hypervisor (bhyve) is pretty bad, though, apparently. Usually you'd want to use quite literally anything else for virtualization. Hand, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody’s pocket. Link to comment https://linustechtips.com/topic/1147929-freenas-virtualization/#findComment-13238750 Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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