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title: "FreeNAS Mini (Diskless) - 4 Bay Compact NAS Storage with ZFS. 8-Core 2.4GHz Processor, 16GB RAM"
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# 8-Core 2.4GHz CPU 16GB ECC RAM Self-healing ZFS FreeNAS Mini (Diskless) - 4 Bay Compact NAS Storage with ZFS. 8-Core 2.4GHz Processor, 16GB RAM

**Brand:** ixsystems
**Price:** € 123.94
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

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## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** FreeNAS Mini (Diskless) - 4 Bay Compact NAS Storage with ZFS. 8-Core 2.4GHz Processor, 16GB RAM by ixsystems
- **How much does it cost?** € 123.94 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Best For

- ixsystems enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted ixsystems brand quality
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## Key Features

- • **Future-Ready:** Upgradeable RAM and dual Ethernet ports for scalability.
- • **Data Fortress:** Built-in RAID and error protection keep your data safe.
- • **Compact Powerhouse:** Maximize your space without sacrificing performance.
- • **Seamless Integration:** Supports all major OS and cloud services for ultimate flexibility.
- • **Whisper-Quiet Operation:** Designed for performance without the noise.

## Overview

The FreeNAS Mini (Diskless) is a compact 4-bay NAS storage solution powered by the leading FreeNAS OS. With an 8-core 2.4GHz processor and 16GB of ECC RAM, it offers robust performance and reliability. Its self-healing ZFS filesystem and built-in RAID ensure your data is secure and accessible, making it ideal for small offices and home use. The system supports multiple file-sharing protocols and integrates seamlessly with major cloud services, providing a versatile solution for all your storage needs.

## Description

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## Features

- Full-featured, compact, and reliable NAS & SAN storage system. Powered by FreeNAS, the #1 Open Source storage OS, and protected by the self-healing ZFS filesystem. Built-in RAID keeps your data safe and available, error-protection keeps it free from corruption, and snapshots protect it from ransomware attacks and human error.
- Performance-Oriented and Quiet Hardware Design: 16GB ECC RAM (upgradeable to 32GB) | 8-Core 2.4GHz Intel Atom CPU | 4x 3.5” Hot-Swap SATA Drive Bays | 2x 2.5” Internal SATA SSD Bays | Dual 1 Gigabit Ethernet (Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports can be added) | Remote Management (IPMI) | 3x USB | 1x Internal SataDOM Boot Device | Built-in RAID | Speed up workflows by adding SSDs for read and write caching.
- Ideal for file-sharing, backup, multimedia processing and distribution, video surveillance, edge/remote office, development, personal cloud, and other small/home office & SMB applications. Broaden your Mini’s capabilities with VMs and an extensive suite of software plugins.
- FreeNAS supports Windows, MacOS, Linux, and Unix clients and syncs with AWS, Azure, Dropbox and more. Supports NFS, SMB, AFP, iSCSI and S3 file sharing protocols.
- Built, tested, and supported in the U.S. by iXsystems. Proceeds support FreeNAS development.

## Product Details

- **Brand:** iXsystems
- **Color:** Black
- **Material:** Metal
- **Compatible Devices:** Desktop
- **Mounting Type:** Tabletop

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: why this and not a qnap? what is the difference?**
A: I have a QNAP (TS-421 @ $500) and actually just bought the Mini @ $1000 a couple of months ago.   You don't mention what you are comparing the Mini against but it should be the QNAP TS-470 Pro.   That said, the QNAP QTS interface is very simple where the FreeNAS is not as refined.  For the money, the Mini specs are very good and I felt the Mini was a better value than the 470.  Also, using ZFS and having error correcting ram, help to keep your data clean.I can also say that the Mini easily handles my media needs.  At the same time (with Plex), I've streamed  2 1080 movies to 2 TVs, a 720 movie to a computer and a 480 movie to an android device.  The Mini CPU usage  was at about 50%.

**Q: Do the ZIL and L2ARC upgrades take up a hard drive bay, or do they have their own dedicated spots inside the FreeNAs Mini?**
A: Ok I had one of these units the operating system on this runs off of a DOM (Disk On Module) that plugs into a sata port on the motherboard. There are 4 hard drive openings for 2.5 or 3.5 sata hard drives. There is also one internal mounting point for a 2.5" ssd (for the ZIL upgrade). So to answer your question NO it does not have to use up any of the four main hard drive slots. The motherboard they use on this is ASRock C2550D4I that is unless they changed the spec. I hope these answers are useful. Also check out nas4free it's the original project that freenas is based off of.

**Q: Hardware Compatibility List Hard Disks For this NAS Device?**
A: We recommend (and sell) WD Red Drives for NAS devices using SATA.  You may have good results with other SATA drives, but we are naturally unable to qualify everything on the market.  The WD Red product is also specifically intended for NAS usage, whereas a SATA desktop drive is not.

**Q: How many LAN ports it has?**
A: The freenas mini has 2 lan ports for networking and a 3rd for management. The ipmi (management port) gets bound to the lan ports and has it's own ip. It's pretty good because you can actually control your frenas mini from another computer from through ipmi. The freenas mini has a marvel raid chipset with 6 ports (sata 6gbs) and an intel chipset that has (2 sata 6gbs ports) and (4 3gbs ports) overall it's a good unit. I personally prefer my Synology nas unit. I hope this answer helped.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Cutting edge, robust storage solution and server for those willing to learn
*by P***E on September 18, 2016*

Summary: Cutting edge, robust storage solution and server for those willing to learn. Not recommended for users who just want to plug in a drive and not deal with it (I wouldn't recommend that approach anyway, but to each his own).Hardware: they are not charging much more than it would cost to buy the parts yourself-- and of course it's fully assembled and tested with the OS installed. You get a motherboard that DIY people use and recommend with a great processor (8-core Intel® Atom™ C2750), 16MB of Samsung server RAM, excellent power supply, and quality case. Drive installation: They do not include instructions other than to remove the plastic trays mounted in the drive carriers, before inserting the drive. However it was easy to install the drives. Each tray has a circular button on the right side. I pressed this button and the front flap of the carrier opened like a door. At that point I pulled out the carrier and plastic tray assembly. I replaced the tray with a drive, and *making sure the front flap was still open*, re-inserted the carrier-drive assembly in the box. Then, I closed the front flap.Software: Running the FreeNAS OS, which is based on the FreeBSD OS, and the ZFS file system. It's worth spending a few hours reading about these technologies if you are considering purchasing a FreeNAS box. Start with the ZFS Wikipedia entry. Bottom line is now your native file system/OS supports many advanced features such as periodic snapshots, data integrity, and compression. Want to set things up so you can recover versions of files up to one month back? Not a problem. Since I am new to the ecosystem, it wouldn't do it justice for me to attempt to describe everything you get. Perhaps what I like best is the "dataset" scheme. You don't partition volumes and allocate space in ZFS as in other file systems-- you make datasets: "Permissions, compression, deduplication, and quotas can be set on a per-dataset basis, allowing more granular control over access to storage data. A dataset is similar to a folder in that you can set permissions; it is also similar to a filesystem in that you can set properties such as quotas and compression as well as create snapshots."Advanced Capabilities: The box has the usual standard services available, easily switched on/off from the web interface (Rsync, ssh, FTP, CIFS (Windows drives), NFS, and much more. If you want your box to run other things, like Minecraft servers or databases, you can do that to with a little work. FreeNAS OS supports two types of Jails, the FreeBSD containerization scheme. You can make a regular FreeBSD jail, or a phpVirtualBox. I am also told Freenas version 10, coming soon, will support Docker jails. For now, if you want to use Docker, you must create a VM with phpVirtualBox first.When I had questions, I was able to get multiple answers on the FreeNas forums within a few hours.This box lets me geek out and have superhuman powers. Everything is fully open. I had used an Iomega NAS system the past few years-- did not appreciate all the closed proprietary things going on there, and I eventually lost all my data anyway. I couldn't bring myself to trust yet another proprietary solution, especially with all the bad reviews going around about products from formerly trustworthy product lines. I'm glad the FreeNAS people are selling boxes like this. It gives us a chance to learn and use FreeNAS without having to build our own box.

### ⭐ Powerhouse NAS for those looking for top of the link network storage
*by S***N on January 1, 2016*

UPDATE 12/27/2018: Unfortunately after two years this unit is seemingly completely dead, i've tried to diagnose what the problem might be but the motherboard must be bricked because I can't get anything out of it. For this price, I thought the quality would be a lot better, i've tried to reach out to support several times with no response.------------------------------------------------------------------------------This thing is a powerhouse for a NAS system, but at a pretty hefty price point. I put in 4 x 4TB Western Digital Reds. It is incredibly solid and the highest quality build in a NAS that i've ever seen. Read/Write speeds are impressive over dual gigabit NICs in load balance mode. I'm fairly savvy and this was tough to setup,Overall super reliable and I would highly recommend!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The FreeNAS Mini is a wonderful product for someone who is willing to put some ...
*by K***E on August 21, 2016*

The FreeNAS Mini is a wonderful product for someone who is willing to put some time and energy into making the most of it. On the positive side, it's a very capable piece of hardware – far more so than the average NAS device. The open source operating system sees continuous free improvements with an underlying ZFS file system that's fast, reliable, and very flexible. The snapshot model is a great way to provide basic security against accidental deletions and overwritten files.All that said, it's not a simple plug-and-play device. Basic administration tasks can be done with a serviceable HTML interface but it relies heavily on understanding UNIX conventions and you can reasonably expect to need to use the FreeBSD shell from time to time. Not surprisingly, the included documentation is sketchy at best. The quick start guide states that a VGA display is an absolute requirement for setup, which is thankfully not true. It also says nothing about how drives are removed and inserted, which is pretty fundamental.I'm very happy with my purchase but anyone interested in the product should know what they're getting into.

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