Hello everyone. My first post on the new forum. I have used the old forum many times in the past and was directed here for new questions.
If you don’t feel like reading below details I need a file manager app.
I recently had to learn a little but not everything about SSH so I can delete a folder in a dataset on my 50TB TrueNAS server that I could not delete by connecting to it through my regular ways which is a SMB share. I was very nervous doing this procedure as from what I have read that SSH connection to a server is basically like you are on a physical computer and can easily destroy data. I am not very familiar with freebsd commands but I can follow written directions well and that is how I was able to create from scratch my 57TB TrueNAS server that uses 8 drives, 2 datasets and has been running flawlessly for most of 5 years now! Thanks TrueNAS! I only had to shut down the server a couple times, which was to change fans and to change the MINI SAS to SATA cables.
So I will get to my question. Is there a graphical file manager app that I can put on my TruNAS machine that will make emergency file manipulation easier and faster on the datasets instead of sending files back and forth over my gigabit network? I don’t have anything installed on the server except what comes with the TrueNAS.install. My current version is TrueNAS Core 13.0-U6.1. I did not update it as I do not see any benefits for my current configuration. Also, I only reboot the server when absolutely necessary.
So to fix problems and I want to move large amounts of data between datasets the way I do it now is that everything gets sent over the network to the computer I have the SMB share on and then back to the server which is slow. So the data comes to my remote SMB share computer and makes a sharp u-turn and goes back to the server over the single gigabit connection. It is easy that way but very slow with 35TB of data currently on it. Also, as I found out, it is not 100% exact as one folder would not want to be deleted because of a weird EVERYONE permission issue which is why I had to fix it recently with SSH and thought if there is a way to do this with a file manager right on the server.
I will list my machine specs and additional info if you are interested:
CPU: Intel CORE I3-10100
RAM: 128 GB DDR4 3200
Cache drive: NVME 256 GB
HBA: LSI Broadcom SAS 9300-8i 8-port 12Gb/s SATA+SAS PCI-Express 3.0
Boot drive: 120 GB SATA
Pool 1: 6 x 14 TB SATA drives 2 of those drives are parity I’m unsure of the correct terminology here but I think it’s ZFS RAID-Z2? I also have spare identical 14 TB drive on a shelf ready for replacement if needed at any time.
Pool 2: 2 x 8 TB SATA drives that are encrypted and mirrored for most security.
LAN: Built in Gigabit on motherboard.
All storage drives I’m using originally were Western Digital external USB units that I shucked. There was a good deal at the time and I went for it. Also I like that they are lower RPM so they should last a long time and with the cache drive and lots of ram I have not run into any speed issues so far. Server has almost 100% uptime since built with not one physical error. The system consumes 100W running idle.