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Now we will skip a few of the options as they are fine to be left at default (feel free to change them if you need to) and go to Quota for this dataset: here we will set the size of our new Awesome Share for this example I have set mine to 2T.

Next for Share type: we will set this to UNIX as we want both Mac and Windows to interact equally with this share.

Next for Compression level: you can set this how you see fit but for my shares I turn it to Off always (having compression really does not help much and slows performance slightly so if you have the space you need available to work with don’t waste your time on it).

For Dataset Name: for this example we will call it Awesome Share but this is where you set what name the new storage location will have.

Now starting from the top of the pop up lets go through the necessary fields we want.

You will now be presented with a pop up with options firstly before we fill in anything lets expand this so we can get full access to what we really need by clicking the Advanced mode button at the bottom of the window.

In the main window pane select your main dataset that you would like your new one to go within then click the Create Dataset button at the bottom of the screen (looks like a table with a plus sign above it).

Once on the Storage screen make sure Volumes tab is selected.

Next select the Storage tab from the top bar.

Navigate to your FreeNAS web gui via your browser and log in as root (or admin equivalent).Create a dataset for your new share and set permissions and size limits That does not mean however that it is the Right Way for every situation so please keep that in mind :)ġ. If you have and questions, knowledge, or feedback feel free to let me know! I have been at this awhile and through trial and error found that this setup above works best in my company's environment. This guide also assumes you have already created your base raid dataset. This guide assumes that Active Directory has already been integrated into your FreeNAS under Directory Services or that your all User accounts have been setup under Account if you’re not using A.D. How to create a Windows and Mac compatible share in FreeNASįirstly the reason for this how to is if you have both Windows domain computers and Mac's that are not integrated into your Active directory and on the domain already and need to access these shares via guest access.