FreeBSD 12.2 Fresh Install recommendation with UEFI

[T-Daemon]

Update on FreeBSD NFS server, macOS client.

If the FreeBSD NFS server is set up for nfsv4(4), configure macOS for NFSv4 mounts as follows:

Option 1: "Finder" app: cmd+K

nfs://vers=4,server:/path

Option 2: As administrator:

sudo nano /etc/nfs.conf , set:

nfs.client.mount.options = vers=4

Option 3: From "Terminal" command line:

mount_nfs -o vers=4 server:/path

Run nfsstat -m on the client, look for "NFS parameters: vers=4" in "Original mount options:" and "Current mount parameters:"

macOS: mount_nfs(8), nfs.conf(5), nfsstat(1)

 

[T-Daemon]

What is the recommended FileSystem for these HDD's to be used with FreeBSD permanently?

If you are planning to use the disks exclusively with FreeBSD, UFS2 with soft updates is a good choice (newfs(8) -U ...).

OpenZFS is also a good choice. Besides FreeBSD it can be used on macOS (< Big Sur) with O3X (OpenZFS on OS X) as well:

OpenZFS on OS X - OpenZFS on OS X

openzfsonosx.org

Documentation - OpenZFS on OS X

openzfsonosx.org

FAQ - OpenZFS on OS X

openzfsonosx.org

[EDIT] I see it comes with some inconveniences if the pool is imported read/write:

Stopping Spotlight etc. from changing ZFS without permission - OpenZFS on OS X

openzfsonosx.org

Half of the drivers contain Photos/Videos from my Nikon Camera. Both RAW & JPEG and the other half with Backups, Documents and Reference Materials.

If those data on the disks have some value, have also a good (multi device) backup strategy for them.

 

[Remington]

Does your macOS Finder report a different available size? My FreeBSD server is reporting 8TB available size but my macOS Finder is reporting 60MB available size.