Re: Planning a Debian NAS
On 2020-01-25 19:21, Aidan Gauland wrote:
I love over-complicating my hobbies.
I get better results with KISS.
On 2020-01-27 10:00, Aidan Gauland wrote:
Can a r-pi be set up with RAID easily?
On 2020-01-28 02:08, Aidan Gauland wrote:
Going by all the replies on this subthread, even the latest model
r-pi sounds like a terrible choice for a NAS, unless all you want is
a single HDD on ethernet.
I think it is a matter of expectations vs. investment. The various
SBC's do very well when both are modest. And, they use less power,
generate less heat, and make less noise than x86 PC's and servers.
On 2020-01-28 02:12, Aidan Gauland wrote:
On 27/01/20 3:58 am, Stefan Monnier wrote:
... you might want to take a look at something like
http://gnubee.org/
I have considered the gnubee, and my main problem with it is the poor
physical support for the drives, and the orientation of the drives.
Interesting device -- combo SBC / SATA backplane with minimal open rack
chassis and external PSU.
The FreeNAS project offers some nice high-end NAS hardware, with prices
to match:
https://www.freenas.org/freenas-mini/
It is also too low spec to run the extra services I need (secondary
to serving files).
So, either a high-end NAS or a low-end server; FOSS DIY compatible.
On 2020-01-28 02:15, Aidan Gauland wrote:
On 27/01/20 12:40 pm, Tom Dial wrote:
... I recommend FreeNAS
... I've looked at FreeNAS, but I would much rather use Debian,
partially for familiarity, and party because this will be a
multi-purpose server, not just a NAS.
FreeNAS supports jails (OS-based virtualization). You have root access
inside each and can install whatever you want:
https://www.ixsystems.com/documentation/freenas/11.2/jails.html
On 2020-01-28 02:16, Aidan Gauland wrote:
On 26/01/20 2:58 pm, Josef Grosch wrote:
The document I used as a guide to set this up is
https://wiki.debian.org/ZFS
Two things I would advise when using ZFS is 1) never let the
filesystem get to more than 80% full and 2) run a weekly zpool
scrub. Mine runs our of cron.
Thanks, this looks fairly straightforward.
ZFS appears simple enough on the surface, but there is plenty to learn
once you jump in, build a ZFS pool, and have to live with it every day.
David
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