Re: Homebuilt NAS Advice
On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 16:14:46 +0100
Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 12:40:03PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> >Anyone currently using OpenMediaVault, or have recommendations for
> >another package, or advice, in general, on homebuilt NAS?
>
> My advice is to keep it boring and mundane, and avoid the temptation
> to try some flashy technology Just Because. (I put ZFS in that category,
> personally; and BTRFS). My NAS runs stock Debian and I've documented it
> here: <https://jmtd.net/hardware/phobos/>
With anything new I attempt, I always KISS. Why create problems?
Since the box will be mainly storage -- backups, files, etc. -- I'm
just going to stick with the old, tried and true ext4. For my
purposes, ZFS is not needed even though it has advantages. I'm
starting with one data drive and adding drives as needed. As I'm
not a hoarder, or music or movie fanatic, don't run my own web site or
email server, it will take a long time to fill that first drive, if
ever. Probably will never use RAID. Don't need the speed of striping. Or
parity. Everything on the box will have a copy somewhere else. And I'll
be the only one accessing it.
Can't think of any other ways to keep it more boring and mudane.
Thanks for your recommendations.
B
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