OK, so in my quest to simplify things, I'm going to eventually do-away with my server.
Can anyone recommend a NAS?
Old me would probably have rolled-my-own with FreeNas or similar, but perhaps I need to go "of-the-shelf".
Should I get RAID, or not bother? My fileserver is RAIDed (mirrored).
Any thoughts?
Cheers Steve
On Thu, 9 May 2024 at 21:51, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
Can anyone recommend a NAS?
Old me would probably have rolled-my-own with FreeNas or similar, but perhaps I need to go "of-the-shelf".
I believe FreeNAS no longer exists. It was moved / merged into TrueNAS Core (which is BSD with ZFS type raid, so you need lots of disks).
Should I get RAID, or not bother? My fileserver is RAIDed (mirrored).
Any thoughts?
I'd advocate for some sort of RAID, I'm currently using TrueNAS SCALE (which is Linux) with RAIDZ2 with ZFS. And also this particular evening, I am battling a dead NVME drive (with lots and lots of important files I've not yet had a chance to backup to my NAS) which means I also cannot boot my desktop, even with a Kubuntu Live DVD. So it's a poignant reminder to have a backup and have something that is redundant as well in case of hardware failure or bit-rot. :(
Regards, Srdjan
On 09/05/2024 22:01, Srdjan Todorovic wrote:
And also this particular evening, I am battling a dead NVME drive (with lots and lots of important files I've not yet had a chance to backup to my NAS) which means I also cannot boot my desktop, even with a Kubuntu Live DVD. So it's a poignant reminder to have a backup and have something that is redundant as well in case of hardware failure or bit-rot. :(
Regards, Srdjan
Ouch. Hope you made progress with this.
Thanks
Steve
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