Off HE topic. Anyone using a NAS?

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That's TrueNAS SCALE. :slight_smile: (An upcoming project whose target market I'm not quite sure of.) TrueNAS Core is the new name for what used to be FreeNAS (for version 12 and versions 11 and prior, respectively), and it's still FreeBSD-based. Nothing really changed there except the name, and TrueNAS Enterprise (formerly just TrueNAS) is still their paid version with formal support and more features.

Funny you should mention that. My biggest hurdle with BSD is that I just that I've mostly used Debian- and occasionally RedHat-based Linux distributions, so learning how to manage a BSD system was a challenge (even if FreeNAS/TrueNAS does most of it for you behind the scenes; I have some "jails" set up where I do need to know these things...used to use a Debian VM but figured it was better to just run on the existing OS if I could, and I eventually did).

But then I remembered that I couldn't get it to boot at all on my server due to a kernel panic that many other users of my system (HPE Microserver Gen 10) also found on FreeNAS 11 and possibly other BSD systems without making a configuration change to the OS. Not quite a driver issue, but still not fun. I can still imagine that being a problem for some, though!

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Ah, ok. My mistake! Still a pass from me then. Lol

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lol I have always built my own systems and its been problem free when it comes to driver/OS support. I would imagine that Truenas 12 would be better due to the use of FreeBSD 12 which is a much newer OS revision.

Currently I have a 30TB server with 14 drives running for 5 years without issues though.

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I agree with the other comments here and will echo them - RAID is not backup! Glad to hear you have a plan for offsite data recovery for your important files. :slight_smile:

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We'll put that in the same box where we store "the internet is not Wi-Fi." :wink:

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Fwiw, while I love Synology, I'm running a ZFS RaidZ2 on Ubuntu server, which also runs NFS for sharing files, and PLEX server for media server duties. I manage it with Webmin, and it basically is a low spec i3 with 12TB of raw storage. Low cost, easy to maintain, but no fancy front end.

If I did it again, I might use FreeNAS or TrueNAS...but maybe not!

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I also have a Synology Nas. I have it since 8 years and I am very pleased with it. Never had any issue with it. I am running many apps on it, one of them the VPN server wich I use to access my local network and by default my Hubitat Dashboard.

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Things like FreeNAS are nice, it really comes down to how much do you want to tinker. I wanted something that just worked out of the box, and I really didn't have to think about after initial setup. Synology gives me that ease.

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Agreed...it's been one of those "just works" devices for me, from the start on my first unit and now on my second (have the original one setup as a backup device from the new one).

I'm a zealot...I recommend them to everyone, even my 5 year old niece. :wink:

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I have a QNAP nas which I use for temporary holding space for my mobile devices to upload to, then I go through the things there and rehome them in either Google Drive or OneDrive depending - OneDrive is better for photographs as it interfaces with the metadata better. But most documents go into Google Drive as I am more invested in the entire Google ecosystem, and I also use their tools for editing. The NAS is then responsible for backing up my cloud storage. If you want to use the NAS for doing weird homegrown stuff using the underlying Linux OS, the QNAP is said to be more optimum for that than the Synology,

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I don't know what "weird homegrown stuff" is, so I probably won't be doing that. Thanks for your reply. I will keep it in mind.

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Thanks for the reply, Maybe I can figure out how to do this.

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Thanks for the info. I will be looking into Plex.

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@davidcwright59 I have spent a lot of time with both consumer and professional storage systems, if you would like to talk about NAS and how to build one, please feel free to DM me and we I would be happy to help you with any questions you might have..

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Thanks, I don't see having many problems setting up a NAS, but I will keep you in mind if I need help.

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Very easy to set up a VPN on the Synology. Use the forum I pointed you to for help, and they also have posts that describe how to do different things w/your NAS. Great resource. You can get help w/Plex there as well. If Plex is important to you, ask there about which Synology models work best for streaming w/Plex.

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Thanks, I will get to investigating about the VPN and Plex.

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have a look at this...

EDIT: may be it is not the best solution for you, if you need other than storage (VPN, docker... )

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As old friend, who had spent a lifetime building and tinkering, once said to me "Sometimes, you just want a toaster."

I have a Synology. :slight_smile:

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There are certain things I like to play with and tinker with. I would be very unhappy to find out that my tinkering caused my backups to not work and we lose all our photos and stuff.

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