Posts by shivalwolf@snouts.online
 (DIR) Post #9hau4cSmYrnyT4RdwG by shivalwolf@snouts.online
       2019-04-08T10:10:16Z
       
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       @marmite i have used freenas for years and have had no problem. Its easy to setup and well is free There are some alternatives depending on your usecases. Are all your drives the same size?
       
 (DIR) Post #9hauVHda6DcvhFD6lU by shivalwolf@snouts.online
       2019-04-08T10:13:29Z
       
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       @marmite well if your using the same size drives then you dont need a system like unraid instead (which supports different size drives) A big drawback of freenas is you cant expand an existing array in place. so if you dont get all your storage now you cant add more later without copying everything off it and then putting it back on after recreating the array. freenas is very easy to setup and has a good support community. just check their hardware compatibility lists on the forum.
       
 (DIR) Post #9hauspvolDikiayHtA by shivalwolf@snouts.online
       2019-04-08T10:19:09Z
       
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       @marmite the level of redundancy you choose is a factor as well. depending on how paranoid you are and how many drives your throwing in there. Just remember as well that a raid isnt a full backup. its useful for a 1st level backup but any critical data is worth keeping offline as well. i use a raidz2 array so 2 drives lost to redundancy and given i have had 2 drives fail at the same time i am very glad i had it.
       
 (DIR) Post #9havJeWTHoZV9Yu1lQ by shivalwolf@snouts.online
       2019-04-08T10:23:53Z
       
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       @marmite offsite backup is good. I just have a set of drives that i plug in every so often. sync all my data to them and then take the drives into work and keep them in my draw. If anything ever fails i have a backup recent enough not to worry.Freenas has some nice caching options so you can add a high speed ssd as a cache so it makes read/write faster. to the array. There is also a nice plugin and virtualisation system built in.
       
 (DIR) Post #9havayfpcQD8ZbXfSi by shivalwolf@snouts.online
       2019-04-08T10:27:10Z
       
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       @marmite no probs at all. i use the plugin jails to run a a local emby server and a gitlab server. easy to setup with just afew clicks in the UI but theres like 30 plugin containers built in which are afew clicks and install. Oh if your really paranoid it also supports encryption of the array. If you use it make sure you secure backup the keys as there is no chance of recovery without a backup