Hi all,
First, apologies for the plethora of threads lately. I'm trying to really do it right, but I've come to the conclusion that it's probably best for me to start over on my main system - something I can do now that I have a backup system. (Specs in sig are upcoming : the Backup system is currently the main, and components for the Main are inbound as we speak. I'll do the switch this weekend, I expect.)
My first intended course of action was PM'ing someone like Cyberjock or dlavigne or something, and kindly ask that person to answer these questions, but then thought that might be construed selfish : there are others who potentially stand to gain from this information, so here goes.
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For a variety of reasons (ashift debacle, permissions SNAFU with 9.3 upgrade due to my chmod'ing back in the day, .system Error in library [likely due to unwise library name], etc., etc), I'll be starting my pool over once all of my hardware comes in, and I can put all of my data on the reconstructed backup box. So, I'd like to harness the experience in this forum and make sure I'm doing it RIGHT this time. This thread is about the Main box, btw - not the Backups one.
Intended uses of the box :
1. File server and repository. I basically use it for everything these days : iTunes libraries, XBMC (now Kodi, for those who didn't know) movies and TV shows to up to 4 clients, destination for all manners of files (so they're centrally available), like scans from my Canon MX722 or, most importantly, pictures/videos;
2. Transmission, via Jail;
3. XBMC database, via MySQL (again, in Jail);
4. Destination for Windows Back-Ups (via a small hack in Windows : Virtual Hard Disks, as W7 Home Premium doesn't allow back-ups to a network destination) for all 4 computers mentioned above;
5. TimeMachine for the Mac in my studio.
That's it for now, although I'm sure I'll ask more of the thing as time goes on. So, here's what I'm thinking as far as setup (and planning to use the Wizard as much as possible, to avoid my mucking things up) :
Pool name : Tank
6 Drives in RAIDZ2
1 Dataset for Media/Pictures/Files
1 Dataset for TimeMachine
Windows share for /mnt/Tank (to be able to move Torrents from their Finished directory, to whichever directory they will actually end up with)
AFP share for TimeMachine, obviously
Snapshots every hour or so, lasting 1 week;
Replication to Backups box.
Link Aggregation for both of X10's Intel NIC's, and using the same static IP as before.
Scrubs and SMART tests : As per CyberJock's schedule, found at :
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/need-help-setting-up-smart-zfs-scrubs.16182/#post-82403
Am I forgetting anything?
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So that's it! Hoping for input from all, especially those who have learnt something the hard way, or thought : "Man, I wish I would've done X when setting things up....".
Cheers!
First, apologies for the plethora of threads lately. I'm trying to really do it right, but I've come to the conclusion that it's probably best for me to start over on my main system - something I can do now that I have a backup system. (Specs in sig are upcoming : the Backup system is currently the main, and components for the Main are inbound as we speak. I'll do the switch this weekend, I expect.)
My first intended course of action was PM'ing someone like Cyberjock or dlavigne or something, and kindly ask that person to answer these questions, but then thought that might be construed selfish : there are others who potentially stand to gain from this information, so here goes.
---------------------
For a variety of reasons (ashift debacle, permissions SNAFU with 9.3 upgrade due to my chmod'ing back in the day, .system Error in library [likely due to unwise library name], etc., etc), I'll be starting my pool over once all of my hardware comes in, and I can put all of my data on the reconstructed backup box. So, I'd like to harness the experience in this forum and make sure I'm doing it RIGHT this time. This thread is about the Main box, btw - not the Backups one.
Intended uses of the box :
1. File server and repository. I basically use it for everything these days : iTunes libraries, XBMC (now Kodi, for those who didn't know) movies and TV shows to up to 4 clients, destination for all manners of files (so they're centrally available), like scans from my Canon MX722 or, most importantly, pictures/videos;
2. Transmission, via Jail;
3. XBMC database, via MySQL (again, in Jail);
4. Destination for Windows Back-Ups (via a small hack in Windows : Virtual Hard Disks, as W7 Home Premium doesn't allow back-ups to a network destination) for all 4 computers mentioned above;
5. TimeMachine for the Mac in my studio.
That's it for now, although I'm sure I'll ask more of the thing as time goes on. So, here's what I'm thinking as far as setup (and planning to use the Wizard as much as possible, to avoid my mucking things up) :
Pool name : Tank
6 Drives in RAIDZ2
1 Dataset for Media/Pictures/Files
1 Dataset for TimeMachine
Windows share for /mnt/Tank (to be able to move Torrents from their Finished directory, to whichever directory they will actually end up with)
AFP share for TimeMachine, obviously
Snapshots every hour or so, lasting 1 week;
Replication to Backups box.
Link Aggregation for both of X10's Intel NIC's, and using the same static IP as before.
Scrubs and SMART tests : As per CyberJock's schedule, found at :
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/need-help-setting-up-smart-zfs-scrubs.16182/#post-82403
Am I forgetting anything?
---------------
So that's it! Hoping for input from all, especially those who have learnt something the hard way, or thought : "Man, I wish I would've done X when setting things up....".
Cheers!
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