pixel8383
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- Apr 19, 2018
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Yes, I know I could look for something different. But for home-use, Photos is still good enough. It syncs pretty well with cloud and iOS. I am not interested in moving somewhere else my historical photo library right now. APFS is the next Apple file system but I don't think HFS will die so soon. APFS is still in early days (even if it's in the last releases of Apple's OS).My advice would be to move your photo library outside the macOS Photo app. There are much better solutions that also won't place limitations on the file system the data has to be stored on. Apple left the professional photography management space when they abandoned Aperture some years ago. The Photos app doesn't even come close to that, and Aperture has been well and truly surpassed in the meantime. FreeNAS works very nicely with my Apple infrastructure, but don't try and bend it to provide you with access to a poor application which might result in undesirable consequences. HFS+ is also finished as Apple's file system of choice, so even if you could get it to work it would have a limited lifespan.
Yeah, I know about iSCSI but I don't think it's viable due to these limitations. I am looking for a stable solution.Use iSCSI with ZFS backed block storage. to connect to iSCSI on your Mac you need to buy software like kernsafe iscsi initiator x with this it will look like a local disk and can be formatted as HFwhateverS+. keep in mind, YOU CAN NOT SHARE FILE from FreeNAS when doing this. Also don't USE THIS OVER WIFI you WILL corrupt all of your photos. Also every time you want to unhook from the wall you MUST unmount the disk or you WILL corrupt all of your photos. Think of iSCSI and a long cord for your hard drive. No picture what will happen if you yank you running hard drive from your computer... You WILL corrupt all of your photos.
It's unfortunately true and I think it's both what you say and a way to optimize their software to the maximum at the same time.Thew fact (if true) that apples software is SO dependant on their filesystem tells me thy just want you to buy a time capsule or use iCloud. Its hardcore BS vendor lock in.
Yes, I know, ECC is the best... but I was starting with "I could buy a NAS" and I am ending with "I should buy a server class CPU, server class RAM, a raid controller with backup battery" and so on. That's not sane. I know as I nerd I would love it but I have to find some limits to my little home-project. Moreover I would like to keep it not too expensive with daily power consumption.RAM: ECC RAM is highly recommended while non-ECC RAM "should work". Be also aware of the fact that 8GB RAM is the minimum amount of RAM required for FreeNAS. Just for file serving that is. If you plan to do anything else (FreeBSD Jails, Plugins, Virtual Machines) 8GB RAM will be not sufficient.
Thanks for the other suggestions. I will keep thinking of it during my nights.