Hi all.
So I have been looking into options to modify my machine and dump the usb drives as boot.
I am looking at long term.
They are presently not recommended and may not be a boot option at some point.
So I have 2 x 240GB SSDs with one in the freenas machine.
It has some Vms drives on there.
I may move them over to the main hard drive drive pool.
Then put the other SSD into the machine.
Then replace the usb boot disks with the SSDs.
A waste of space maybe, but I want to use the extra space for a few things.
I did find this which was interesting.
So I may want to use two SSDs in a mirrored config for:
Boot drive
A Zil if it is a benefit.
L2arc
Also a chunk of the space for a lancache storage (gaming download cache).
Specific sizes are yet to be decided.
More sata adapters in the machine is not practical for various reasons. I have 4 for hard drives and 2 for sata SSDs
Is this practical?
I wish to upgrade to TrueNAS at some stage.
Will TrueNAS like this?
I found this page which is useful.
Has anyone done anything similar?
Also will a Zil help with longevity if used in a hard drive storage pool of the hard drives.
Useful info appreciated.
Thank you
So I have been looking into options to modify my machine and dump the usb drives as boot.
I am looking at long term.
They are presently not recommended and may not be a boot option at some point.
So I have 2 x 240GB SSDs with one in the freenas machine.
It has some Vms drives on there.
I may move them over to the main hard drive drive pool.
Then put the other SSD into the machine.
Then replace the usb boot disks with the SSDs.
A waste of space maybe, but I want to use the extra space for a few things.
I did find this which was interesting.
So I may want to use two SSDs in a mirrored config for:
Boot drive
A Zil if it is a benefit.
L2arc
Also a chunk of the space for a lancache storage (gaming download cache).
Specific sizes are yet to be decided.
More sata adapters in the machine is not practical for various reasons. I have 4 for hard drives and 2 for sata SSDs
Is this practical?
I wish to upgrade to TrueNAS at some stage.
Will TrueNAS like this?
I found this page which is useful.
Has anyone done anything similar?
Also will a Zil help with longevity if used in a hard drive storage pool of the hard drives.
Useful info appreciated.
Thank you