Documentation Suggestion: "DOM or USB" Instead of "Compact or USB Flash"

[SFoskett]

The FreeNAS documentation (1.2.2) still refers to "compact flash" (sic) and doesn't mention Disk on Module (DOM). Perhaps it's time to update that section. It seems that most forum posters these days discuss the pros and cons of DOM vs. USB, with perhaps a few booting from SSD. But I don't think anyone is booting from CompactFlash anymore.

 

[Spearfoot]

The FreeNAS documentation (1.2.2) still refers to "compact flash" (sic) and doesn't mention Disk on Module (DOM). Perhaps it's time to update that section. It seems that most forum posters these days discuss the pros and cons of DOM vs. USB, with perhaps a few booting from SSD. But I don't think anyone is booting from CompactFlash anymore.

Probably not a bad idea. The documentation is available on this GitHub repository, and iXsystems entertains pull requests from all!

 

[Bidule0hm]

t seems that most forum posters these days discuss the pros and cons of DOM vs. USB, with perhaps a few booting from SSD.

Actually AFAIK there's more members who use SSDs than DOMs, probably because a DOM is essentially a small and expensive SSD.

 

[wblock]

My to-do list includes rearranging that section. At the very least, the most commonly-used option should be mentioned first.

 

[wblock]

Rewritten to mention all the possible devices, in order of most like to be what the user has: Revise sections that talk about CF to include SSD and DOM.

 

[gpsguy]

Yeah, I noticed the change yesterday.

For others reading the thread, the new recommended minimum size for the OS device is now 32GB (up from 16GB). The absolute minimum is still 8GB.