Bermuda_Tetrahedron
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hi
replacing my 2 bay synology with truenas and before i commit i would be interested what others would do in my case.
disclaimer: i have read the hardware recommendations, i basically have no budget and have to work with what i have. so recommending to buy anything is no use here, except the boot drive options. and apologies in advance for things i might ask where RTFM would apply.
hardware i got
fujitsu celsius w510
e3 1230
16gb ecc
6 sata ports
2x8TB
4x4TB (maybe 6x4TB)
1Gbit LAN
for raid levels i will only use mirrors.
the e3 1230 has no iGPU, in an other pc i have a e3 1245 with iGPU, 1230 is 80w tdp and 1245 is 95w tdp, what needs more power 1230+dedicated gpu or 1245? (yes i know depends on the gpu, assume a low tdp one or define the tdp limit)
core or scale
i'm leaning towards core but still a bit unsure, but here is what i know. i don't need docker. VMs would be nice but with the cpu i have and 16gb ram i don't think i will have any VMs running. hardware minimum for core is 16gb ram and scale 8gb but i don't think for my case this is relevant. and as i understand core is truly open source and scale has proprietary parts is this correct ? so yeah i think i lean very strong towards core.
boot drive
if i use a sata ssd i lose a sata port. i could buy a cheap m2 ssd and pcie adapter which would be around 50$. according to the community hardware guide, sata controllers are not recommended. is there anything usable around the same price as m2+pcie adapter ?
the board has only 2 sata3 ports, but with spinning disks and 1Gbit lan this doesn't matter anyways ?!
besides the synology nas, i have a raid1 in my pc (which i will move to truenas when its running), and made backups with acronis true image to an other disk. this should work with a truenas smb share too right? instead of the source being the raid1 i'll go "files and folders" in acronis and chose the truenas smb folder.
my backup disks are connected via a usb "toaster"
or are there better backup options directly in truenas? not cloud based etc, but the same as i used for raid1, for example backup a 4tb raid 1 to a 4tb disk in the toaster.
i have no option for automated backups etc...
maybe if forgot some things
thanks for reading ;P
replacing my 2 bay synology with truenas and before i commit i would be interested what others would do in my case.
disclaimer: i have read the hardware recommendations, i basically have no budget and have to work with what i have. so recommending to buy anything is no use here, except the boot drive options. and apologies in advance for things i might ask where RTFM would apply.
hardware i got
fujitsu celsius w510
e3 1230
16gb ecc
6 sata ports
2x8TB
4x4TB (maybe 6x4TB)
1Gbit LAN
for raid levels i will only use mirrors.
the e3 1230 has no iGPU, in an other pc i have a e3 1245 with iGPU, 1230 is 80w tdp and 1245 is 95w tdp, what needs more power 1230+dedicated gpu or 1245? (yes i know depends on the gpu, assume a low tdp one or define the tdp limit)
core or scale
i'm leaning towards core but still a bit unsure, but here is what i know. i don't need docker. VMs would be nice but with the cpu i have and 16gb ram i don't think i will have any VMs running. hardware minimum for core is 16gb ram and scale 8gb but i don't think for my case this is relevant. and as i understand core is truly open source and scale has proprietary parts is this correct ? so yeah i think i lean very strong towards core.
boot drive
if i use a sata ssd i lose a sata port. i could buy a cheap m2 ssd and pcie adapter which would be around 50$. according to the community hardware guide, sata controllers are not recommended. is there anything usable around the same price as m2+pcie adapter ?
the board has only 2 sata3 ports, but with spinning disks and 1Gbit lan this doesn't matter anyways ?!
besides the synology nas, i have a raid1 in my pc (which i will move to truenas when its running), and made backups with acronis true image to an other disk. this should work with a truenas smb share too right? instead of the source being the raid1 i'll go "files and folders" in acronis and chose the truenas smb folder.
my backup disks are connected via a usb "toaster"
or are there better backup options directly in truenas? not cloud based etc, but the same as i used for raid1, for example backup a 4tb raid 1 to a 4tb disk in the toaster.
i have no option for automated backups etc...
maybe if forgot some things
thanks for reading ;P