Installing TrueNAS Save Data On Linux ext4 HD

[Michale32086]

I have a small square HTPC running KODI on LibreElec Linux...

This is connected via Ethernet to another LibreElec KODI PC that acts as storage for a 4TB SATA Drive...

I currently have approx 1700 Movies and 7100 TV shows... As ya can imagine, listing the movie directory takes a bit o' time... The TV Directory is a bit faster but there is still a noticeable delay....

I was wondering if I could decrease the response time significantly by making the LE PC into a NAS PC running TrueNAS Core...

Would the effort/benefit ratio be worth it???

Another big concern is losing any data on the 4TB HD...

Any hints tips or suggestions would be most appreciated..

 

[Samuel Tai]

It's not worth it. When you create a pool, you format the drives to ZFS. It's not possible to run TrueNAS with ext4 pools. You may have better luck with OpenMediaVault.

 

[Michale32086]

Thank you for the reply...

If saving the data from the 4TB is not an issue, would TrueNAS with ZFS be a better option than OpenMediaVault, speed access wise???

Thanx again..

 

[Etorix]

That depends on the hardware…
ZFS, and the underlying BSD in CORE, have more stringent hardware requirements than Linux. ZFS with enough RAM would possibly do a better job of listing the directory, but you may not want to ask how much is "enough".

 

[Michale32086]

The machine I am planning on using it on is a Quad Core x64 with 8GB of RAM...

Not sure if it's ECC or not..

*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)
product: GU342G0ALEPR692C6F
vendor: None
physical id: 0
serial: 00000000
slot: DIMM0
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 800MHz (1.2ns)

Thanx for the reply...

 

[Etorix]

8 GB is not even enough to safely run a recent version of FreeNAS/TrueNAS (16 GB). Better stay with Linux then.