Hi,
I am pretty new to this whole truenas thing.
I have 2 ideas about installing truenas scale but I would like to know what would be the best choice. I have no option of buying new storage at the moment.
Idea 1
I have been looking on how to install truenas scale on 2x equaly samsung 1TB drives that I have laying arround.
I have these 2x Samsung 980 PRO 1TB M.2 SSD
One will work with 4.0 and one will work with 3.0 not realy sure about the 3.0 part but both will be placed in a nmve slot.
I would like to partition the 2 drives with equal size for a mirrored boot of truenas but also the remaining storage to be part of a pool.
Is this possible?
Idea 2
I also have a 120 GB ssd. To install truenas scale on. Can I partion one of the nmve drives to 120GB to be the mirror?
Idea 3
Is there a better idea to do this. Buying new storage is no option.
I also have a qnap running at the moment. with 2x 2TB drives WD red mirrored.
The Qnap is kinda old already so it will be replaced with the truenas.
One of the drives in the qnap is having bad sectors. So I wish to transfer everything to the new truenas with the 6 TB seagate drive ironwolf that I bought.
Create a pool with that 6TB drive and later add the 2 drives again and create a raid z. Is this possible?
I read that the ZFS can work arround bad sectors. While the qnap is alarming and makes me nervous. It is al still working and fine the other drive has no issues at all.
There are not many bad sectors on the 2TB drive so I thought to reuse it in a pool.
So the 6TB and 2x 2TB together in a pool with the remaining storage from the nvme samsung drives.
I also can use this 120 GB ssd drive that could be used as a L2ARC device. Not sure about that. There is so much to read :)
Please advise me on what to do.
Is the mirrored install of truenas necessary?
Is truenas scale the better option instead of core?
I am pretty new to this whole truenas thing.
I have 2 ideas about installing truenas scale but I would like to know what would be the best choice. I have no option of buying new storage at the moment.
Idea 1
I have been looking on how to install truenas scale on 2x equaly samsung 1TB drives that I have laying arround.
I have these 2x Samsung 980 PRO 1TB M.2 SSD
One will work with 4.0 and one will work with 3.0 not realy sure about the 3.0 part but both will be placed in a nmve slot.
I would like to partition the 2 drives with equal size for a mirrored boot of truenas but also the remaining storage to be part of a pool.
Is this possible?
Idea 2
I also have a 120 GB ssd. To install truenas scale on. Can I partion one of the nmve drives to 120GB to be the mirror?
Idea 3
Is there a better idea to do this. Buying new storage is no option.
I also have a qnap running at the moment. with 2x 2TB drives WD red mirrored.
The Qnap is kinda old already so it will be replaced with the truenas.
One of the drives in the qnap is having bad sectors. So I wish to transfer everything to the new truenas with the 6 TB seagate drive ironwolf that I bought.
Create a pool with that 6TB drive and later add the 2 drives again and create a raid z. Is this possible?
I read that the ZFS can work arround bad sectors. While the qnap is alarming and makes me nervous. It is al still working and fine the other drive has no issues at all.
There are not many bad sectors on the 2TB drive so I thought to reuse it in a pool.
So the 6TB and 2x 2TB together in a pool with the remaining storage from the nvme samsung drives.
I also can use this 120 GB ssd drive that could be used as a L2ARC device. Not sure about that. There is so much to read :)
Please advise me on what to do.
Is the mirrored install of truenas necessary?
Is truenas scale the better option instead of core?