Phil.61885
Cadet
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2023
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- 5
Hi Folks, nice to meet you all!
I recently (Feb 2023) bought a Terramaster F5-221, new WD drives and copied over all of my many years of data, media, VMs, etc.
However, TOS 5.xx doesn't appear ready for primetime (cough, cough). After consolidating my old DLink DNS-323 drives, I found an alternative operating system for them, Alt-F.
This got me thinking, so I tried searching for alternative software for the F5-221 and discovered TrueNAS. After first trying it out on some old hardware I decided I liked it and long story short, I now have THREE TrueNAS SCALE servers!
I have just one thing needed to fix on my two F5-221s, and that is to replace the Sandisk Ultra Fit USB boot drive with an WD SSD using a usb to Sata adaptor. My only issue is that the space between the motherboard and the HDD metalwork is very tight and a right-angled usb adaptor will be required. Once I manage to get this, I can just about fit the internals of the SSD into the case of the Terramaster.
Next project is to get my three servers setup, so that my main server (#1) is automatically synchronized/backed up to my Plex media server (#2) and my Data backup (#3). After that, my hardware identical spare PC #2 will become my TrueNAS #4, so I can play around with all the other goodies that TrueNAS offers.
I recently (Feb 2023) bought a Terramaster F5-221, new WD drives and copied over all of my many years of data, media, VMs, etc.
However, TOS 5.xx doesn't appear ready for primetime (cough, cough). After consolidating my old DLink DNS-323 drives, I found an alternative operating system for them, Alt-F.
This got me thinking, so I tried searching for alternative software for the F5-221 and discovered TrueNAS. After first trying it out on some old hardware I decided I liked it and long story short, I now have THREE TrueNAS SCALE servers!
I have just one thing needed to fix on my two F5-221s, and that is to replace the Sandisk Ultra Fit USB boot drive with an WD SSD using a usb to Sata adaptor. My only issue is that the space between the motherboard and the HDD metalwork is very tight and a right-angled usb adaptor will be required. Once I manage to get this, I can just about fit the internals of the SSD into the case of the Terramaster.
Next project is to get my three servers setup, so that my main server (#1) is automatically synchronized/backed up to my Plex media server (#2) and my Data backup (#3). After that, my hardware identical spare PC #2 will become my TrueNAS #4, so I can play around with all the other goodies that TrueNAS offers.