FlangeMonkey
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Hi Guys,
A buddy of mine pointed this out in the release notes for 11.2 U4:
[NAS-101056] – Clarify that USB is not recommended as the operating system device in Guide
First off, when did FreeNAS stop loading the OS into memory and started using Operating System devices? I must have missed this, apparently, it's been years and I haven't been in a position, in all that time, to spot this change. Or I've been blind to it!
Secondly, why are SSD's now recommended? As far as I know, the OS device isn't persistent or doesn't require a lot of reads/writes, especially quick reads/writes and no scratch is needed on this device. I can understand reliability, but that can and often is mitigated.
Thanks,
A buddy of mine pointed this out in the release notes for 11.2 U4:
[NAS-101056] – Clarify that USB is not recommended as the operating system device in Guide
First off, when did FreeNAS stop loading the OS into memory and started using Operating System devices? I must have missed this, apparently, it's been years and I haven't been in a position, in all that time, to spot this change. Or I've been blind to it!
Secondly, why are SSD's now recommended? As far as I know, the OS device isn't persistent or doesn't require a lot of reads/writes, especially quick reads/writes and no scratch is needed on this device. I can understand reliability, but that can and often is mitigated.
Thanks,