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Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.14 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9407e524-2226-6ba9-dd7f-bac635d083e3@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: c910b88a-29bc-423a-9ee7-4298330d1831 X-Archives-Hash: 567f92b33d2e515d28df62d436b4b7d2 Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > <<< SNIP >>> > > Thoughts?  Info to share?  Ideas on a best path forward?  Buy already > built or build? > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-)  :-)  > I have a couple questions.  I currently have the NAS thingy on a older Dell machine.  It has a 4 core CPU and 8GBs of ram so it is acceptable, for the time being at least.  Bad thing is, only two drive bays.  :/  I have a few questions that I can't quite find answers to with google.  1:  I have the OS on a USB stick.  From what I've read, they do fail due to wear at some point.  If I reinstall TrueNAS on a new USB stick, will it automatically see the previous pools and such or do I have to set everything up again fresh?  In other words, will I lose data?  This also includes if it is encrypted.  Right now it is not, but I plan to restart and set it up as encrypted shortly.  I suspect that it will work like LVM does.  I just can't see a OS failure causing a loss of all data.  2:  Hardware change.  The Dell comes with a 100MB network card.  I ordered a 1GB card.  I plan to put it in when it gets here.  Will it see the new card and work automatically or will it take some work to get the network going?  On my Gentoo rig, I have to enable drivers in the kernel and recompile.  I'm not sure about BSD tho.  Since it is sort of a binary thing, does TrueNAS handle hardware changes such as a network card well?  I also found out something power wise.  The Dell when booted and sitting idle consumes about 120 watts monitor and all.  My main rig consumes just under 200 watts.  Not to bad but a Raspberry Pi would likely consume 15, 20 watts max according to what I've read.  Given the number of hard drives, it could pull 25 or 30 watts max but doubtful it would get that high.  I'm looking at 4 bays but also found a 6 bay.  I think 6 is overkill tho.  Eventually, I plan to build a Raspberry Pi NAS.  When I do, I'll post everything major I needed, boards, case etc for everyone to look at.  I'll even try to upload some pics, or share as attachments if there is interest.  Unless I find one heck of a deal on a used NAS that is.  Still may build one even then.  ;-) Thanks. Dale :-)  :-)