From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 90C8B158020 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 21:28:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7B086E086D; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 21:28:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lf1-x12d.google.com (mail-lf1-x12d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::12d]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B336E0839 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 21:28:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lf1-x12d.google.com with SMTP id c1so12420568lfi.7 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 13:28:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=bHq3J7SBDaWPh1iOsHgzLNjDWqN4qDaGkid4LwbW7HE=; b=aEwzhTIAYTAD/w5FoAExHI3fSnGZR4PKNcOBRWOKTy879SNcwBEpJmSgC5KPpfIwqC AmTEDQ19UpMdksKRjOQRlWf3mOP9idD1Sp9l6wN5BDsG7Fy0zeTX2y+ZEyRSrWlA5I2Z 6Miuo0ei6kFKct3Vyg8haSyCAumJ1OV1I5Ijn/HcGEl1MpJ3wFb5HGpRtdhuQs4VB1r1 Cu74fYLqusQ2olj2uvwyg6YMYCrIfwNv/xRTdQIv0tb7eFz0y13YCMRLExcZTeO8cSV4 x/hVH/XMSgsl1dZ/ERNc0KwVHyvV7OQi9LK5qe92VZcTzOzsTgykKBPyVq5H8ZAhWwhp oPCA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=bHq3J7SBDaWPh1iOsHgzLNjDWqN4qDaGkid4LwbW7HE=; b=nH2WFeA8GRo+cKNBZgclhv+W6+vFizp6WwuVWPzoSFbBwhywicMLI/P4oyzUzrbYII 94Rvctqmu8CyRrfsPvoLVMzH87y8ZgZGiTc9FRhzxnyAhlxvB71i2p5Vial3TeW4TEzF c7kvWqwIzGmzyhUlQyHgJ9Rhrv+3+Z+WXwKLigsaE279bOD33wHzXBNqCmPZMTLDm+1+ H3tGO08z+wdsq4h0i9neDK7knJbBiyY2KVMN1r0uZHFXtJvCZXgnjFyXrG1FC1VfjyoT +Bfl4f6ksKMenBIfUkQC2eKmo7gCuy/lOAsneo7rf7OHRCOwSgJaxHUtEX1pDe+pfEfI bPqQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pmxbt25BMhCRl8kCsIIU8v8Grgzik6b0CEhNY0Q3JRkfOvnONSW PraFIzK6IBYGXDMQ4uqv4tpv29TOeYLsyqNavDwugpUIKO8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf7KRiFvD+1PeQs1ALDLFBHgTkG9STNrFjuaYxdhTqH6MweCeDTAKx4B1ugGJc9M0XVXmfdAp58bO2usl+KnljU= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:ac7:b0:4b5:575a:703b with SMTP id n7-20020a0565120ac700b004b5575a703bmr9652317lfu.151.1670707704183; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 13:28:24 -0800 (PST) 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 References: <9407e524-2226-6ba9-dd7f-bac635d083e3@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Mark Knecht Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 14:28:12 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000003b453605ef7ff3ee" X-Archives-Salt: b851da4a-d7ee-420c-80f9-09fc0da908f9 X-Archives-Hash: 15f330220f1aee70875d486dc8e25497 --0000000000003b453605ef7ff3ee Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 1:42 PM Dale wrote: > It does appear that several people are making it so NAS boxes can be > easily built by us nerdy types and not be huge. Things are a bit > interesting right now for hardware and such. Some parts are expensive, > hard to find or just plain unavailable. Still, I suspect that this will > get better later on. The good thing, people are working on this. There > is interest in having a option. > I know I've said this before but yes, people are working on it and it is buildable by people like us. https://www.truenas.com/truenas-core/ Any old x64 PC and a few disks will get you up and running. It's open source as much as BSD is open source. It's not Linux so there was a little learning to do but it wasn't bad. Mine has a small SSD as the boot drive and then RAID1 pairs running OpenZFS for storage. It's inexpensive if you have an old computer to build on. Good luck, Mark --0000000000003b453605ef7ff3ee Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 1:42 PM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
<= ;SNIP>
> It does appear that several people are making it so NAS b= oxes can be
> easily built by us nerdy types and not be huge.=C2=A0 T= hings are a bit
> interesting right now for hardware and such.=C2=A0 = Some parts are expensive,
> hard to find or just plain unavailable.= =C2=A0 Still, I suspect that this will
> get better later on.=C2=A0 T= he good thing, people are working on this. There
> is interest in hav= ing a option.
>

I know I've said this before but yes= , people are working on it and it
is buildable by people like us.=


Any= old x64 PC and a few disks will get you up and running. It's=C2=A0
open source as much as BSD is open source. It's not Linux
<= div>so there was a little learning to do but it wasn't bad.
<= br>
Mine has a small SSD as the boot drive and then RAID1 pairs
running OpenZFS for storage. It's inexpensive if you have an= =C2=A0
old computer to build on.

Good lu= ck,
Mark
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