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On Sat, Dec 17, 2022, 11:42 AM Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 8:52 AM Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> > On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 8:50 PM Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > I |
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> > > wonder, could one install the LVM stuff and use that? That would be |
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> > > interesting. I wonder if there is a NAS software that uses LVM |
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> > > instead. Interesting thought. I just may go bug google on that one. |
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> o_O |
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> > Maybe I'm missing the point but why would you want LVM on a |
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> > storage pool? If I'm doing backups I just want space. I let TrueNas |
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> > put it on disk and give it back if asked. Why put another layer |
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> > of indirection? |
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> > If you're intending to use it as simple NAS - i.e. - the only copy |
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> > of some data on your network - then possibly LVM might |
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> > be interesting, but then you need a second TrueNAS box |
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> > to back that up. NAS as a mountable data location is |
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> > different than NAS doing backups which is what I thought |
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> > this thread was about. What am I not remembering? |
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> > - Mark |
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> > It's more about me being more used to using LVM. Also, more used to |
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> Linux as well. BSD is not something I have much experience with and until |
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> recently, none with ZFS. Even the little experience I have with BSD was |
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> well over a decade ago, maybe two decades ago. I barely remember it really. |
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> > By replacing ZFS with LVM, I'm working with something I'm familiar with |
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> and less likely to mess up things. Things get messed up enough without |
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> adding more confusion. ;-) |
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> > Dale |
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> > :-) :-) |
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> Hummm...I don't know Dale, I don't know... ZFS is a file system. |
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> LVM is an abstraction on top (or underneath?) of a file system. |
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> My understanding of LVM is that it frees you from hard decisions |
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> on partition sizes, not that it replaces ZFS or ext3/4/5. |
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> That is true. Thing is, I've learned how to manage LVM even with |
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> encrypted data. I've also learned how to expand storage without losing |
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> data or getting confused about what I'm doing. To me, using LVM is pretty |
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> easy given the notes I have for the tasks I do most often. |
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> You may or may not know this but TrueNAS is available as a |
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> Linux version: |
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> https://www.truenas.com/blog/first-release-of-truenas-on-linux/ |
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> I don't recommend it. It's new. Let someone else figure it out. However |
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> it might be more to your liking, and because it's Linux you'd be more |
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> comfortable messing it up. ;0- |
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> WRT you I recommend that you try living in NGL for a while. Possibly |
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> you are just a bit too indoctrinated in the religion of building packages |
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> 30-50 times a year believing (without hard data) that it provides value. |
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> Instead you might just consider relaxing and letting the system |
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> take care of itself. In the last year I've only updated my TrueNAS box |
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> twice that I can remember. |
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> On the other hand if system tweaking is what brings you joy then |
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> Que Sera Sera ..... |
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> Good luck, |
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> Mark |
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> It's not that I want to compile things, it's that I want to use things I'm |
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> already really familiar with. If I bought a Raspberry Pi and built a NAS |
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> with it, I don't care if I compile the software on it or not as long as it |
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> has the software I need or I can install what I need. From what I've read, |
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> compiling on a Raspberry isn't much fun. It's very time consuming. Having |
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> a OS, binary one at that, that is Linux based is a big plus. I can run |
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> LVM, cryptsetup and such in likely every Linux distro out there and get the |
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> same result as on my Gentoo box. Switching to BSD, using ZFS, means I have |
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> to learn a whole new set of tools and methods. I had enough fun learning |
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> LVM and I don't think LVM is going to die anytime soon. It should be |
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> around for the foreseeable future. As it is, even now, I still don't get |
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> how ZFS works. I just followed a guide to get it working, sort of. It's |
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> still not encrypted. Figuring that out is next. That should be fun. |
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> My network card is out for delivery. A few days late but better than |
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> never I guess. I'll see if the drivers needed for it are available as |
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> modules or not. I suspect they are tho based on info in this thread. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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