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Am Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 09:50:01PM -0600 schrieb Dale: |
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> > My point is: there is no need for a monitor. ;-) |
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> I noticing that now. Once the install is done and you have the IP |
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> address, heck, you don't need a monitor for much of anything it |
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> appears. I even found a console so one can type in things to do. I |
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> wonder, could one install the LVM stuff and use that? That would be |
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> interesting. |
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> I wonder if there is a NAS software that uses LVM instead. Interesting |
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> thought. I just may go bug google on that one. o_O |
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Interestingly, after feeding LVM NAS to my search engine, one of the first |
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results was a Qnap user forum thread which reads that Qnaps use LVM. It |
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makes sense, since they most likely use a “normal” linux software RAID |
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underneath, and LVM is then the best way to dynamically manage the space on |
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top of that. |
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While ZFS has the same pooling feature as LVM, meaning you can bunch several |
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disks together to create a JBOD, it has one big disadvantage over LVM: you |
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can grow a pool, but not shrink it. Actually, while reading up on stuff for |
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this thread, I learned that these days it is actually possible to remove a |
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mirror vdev from a mirror-only pool (a mirror can technically also be a |
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single device). But according to |
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https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/solaris/ZFSWhyNoVdevRemoval |
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it’s not perfect either. |
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Grüße | Greetings | Salut | Qapla’ |
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