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Dale wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> <<< SNIP >>> |
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> Thoughts? Info to share? Ideas on a best path forward? Buy already |
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> built or build? |
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> Thanks. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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I have a couple questions. I currently have the NAS thingy on a older |
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Dell machine. It has a 4 core CPU and 8GBs of ram so it is acceptable, |
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for the time being at least. Bad thing is, only two drive bays. :/ I |
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have a few questions that I can't quite find answers to with google. |
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1: I have the OS on a USB stick. From what I've read, they do fail due |
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to wear at some point. If I reinstall TrueNAS on a new USB stick, will |
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it automatically see the previous pools and such or do I have to set |
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everything up again fresh? In other words, will I lose data? This also |
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includes if it is encrypted. Right now it is not, but I plan to restart |
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and set it up as encrypted shortly. I suspect that it will work like |
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LVM does. I just can't see a OS failure causing a loss of all data. |
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2: Hardware change. The Dell comes with a 100MB network card. I |
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ordered a 1GB card. I plan to put it in when it gets here. Will it see |
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the new card and work automatically or will it take some work to get the |
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network going? On my Gentoo rig, I have to enable drivers in the kernel |
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and recompile. I'm not sure about BSD tho. Since it is sort of a |
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binary thing, does TrueNAS handle hardware changes such as a network |
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card well? |
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I also found out something power wise. The Dell when booted and sitting |
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idle consumes about 120 watts monitor and all. My main rig consumes |
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just under 200 watts. Not to bad but a Raspberry Pi would likely |
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consume 15, 20 watts max according to what I've read. Given the number |
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of hard drives, it could pull 25 or 30 watts max but doubtful it would |
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get that high. I'm looking at 4 bays but also found a 6 bay. I think 6 |
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is overkill tho. |
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Eventually, I plan to build a Raspberry Pi NAS. When I do, I'll post |
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everything major I needed, boards, case etc for everyone to look at. |
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I'll even try to upload some pics, or share as attachments if there is |
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interest. Unless I find one heck of a deal on a used NAS that is. |
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Still may build one even then. ;-) |
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Thanks. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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