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Re: FreeNAS
#2quotes From the "Hardware Requirements" page on that linked FreeNAS site:
• "64-bit hardware is required for current FreeNAS releases. Intel processors are strongly recommended."
• "8 GB of RAM is the absolute minimum requirement. 1 GB per terabyte of storage is a standard starting point for calculating additional RAM needs, although actual needs vary. ECC RAM is strongly recommended."
The example configuration for a "Home Media Server or Small Office File Share" even suggests "16 GB RAM".
I've heard that ZFS is quite RAM hungry, but c'mon, 16GB for a home media server?
Re: FreeNAS
#3I ran FreeNAS for a while. After spending a fair bit time learning about it and asking questions, it was explained to me that ZFS required a lot of regular maintenance, care and feeding.
It was about this time that I decided to move over to a more consumer solution and bought a Synology. I liked the ideal of open source, self managed systems, but I got tired of being my own network admin, and IT.
Re: FreeNAS
#4quotes From the "Hardware Requirements" page on that linked FreeNAS site: • "64-bit hardware is required for current FreeNAS releases. Intel processors are strongly recommended." • "8 GB of RAM is the absolute minimum requirement. 1 GB per terabyte of storage is a standard starting point for calculating additional RAM needs, although actual needs vary. ECC RAM is strongly recommended." The example configuration for a…
Yeah 8GB seems excessive. My Synology has 2GB of RAM and does just fine. I run multiple docker containers on it aswell.
Re: FreeNAS
#5quotes From the "Hardware Requirements" page on that linked FreeNAS site: • "64-bit hardware is required for current FreeNAS releases. Intel processors are strongly recommended." • "8 GB of RAM is the absolute minimum requirement. 1 GB per terabyte of storage is a standard starting point for calculating additional RAM needs, although actual needs vary. ECC RAM is strongly recommended." The example configuration for a…
With drive capacities topping 10TB and dedup being what it is, it's not too far of a stretch?
Re: FreeNAS
#6Why is this a news story?
Re: FreeNAS
#7quotes From the "Hardware Requirements" page on that linked FreeNAS site: • "64-bit hardware is required for current FreeNAS releases. Intel processors are strongly recommended." • "8 GB of RAM is the absolute minimum requirement. 1 GB per terabyte of storage is a standard starting point for calculating additional RAM needs, although actual needs vary. ECC RAM is strongly recommended." The example configuration for a…
Yeah 8GB seems excessive. My Synology has 2GB of RAM and does just fine. I run multiple docker containers on it aswell.
That’s likely because Synology doesn’t offer ZFS or anything near the same capabilities.
Re: FreeNAS
#8I ran FreeNAS for a while. After spending a fair bit time learning about it and asking questions, it was explained to me that ZFS required a lot of regular maintenance, care and feeding. It was about this time that I decided to move over to a more consumer solution and bought a Synology. I liked the ideal of open source, self managed systems, but I got tired of being my own network admin, and IT.
I'm very happy with Synology aswell. If you still want to use your own hardware there is stuff like this https://xpenology.org/
I have rarely seen such a feature rich software. And all of it works pretty solid aswell.
Re: FreeNAS
#9For those looking for a linux based NAS distribution, you should also take a look at openmediavault here https://www.openmediavault.org/
It has been running on my home server for 5+ years now and it's a delight. It also supports ZFS through a plugin.
Re: FreeNAS
#10Why is this a news story?
certainly because of recent Linus comments on ZFS