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And more importantly needs to interface properly to the nas os...or it's just going to delay shutting off without a warning.A UPS for a nas doesn’t need to be huge, unless the nas is huge. It needs to keep the device running for 5-8 minutes to allow the device to shut down.
Good point depending on if the ssd has nv flash and/or a capacitor.If the Nas has any form of SSD cache, there is a large risk of problems if you randomly shut down the device rather than have a graceful shutdown.
True, but if it was necessary to keep the unit from failing, then the manufacturer would require it. While not optimal, I'm sure there are mechanisms for recovery from power failure, although like you said some ssd cache data could be lost.Even if so, it’s the safe option
Is everything connected wired? Should be hitting 100MB/s on larger files.Hey all, I got everything setup. I have my Nas connected through Ethernet to my cable modem. I'm trying to drag and drop folders through a folder I created on File Station (51.GB), but it hangs a bit at first and progress is crazy slow thereafter, so I cancelled the operation. Dragging and dropping a small pdf is instant. Is this to be expected?
Thanks!
Ehhh TrueNas scale is wayyy more flexible. I rather have AIO vs separate Nas and VM server. Just my to cents. OP does seem more suitable for prebuilt system'sI’ll just add one more thing: a nas can do many things, but ideally you shouldn’t make it do many things.
It is for storage and management of storage, first and foremost. Adding things like VMs and other random software is possible, but each thing you add to it means more load, more load means that it may not have as much power (when it needs it) to do the storage thing it is designed for.
That doesn’t mean you can’t add plex, or file sharing or stuff, just you shouldn’t think of it like a server(beyond a file server) or computer.
It's all about the hardware. If you put truenas on a box that's just nas only, it would be hard for it to do VMs. Put truenas on a rack mount server and you can go to town...Ehhh TrueNas scale is wayyy more flexible. I rather have AIO vs separate Nas and VM server. Just my to cents. OP does seem more suitable for prebuilt system's
Disagree. Today's desktop hardware is more than capable of doing both. With dense core counts and with desktop mobo handling 64 to 128gb of ram offers plenty for the typical home userIt's all about the hardware. If you put truenas on a box that's just nas only, it would be hard for it to do VMs. Put truenas on a rack mount server and you can go to town...
Oh any real computer will definitely be able to handle more than just nas duties, but it's the smaller side of embedded cpus and nas 'devices' that have limits.Disagree. Today's desktop hardware is more than capable of doing both. With dense core counts and with desktop mobo handling 64 to 128gb of ram offers plenty for the typical home user
This I agree with. I am purely talking about building your own custom NAS vs an off the self with very low powered CPU'sOh any real computer will definitely be able to handle more than just nas duties, but it's the smaller side of embedded cpus and nas 'devices' that have limits.
Yep, and this is why 'rolling your own' has significant advantages if you're going to be using VMs since you can do it all on one properly equipped box. Of course, then you get into the 'single point of failure' issue that caused NAS units (applicances) to exist in the first place.This I agree with. I am purely talking about building your own custom NAS vs an off the self with very low powered CPU's
Interesting although I found the cpu requirement a bit weird, unless it's talking about cores:Not really super relevant to most people but I found out that Quantum has a free 5TB version of their deduplication appliance which you can use with veeam, etc. Not used it myself but think I might give it a whirl, says the license allows production use too which is pretty neat. If you need lots of versioning these types of things are usually really good.
https://www.quantum.com/en/products/backup-appliances/dxi-trial/
Based on memory reqs its 2 cores IE Virtual core.Interesting although I found the cpu requirement a bit weird, unless it's talking about cores:
DXi V5000 Community Edition System Requirements
- Hypervisor: VMware, KVM, or Hyper-V
- 100 GB boot disk
- 100 GB – 5 TB disk for storage (depending upon what capacity you want – upgradable whenever you decide)
- Memory 4 GB
- 2 64-bit CPUs
- 1 network port
That was my thinking as well, but strange that they put it as 2 cpus since nearly everything is multicore these days.Based on memory reqs its 2 cores IE Virtual core.