Going to look for truenas core hardware. Does someone know a good guide or a working setup ?
At least 100 tb all flash
At least 40gb nic
Intended use is sharing of data to clients on the network cifs/nfs/iscsi...maybe hosting vm storage to a hypervisor.
No HA

I run huo-ju's excellent port of @photoprism on FreeBSD to manage my family's complete library of pictures (~25K):
https://github.com/huo-ju/photoprism-freebsd-port

But performance on some DB operations was lacking: simply adding photos to albums took ~5-10s to complete. So I decided to take a look at what I could do.

Turns out all I needed was to migrate the DB from SQLite to MariaDB.

And I documented my process on a blog post:
https://tinsuke.wordpress.com/2024/05/29/how-to-migrate-photoprism-db-from-sqlite-to-mariadb-on-freebsd/

Paperless-ngx was ported to FreeBSD!
It is not available for FreeBSD 13.
Well, the port is there... could we package/install it ourselves?

To whoever else is stuck on FreeBSD 13 (in my case, courtesy of iXsystems' TrueNAS Core), a guide for you to enjoy this fully-featured, open-source and actively maintained Document Management System:
https://tinsuke.wordpress.com/2024/04/20/how-to-install-py-paperless-ngx-on-freebsd-13/

#iXsystems: No one is being 'marooned' by #Debian focus
From now on iXsystems will develop #TrueNASSCALE faster than #TrueNASCORE (#FreeBSD), with #TrueNAS CORE becoming more of a maintenance product. SCALE is based on Debian #Linux, termed a #scaleout product, and supports #Docker Containers, #Kubernetes, #KVM, #Gluster, and a wider range of hardware than CORE.
https://blocksandfiles.com/2024/04/08/ixsystems-no-one-is-getting-marooned/

Long time #FreeNAS/TrueNAS Core user, my next build will be SCALE for sure

#homelab #trueNAS #trueNAScore #jellyfin

Last weekend I set up the datasets, the jail, the NFS sharing etc. etc. etc. and finally got jellyfin running Not particularly difficult but it takes some time to get familiar with everything when setting things up for the first time.

I'm absolutely mind blown by how snappy all the jellyfin apps are that I tried (fireTV, Android and regular web browser).

Also tried it, using wireguard, while sitting at the beergarden. Smooth af!

hail to jellyfin

I was Today years old when I learned that #TrueNAS from #iXSystems has split the ecosystem into two versions, #TruenasCORE and #TruenasSCALE, and that many features of CORE are being deprecated in favor of SCALE. Ok, fine, after 13 years, I'm used to them changing things without notice.

But the thing is, SCALE is based on Debian Linux instead of FreeBSD (which it's been since day 1). Eh, what? When'd they find a new religion? That's a major rework of my environment. Decisions.

What are people's experiences using #TrueNASCore with #Jellyfin for a media server? Any alternative recommendations? #TrueNAS

I want to buy a pre-built and tested PC for running #TrueNAS (specifically #TrueNAScore) with sufficient CPU and memory to do several TB of #ZFS well, with an internal SSD for the OS, an internal SSD or similar for cache, at least 10 front-facing hot-swappable SATA bays, a whatever-the-hell-it-is port so I can add an external box with more drives in the future, from a UK seller. Can any of you recommend anyone?

When you've spent months banging your head on the wall about VMs locking up only to find that it's a bug in the hypervisor. #TrueNAS #TrueNASCore #bhyve #FreeBSD https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39620

I plan to switch from #TrueNASCore to #unraid . First I thought about using #TrueNASSCALE since it's Linux based and I can run docker with it,... But since I use my #Nas/server for private use I would like to spin down my HDDs from time to time, and that isnt straight forward with #zfs. Any thought?

I wrote a thing about backing up a server virtualization grid to the cloud (Linode S3 in my case) using the built-in capabilities of TrueNas
https://blog.infose.cc/2022/12/safely-store-your-backups-on-someone.html
#proxmox #TrueNASCore #truenas

The resilvering finished yesterday and I moved everything from the 8TB drives onto the new array. Now wiping all of the remaining old 8TB drives with random data before selling them off. Also running #badblocks on an older 4TB drive (ALWAYS treat old drives as sus) and one of the 10TB ones since it encountered an error during the normal random data wipe.

So far Seagate Exos is proving to be very fast. They have a good rep, so hoping they all hold up well over time. Since most of the load is #Plex, it shouldn't be too punishing. #storage #homelab #zfs #TrueNAS #TrueNASCore

It's #storage upgrade time! I found a really good deal on some Seagate Exos 18TB drives that'll consolidate two arrays into one, thus saving a lot of heat and noise. Bonus, I can sell the old drives for about what I'm paying for the new ones! I'm sad to move from #SAS to #SATA, but at this price I won't much complain. #homelab #TrueNAS #TrueNASCore