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Can this work with freenas/nas4free and ZFS?

• 3np 6y ago
  Absolutely. Depending if 4GB RAM is sufficient for you (ZFS can get really memory hungry depending on configuration).
  • jankeymeulen 6y ago
    FreeNAS not so much, needs x86, this board is ARM...
    • 3np 6y ago
      Should have specified I was referring to xigmanas (former nas4free). The specs, specifically the RAM, might not be enough to make a it a good idea, though. I might be wrong, but I don't see why one wouldn't be able to build freenas for arm (all the included software should be arm64-compatible), it's just that so far no one took the time to do so and share it.
• danw1979 6y ago
  I think the more important question is "what kind of reception will I get from the FreeNAS forums if I turn up trying to run it on this ARM SBC with 4GB of non-ECC RAM?". If you've ever lurked there, you'll probably know the answer already.
• wil421 6y ago
  Will you get a benefit from doing ZFS mirror on 2 drives? Raidz2 or RaidZ3 is much more preferable for ZFS.
  • justinsaccount 6y ago
    there are benefits to running ZFS on even a single drive, so yes.