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I totally understand if TrueNAS isn't for you. I use a mix of configuring it via the GUI and via the terminal. FWIW, it stores its entire config (everything but

by js2 4y ago

I totally understand if TrueNAS isn't for you. I use a mix of configuring it via the GUI and via the terminal. FWIW, it stores its entire config (everything but ssh keys) in an sqlite DB which you can export/import so despite the GUI, if you really wanted, you could configure it using Ansible or whatever with a bit of hackery. The "Multi-user Time Machine" is doing a bit of heavy-lifting yes. If you're really interested I can pull-out the details of the Samba config and how the ZFS dataset is configured. I do think it's using some TrueNAS specific Samba plugins, but I guess in theory those are open-source and could be compiled for Debian.

sgarland 4y ago
It's a very nice product, and I've installed it before and imported my pool just to try it out. But since I already have monitoring, and my day job is automating all the things, it wasn't a good fit. For people who want an eminently reliable datastore with decent observability, it is perfect. > If you're really interested I can pull-out the details of the Samba config and how the ZFS dataset is configured. I would be thrilled to try implementing that, yes!
- js2 4y ago
  > my day job is automating all the things So is mine. but good golly, who the heck wants to keep doing their day job at home? For my home gear, I try to keep the IT stuff to a minimum. I've been using FreeNAS/TrueNAS for maybe a decade now and it just chugs along, no muss, no fuss. Migration and upgrades have been trivial. But anyway... Here's my samba config: https://gist.github.com/jaysoffian/43636b535ec37fdd31f0514bc51cdc87 https://gist.github.com/jaysoffian/43636b535ec37fdd31f0514bc... The "ixnas:" options require the Samba ixnas VFS. It's here, but I actually don't see these options in it: https://github.com/truenas/samba/blob/release/22.02.3/source3/modules/vfs_ixnas.c https://github.com/truenas/samba/blob/release/22.02.3/source... Here's a discussion of what they do though it's pretty obvious from their names: https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/configuration-options-for-ixnas.75835/ https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/configuration-opti... The fruit VFS is part of the normal Samba distribution. Here's the dataset properties: https://gist.github.com/jaysoffian/2d2ac21d60bc40194e01f362cc75bcbe https://gist.github.com/jaysoffian/2d2ac21d60bc40194e01f362c... Good luck.

by js2 4y ago

sgarland 4y ago

It's a very nice product, and I've installed it before and imported my pool just to try it out. But since I already have monitoring, and my day job is automating all the things, it wasn't a good fit. For people who want an eminently reliable datastore with decent observability, it is perfect. > If you're really interested I can pull-out the details of the Samba config and how the ZFS dataset is configured. I would be thrilled to try implementing that, yes!

js2 4y ago
> my day job is automating all the things So is mine. but good golly, who the heck wants to keep doing their day job at home? For my home gear, I try to keep the IT stuff to a minimum. I've been using FreeNAS/TrueNAS for maybe a decade now and it just chugs along, no muss, no fuss. Migration and upgrades have been trivial. But anyway... Here's my samba config: https://gist.github.com/jaysoffian/43636b535ec37fdd31f0514bc51cdc87 https://gist.github.com/jaysoffian/43636b535ec37fdd31f0514bc... The "ixnas:" options require the Samba ixnas VFS. It's here, but I actually don't see these options in it: https://github.com/truenas/samba/blob/release/22.02.3/source3/modules/vfs_ixnas.c https://github.com/truenas/samba/blob/release/22.02.3/source... Here's a discussion of what they do though it's pretty obvious from their names: https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/configuration-options-for-ixnas.75835/ https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/configuration-opti... The fruit VFS is part of the normal Samba distribution. Here's the dataset properties: https://gist.github.com/jaysoffian/2d2ac21d60bc40194e01f362cc75bcbe https://gist.github.com/jaysoffian/2d2ac21d60bc40194e01f362c... Good luck.