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> If anyone has any suggestions (not QNAP or Synology) for something that can do a good job of ZFS and 2-6 VMs, I'd love to hear them. I'm using FreeBSD and it
by voytec 3y ago
> If anyone has any suggestions (not QNAP or Synology) for something that can do a good job of ZFS and 2-6 VMs, I'd love to hear them.
I'm using FreeBSD and its native hypervisor called bhyve. It's due to overall OS preference, not features Linux lacks regarding ZFS.
- lazide 3y agoDon’t use QNAP. It’s super buggy and you can’t trust it. I’ve had a ton of near misses with every piece of QNAP hardware and software I’ve used, and the only reason I haven’t lost data is due to sheer paranoia. Synnology is much better put together, but also tends to be a lot more conservative software stack wise. I’ve had no ‘wtf’ moments with Synnology equipment, unlike QNAP - but I have had a few sigh, that’s lame moments due to older/less efficient software approaches or the like. Anything custom, you’ll have to spend your time figuring everything out, which has pros and cons. Personally I’ve had zero issues with a multi-pool NAS that has 20 (spinning rust) + 6 SSDs totaling around 150TB on Ubuntu with some pretty standard intel server hardware. Been running that for 2 years, zero data loss, currently about 80% full. I’ve also learned a ton about ZFS and done some odd things for my own amusement. I wouldn’t recommend it if you want low maintenance though.