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> How cool would it be if we had a great GUI for ZFS (snapshots, volume management, etc.). I could buy a new external disk, add it to a pool, have seamless stor

> How cool would it be if we had a great GUI for ZFS (snapshots, volume management, etc.). I could buy a new external disk, add it to a pool, have seamless storage expansion. See QNAP HERO 5: https://www.qnap.com/static/landing/2021/quts-hero-5.0/en/index.html https://www.qnap.com/static/landing/2021/quts-hero-5.0/en/in... NAS Options: https://www.qnap.com/en-us/product/?conditions=4-3 https://www.qnap.com/en-us/product/?conditions=4-3 // This was about MacOS, and yes, that would be cool. But QNAP is remarkably MacOS-friendly, including Thunderbolt and Time Machine support.

jedberg 3y ago
As far as I can tell I can't use that as my root filesystem, right?
ksec 3y ago
If you follow Qnap you may be aware of their security nightmare in recent years. And HERO OS is only available on the Enterprise range of NAS, not even Prosumer class NAS.
- gliaskos 3y ago
  Something like TVS-h474 seems quite nice for a wide range of uses. I have TVS-h1288X and I am really happy with it, maybe it's a bit overkill for most. That said, I could not use zfs send from my prev fbsd server, there are some compat checks in QNAP's version. Used nfs to migrate from my decade++ old pool. Using Tailscale for access, they have QNAP builds on GH.
  - rincebrain 3y ago
    QNAP forked from OpenZFS a long time ago, before the ZoL project was renamed the canonical OpenZFS project IIRC, and has been reimplementing whatever they wanted for some time. So it's not just a check for check's sake, I would suspect in practice their send/recv is just completely incompatible at this point.
rincebrain 3y ago
Worth noting QNAP's pools are 500% not ever going to be importable on stock OpenZFS. If you're happily using their devices, this may not matter to you, but since the post is about OpenZFS...

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> How cool would it be if we had a great GUI for ZFS (snapshots, volume management, etc.). I could buy a new external disk, add it to a pool, have seamless stor

by Terretta 3y ago

jedberg 3y ago
As far as I can tell I can't use that as my root filesystem, right?
ksec 3y ago
If you follow Qnap you may be aware of their security nightmare in recent years. And HERO OS is only available on the Enterprise range of NAS, not even Prosumer class NAS.
- gliaskos 3y ago
  Something like TVS-h474 seems quite nice for a wide range of uses. I have TVS-h1288X and I am really happy with it, maybe it's a bit overkill for most. That said, I could not use zfs send from my prev fbsd server, there are some compat checks in QNAP's version. Used nfs to migrate from my decade++ old pool. Using Tailscale for access, they have QNAP builds on GH.
  - rincebrain 3y ago
    QNAP forked from OpenZFS a long time ago, before the ZoL project was renamed the canonical OpenZFS project IIRC, and has been reimplementing whatever they wanted for some time. So it's not just a check for check's sake, I would suspect in practice their send/recv is just completely incompatible at this point.
rincebrain 3y ago
Worth noting QNAP's pools are 500% not ever going to be importable on stock OpenZFS. If you're happily using their devices, this may not matter to you, but since the post is about OpenZFS...