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If/when they launch a bigger unit than 8-bay, with ZFS, I’ll probably buy it. I’m already in the ecosystem and love it, and while my homegrown Debian-based NAS
by sgarland 1y ago
If/when they launch a bigger unit than 8-bay, with ZFS, I’ll probably buy it. I’m already in the ecosystem and love it, and while my homegrown Debian-based NAS is rock-solid, I’d totally switch if they had a 3U or 4U high-capacity offering.
I’ve tried TrueNAS many times, and I just don’t like the UI/UX. It tries to ride the line between a walled garden, à la Apple, and “do what you want.” That doesn’t work, IMO. I really don’t like how it tries to do everything - I don’t want hyper-convergence, I want you to do one thing, and do it really, really well.
- stego-tech 1y ago> with ZFS Literally my only hangup. I feel like I’m playing with fire with btrfs on Synology the longer I use it. Having ZFS would put my mind at ease, and I can relegate the Synology to backup duty.
- cyberax 1y agoI'm the opposite, I don't want ZFS with it's homegrown cache (ARC) that is separate from the system. btrfs has been solid, as long as you use it with dm/md raids. I'm also waiting for bcachefs to mature a bit. It's already pretty great, but needs a bit of polish.
- pdimitar 1y agoI've been considering bcachefs multiple times. What's stopping you from using it?
- cyberax 1y agoI'm waiting for erasure coding to mature, and I also want something like TrueNAS to support bcachefs natively. One other thing is support for attributes on single files, to tweak the CoW behavior for VM images.
- sgarland 1y agoWhat do you have against ARC? It’s an extremely proven piece of tech.
- cyberax 1y agoLinux already has a memory cache that is pretty capable and tunable. ARC just ignores it. It's fine if you have a single-purpose NAS, but I prefer to use mine to host other stuff.