I am looking for a simple self-host, without much maintenance.
It would need to host a local network share in RAID1 or similar
A Windows VM for test purposes
A Wireguard docker container.
I have played with TrueNAS and Unraid, but all seems... off. Would XCP-ng hypervisior with 2 VMs make sense? A Windows for testing, and then a VM for hosting share and docker (could be TrueNAS)?
Hmm, I was using the TrueNAS interface through a browser and it became unresponsive... seems to have rebooted itself. Weird. Does not instill confidence. (Could be hardware of course since I'm running it on trash.)
@jdavidnet TrueNAS is open source. (Used to be FreeNAS so it's been around forever.) It supports ZFS.
We use Synology at work. It's simple to setup and use, while TrueNAS Scale is more complex and difficult to use. More of a learning curve.
As for running applications, containers, etc. see this list: https://www.truenas.com/apps/
(Screenshot of my fresh install showing 169 applications I could install.)
@rasterweb I have been looking at a FOSS replacement for my Synology NAS.
#truenas scale was definitely recommended but I am inevitably drawn to a code-as-infrastructure fetish.
I also considered #nixos with ZFS but I think it’s time for high-availability capabilities in my homelab. So I COULD do NixOS with a k3s service.
Ultimately, I’ll probably instead run a cluster of machines with #talos Linux and get that lovely NAS functionality back (and then some) by running a #rookceph image.
Hey I got TrueNAS Scale up and running, added three old crappy disks, created a pool, dataset, SMB share, and connected to it. I only glanced at the docs and mainly figured things out. Took a while though...
TrueNAS is definitely a lot more complex than OpenMediaVault, but also seems much more powerful, but will I need/use that power?
Neuer #Auftrag und meine Beschäftigung für heute und morgen:
#Unifi Dream Machine + diverse #Switch, 2 Richt #Funkstrecken, Offsite #Backup, #Kamera Überwachung, #WLAN Abdeckung innen und außen. Zentrale Versorgung aller Komponenten per PoE. #TrueNAS Server wird per #USV abgesichert, ins #Netzwerk integriert und alle PCs auf die neue Struktur umgestellt.
In einem Satz: Alles neu :)
I got the HP Z420 to boot up... there's no disk so it only got this far, but hey, it works.
I had to remove one DIMM as it showed an error.
I may try to install TrueNAS Scale on it.
Oh man - I decided to pull the trigger and upgrade TrueNAS scale from Dragonfish to Electric Eel and... the fact that I'm able to post this proves it worked! 
Migrated all of my custom apps perfectly it seems (except for nextcloud, which is just a headache for everyone). After June 1st it seems you may be forced to move to 25.04 if you're on Electric Eel, so it was time.
Una cosa que estoy pensando hacer con #truenas es:
- Montar una PCI Express que me de puertos SATA.
- Mover el SO de un NVME a un SSD convencional conectado a esa nueva placa.
- Comprar 2 x 500GB NVME.
- Instalar esos SSDs en las 2 ranuras M2 de mi placa base.
- Montar un pool con 1 VDEV en mirror de esos 2 ssds.
Con eso, tengo un pool de SSDs que puedo utilizar para ejecutar mis contenedores y máquinas virtuales.
Noto que algunas apps se ven lastradas por correr en HDD.
He podido dedicarle un tiempo a configurar las tareas Scrub, S.M.A.R.T. y los snapshots de #truenas.
Ya tengo una estrategia lista para todo.
Me decepciona bastante que no tenga una solución para hacer backups a discos duros externos la verdad.
Tengo que ver cómo me lo monto para poder hacer eso que quiero con algún Docker de RSync o algo.
¿Alguien con alguna estrategia por ahí montada que me simplifique el trabajo?
As #TrueNAS #Mini series from #iXsystems was often 'the' hardware choice for #FreeBSD based TrueNAS CORE systems - sometimes people look for information how to build such systems themselves.
Here are vendors of main components of TrueNAS Mini series.
As #TrueNAS #Mini series from #iXsystems was often 'the' hardware choice for #FreeBSD based TrueNAS CORE systems - sometimes people look for information how to build such systems themselves.
Here are vendors of main components of TrueNAS Mini series.
@bmarinov I think there is no more spice but vnc (and a vnc:// link, so yay!): they switched from kvm to an incus based solutions for VMs. To be fair: they labeled it as "experimental" (https://www.truenas.com/docs/scale/25.04/gettingstarted/scalereleasenotes/#migrating-virtual-machines), but I guess there is also no alternative to not upgrading to this version: I don't think you can skip versions of #truenas scale community edition.
I guess my next step is to enable the windows remote access and used a rdp based access to it. Maybe that works better.
I'm now certain that the mainboard is at least semi-broken. As soon as I put something in DIMMA1 or DIMMA2, the POST fails at 55 ("Memory not installed").
The same RAM works in DIMMB1 and DIMMB2.
Unrelated, what's an IPMI-capable mainboard to use for a homeserver running TrueNAS?
I have a windows 11 VM on #TrueNAS scale to do my taxes on it. Login from a #fedora 41 system via #gnome "remote viewer". I had to fiddle a bit with the initial setup (windows 11 install and configure the remote access), but now it just works.
I also need to work #citrix at work, and compared to that setup, it's miles ahead: copy and paste just works, moving the remote viewer window across screens just works,... Which might be because citrix does not support #wayland :-(
Mein NAS, das ich gestern zusammengebastelt habe, wird heute mit Backups befüllt. Die knapp 40TB müssen sich drei Macs, der Smart Home Server und eine Workstation teilen. Aber da sie zuvor insgesamt nur 23 TB brauchten, wird das eine Weile reichen.
Statt selbst zu programmieren nutze ich #TrueNAS. Eigentlich ist es für meine Zwecke massiv überdimensioniert. Aber TrueNAS ist zuverlässig, läuft auf #BSD #UNIX und bringt #ZFS als Dateisystem mit. Zudem ist mein alter Server ausreichend potent.
Bericht KW12:
- Mo: 14 neue PCs mit #Windows11 aufgebaut, aktualisiert und installiert
- Di: #OPNsense Netzwerkberatung und Proof of Concept für LDAP/Reverse Proxy
- Mi: Benutzermigration der alten auf die 14 neuen #PCs
- Do: #TrueNAS SCALE Server als remote Ziel für Snapshots fertig gestellt. Diverse #3CX Updates und Tickets
- Fr: 3 neue PCs mit #Windows11
Highlight: Auch 14 Kleinrechner lassen sich mit dem #Fahrrad transportieren. Transwiz ist ein geiles Tool: https://www.forensit.com/move-computer.html
Unos fenómenos hablando sobre un fenomenal software
https://www.youtube.com/live/cm7XIdRS5V0
#truenas #tecnocratica
