[Cialug] SANs/NASes

Tue May 16 00:10:06 UTC 2017

For those curious about Synology have a look at the first eight shows that
show up in the following

https://twit.tv/search/%22synology%22

I have a DSM716+II It was pricey, It was the best I could aford at the
time. Once I had it setup along with automatic updates, there's nothing
else to mess with. It just works.

But that hasn't stopped me from experimenting with another DIY NAS with
used hardware.

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Nicholas Olson <nicholas.olson83 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I've been pretty happy with FreeNAS and have been using it for a number of
> years now. My current box is an Athlon II Quadcore, 16GB of RAM, on a
> MicroATX board in a mid sized case.  Pretty sure everything but the storage
> drives I picked up in various Shellshocker deals for a total cost of
> ~200$,  I much prefer that to the cost of the dedicated NAS solutions out
> there, especially since many still require you to provide storage. For
> storage I currently have 5x3TB that creates a volume I have NFS mounted to
> my Plex server [virtual]. I also have 3x1TB share that is mounted as a
> datastore in VMWare. The downside of the MicroATX is most have limited SATA
> ports, so I have two SATA cards in the PCIe slots. When I build a new one,
> I'm probably going to look for something with more ports. The system boots
> off a thumb drive stuck in the back. ZFS can be memory hungry depending on
> the options and use case, but for what I do 16GB has been plenty. Its not
> the most elegant solution, but it's served me well.
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Justin Richeson <neomatrixjr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I too am looking into this a bit...I had thought of doing freeNAS or
> > something similar (need more research).  But I'm also short on
> hardware.  I
> > have a couple 4x3.5 in 2x5.25 bay hot-swap trays, but I'm not sure if
> > they're restrictive at all of what SATA version passes through.... I was
> > also wondering if there was any low-power consumption boards that might
> be
> > capable of this.  I see some of the NAS-in-a-box solutions but the prices
> > on them are OUTRAGEOUS.  I can't believe we have $35 quad core Raspberry
> Pi
> > SBCs but a home NAS box without drives is ~$500!  Yes, I know a PI would
> be
> > BAD at this, but I can't believe there's no other options for < $100 that
> > would work well for this...at least for the cost of the board.
> >
> > Likewise, I had thought about running a PfSense box and getting better
> APs
> > for wifi vs my TPLink box with DD-WRT that always seems to have issues.
> > But my security brain says router + NAS = NOPE.  Alas...it sounds like
> the
> > much desired and anticipated fiber coming to Waukee will come with a
> > router-as-modem type solution that I'll either have to put in passthrough
> > mode, or sacrifice network customization.  In addition, I have an MQTT
> > broker currently running on my windows desktop which is also currently
> > hosting my network shares and crashplan backup.  All of which I'd rather
> > move back to linux...though I opted to shut down my old linux
> > server/desktop (and subsequently sell the hardware) due to excessive
> power
> > consumption since both it and my PC ran 100% of the time.
> >
> > I'm trying to keep my eyes out for low-cost, low-power solutions for some
> > of these tasks at home.
> >
> > On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 6:47 AM, Kyle H <khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I'd give it all a try. I just need hardware. Currently using my 1tb on
> > Raid
> > > 5 for next cloud. Just installed zimbra for email and groupware on a vm
> > > this weekend and just waiting for my static ip. Taking hardware
> > donations!
> > > :)
> > >
> > > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 9:39 PM Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I would honestly be a little wary of the freenas plugins.  They tend
> to
> > > not
> > > > upgrade well, and some have stability issues.
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 7:58 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Sun, 14 May 2017, Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Why not give something like FreeNAS a try? It's not Linux based
> > but
> > > > > > FreeBSDbut it sounds really cool. It should run on any relatively
> > > > recent
> > > > > > PChardware, although from what I hear it's happier with the more
> > > memory
> > > > > > thatyou give it.
> > > > > > > For extra geek cred set up a Ceph cluster in your basement!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > Fine for storage, .. but for usability it's hard to beat ownCloud
> > or
> > > > > > nextCloud.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > OwnCloud/NextCloud aren't really the same thing as they don't
> manage
> > > the
> > > > > underlying storage. That said, FreeNAS has a plugin that lets you
> run
> > > > > ownCloud on your FreeNAS box.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Jeff Ollie
> > > > > The majestik møøse is one of the mäni interesting furry animals in
> > > > Sweden.
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