i’ve tested truenas scale on TS-253D, TS-653A and TS-877
it works on all of these models.
Whoever told you not to do it, why not? ask them this. they probably never even tried this themselves. if you are repurposing hardware already in your possession it isn’t pointless. but if you are out to get new hardware then ya i would suggest finding a different modern build more appropriate for truenas so less issues
When i switch from QTS to truenas, my SFP+ fiber optic 10gtek transceiver worked. So already there was a point to moving.
Also my nas did not have a ZFS option. But moving to truenas did the trick.
Then there is dockers. i can do jailmaker on truenas to then install a power efficient docker for 24/7 self hosting. so no longer do i need to walk around the quirks of how they deployed containers in QTS under the bonnet so to speak.
If your model cannot install an ssd, the way i did it was through a usb m.2 ssd nvme enclosure. This way i plug in via usb then installed my truenas on it and it boots from there. Imagine you can connect 2 of them and set it in a mirror.
There may be addon cards that MAY also support adding m.2 ssds to your nas. Though not sure if your model supports those or not.
I have a QNAP QWA pcie card that allowed me to piggy back M.2 sata onto it which i createda a mirror pool. But i was not able to install truenas to them as a boot drive unfortunately, no idea why.
853a might not be the best candidate for zfs compared to a more newer machine, but i think it’s still fine.
you merely need to meet the truenas spec requirements.
the only thing i have yet to resolve is fixing the lcd panel. but with know how someone could edit the script to get that to work, though i lack that technical know how.
but that is a minor issue. the nas more or less works, and i don’t see any downside.
yes i had to let the fans run at max speed, but that is still within my acceptable range.
skip core, go scale. ixsystems already peddling scale for their enterprise, it’s stable enough.
