Hello, I have read a little so far and I am not sure if I have understood the information correctly. TrueNas cannot be installed on a USB stick? I have read that it is theoretically possible but you should move the logs to an internal HDD because of the accesses. But I couldn’t find any instruct…

[image] BoBBer446: But I couldn’t find any instructions on how to install Truenas on a USB stick The same way you’d install it on any other device. But as you already know, it’s a bad idea. [image] BoBBer446: I have not found anything to disable this behavior. Is that possible? Don’t…

I was edit this file /etc/systemd/logind.conf and add: HandleLidSwitch=ignore - I found that here: askubuntu And it seems working. For my tests its a good way. Its not a live System and just for testing and learning. Why you say “no” ? It is really not possible to connect a 3,5" HDD case with 2 H…

[image] BoBBer446: USB connection is bit more slow but it is in genereal not possible yeah ? Technically possible, but a very bad idea. See: [image] Why you should avoid USB attached drives for data pool disks Resources …

fair. Can you recommend any hardware that will make my goals achievable? A network storage that makes the data available via SMB or NFS for my servers? An enclosure for 3.5” hdds or an alternative to my Synology DS414?

A NAS in and of itself, serving network files does not need much CPU. Pentium D’s, N100s that sort of thing will all run a NAS extremely well. The problem comes when you start to add containers, iSCSI and VM’s - all of which use extra memory and CPU. Building your own NAS will likley cost more t…

[image] NugentS: Pentium D’s, N100s that sort of thing will all run a NAS extremely well. My situation is that i have already a few Server with n100 and enough ram. I just need a case or something else to serve. But I think I understood: it’s better to buy a hardware as a complete nas syste…

How many drives? Any other need? There are many build threads here and on the old forum, including one specifically on small NAS cases . You may find some ideas there.

The Sabrent 10-bay powered enclosure works extremely well. SATA-III drives require no trays or tools to install, but you need adapter trays (about $10 each) and a screwdriver to insert 2.5" SSDs into the enclosure. Notably, the enclosure can power individual drives on and off, and seems to do a good…

For use with ZFS, do not use USB enclosures. Go for SAS shelves or genuine SATA enclosures, such as this or the 8-bay version, and a SAS HBA. [image] QNAP TL-D400S Review 4-Bay SATA JBOD DAS Enclosure In our review of the QNAP TL-D400S, we see how this 4-bay SATA JBOD/ DAS enclosure wor…

Just an update on my own build. This enclosure continues to work very reliably for me, but only so long as I don’t employ any of the host computer’s power-saving features, Features that spin down drives or put USB and Ethernet links into low power states can offline the drives from a TrueNAS perspec…

Install Truenas on Laptop - Suspend mode ?

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dan November 6, 2024, 3:30pm 4

Technically possible, but a very bad idea. See:

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Install Truenas on Laptop - Suspend mode ?

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