Hello there!
I’m new from here and I’m looking forward to buy a Raspberry Pi 5, put a raid 1 with two 4TB hdd and would like to ask if there are some installation manual for that?? Using Scale??
So, my THANKS in advance for your help and support
Truenas doesnt run on ARM CPUs (yet).
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You can run a NAS on a Raspberry Pi, but it won’t be TrueNAS. I think OpenMediaVault is likely to be the best bet.
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Ops… Google search let me mistakenly thought it could be done…
Thanks!
That’s not to say that TrueNAS on ARM won’t ever happen; in fact I’d be kind of surprised if it doesn’t within the next few years. But I’d expect that to be on something like an Ampere board, not a SBC.
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To expand previous answers a bit…
TrueNAS is built upon Debian and ZFS (and SAMBA and NFS etc.) - and whilst TrueNAS is only available for Intel/AMD x64 chips, Debian (or Ubuntu) and ZFS are available for ARM systems.
So if you are prepared to do all the admin via CLI, there is no reason why you cannot build software for a rPi5 NAS which provides the same user functionality as TrueNAS - but you will not get the TrueNAS UI.
And you still need to worry about the hardware being robust enough to ensure reliable operation.
Also, given that rPi boards are now quite pricey, you might be able to get an N100 NAS board from china which will run TrueNAS for a similar price as an rPi5.
P.S. See also Youtube - The ULTIMATE Raspberry Pi 5 NAS
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I was just thinking that a person could download the source and build for an ARM processor. I’m certain it isn’t “that easy” but if you have the motivation…
Not surprising, I’m sure you found a link that said a lot of mis-information. As the folks here have said, there are other options you could use that would work with an RPI.
Good luck.
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Oh! Thanks joeschmuck!
No I definitively don’t have the motivation!
My goal is just to replace an Old Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive that does not allow me to do any upgrade and had stop to access/be accessed by new versions of Samba and so on. Became a big nightmare…
regards
Oh! Thanks Protopia!
I’ll give a try to N100, thanks for the tip.
I’m not that super expert. But comfortable with Linux, Samba and this stuff.
As I’ve said, my goal is just to replace an Old Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive that does not allow me to do any upgrade and had stop to access/be accessed by new versions of Samba and so on. Became a big nightmare…
regards
Ok, Thanks you all for the responses.
I’ll give a try on OpenMediaVault either !!
That sucks not being able to replace thr Iomega hard drive. I’m sure you have looked into it. It reminds me of my TiVo days, but we did have a method to do the upgrade, so long as you were willing to make a few Linux commands. I don’t know if your drive has failed or you are just trying to get more capacity but if you are just replacing the drive and it has not completely failed, you might be able to use the ‘dd’ command.
Best of luck to you.
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Hi joeschmuck!
In fact, disk still working. The core point is about the embarked Linux. It’s old and all their embed software is older either. To say, the backup/copy procedures from the application doesn’t find the other machines thru the network. Linux or windows ones. To replace or upgrade it I have a lot o concerns as memory limitation and so on.
Also, the new commercial NAS has been so expressive. That said, this is why I’m going to dig a bit to create my own DIY NAS
It looks like you could possibly replace the hard drive but like you said, the firmware needs to be updated. If you want to run TrueNAS, you can on an N100 as already mentioned.
However if you just want a more plug and play unit, you could go to a new dedicated NAS just as the Iomega. There are quite a few out there. I have no idea if Buffalo is a good product but I know they have been around for a while.
You could grab a Synology single drive solution as well.
These do not break the bank in my opinion, if you are looking for a single drive solution.
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