On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 4:57 PM Igor Semyonov <igor.semyono...@gmail.com> wrote:
> From what I understand, TrueNAS uses ZFS, not LVM. > You can, in fact, add a vdev to an existing zpool. > https://www.reddit.com/r/zfs/comments/8za4p1/adding_vdevs_to_pool_what_happens_to_the_existing/ > > As for other options, any of the ones you mentioned should serve file as a > NAS. > The ad#ntage of truenas is that it is built to be an appliance that you > don't need to think about much once it's set up. If that's what you need, > it's a good choice. > If you want the option to set things up yourself and don't mind a bit more > involvement, choose any distro. > > On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 10:34 AM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Howdy, >> >> I took a old hand me down puter and put TrueNAS and some hard drives in >> it a good while back. Well, the drives are filling up. I wanted to add >> another drive to the pool but it appears you can't do that. With LVM, >> it is easily doable, in minutes. So, TrueNAS, while a neat tool, isn't >> going to work for how I end up doing things. Time to get a better tool. >> >> I'm wanting to install something that I can use LVM on. It's something >> I'm already familiar with and it will serve me very well. I'm thinking >> about just installing a binary based OS that is lightweight. The old >> computer isn't super powerful. It has 8GBs of memory and a 4 core CPU. >> About 15 years old I think. I don't think I'll even need a GUI really. >> I figure I'll need NFS or something so I can mount it and LVM to manage >> the drives and such. I'll also need support for encryption. I use >> sys-fs/cryptsetup and whatever tools it depends on. >> >> Since some on this list have used other distros and know what they >> support, what would you recommend? Ubuntu? Slack? I do want something >> that is fairly well maintained and will be around for a long time. >> While I could likely install something else and LVM still have my data, >> I don't want to have to learn something only to switch and learn again. >> If there is a distro that has a light GUI, that would be fine too. I >> don't recall using a GUI to use LVM or encryption tho. Still, could >> come in handy if it is really light. Odds are, I'll only start the GUI >> if I need it. >> >> Thoughts? Alan, I bet you have some ideas. :/ LOL >> >> Thanks. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> >> Hi Dale, Yes, I have ideas, quite a few. TrueNAS is FreeBSD+ZFS and it's totally what you want because ZFS is the shizz and fixes all problems using storage, I use it myself. Of course you can add more drives, the command is "zpool add" and the GUI has all the right buttons. NFS also works, you can use any old distro, they all have the tools. So Gentoo or Ubuntu-12.04 or current Fedora, whatever. Do the usual - PV all the drives, add them to a VG and create an LV. For encryption, you must decide if you want LVM to do it, or the filesystem - choice is yours. I would advise not to put / in that VG. Rather boot off a small drive or USB stick then all your drives are a full PV Alan -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
