Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 4:57 PM Igor Semyonov > <igor.semyono...@gmail.com <mailto: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 > <mailto: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
Is there a how to, since it is a GUI, pictures would be nice, that shows how to add a drive? If I can add a drive, that'll work. My duckduckgo searches turned up results that says I can't do that. I found dozens of them. I can't find a single one that shows how to do it tho. I'd like to use the GUI if possible. I've read that for TrueNAS, everything should be done with the GUI because of the way it is setup. I dunno. I just want to do it. I do plan to replace that drive later tho. I have a spare drive laying around that I can put in for now. Later, I plan to but a 14, 16 or 18TB drive and replace it. I notice the 18TB drive prices are getting reasonable. Sort of. Will I be able to add the larger drive then remove the old temporary one later? If I can't, I may as well switch now. I only have 4 slots, three already used I think. I have little wiggle room in that old rig. If this falls though, sounds like Ubuntu is the tool. It has been around a long time and lots of people use it so don't see it going away anytime soon. Thanks, to all, for the replies. Dale :-) :-)
