I'm not sure how this happened but it did. I decided to give #linstor a try since I'm using #incus and it supports it as a back end. I now have a software defined block storage platform, distributed file system with #moosefs and using a vgw as a objectstore gateway backed by moosefs.
The fuck is going on!!
Finally moved over to #MooseFS and put Versity Object Store Gateway on top of it. I also set up a side little network that splits replication traffic and client serving traffic that took way to fucking long.
Aight.. So.. After fucking with this thing for the better part of the week in the #homelab. I have thoughts.
#seaweedfs! Feels like an open-source project. It's aight so far, it's not as simple as you would think with it being one go binary, it's simple with one go binary. Feels like that nerdy ass teenager you knew about in high school. Fucked with the cool kids and was super smart.. Just never really felt like they were part of the crew! Yea this feels like that!
#moosefs Feels like a product! It's robust, I never really had to fuck with it after setup, solid way of getting shit done, been around for ever.. You gotta pay for the exra shit tho!... It feels like that plastic lining your grandma had on her couches! Fucking old, but that shit was always clean! This felt like grandma's house!
I got #seaweedfs working in the #homelab now the way I want it ( possibly). I also came up on some 3.8 TB Micron 5120 or something enterprise ssd's that are 2 years old but still have 100% and 97% of it's life left according to smartclt. I'm still using #moosefs and I don't know how I got here :)
Started my distributed file system journey with #moosefs . Been rock solid. Then I found #seaweedfs and it comes with a build in s3 gateway, It's built in go.. Seems simple enough to give it a try in the #homelab . Have we lost the ability to write documentation..just code! . 2 hours later. I have 7 terminal tabs open all running a 4 specific process to get this thing working.. and its still not working! 😂. Documentation says. Just run ./this_fucking_command. Then run ./this_fucking_command and the thing is up.. simple.
With #moosefs you can tell it how many copies of files to keep across the storage system. I initially was keeping 2 copies of media files that don’t really need a second copy. Saving me a bunch of money on my car insurance. Of course the efficiency isn’t the same as using raidz or something. I’m rather enjoying the flexibility of the file system. It’s pretty simple and resilient so far. Weakest link is only 1 master!
It's not as efficient as some storage options out there with #zfs , but I have been impressed with #moosefs . It's surprising pretty resilient! I don't know if it's performant ( not one of my needs) but has unlocked a shit ton of space in some hard drives I otherwise would be using a tiny bit of. The only thing I'm not a fan of is.. It's not really a fan of thing disappearing and reappearing, like a reboot of a host or something. I know I fucked up when all my hosts start spinning up fans as shit start replicating.
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