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Build Your Own 100TB NAS in 2025: Complete TrueNAS Storage Guide
https://techlife.blog/posts/build-your-own-100tb-nas-2025-complete-truenas-storage-guide/
#ycombinator #DIY_NAS_build #TrueNAS_SCALE #100TB_storage #ZFS_configuration #home_server #NAS_hardware_guide #enterprise_drives #RAIDZ2_setup #self_hosted_storage #data_hoarding
Build Your Own 100TB NAS in 2025: Complete TrueNAS Storage Guide

Step-by-step guide to building a DIY 100TB+ NAS with TrueNAS SCALE. Compare hardware options, ZFS configurations, and network setups. Save thousands compared to cloud storage.

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HiggsOct 23
Tried out #TrueNAS_Scale really is overkill for a simple NAS. Particularly when coming from using Ubuntu server which has been my media server OS for as long as I've had one. May give #ZimaOS a go next
JensOct 19

Nachdem ich einiges zum Beelink ME Mini und #TrueNAS_scale gelesen haben, war ich etwas irritiert, dass die kleine Kiste Probleme mit dem System bzw. den SSDs haben sollte.

Um den hier geht es:
https://www.bee-link.com/de/products/beelink-me-mini-n150?variant=47599172616434

Insgesamt eine wirklich tolle kleine Kiste. Ich habe selbst mit anderer Hardware schon auf TrueNAS Scale gespielt, zuletzt mit einem ASUSTOR Flashstor mit 12x NVMe (damals in v1). Dieser war größer (klobiger) selbst in der "nur 6x NVMe" Version und hatte weniger Leistung... #noAd

Show threadnoodleOct 17

@decryption I have been too thrifty, fly high errors on one disk, and reallocated sectors (rising) on another. Scrutiny reports 12 month failure chances of 25% and 55% respectively.

If anyone knows a good use for a near death 10TB drive I'm entirely ears.

#truenas #truenas_scale users beware, a big happy green 'success' on your SMART tests does not mean no errors. I'm not surprised it is being depreciated in the next version.

PatriziaOct 13, 2024

I installed TrueNAS Scale "Electric Eel" in a VM to take a look around the UI and it looks nice. Setting up a couple of services via docker seemed pretty reasonable, and I'm sure I'll be able to replicate my Core setup (currently based on jails) if I allocate a day to the migration and take my time with it.

I'll be sad to say goodbye to Core, but it will be nice to install an Intel Arc GPU and get hardware encoding/decoding in Jellyfin.

#TrueNAS_Scale

VulcanTouristSep 22, 2024

Any other #Asustor #NAS users out there? I feel constrained by the ADM ecosystem and software and I've been wanting to replace it on our #AS6510T with something less under Asustor's control and more under my own, but I'm a chicken and afraid of (a) borking something or (b) losing proprietary hardware functionality.

Anyone out there in a similar situation succeeded in installing #TrueNAS Scale, in particular?

#truenas #truenas_scale #truenasscale

Mr. MattJul 22, 2024

Got my new #nas #HomeLab up and running! Using #truenas_scale due to the #Debian base and the ease of setup.

Disk arrangement:
Boot: 256GB NVME
Storage: 6x 6TB spinning rust in a RAIDZ2 (Effective 24TB with 2 redundant drives)

Show threadPatriziaMar 16, 2024

I wish the work they've done could be pushed upstream so that FreeBSD-based TrueNAS doesn't disappear.

I wish companies would throw their weight behind FreeBSD rather than abandon it. As prominent examples, AMD and Intel could support their graphics chips rather than letting volunteers write code for them, and MediaTek could support their wifi chips.

I live in hope that I will be pleasantly surprised...

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#iXsystems
#Intel
#AMD
#MediaTek
#FreeBSD
#TrueNAS_CORE
#TrueNAS_SCALE

Show threadPatriziaMar 16, 2024

The serial terminal emulator was painful - I needed to log in every few minutes or even if I switched tab!

I liked the idea of having official apps instead of community plugins, but with this experience I'm not convinced it's ready for my particular use case.

I'm disappointed that iX "has no plans for a FreeBSD 14-based release". I like the stability that CORE provides, and the jail system is clear and simple.

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#iXsystems
#FreeBSD
#TrueNAS_CORE
#TrueNAS_SCALE

PatriziaMar 16, 2024

I tried TrueNAS Scale a few days ago. It...did not go well.

In CORE, I had a small jail set up to run a proxy server, which had a different IP address (this was important as it meant I didn't need to specify a port number on the local network).

To set that up in SCALE I needed to create an entire VM (the nginx proxy manager app didn't see to allow assigning a separate IP address).

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#TrueNAS
#TrueNAS_SCALE