I ran my truenas server with 4 4TB drives in a RAID10 configuration with only 8GB of RAM. I ran it this way for months with no issues. ZFS, like many other filesystems, benefits from large amounts of free ram but it is not necessary.
The boot section is more than just the kernel think of it as a snapshot manager that can allow you to switch versions of the OS you are running so if you do a version upgrade and you are having problems you can go-to boot and switch back to the old version and reboot and you are done with no outage outside of the reboot time. Also if I remember correctly you can swap between scale and core right from Boot so if you decide you want to switch from core to scale or scale to core you can do that without losing your ability to step back
Question, so if I were to turn up 4 more additional drives on this server using a SATA adapter. What would I use for a power source? Would it another external power source or csn I draw additional power from the server?
Discovering the Zimablade. It looks nice for some projects. I am actually looking at NAS/Media server solution. I will try with an old laptop i5 gen 2 to test Truenas Scale and see from there. I was tempted to work on a Jonsbo N2 / N5105 motherboard, old Dell desktop or just a Qnap
Hi there I am trying to set up a system like that for streaming media, home assistant, some containers and light virtualization. I am a bit worried about transcoding 4K tho. Is it possible to run Plex or Jellyfin inside TrueNAS and still being able to access and display 4K content from other devices? What about Dolby Atmos?
looks good till you have to continiously clean it. Imho zimablade looks interesting to tinker with, with a nas its going to sit in one spot for a while and dust will get in and you'll forever be cleaning it.
Awesome video Don! I have a question related to TrueNAS Scale though. I'm going to have an E5-2699 v3 with 128GB of RAM running as a home server soon. I currently run Proxmox and have TrueNAS Core setup as a VM and passthrough my SATA controller. Having experience with both OSes, do you suggest running Scale bare metal on the new machine, or installing Proxmox and running TrueNAS Scale as a VM? I'm looking to play around with VM's for gaming, Kubernetes, and Docker for Jellyfin, AdGuard Home, Pi-Hole, etc.. for context. Thanks in advance!
It sounds good; but the NAS kit is in the same price range as the Asustor 1102T (with 2.5Gb Ethernet, PSU, 3y warranty, etc). I guess it all depends what you want to do with your setup.
@@dieterkalt4281It happened the same to ETA prime too, it started interesting and then bacome adv spreader; this caused the fatal unsubscribe button click 🙂
advertisement channel with inaccurate benchmarks and wishy washy claims - rushed for the sake of getting the content out. suggesting using a non-ecc development board as your production truenas server? mental.
I ran my truenas server with 4 4TB drives in a RAID10 configuration with only 8GB of RAM. I ran it this way for months with no issues. ZFS, like many other filesystems, benefits from large amounts of free ram but it is not necessary.
I wish it could install more RAM. The 16gb limits VMs and memory requirements for ZFS.
Love your work novaspirit! Glad to see more content encouraging self hosting your own infrastructure 😊
@@nccyr1 thanks 😅
The boot section is more than just the kernel think of it as a snapshot manager that can allow you to switch versions of the OS you are running so if you do a version upgrade and you are having problems you can go-to boot and switch back to the old version and reboot and you are done with no outage outside of the reboot time. Also if I remember correctly you can swap between scale and core right from Boot so if you decide you want to switch from core to scale or scale to core you can do that without losing your ability to step back
yes sir i will read more about this
Question, so if I were to turn up 4 more additional drives on this server using a SATA adapter. What would I use for a power source? Would it another external power source or csn I draw additional power from the server?
Thank you, I wanted to know the same thing
Probably should go with this but i pre-ordered a pi 5.
Sucks to be you.
Cancel it.
X86 anything is better than ARM anything. Hands down.
I like this vid.. Good info and run through..
Discovering the Zimablade. It looks nice for some projects. I am actually looking at NAS/Media server solution. I will try with an old laptop i5 gen 2 to test Truenas Scale and see from there. I was tempted to work on a Jonsbo N2 / N5105 motherboard, old Dell desktop or just a Qnap
It seems that there is no mention of ECC (Error Correcting Code) RAM support in the specifications or reviews of ZimaBlade. Does it support ECC RAM?
Not supported. I don't understand why he said that this is the ultimate TrueNAS without such missing feature when ZFS using RAM more than other OS 🤷🏻
@@HaimPeretz yeah I agree, which is why I was asking. I didn't see ECC RAM posted anywhere. Thanks for the reply
I want to know what kind of performance this has, with plex or other things
Hi there I am trying to set up a system like that for streaming media, home assistant, some containers and light virtualization. I am a bit worried about transcoding 4K tho. Is it possible to run Plex or Jellyfin inside TrueNAS and still being able to access and display 4K content from other devices? What about Dolby Atmos?
I like the look of this mini nas. I currently cannot find the nas kit with the case on their website yet. do you know when that would be available?
looks good till you have to continiously clean it. Imho zimablade looks interesting to tinker with, with a nas its going to sit in one spot for a while and dust will get in and you'll forever be cleaning it.
@NovaspiritTech : where can I find the chassis containing the hard disks please?
How do you install another OS on this thing? Will I need a usb hub to connect install usb + keyboard?
nice to the point no bs video... 👌🏼
Awesome video Don! I have a question related to TrueNAS Scale though. I'm going to have an E5-2699 v3 with 128GB of RAM running as a home server soon. I currently run Proxmox and have TrueNAS Core setup as a VM and passthrough my SATA controller.
Having experience with both OSes, do you suggest running Scale bare metal on the new machine, or installing Proxmox and running TrueNAS Scale as a VM? I'm looking to play around with VM's for gaming, Kubernetes, and Docker for Jellyfin, AdGuard Home, Pi-Hole, etc.. for context.
Thanks in advance!
Nice video & setup
do you need to wipe HDD before installing truenas?
im asking myself how this nas build is powered with that usb c issue? can someone tell me that?
With docker images are you able to assign a GPU to like a Plex server package for hardware encoding instead of having to do a virtualized system?
yes absolutly that's how i have mine configred now with a nvidia p400 passthrough to my docker for transcoding
Where can I find the case?
Thank you.
It sounds good; but the NAS kit is in the same price range as the Asustor 1102T (with 2.5Gb Ethernet, PSU, 3y warranty, etc).
I guess it all depends what you want to do with your setup.
Comparing an ARM based NAS to x86 . . . Apples and Oranges . . .
@@The2808erik Fair enough/good point.
@@The2808eriksay more. What do you recommend for a NAS?
@The2808erik I don't get it, what's the difference ? Any limitations with ARM ?
Truenas doesn't support Arm processors
Can we use TrueNAS with RaspberryPI?
Unfortunately no
@@korrupted80 :( Thank you :( Did you try?
Zima Blade review ✖️
TrueNAS Scale Review ✅
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And..?
Whats that got to do the cost of tea in china?
you can’t just add to a pool randomly once it’s been created
I know you’re not running a raid0 setup…..
you can go one or two levels higher. their crowdsupply has a three board cluster package. wouls make an interesting video.
No it's not ultimate, Nova. Not even close 😂
please go back to creating interesting contents as this channel has become an adv channel proposing in every new video boring and expensive sbc
i think the same and you nailed it !
@@dieterkalt4281It happened the same to ETA prime too, it started interesting and then bacome adv spreader; this caused the fatal unsubscribe button click 🙂
advertisement channel with inaccurate benchmarks and wishy washy claims - rushed for the sake of getting the content out. suggesting using a non-ecc development board as your production truenas server? mental.
Give him a break.
Man gotta make a living.
Maybe he's going through some things and needs money?
@misat0san are you saying you can't make a true Nas with that board?
CPU lottery blade? XDDDDDDDD