Comment on Am I corrupting my data?
Cyber@feddit.uk 2 days ago
You should have all your data separately stored, it shouldn’t be locked inside containers, and using a VM hosted on a device to serve the data is a little convoluted
I personally don’t like TrueNAS - I’m not a hater, it just doesn’t float my boat (but I suspect someone will rage-downvote me 😉)
So, as an alternative approach, have a look at OpenMediaVault
It’s basically a Debian based NAS designed for DIY systems, which serves the local drives but it also has docker on, so feels like it might be a better fit for you.
thelemonalex@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I tried OMV in the past, but I found TrueNAS to be more intuitive… but that’s just personal preference I guess, and I’m not opposed to using OMV. Are you suggesting, then, that I run OMV on bare metal, and use it for everything? Or should it be inside a VM? If it’s the former, how easy is it to setup docker, because I’m not that familiar with OMV (it’s been a long time since I last checked it out). Is it like installing it in Debian directly? How does it handle the storage?
Cyber@feddit.uk 1 day ago
I always prefer bare metal for the core NAS functionality. There’s no benefit in adding a hypervisor layer just to create an NFS / SMB / iSCSI share
OMV comes with it’s own bare metal installer, based on Debian, so it’s as stable as a rock.
If you’ve used it before, you’re probably aware that it needs it’s own drive to install on, then everything else is the bulk storage pool… I’ve used various USB / mSATA / M.2 drives over the years and found it’s a really good way to segregate things.
I stopped using OMV when - IMO - “core” functions I was using (ie syncthing) became containers, because I have no use for that level of abstraction (but it’s less work for the OMV dev to maintain addons, so fair enough)
So, you don’t have to install docker, OMV automatically handles it for you.
How much OMV’s moved on, I don’t know, but I thought it would simplify your setup.
thelemonalex@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Okay, thank you, that’s good to know. However, I don’t have two separate devices that I can use to separate the NAS functionality from the Docker functionality, that’s why I was using Proxmox in the first place. And, I’m not sure how well Docker can run in OMV. But I’ll still keep it in mind as an option, thank you!
Cyber@feddit.uk 2 hours ago
I think you’ve misunderstood
Ok, OMV needs a separate (small) boot drive to install on (ie consider a M.2 / SSD on a USB adapter)
But, then all your (large) storage is used for the NAS.
OMV will run Docker containers, but their data would also be pointed to the large NAS storage.