I question why this gets recommended so much when we discuss truenas.
Without a doubt zfs is one of if not THE reason to go truenas. It does so much more for you than other filesystems.
I guess OMV at least has btrfs but not the same thing.
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quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 month agoLooks like no zfs support?
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
infeeeee@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
ZFS is in the omv extras repo: wiki.omv-extras.org/doku.php?id=omv8%3Aomv8_plugi…
As it’s just plain debian under the hood you can use any basic debian stuff, e.g. I use zfs-auto-snapshot from apt, and the zfs plugin can list and manage the snapshots perfectly.
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Ahhh that is good to know. Thank you.
Damage@feddit.it 1 month ago
I have it on my installation, you’ve got to replace the kernel with the proxmox one, it’s fairly easily done by installing a plugin
infeeeee@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Since omv 7 it works with the default kernel, you can install the proxmox lne though if you want that.
Damage@feddit.it 1 month ago
Weird, some time ago it booted with the default kernel by mistake and it couldn’t see my zfs pool
infeeeee@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
From the docs:
The Standard Debian Kernel (selectable) can be used for ZFS. However, since ZFS kernel modules are not installed in the Debian kernel by default, they must be built by the ZFS plugin when it is installed. While this process works, building the modules is a long process that requires continuous access to online repos. Accordingly, the potential for a build error exists. For this reason, while the Standard Kernel is very usable for ZFS, it is not ideal.
infeeeee@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
It’s not in their by default, you have to install the omv extras plugin, from there you can install zfs: wiki.omv-extras.org/doku.php?id=omv8%3Aomv8_plugi…