[TriLUG] FreeNAS vs DIY

[Gary Carr]

How about UnRaid? I use it for my home storage and I love the fact that 
I can mix and match drives which allows me to upgrade my storage as I 
replace HDs with larger drives.

http://lime-technology.com/

Regards,


Gary


> OK, so it sounds like ZFS is pretty much a must. The more research I do the
> more I think that I'd be better off with Ubuntu + ZFS for Linux. That's
> what I am most familiar with and ZFS seems a lot less scary than BTRFS.
>
> Last question: is it a terrible idea to do backups using rsnapshot onto the
> same RAID-Z/zpool as the main data? This way I'd have two subvolumes: one
> for the actual online data and one for the daily and weekly snapshots. Or
> should I try to figure out some way to set up a second machine with ZFS on
> it?
>
> Thanks,
> Igor