CasaOS
CasaOS copied to clipboard
IceWhaleTech
[Feature] Add support for page that allows you to create/manage disk RAID/pools
In order for casaOS to gain an edge over OSes like Unraid and TrueNAS, it would be very useful and extremely cool to see casaOS help manage multiple disks at the same time (and have the ability to create drive pools, allowing for encryption with different filesystems such as btrFS, xfs, zfs, etc), while at the same time, use the packages available from the user's running distro.
Understanding your needs, if you had to choose between the above unraid and turenas and only one necessary core feature, what feature would you want? Frankly, for CasaOS, we're looking for streamlining, and we'd like to figure out your ideal way to organize your disks before we do @kerta1n
I would prefer an unRAID approach, as it's Parity and high water configurations allow easier switching of drives. I have run unRAID myself and can assist in studying how the disks are configured if needed.
I prefer MergerFS + SnapRAID approach ... if you google around, a lot of users prefer SnapRAID over unRAID.
I prefer MergerFS + SnapRAID approach ... if you google around, a lot of users prefer SnapRAID over unRAID.
snapraid is not real time
any chances of this project ever implementing raid and tiered cache system/ solution?
@ETWang1991 also another reason to avoid snapraid in this use case, it can be difficult to reconfigure, and it's primarily targeted at those who are only storing media files
SnapRAID is mainly targeted for a home media center, with a lot of big files that rarely change.
Those who edit large files frequently may deal with performance issues, so it should be noted for future development to develop a solution similar to what unRAID has done/cache system that @aniel300 mentioned.
Another approach would be to implement allowing you add a local folder as "storage", that way an imported zpool (zfs) would be usable as a storage location at least?
ZFS hands down. Makes it very simple to move my drives around. Reinstalling the OS and re-adding my pool is a snap. Data integrity is top notch. I used to run mdraid and lvm2 arrays but when I went ZFS, I have not looked back. I have unraid on another server and it irritates me a lot. Especially since if I want to do basically anything change wise, I have to stop the docker containers etc just to add or remove a drive. VERY irritating.
I have to agree with KRDucky ZFS is what I've been using for a long time on my HP N40l servers at home.
I prefer MergerFS + SnapRAID approach ... if you google around, a lot of users prefer SnapRAID over unRAID.
snapraid is not real time
neither is unraid. ZFS is realtime, fast, stable and reliable. It also has built in functionality for caching.
I prefer MergerFS + SnapRAID approach ... if you google around, a lot of users prefer SnapRAID over unRAID.
snapraid is not real time
neither is unraid. ZFS is realtime, fast, stable and reliable. It also has built in functionality for caching.
unraid if i remember correctly is real time