[olug] Home file server - FreeNAS or Openfiler or ???

[Dan Linder]

...or another option I'd like an opinion on:
 * How about a plain-jane distribution using LVM2 and a big ext4 filesystem?
 I believe I could then use LVM to add a new drive, or remove (lvreduce?)
the smallest drive and add+extend a new bigger hdd?  (I guess I'd loose
single-drive failure that Drobo or ZFS would provide..)

Dan

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 22:47, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> I want to setup an expandable home server, the main requirement will be to
> be able to add capacity to it without having to backup and reload after
> building the new RAID. (like a Drobo)
>
> I see FreeNAS supports ZFS (
> http://wiki.mattrude.com/index.php/Freenas/ZFS_and_FreeNAS_expansion), but
> I can't find if OpenFiler does.
>
> Or should I look at one of the FreeBSD systems that support ZFS natively
> and just setup my own server?
>
> Anyone have a solution they've used that they can recommend?
>
> Dan
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