SkippyTheMagnificent
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- Mar 10, 2023
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Hello, all!
I have an existing fully-populated 8-bay Truenas CORE server running with zero issues. I also have an older Netgear ReadyNAS 424 box that's been EOL'd by Netgear that has its issues, but has 4 dasd in it that I'm looking to either replace with a newer Intel-based 4-bay NAS (re-using the 4-8Tb disks in) enclosure so I can set up a 2nd Truenas server -OR- instead, add a USB enclosure to add to the existing TrueNAS Core server. I'm asking because I know that using USB is not nearly as performant as a full 2nd NAS, but is considerably cheaper.
I'm looking for PROs/CONs of doing either... would a USB attached 4-bay storage add-on work? Should I avoid doing so in favor of using a 2nd NAS running Truenas and bite the bullet for an intel-based 4-bay empty NAS enclosure?
Feel free to hit me with the solid truth.
I have an existing fully-populated 8-bay Truenas CORE server running with zero issues. I also have an older Netgear ReadyNAS 424 box that's been EOL'd by Netgear that has its issues, but has 4 dasd in it that I'm looking to either replace with a newer Intel-based 4-bay NAS (re-using the 4-8Tb disks in) enclosure so I can set up a 2nd Truenas server -OR- instead, add a USB enclosure to add to the existing TrueNAS Core server. I'm asking because I know that using USB is not nearly as performant as a full 2nd NAS, but is considerably cheaper.
I'm looking for PROs/CONs of doing either... would a USB attached 4-bay storage add-on work? Should I avoid doing so in favor of using a 2nd NAS running Truenas and bite the bullet for an intel-based 4-bay empty NAS enclosure?
Feel free to hit me with the solid truth.