Hello,
I want to create my first home NAS. At the moment I have an old computer that serves as a desktop and SMB / DLNA server for other home devices.
Now I want to mainly use a laptop and iPad and create a comfortable server without a monitor on the desktop.
I use OpenSUSE because it has been a great system for me to reconcile desktop and server, but unfortunately it doesn't offer remote support.
I installed FreeNAS first in Virtualbox, then on an SD card but the BSD philosophy is completely foreign to me and English is not my native language.
At OpenSUSE I use a rather unusual configuration:
- some resources are available on the network via SMB / DLNA
- some resources are encrypted, mounted on demand and available via SMB.
Encrypting partitions in dm-crypt allows me to boot into live USB and mount all resources when needed (system failure).
I have a question if I can achieve similar functionality using FreeNAS:
- disk protection by encryption
- limited access for different users to different resources (user folders, archive with read and write rights)
- limited access to some resources (read) as in DLNA
- the ability to access data in the event of a system failure.
1) I know it is possible to encrypt drives in FReeNAS but does it work like dm-crypt in Linux?
At the moment I have 2 disks in the computer:
- 2.5 "HDD 500 GB (system, some data)
- 3.5 "HDD 1 TB (other data)
Under FreeNAS I want to use:
- used 2.5 "SDD 32GB disk
- I don't have enough space for data, I want to buy 2 x 3.5 "HDD 2 TB (RAID 1)
2) Will RAID1 for data be a good idea?
3) Is it better to use an SD card in the USB 3 slot (or even two cards - RAID 1 per system) instead of the old SSD?
I am sorry if I asked naive questions but FreeNAS is a difficult problem for me.
Greetings!
I want to create my first home NAS. At the moment I have an old computer that serves as a desktop and SMB / DLNA server for other home devices.
Now I want to mainly use a laptop and iPad and create a comfortable server without a monitor on the desktop.
I use OpenSUSE because it has been a great system for me to reconcile desktop and server, but unfortunately it doesn't offer remote support.
I installed FreeNAS first in Virtualbox, then on an SD card but the BSD philosophy is completely foreign to me and English is not my native language.
At OpenSUSE I use a rather unusual configuration:
- some resources are available on the network via SMB / DLNA
- some resources are encrypted, mounted on demand and available via SMB.
Encrypting partitions in dm-crypt allows me to boot into live USB and mount all resources when needed (system failure).
I have a question if I can achieve similar functionality using FreeNAS:
- disk protection by encryption
- limited access for different users to different resources (user folders, archive with read and write rights)
- limited access to some resources (read) as in DLNA
- the ability to access data in the event of a system failure.
1) I know it is possible to encrypt drives in FReeNAS but does it work like dm-crypt in Linux?
At the moment I have 2 disks in the computer:
- 2.5 "HDD 500 GB (system, some data)
- 3.5 "HDD 1 TB (other data)
Under FreeNAS I want to use:
- used 2.5 "SDD 32GB disk
- I don't have enough space for data, I want to buy 2 x 3.5 "HDD 2 TB (RAID 1)
2) Will RAID1 for data be a good idea?
3) Is it better to use an SD card in the USB 3 slot (or even two cards - RAID 1 per system) instead of the old SSD?
I am sorry if I asked naive questions but FreeNAS is a difficult problem for me.
Greetings!