Hey guys,

 

So I'm going to be restarting my server and do a fresh install.

What would you do now you wish you did when you started?

 

Also would you use BTRFS now for data drives and cache?

I plan on using dual parity if it makes any diff.

 

Also encryption, is it worth setting just to have that little bit of extra security? 

 

Thanks all.

Hey,

I have no opinion for the array drives, I just went with the recommanded XFS, others can have a better input.

For the Disk pools (cache or other) however, I would recommend BTRFS as it allows to use those drives in RAID (0,1,10,1c3,1c4,5,6)if you want. Now or later on. With XFS you will have to redo your pool(s).

 

Also, for a fresh (re)start I would consider unRAID 6.9 actually in RC stage. It offers several disc pools, a recent Linux Kernel, a better SSD management, etc.

Yup I'm going for 6.9. Hoping RC3 comes out like today for spin up/temp issues to be fixed.

Or 6.9 final would be amazing

I switch to encryption at the end of last year. Worked fine for a few weeks. But after a reboot, my passphase will no longer work. I've yet to find a solution. I wouldn't recommend encryption.

 

I'd stick with XFS. Should I be able to resolve my issue, I'll send the time to copy all my data to XFS and get rid of encryption completely.

Did you use BTRFS Encryption? 

 

I've not heard of anyone having issues with encryption as its using LUKS, which is tried and tested...

i am using encryption on btrfs on all drives for a month without any issues so far

Edited January 6, 20215 yr by theruck

Not sure what, maybe xfs overheads

a brand new 4TB after format 28GB wasted (ouch) and I have 10 of these, so after format ~ 3TB wasted space.

I went with btrfs instead.  

1 hour ago, Tun2022 said:

overheads

a brand new 4TB after format 28GB wasted (ouch) and I have 10 of these, so after format ~ 3TB wasted space

Your maths is not that good    10x28GB = 280GB.