I have a couple of home server, both with Proxmox as hypervisor, one VM with Ubuntu 22.04 that does just Docker containers, one with Open Media Vault, one with Home Assistant (HA OS) and a couple of Windows VM to do some tests. Since I wanted to move from OMV, right now I see 2 options:

  • stay with Proxmox and find another NAS OS
  • use Unraid as NAS and hypervisor

What other option would you suggest?

    • @peregusOPEnglish
      1•9 months ago

      Ouch…got it. Thanks

      • thejevansEnglish
        5•9 months ago

        The LSI 9210 8i - IT mode is a great option and can be had for under $50.

        • @peregusOPEnglish
          1•9 months ago

          Does it works with SATA drives and, most important: can it provides the single drives to the OS without RAID (since I would want to use a software RADI like RIADz)?

          • thejevansEnglish
            3•9 months ago

            Yeah, so the IT mode flash makes it just a JBOD controller, which is what truenas wants. It works with SAS and SATA. You’d need SFF-8086 to SATA cables. (One cable per 4 drives)

            • @peregusOPEnglish
              1•9 months ago

              Interesting, I’ll have a look on how to flash the IT mode. Thanks!

              • thejevansEnglish
                3•9 months ago

                It’s very easy to find them with IT mode already flashed so it’s plug-and-play.

                • @peregusOPEnglish
                  1•9 months ago

                  Cool! What’s your feeling about SnapRaid and MergerFS instead of RAIDz?

                  • thejevansEnglish
                    3•9 months ago

                    If you’re using TrueNAS, use RAIDz. Doing anything else negates all the benefits of TrueNAS.

        • @peregusOPEnglish
          1•9 months ago

          On eBay they all seems to be coming from China at about 30$ with cables (although they are the 8087 and not 8086), could they be clone? In Europe (where I live) they costs about 60€.