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<h1 class="post-title">ZFS NAS Box, Part 2</h1>
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<time datetime="20-11-15" class="post-date">Sunday, November 15 2020</time>
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<p>Back in <a href="/2020/04/12/nas1/">part one of my NAS project</a> I discussed how I wanted to set up my hardware.
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Today, I set up the NAS (almost).</p>
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<p>There were some hiccup along the way, like learning that M.2 slots can disable some of your SATA ports or waiting a month for a host bus adapter to come in from China.</p>
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<h2 id="why-did-it-take-so-long">Why Did It Take So Long</h2>
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<p>So it turns out I was going to spend a lot more on this project than I originally anticipated.
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I ended up getting a server machine instead of a sleek NAS box.
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Here are some of the quick specs:</p>
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<li>Standard ATX case by Thermaltake.</li>
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<li>LSI 9211-8i.</li>
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<li>The cheapest HDMI graphics card I could find on Kijiji.</li>
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<li>6x 3TB Segate HDDs.</li>
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<li>1x 250G Kingston SSD.</li>
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<li>AMD Ryzen 5 3600.</li>
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<li>MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max.</li>
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<li>2x 8GB FlareX 3200Mhz RAM.</li>
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<li>1x 16GB Kingston 3200Mhz RAM.</li>
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<h2 id="zfs">ZFS</h2>
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<p>This is how I decided to configure my storage pools.
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In hindsight, this was not the best choice for upgrading.
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I may change it in the future to a 0+1 setup, but it works for now.</p>
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<p>I have 5x 3TB in a RAIDZ2 with one drive not attached for redundancy’s sake.
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How does one setup a ZFS pool. Check this out:</p>
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<pre class="terminal">
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# zpool create poolname raidz2 \
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/dev/by-id/blahblahblah1 \
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/dev/by-id/blahblahblah2 \
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/dev/by-id/blahblahblah3 \
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/dev/by-id/blahblahblah4 \
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/dev/by-id/blahblahblah5
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</pre>
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<p>And zippidy-doo! We’ve got a ZFS pool!
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We can check its status with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">zpool status</code>.</p>
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$ zfs status
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pool: raid
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state: ONLINE
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scan: scrub in progress since Wed Nov 18 18:41:41 2020
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1.84T scanned at 8.51G/s, 121G issued at 562M/s, 1.84T total
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0B repaired, 6.45% done, 0 days 00:53:25 to go
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config:
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NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
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raid ONLINE 0 0 0
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raidz2-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
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ata-HGST_HUS724030ALA640_PN2234P8JTNMYY ONLINE 0 0 0
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ata-HGST_HUS724030ALA640_PN2234P8JVSXTY ONLINE 0 0 0
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ata-HGST_HUS724030ALA640_PN2234P8JXAS8Y ONLINE 0 0 0
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ata-HGST_HUS724030ALA640_PN2234P8JXBARY ONLINE 0 0 0
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ata-HGST_HUS724030ALA640_PN2234P8JXP77Y ONLINE 0 0 0
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errors: No known data errors
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<p>I had run a scrub right before this, so there’s some extra detail in that.
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This is really fun! I will be doing more home storage projects soon.
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Perhaps Raspberry Pi NAS using all 4 USB ports to load SATA drives on it.
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Now that would be fun!</p>
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<h2 id="so-i-kinda-have-a-nas-now">So I Kinda Have A NAS Now…?</h2>
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<p>So right now I can only copy files with <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">rsync</code>, <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">scp</code> and moving data via a physical drive.
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The one major disadvantage this has is speed.</p>
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<p>Due to this machine being connected directly outside my network and pulling DHCP like a normal router would, I need to send my data through the WAN connection to get my files to it.
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This is rather unfortunate as my upload speed is capped at 20 megabits per second, despite my upload being in the 300+ range.</p>
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<p>Part 3 will involve a LAN card so I can connect both to the DHCP server of my ISP and my local router.
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This way my transfer speeds should be in the range of 1 gigabit per second.
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This will make my life much easier, at least on the local network.</p>
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<h2 id="fun-fact">Fun Fact!</h2>
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<p>Do not try to use the M.2 slot on a consumer motherboard where you are also using all the SATA ports.
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On my consumer gaming motherboard, the SATA ports next to the M.2 slot became <em>disabled</em> when I attached the M.2 SSD.
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I found this out form my motherboard documentation, which I read only after a week of thinking my motherboard itself was defective, and sending it in for repairs that did absolutely nothing.</p>
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<h2 id="thoughts">Thoughts</h2>
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<p>I like having all this space. I plan on using it up pretty fast, so I’m already looking at how to expand.
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Hopefully that gives a decent overview of how I set up my drives.</p>
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<p>Happy hacking!</p>
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