diff --git a/content/post/18-create-nas-server-with-truenas.md b/content/post/18-create-nas-server-with-truenas.md index 95fbf47..f060beb 100644 --- a/content/post/18-create-nas-server-with-truenas.md +++ b/content/post/18-create-nas-server-with-truenas.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ During this winter, the node started to fail, it was stopping by itself for no r I this article I will walk you through the entire build of my NAS, using TrueNAS. - +--- ## Choose the the right platform @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Here my requirements: After comparing the solutions, the choice was made to use TrueNAS Community Edition, which is the new name of FreeNAS. +--- ## Install TrueNAS The installation of TrueNAS didn't go as smooth as I expected id to be. @@ -158,14 +159,24 @@ At the end, my datasets tree in my `storage` pool look like this: Now let's configure some data protection features, here is the `Data Protection` tab: ![Data protection features in TrueNAS](img/truenas-data-protection-tab.png) +I want to create automatic snapshots for some of my datasets, those I care the most are my cloud files and the photos. +Let's create snapshot tasks. I click on the `Add` button next to `Periodic Snapshot Tasks`. For the `cloud` dataset, I create a daily snapshot with a lifetime of 2 months, for `photos`, only 7 days should be fine: +![Create periodic snapshot task in TrueNAS ](img/truenas-create-periodic-snapshot.png) +I could also create a `Cloud Sync Task` but I already have Duplicati managing this. + +--- ## Use of TrueNAS +Now my TrueNAS instance is configured, I need to plan the migration of the datas from my current NFS server to TrueNAS. + ### Firewall rule ### Data migration ### Android application + +--- ## Conclusion \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/static/img/truenas-create-periodic-snapshot.png b/static/img/truenas-create-periodic-snapshot.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..48fa385 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/truenas-create-periodic-snapshot.png differ