From 437f03f496a740a2e246bb1ed1f70491800ab8e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gitea Actions Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:30:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Auto-update blog content from Obsidian: 2026-02-23 08:30:52 --- .../post/18-create-nas-server-with-truenas.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/post/18-create-nas-server-with-truenas.md b/content/post/18-create-nas-server-with-truenas.md index 495166f..653a432 100644 --- a/content/post/18-create-nas-server-with-truenas.md +++ b/content/post/18-create-nas-server-with-truenas.md @@ -1,16 +1,40 @@ --- -slug: +slug: create-nas-server-with-truenas title: Template description: date: draft: true tags: + - truenas categories: --- ## Introduction +In my homelab, I need somewhere I can put datas, outside of my Proxmox VE cluster. + +At the beginning, my only one physical server has 2 HDDs disks of 2 TB. When I installed Proxmox on it, these disks were still attached to the host. I managed to share the content using a NFS server in a LXC, but this was far from a good practice. + +During this winter, the node started to fail, it was stopping by itself for no reason. This bad boy is 7 years old. When it was shut down, the NFS share were unavailable, which was affecting some services in my homelab. Luckily I could fix it up by replacing its CPU fan, but now I want a safer place for these datas. + +I this article I will walk you through the entire build of my NAS, using TrueNAS. + + + + ## Choose the the right platform + +For a while I wanted to have a NAS. Not one ready out-of-the-box like Synology or QNAP. While I think these are good products, I wanted to build mine. But I have a huge constraint of space in my tiny rack and the choice for a small NAS case are very limited. + +Then I consider full flash NAS. This has several advantages: +- It is fast +- It is small +- It consumes less +- It heats less +But with a major drawback, the price. + +While the speed is negligible to me because my network can't handle it, the others are exactly what I'm looking for. I don't need a massive volume a data, + ## Installation of TrueNAS ### Assembling the Server