diff --git a/content/post/18-create-nas-server-with-truenas.md b/content/post/18-create-nas-server-with-truenas.md index b8758f6..a27d7e3 100644 --- a/content/post/18-create-nas-server-with-truenas.md +++ b/content/post/18-create-nas-server-with-truenas.md @@ -10,25 +10,25 @@ categories: --- ## Introduction -In my homelab, I need somewhere I can put data, outside of my Proxmox VE cluster. +In my homelab, I need a place to store data 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. +At the beginning, my single physical server has 2 HDDs disks of 2 TB. When I installed Proxmox on it, those disks stayed attached to the host. I shared them via an NFS server in an LXC, far from best 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 shares 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 data. +During this winter, the node started to fail, shutting down for no reason. This buddy is now 7 years old. When it went offline, my NFS shares disappeared, taking a few services down with them in my homelab. Replacing the CPU fan stabilized it, but I now want a safer home for that data. -In this article I will walk you through the entire build of my NAS, using TrueNAS. +In this article, I’ll walk you through how I built my NAS with TrueNAS. --- ## Choose 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. +For a while I wanted a NAS. Not an out‑of‑the‑box Synology or QNAP, even though I think they’re solid. I wanted to build mine. Space is tight in my tiny rack, and small NAS cases are rare. ### Hardware -I consider full flash NAS. This has several advantages: -- It is fast -- It is small +I went for an all‑flash NAS. Why? +- It's fast +- It's _furious_ - It consumes less - It heats less But with a major drawback, the price. diff --git a/content/post/random-post.md b/content/post/random-post.md index 2dccb7c..b8b09d4 100644 --- a/content/post/random-post.md +++ b/content/post/random-post.md @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Checklist: - [ ] Not Checked - [x] Checked +Look this is strike ! \ No newline at end of file