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[551.68 --> 552.54] It's, you know, you're not, |
[553.40 --> 555.10] I mean, Synology make a great product. |
[555.20 --> 557.68] So do QNAP and Unraid's also great, |
[557.78 --> 558.82] but it's not open source. |
[559.68 --> 562.50] Free NAS requires learning ZFS, |
[563.16 --> 565.72] which I know I talk about in Perfect Media Server, |
[565.82 --> 569.94] but it's kind of orthogonal to the main content. |
[570.06 --> 571.82] It's not required learning. |
[571.98 --> 574.44] Whereas with a True NAS or a Free NAS product, |
[574.66 --> 575.24] it is. |
[575.24 --> 578.50] It's just the most flexible thing for most people. |
[578.64 --> 581.32] And I think when you start looking at |
[581.32 --> 582.86] putting together one of these servers, |
[583.00 --> 585.80] $1,500 isn't a small upfront investment. |
[586.00 --> 586.50] And you think, right, |
[586.56 --> 587.84] well, where can I cut some costs? |
[587.94 --> 590.64] And the obvious answer is the hard drives. |
[591.06 --> 592.60] You know, rather than buying five, |
[592.70 --> 594.58] let's only buy a couple, right? |
[594.60 --> 596.90] And then I'll add the other three |
[596.90 --> 598.12] over the next year or two. |
[598.90 --> 600.20] MergerFS lets me do that. |
[600.28 --> 603.40] It lets me add drives as my collection grows |
[603.40 --> 607.60] without having to re-silver a ZFS array |
[607.60 --> 611.40] or rebuild a RAID setup or anything like that. |
[611.44 --> 613.36] It just grows as I do, |
[613.42 --> 614.66] and it changes and matures. |
[615.00 --> 616.66] And because it's just Linux, |
[617.00 --> 620.16] it's open and I can go and tinker |
[620.16 --> 621.52] as deep as I want under the hood. |
[621.90 --> 623.40] Or again, because it's Linux, |
[623.56 --> 624.96] it will just work. |
[625.04 --> 625.76] It's just reliable. |
[626.02 --> 628.16] It's battle-tested and hardened everywhere. |
[628.16 --> 632.58] So I really do think that if you're willing |
[632.58 --> 636.34] to put the time in and learn a little bit of this stuff |
[636.34 --> 638.92] with the information that's provided here for you, |
[639.12 --> 640.10] for free, I might add, |
[640.14 --> 641.76] I don't make a penny off of this stuff. |
[642.20 --> 643.62] Anyway, I never have. |
[643.68 --> 644.90] I just wanted to give this information |
[644.90 --> 645.90] back to the community. |
[646.76 --> 648.72] I don't think there's a better solution, really, |
[648.80 --> 650.12] if you're willing to put the effort in. |
[650.92 --> 652.44] And I'll just give one more mention, |
[652.76 --> 654.14] because as you were talking there, |
[654.14 --> 656.30] I was just also reviewing your QuickSync |
[656.30 --> 657.68] and Proxmox page. |
[658.18 --> 659.98] And damn, you put some work into this. |
[660.46 --> 662.38] But I also, I think it's pretty clever |
[662.38 --> 665.18] that you embedded the relevant JB content |
[665.18 --> 667.42] where we've talked about a lot of this stuff in depth |
[667.42 --> 668.96] when it still holds up. |
[669.04 --> 671.76] So not only do you get a lot of the written stuff |
[671.76 --> 672.72] and the visual examples, |
[672.88 --> 675.26] but you've got a video from Wendell in here too. |
[675.44 --> 678.14] And so you add the supplemental media content. |
[678.94 --> 682.48] I could see us linking this to a lot of people |
[682.48 --> 684.16] that write into the show and ask questions |
[684.16 --> 684.96] about this stuff. |
[685.78 --> 687.58] If I were going to contribute one area, |
[687.68 --> 688.68] I just thought to troll you, |
[688.74 --> 690.40] I'd probably contribute using ButterFS. |
[690.96 --> 693.96] Because literally everything you just said |
[693.96 --> 696.44] about MergerFS is why I use ButterFS. |
[698.14 --> 699.50] Seriously, like word for word. |
[699.76 --> 702.62] So on the ZFS page, |
[702.76 --> 705.28] there's a whole section about what about ButterFS. |
[706.72 --> 708.20] Okay, good. |
[708.24 --> 709.24] You've addressed it, I can see. |
[709.76 --> 711.12] Well, a little bit. |
[711.12 --> 714.14] And my conclusion was that using ButterFS |
[714.14 --> 717.06] would probably be easier than ZFS |
[717.06 --> 720.08] simply because it's shipped as part of the Linux kernel. |
[720.34 --> 724.02] But I've invested in ZFS mentally, |
[724.20 --> 727.32] but also I've synced six, |
[727.46 --> 730.82] seven terabytes worth of data across the ocean to the UK. |
[731.36 --> 733.14] And I don't want to have to spend another |
[733.14 --> 736.58] six or seven weeks doing that again if I switch. |
[736.92 --> 738.80] Well, ironically, it's more about |
[738.80 --> 740.48] it's more about how you use MergerFS. |
[741.00 --> 742.92] However, I think, you know, both are gray. |
[743.02 --> 744.72] And if MergerFS is working for you, |
[745.52 --> 747.16] I'm not, I will really not, I'm just more teasing. |
[747.64 --> 749.22] But it did strike me |
[749.22 --> 752.08] that being able to join mismatched disks |
[752.08 --> 753.66] and add them as it grows |
[753.66 --> 755.06] and be able to remove them easily |
[755.06 --> 757.74] is why I switched to using ButterFS |
[757.74 --> 759.26] on my Raspberry Pi media servers. |
[759.26 --> 760.36] Because I needed something |
[760.36 --> 762.54] that essentially was no cost. |
[762.54 --> 764.74] Since ButterFS is built into the kernel |
[764.74 --> 767.18] and it also doesn't have a high, |
[767.28 --> 768.86] it's a very efficient file system. |
[768.94 --> 770.10] There's not a big performance penalty. |
[770.24 --> 771.24] I don't need a lot of RAM. |
[771.94 --> 773.04] It meant that I didn't have to install |
[773.04 --> 775.28] any additional software at all. |
[775.62 --> 778.50] And actually no additional config files or anything. |
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