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mergerfs mentions (87)

• Mergerfs and Snapraid installation

  I am planning to use ubuntu server, and I would like to ask an advice: according to snapraid's download page and mergerfs' github page, it seems to be suggested to download directly their source instead of using ubuntu's package manager. Source: 7 months ago

• Merge/Raid HDD documentation

  It seems similar to mergerfs https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs . I havent gone through any code to verify but this is what it seems like. Source: 10 months ago

• Can Rclone be reliably used as a R/W cache or is there something better suited to that task?

  Something else to try is mergerfs, https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs. Source: 10 months ago

• Looking for a solution to merge storage accross WAN

  I use mergerfs for my Google drive, Dropbox and local drives to appear as a single folder structure on my server so my plex doesn't require multiple mappings. Source: 11 months ago

• Unpackerr and Hardlinks, help needed

  Your paths are "fine", but they're not great. If you have multiple drives, you might also be interested in mergerfs to skoosh them all into "one" path, like /merge. Source: 11 months ago

Unraid mentions (13)

• what are your digital decluttering routines?

  Really: I've got a Synology 10-disk unit in JBOD mode (each drive independent, but see SnapRaid) containing backup of backups and recent set of 4x 14TB unopened drives. I'm working at building a new UnRaid system to contain everything; I just need to confirm the power supply max load and if I can stagger the drives to avoid the maximum inrush. RAID5 is great (but Is Not A Backup), UnRaid is a "daily" RAID5... Source: over 1 year ago

• Build upgrade - OS advice

  As an example, I have qemu+kvm host running my VMs (NAS, plex, Nextcloud etc.). As for NAS OS, TrueNAS is a great options. With different drive size you can consider UnRAID. It allows to pool drives of a different size. https://unraid.net/product. Source: over 1 year ago

• my first NAS. need some input on what to buy. synology?

  You can turn a PC case into a NAS with NAS OS like openmediavault (https://www.openmediavault.org/), unraid (https://unraid.net/product), or TrueNAS Core (https://www.truenas.com/docs/core/gettingstarted/corehardwareguide/). They require +8 GB RAM (Unraid system requirements say 4 and OMV is ok with +1GB RAM). To start, I'd go with openmediavault. If you need it to be windows, say, using for anything else, you can... Source: almost 2 years ago

• Low cost storage server - is there a need?

  Take a look at using unraid as a backup server. https://unraid.net/product. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Homelab iSCSI Resizable Storage

  In case you are interested in software options. UnRAID is a nice option. Https://unraid.net/product. Source: almost 2 years ago