OpenMediaVault
TrueNAS Core
Unraid
Rockstor
Amahi
XigmaNAS
PetaSAN
Openfiler
StableBit DrivePool
Drive Bender
mergerfs
Greyhole
btrfs
Unraid
mhddfs
TrueNAS Core
OpenMediaVault StableBit DrivePoolBased on our record, StableBit DrivePool should be more popular than OpenMediaVault. It has been mentiond 36 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I'm using openmediavault.org for my "NAS" OS. No desktop, but it does have a good web-based GUI. To automount your NAS drive, you'd have to modify your fstab file. Lots of good tutorials online. Source: over 1 year ago
Basically, there a few options to start with. The most decent ones are TrueNAS/FreeNAS (https://www.truenas.com/) , OMV (openmediavault.org), both supports zfs. Also, you can look into UnRAID (https://unraid.net/) which allows you to scale easily. Also, some info on zfs https://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/hardware/10-reasons-why-zfs-rocks/ https://www.starwindsoftware.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-zfs. Source: over 1 year ago
I have 5 Optiplex 3010's (i3-3rd Gen processors) sitting in my closet with 4GB RAM that would work just fine as a direct play Plex server with openmediavault as it's OS. And should even HW Transcode a couple of 1080p files with a Plex Pass. Source: over 1 year ago
Wow, I'm on a Debian based headloess OS (openmediavault.org) and my update was much easier. Source: over 1 year ago
The link that u/Fribbtastic had quite a bit of detail. Or there is always r/linux4noobs. I don't have mine installed on Mint and the GUI of my openmediavault.org OS is quite a bit different (I.e. There is no desktop, only a web interface/command line). But the command line should be the same for all distros built off of Debian. Source: over 1 year ago
I pool the drives with DrivePool and I run backups with Bvckup2. Easy peasy. Source: 5 months ago
Whichever direction you go in you'll probably want this if on windows: https://stablebit.com/. Source: 10 months ago
I have a folder on my desktop setup with syncthing so files get copied over to my desktop as soon as they've downloaded on the mini or when my pc boots up. The mini's Jellyfin instance also watches the downloads so I can stream things to my phone or TV as soon as they've downloaded. Once a week or so I boot up the external enclosure and copy over everything I want to keep. The external drives are pooled with... Source: 11 months ago
You could have a look at DrivePool (https://stablebit.com/). It enables you to pool virtually endless drives without the hassle of assigning to folders and exposes all of them to applications as just one drive (it has other features as well). Should a single drive fail, then the Pool will go into read-only mode until you correct the issue (which could be removing the drive from the Pool, you'll simply lose the... Source: 12 months ago
Drivepool : https://stablebit.com/ ! This one definitvely change the way I manage my storage. Source: 12 months ago
TrueNAS Core - TrueNAS Core (formerly FreeNAS) is a storage operating system strong and robust enough to meet the needs of enterprise level businesses.
Drive Bender - Drive Bender, class leading storage pooling technology
Unraid - Simplicity. Flexibility. Scalability. Modularity. Unraid empowers you to build the system you’ve always wanted using your preferred hardware, software, and operating systems.
mergerfs - mergerfs is a union filesystem geared towards simplifing storage and management of files across...
Rockstor - Rockstor is a free and open source NAS (Network Attached Storage) operating system.
Greyhole - Greyhole is an application that uses Samba to create a storage pool of all your available hard drives, and allows you to create redundant copies of the files you store, in order to prevent data loss when part of your hardware fails.
