ZeroTier is an incredibly useful tool to enable true access from anywhere to any networked resource. I've been using it for a few months to access my Home Assistant instances, VNC to my home Mac, and log in to my servers even as I'm traveling and using odd networks like airplane and hotel Wi-Fi and LTE on my iPhone. Although TrueNAS has removed ZeroTier support, the FreeBSD … [Read more...] about How To Install ZeroTier on TrueNAS 12
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Remove ROM To Use LSI SAS Cards in HPE Servers
I have an HPE ML110 Gen10 server. It's an excellent piece of hardware but does not "like" the LSI SAS card I want to use for FreeNAS. Every time it boots, I get a "red screen of death" because the LSI card is trying to load its ROM. Luckily I stumbled on a fix, and thought I would share it here. Wondering where my enterprise IT content went? Head over to Gestalt IT! HPE … [Read more...] about Remove ROM To Use LSI SAS Cards in HPE Servers
Add a Mirror to an Existing ZFS Drive
One of my criticisms of ZFS is that it's not flexible: Once you set up a dataset, you're pretty much stuck with it. But this isn't entirely true: You can add a mirror or stripe to an existing pool without destroying the data. Since this is quite a common operation, I decided to write it up for posterity. A Very Simple ZFS Pool Let's say you built the world's most basic ZFS … [Read more...] about Add a Mirror to an Existing ZFS Drive
ZFS Is the Best Filesystem (For Now…)
ZFS should have been great, but I kind of hate it: ZFS seems to be trapped in the past, before it was sidelined it as the cool storage project of choice; it's inflexible; it lacks modern flash integration; and it's not directly supported by most operating systems. But I put all my valuable data on ZFS because it simply offers the best level of data protection in a small … [Read more...] about ZFS Is the Best Filesystem (For Now…)
Turn Off Error Recovery in RAID Drives: TLER, ERC, and CCTL
Hard disk drives encounter errors from time to time, so it's a good thing that most have the ability to recover data anyway. But RAID systems usually have their own error recovery capabilities and can be thrown off when a hard disk pauses I/O. So it's a good idea to use hard disk drives that allow you to disable or limit error recovery in RAID systems. Error Recovery … [Read more...] about Turn Off Error Recovery in RAID Drives: TLER, ERC, and CCTL