Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 09:12:37AM -0600 schrieb Dale: > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 4:42 PM Dale > > wrote: > > > > > > > > My reasoning is simple, I'm already familiar with LVM and how to > > manage it.   > > > > […] > > Wipe the machine. You'll be happier. > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 4:42 PM Dale wrote: > > My reasoning is simple, I'm already familiar with LVM and how to manage it. Take the machine, wipe it and build a NAS from scratch with Gentoo. If all you want is an NFS mount that won't be difficult. Add an NFS server, export your mount and

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 8:13 AM Dale wrote: > > Well, I finally got it so I could do a backup. I didn't need a hammer but the thought crossed my mind. lol Even tho I now have a 1GB network card, it's still really slow. It shows up as a 1GB connection on both my Gentoo machine and the NAS

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 8:29 AM Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 8:13 AM Dale wrote: > > > > Well, I finally got it so I could do a backup. I didn't need a hammer but the thought crossed my mind. lol Even tho I now have a 1GB network card, it's still really slow. It shows

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sunday, 18 December 2022 15:12:37 GMT Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 4:42 PM Dale > > wrote: > > > > > > > My reasoning is simple, I'm already familiar with LVM and how to > > > > manage it. > > > > > > Take the machine, wipe it

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On 18/12/2022 15:12, Dale wrote: I can't figure out why it is so slow tho.  The NAS rig is a 4 core CPU and 8GBs of memory.  It should have enough horsepower under the hood. Maybe it is something I'm not aware of.  It is a older rig so maybe it isn't SATA's fastest version, maybe even the

Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On 12/18/22 10:38, Mark Knecht wrote: Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... Humm, I think you should... Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... First there was Linux from Scratch. Next came

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 4:42 PM Dale > wrote: > > > > > My reasoning is simple, I'm already familiar with LVM and how to > manage it.   > > > Take the machine, wipe it and build a NAS from scratch with Gentoo. If > all you want is an NFS

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 8:49 AM Jack wrote: > > On 12/18/22 10:38, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... > > Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... > > Humm, I think you should... > > Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 1:07 PM Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 2:30 PM Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > > > Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 01:07:43PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > > > > > Mostly, I need a better CPU. If I encrypt anyway. > > > > Did you ever tell us the exact CPU you have in

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 12:20 PM Dale wrote: > root@truenas[~]# iperf -s > > Server listening on TCP port 5001 > TCP window size: 64.0 KByte (default) > > > > And nothing.

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 4:53 PM Dale wrote: > > It took some digging around but I found out it is a AMD Phenom 9750 quad > core. You might want to hook a Kill-a-watt to that and see how much power it uses. Those older AMD processors were really inefficient. One thing I've come to appreciate

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

> I can't figure out why it is so slow tho. The NAS rig is a 4 core CPU and 8GBs of memory. It should have enough horsepower under the hood. Maybe it is something I'm not aware of. It is a older rig so maybe it isn't SATA's fastest version, maybe even the original or something. I can't find

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 2:30 PM Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 01:07:43PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > > > Mostly, I need a better CPU. If I encrypt anyway. > > Did you ever tell us the exact CPU you have in there? All I can remember is > it has 4 cores. And some AMD processor

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 4:53 PM Dale wrote: >> It took some digging around but I found out it is a AMD Phenom 9750 quad >> core. > You might want to hook a Kill-a-watt to that and see how much power it > uses. Those older AMD processors were really inefficient. > > One

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 18 December 2022 15:12:37 GMT Dale wrote: >> Mark Knecht wrote: >>> On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 4:42 PM Dale >> > wrote: >>> >>> My reasoning is simple, I'm already familiar with LVM and how to >>> manage it. >>> >>> >>> Take the

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On 2022.12.18 11:17, Mark Knecht wrote: On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 8:49 AM Jack wrote: > > On 12/18/22 10:38, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... > > Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... > > Humm, I think you should... > > Wipe

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 01:30:45PM -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht: > I don't know how to get the CPU flags on FreeBSD nor > how to determine if encryption is hardware or software > based on TrueNAS. Given some time I might Google > that. Wikipedia has lists of practically everything:

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 09:12:37AM -0600 schrieb Dale: > >>> On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 4:42 PM Dale >> > wrote: >>> My reasoning is simple, I'm already familiar with LVM and how to >>> manage it.   >>> >>> […] >>> Wipe the machine.

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

sysctl hw SNIP> sudo dmidecode -t processor -t cache

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Wol wrote: > On 18/12/2022 18:59, Dale wrote: >> Since this is local, I just use rsync to do my backups.  I did have to >> change the options a bit.  It seems TrueNAS doesn't like some of the >> permissions or something. > > Are you running the rsync daemon on the NAS? I'm probably teaching >

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 12:20 PM Dale > wrote: > > > root@truenas[~]# iperf -s > > > > Server listening on TCP port 5001 > > TCP window size: 64.0 KByte (default) > >

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 03:53:28PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > > Did you ever tell us the exact CPU you have in there? All I can remember is > > it has 4 cores. And some AMD processor with a II in its name, but that was > > you main rig, right? > > It took some digging around but I found out it is a

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 12:38:45PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > I suspect it has something to do with this being a older system. Very likely. :) > I wouldn't be surprised if the SATA was a older and slower version. I hate to repeat myself, but no. Here are the speeds of SATA: Generation Year

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 11:39 AM Dale wrote: > > > I suspect it has something to do with this being a older system. I > wouldn't be surprised if the SATA was a older and slower version. I > guess I could google it. > You need to study your specs. Even the first version of SATA, SATA 1, was

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On 18/12/2022 18:59, Dale wrote: Since this is local, I just use rsync to do my backups.  I did have to change the options a bit.  It seems TrueNAS doesn't like some of the permissions or something. Are you running the rsync daemon on the NAS? I'm probably teaching grandma to suck eggs, but

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 03:53:28PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > >>> Did you ever tell us the exact CPU you have in there? All I can remember is >>> it has 4 cores. And some AMD processor with a II in its name, but that was >>> you main rig, right? >> It took some digging

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 8:49 AM Jack > wrote: > > > > On 12/18/22 10:38, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... > > > Wipe the machine and start over with Gentoo from scratch... > > >

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 12:08 PM Dale wrote: > I just might find a simple distro that I can install on that thing. Honestly, I don't really care what is on it as long as it does what I want and I can figure out how to make it work easily enough. Consider Ubuntu Server. It's text only and will

Re: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 11:39 AM Dale > wrote: > > > > > > > I suspect it has something to do with this being a older system.  I > > wouldn't be surprised if the SATA was a older and slower version.  I > > guess I could google it. > > > You

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 01:07:43PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > See other reply that has more info.  I'm pretty sure it is the > encryption maxing out the CPU. The most simple benchmark is dd: unlock the LUKS layer on your HDD. then first read from the HDD directly and then from the LUKS device: dd

Re: Living in NGL: was: [gentoo-user] NAS and replacing with larger drives

Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 01:07:43PM -0600 schrieb Dale: > >> See other reply that has more info.  I'm pretty sure it is the >> encryption maxing out the CPU. > The most simple benchmark is dd: unlock the LUKS layer on your HDD. then > first read from the HDD directly and