Umbrel Pro
Infrastructure
self-hosted home server hardware
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1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
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Hardware design looks very nice
From 2 comments
Another question: the hardware looks pretty nice. Can I run FreeBSD on it?
f30e3dfed1c9 on HNThanks for the thorough answer. It is a little wacky and complicated but I agree it should be safe. I'm not really in the target market for your software but the hardware does…
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Thorough explanation of FailSafe transition
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Thanks for the thorough answer. It is a little wacky and complicated but I agree it should be safe. I'm not really in the target market for your software but the hardware does…
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Objections
Starting with one SSD then making a two-disk raidz1 is questionable
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If you start with one SSD, how can you later make that into a raidz1 of two? Also, a raidz1 of two block devices does not seem like a really great idea.
f30e3dfed1c9 on HNHey, other founder here. Great question! Close, but not exactly. We do use a sparse file but only very briefly during the transition. We start with 1 SSD as a single top level…
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Sparse file transition seems wacky and complicated
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Thanks for the thorough answer. It is a little wacky and complicated but I agree it should be safe. I'm not really in the target market for your software but the hardware does…
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Requests
Support for running FreeBSD on the hardware
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Another question: the hardware looks pretty nice. Can I run FreeBSD on it?
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Questions
How FailSafe converts a single SSD to raidz1
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If you start with one SSD, how can you later make that into a raidz1 of two? Also, a raidz1 of two block devices does not seem like a really great idea.
f30e3dfed1c9 on HNFWIW, this is what Gemini thinks you are likely doing. Is this correct, or close? The Trick: The "Sparse File" Loopback Since ZFS doesn't allow you to convert a single disk vdev…
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Whether the hardware can run FreeBSD
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Another question: the hardware looks pretty nice. Can I run FreeBSD on it?
f30e3dfed1c9 on HNYes, you can run anything on it.
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