NAS

Required features

• Disk redundancy / Data check-summing / Snapshots

• Alerts for S.M.A.R.T failures

• Alerts for drive failures

• Alerts for ZFS warnings

• healthchecks.io

• Automated offsite backups for important data

• Network shares using SMB

• Tiered storage

  • HDD for media/device backups and read only storage
  • SSD for application volumes (Usenet download folder / docker volumes)

• System monitoring using Grafana

  • Frees space on both system drive and NAS storage
  • Used space in the last week/month/year
  • CPU/Memory
  • Network upload/download
  • Drive temperatures
  • System temperatures
  • Feed of events (backups/scrubs/cronjobs etc)
  • Drive stats
    • Total drive writes (Important for SSDs)
    • Reallocated sectors
    • Power on Hours

• Syncthing

  • Run on NAS and each device to sync User Docs/Pics/Download/etc dirs
  • One instance per user for privacy and file safety
  • Investigate whether a "Shared Folder" is possible when running separate instances

• FileBrowser Quantum

  • A single instance can handle personal and shared directories
  • Use Access Control rules for keep personal folders private

CWWK Motherboard Storage Interfaces

• 2x SFF-8643 (8x SATA III via breakout cables, each on ASM1164 controller)
• 2 x M.2 2280 NVMe (PCIe Gen3 x1)
• 1 x 1× PCIe Gen3 x1 (x4/x8 slot compatible, shared with M.2 2230 E-Key)
• 1 x SD Card slot

ZFS Dataset Hierarchy

• dataset1
  • media
    • books
    • movies
    • music
    • tv
  • backups
    • device
  • personal
    • cody
    • joe
  • application
    • immich

ZFS Research

• Level1Techs - ZFS Guide
• arsTechnica - Understanding ZFS

Scheduled tasks

• ZFS Scrub every two weeks
• S.M.A.R.T long test every week
• S.M.A.R.T short test every night
• SSD TRIM every???