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
• Automated offsite backups for important data
• Network shares using SMB
• Tiered storage

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