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    SmartOS

    I have it included it now this way to behave like on Free-BSD or Proxmox You can share a filesysystem with guestok. If you activate "enable guest account" an anonymous user entry is added and the kernelbased SMB in GZ enabled. Local usermanagement is currently not intended as adduser and...
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    ZFS on OSX and Windows

    New release of ZFS on Windows zfs-2.2.3rc4, it is fairly close to upstream OpenZFS-2.2.3 with draid and Raid-Z expansion https://github.com/openzfsonwindows/openzfs/releases/tag/zfswin-2.2.3rc4 rc4: Unload BSOD, cpuid clobbers rbx Most of the time this is not noticeable, but in...
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    SmartOS

    You can use any tool as intended or you can use it for a different problem that may require some modifications I see three limits regarding SmartOS 1. every modification must happen under user control ex via an option in the sharing dialog "enable guest user" to allow SMB access (this is what...
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    SmartOS

    SmartOS is one among many ZFS servers that I want to remotely manage with a web-gui and a common feature set - including basic share options and replication from any to any. I know that OmniOS is a better fileserver option for a Solaris based system but I want to include similar basic share...
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    SmartOS

    I do I do not want to install anything for a very basic use - if possible. Others can setup things differently especially a VM srver setup, but very basics can work without any preconfigurations beside Perl that is needed for my remote management. Mc and smartmontools are not needed but nice...
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    SmartOS

    SmartOS If you don't know SmartOS That is the most minimalistic Illumos distribution (Opensource Solaris fork). Similar to ESXi in good old days it runs compeletely in RAM after bootup. Systemfiles and folders are either restored or placed on the datapool like /var or /opt. A reboot and you...
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    Napp-it cs web-gui for any ZFS or servergroups

    Server part of napp-it cs (for any ZFS server) can now be downloaded via (console as root) wget -O - www.napp-it.org/nappitcs | perl This downloads the folder cs_server to /opt/web-gui (default location) You can then edit server.auth (use same string as on the member file on the napp-it...
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    Napp-it cs web-gui for any ZFS or servergroups

    I am currently fighting with Free-BSD 14, SAMBA 4.19 and anonymous access in napp-it cs This already works with Windows and Proxmox but not Free-BSD 14. update: SMB Sharing now works as intended (thanks to a tipp from a Reddit user) - Install Free-BSD or Linux ex Proxmox - Install SAMBA -...
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    Anyone with an ultra tiny 2-4 GB RAM ZFS server (Arm or X86, Raspberry)

    Raspberry 4 can be managed remotely by the napp-it cs web-gui Just upload folder cs_server and start via perl /path_to_cs_server/start_server_as_admin.pl # uname -a raspberry4~192.168.2.89 Linux phoscon 5.10.103-v7l+ #1529 SMP Tue Mar 8 12:24:00 GMT 2022 armv7l GNU/Linux ps aux pi 30136...
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    OmniOS 151048 stable (OpenSource Solaris fork/ Unix)

    Release Notes for OmniOS v11 r151048 r151048w (2024-04-11) Weekly release for w/c 8th of April 2024. https://omnios.org/releasenotes.html Security Fixes For Intel CPUs that are vulnerable to Native Branch History Injection, the kernel now takes steps to scrub the CPU's Branch History Buffer...
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    Napp-it cs web-gui for any ZFS or servergroups

    Disk > Maps not finally ported all features but should be already very useful Howto: - select member server ex Free_BSD_14, OSX or Win-11 - create a disk map in menu Disks > Map > add - assign disks to slots in same menu - printout Map (I usually print screenshots, easier to scale) place ontop...
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    ZFS on OSX and Windows

    OpenZFS 2.2.3rc4 for OSX https://openzfsonosx.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3878 for Catalina and High Sierra
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    ZFS on OSX and Windows

    OpenZFS 2.2.3rc3 https://github.com/openzfsonwindows/openzfs/releases Fix input of passwords fix suspended pools block reboots minor smb fixes I have had problems to install as the former driver /windows/system32/drivers/OpenZFS.sys from the former version seems to be blocked. I had to do a...
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    Anyone with an ultra tiny 2-4 GB RAM ZFS server (Arm or X86, Raspberry)

    I am interested if ZFS on ultra tiny systems can be remotely managed with a napp-it cs web-gui that requires nearly no resources on such a system. Required: Linux, ZFS and Perl Setup: none, just copy and start...
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    Napp-it cs web-gui for (m)any ZFS server or servergroups

    How much RAM do I need for napp-it cs RAM for a ZFS filer has no relation to pool or storage size (beside dedup)! Calculate 2 GB for a 64bit OS, add 1-2 GB for a Solaris based filer and 3-4 GB for a BSD/Linux/OSX/Windows based filer for minimal read/write caching or ZFS can be really slow. RAM...
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    The flavours of ZFS

    Napp-it runs on OmniOS, OpenIndiana and Solaris and with a reduced featureset (pool, filesystem and snapmanagement) on Linux Napp-it cs beta (the web-gui frontend) runs on Windows, the backend server that allows management of a ZFS server or servergroup basically on any OS.
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    The flavours of ZFS

    The flavours of ZFS native ZFS in Solaris 11. This is the Unix where ZFS was developped for. The most resource efficient and stable ZFS and propably the fastest one. In 20 years I have not seen as many bug reports up to dataloss than on Linux in a few...
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    Napp-it cs web-gui for (m)any ZFS server or servergroups

    napp-it cs beta, current state (apr.05) Server groups with remote web-management: (BSD, Illumos, Linux, OSX, Windows): ok ZFS (pool,filesystem,snap management): ok on all platforms Jobs (snap, scrub, replication from any source to any destination): ok beside Windows as source or destination...
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    Napp-it cs web-gui for (m)any ZFS server or servergroups

    Next step: Replication from any server to any server is basically working on local transfers and between some combinations. Need to check why it does not on others, Howto: - add all servers to menu ZFS servergroup - create replication jobs from any to any server (remote between hosts not...
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    ZFS on OSX and Windows

    https://openzfsonosx.org/ https://openzfsonwindows.org/ ZFS is a perfect solution now for mutual use (important data, large data ex 20TB disks, redundancy with copies=2 or encryption with a key per filesystem) or disaster backups (external offline - beside backup syncs) ZFS on OSX or Windows...