Freenas for music storage

[Aryoh]

Hello,

does anyone use freenas for music storage and  also are you use files compression?

[plissken]

If you build using recommended hardware freenas is a great way to go. If your storage needs aren't complex it's usually easier to get a turnkey NAS from the likes of Western Digital. 

[Aryoh]

thank you  for the  answer plissken. yes my plan is to use recommended  hardware with LSI HBA card ,RaidZ2 setup and 10GB optical connection , what I'm interested in is someone having the experience of whether ZFS compression affects the sound quality ?

 

[plissken]

No it's not going to affect your SQ. The FreeNAS box does the compress/decompress on the fly and your end point receives the data it normally would either way. 

[cjf]

I use a FreeNAS based storage device and find it to be great (IXSystems FreeNAS Mini). Once its setup you can pretty much forget its even there. If your not computer savy setup may be challenging for some but its worth it in the end IMO.

 

 

[Gregory]

Hi,

I use a freeNAS for years, default compression activated, no sound issue. I run Roon server in a virtual machine on the NAS (it has 8 cores, 32gb ram) without any sound issue.

Greg.

[wgscott]

On 5/5/2018 at 2:23 AM, Aryoh said:

Hello,

does anyone use freenas for music storage and  also are you use files compression?

 

Yes, I have a review here.

 

 

It looks like the illustrations got de-embedded with the software upgrade here.  sorry.

[wgscott]

I recently had the motherboard replaced.  They extended the warranty and did it for free, even though I've had it beyond the warranty period.  They turned it around really fast as well.

[cjf]

22 hours ago, wgscott said:

I recently had the motherboard replaced.  They extended the warranty and did it for free, even though I've had it beyond the warranty period.  They turned it around really fast as well.

Interesting, mine crapped out about two months back. Support was fast and they sent me a new one quickly. No issues since

[wgscott]

Yeah, the issue is published on their website, but kind of hidden in plain sight, and I spent some hours messing around and panicking before I found it.  They will send you the replacement and you send the old one back.  It is a short drive from here, and they offered to do a full diagnostic for free, so I took them up on that too (no other issues).

[aaa]

Just wondering if any FreeNAS users are running MinimServer and streamer? If so, comments would be appreciated.

 

Thank in advance.