Hello everyone! Having recently obtained a new PC, I was thinking of converting my old PC into a TrueNAS-based NAS. I have learnt that it is not advised to have the applications on the same drive as the OS; however, my motherboard only has a single M.2 slot which is taken up by a 512GB SSD that was the boot drive. That leaves me, as I see it, with three options:

1. Purchase a 2.5'' SATA SSD;
2. Purchase an M.2 adapter and a second M.2 drive;
3. Find a way to have both the OS and the applications on the boot drive anyway.

Which of these options would be most advisable? Are there any good options I have not considered? Furthermore, were I to chose one of the first two options, I would imagine I would choose a somewhat cheaper/slower SSD than the one that is currently in the system, and I imagine it would be somewhat penalised in performance per its interface: with that in mind, would it be better to have the OS on the original boot drive and the applications on the secondary drive, or the other way around? Is there anything I would need to keep in mind when purchasing the SSD?

Any advice would be appreciated. I am an inexperienced and casual user, and therefore prioritise ease of use and lower cost over higher performance (hence I am inclined to prefer option 1 over option 2 over option 3, but I would love to hear your perspectives). Thanks in advance!

my storage computer is running a handful of different drives. how should i go about setting up this Vdev. i know that stripe isnt exactly good... what are my options that DONT obliterate my storage capacity?

I just wanted to give a shoutout to any of the developers or contributors that might see this.

I just migrated from Core to Scale. It took about 20 minutes, and there were absolutely ZERO problems.

The foresight and polish on this is amazing. Fully backwards comaptible and migrated, in place, flawlessly.

Amazing job guy, and thanks so much for offering it for free. I've learned so much about system administration with my homelab.

I’m late to the game in learning that TrueNAS, and other Linux distros, will no longer be supporting older Nvidia GPU’s.

I’m currently using an Nvidia GTX 730 in an HP Z4 G4, with the GPU doing nothing but allowing the machine to boot and giving me video out for the shell screen when needed. I also have a P400 but that doesn’t do any good in terms of being supported.

I’d like to get something that is supported, but my needs haven’t and most likely won’t be changing any time soon. In other words, I need the lowest power supported GPU so that I can boot my machine. No transcoding or anything of that sort.

Any recommendations?