Howdy, As some know, I like LVM. The Truenas box serves a purpose with zfs but I am more familiar with LVM and using zfs is sort of confusing me because they do similar things in similar ways but are different. Each time I want to do something, I have to figure it out again, sometimes ask for help. As long as I don't need to change anything, it works great. ;-)
I found something called openmediavault, OMV. It is here: https://www.openmediavault.org/ On the features page, it lists LVM as a plugin. From what I read, it doesn't seem to have a default tool for managing hard drives, it seems you have to pick one. This leads to me to questions. It is based on Debian, never used it but have read it is fairly easy, been around a long time and is usually very stable. Seems to be a server type distro. So far, I kinda like the idea of this. I'd have to redo my backups again but hey, I been there before. At least if I do switch, I'll be using a tool that I'm pretty good at. I think Alan M suggested this ages ago. Could have been Neil. LVM is likely the best thing I ever used except for Linux itself. :-D Anyone use OMV before? Does it work similar to Truenas but able to have other tools installed? Anyone use LVM on this thing? If nothing else, was it stable and dependable? I have to say, Truenas has been rock solid. Never so much as a hiccup. It just boots and runs until I shut it down. I suspect OMV would be the same but never hurts to ask. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
