We Finally Did it Properly – "Linux" Whonnock Upgrade

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• Just a small clarification about the SMB Multichannel settings. We asked the TrueNAS folks about it, and they explained that in the current version of SMB/samba in TrueNAS core, SMB Multichannel is still considered "experimental" and is therefore not a recommended configuration. The Linux version of TrueNAS, "Scale", should support SMB Multichannel by default once it matures into a stable release.

• it felt unsettling when u did 12 wide z1

• There is a way to turn off ram cache in windows storage spaces, even in windows 10.

• What Kioxia SSDs did they use?

• So this video was made while the notorious Windows' slow NAS performance bug was still present. As far as I remember it was fixed somewhere in Q1 2023. Well, I believe it is a good reason to ditch Windows from a NAS like this, Microsoft ignored it for quite some time.

• Bye

• Linus, how do I buy your equipment? I'm from Brazil

• linus you need more space for the editors, they, others and you will argue against it, but give them more space, they'll appreciate it and be happier

• Not sure what you guys were doing with S2D but Azure, and many other datacenters, use S2D. Were you using Windows Server Datacenter with Storage Spaces? That does matter. That's where the enterprise version of Storage Spaces comes to light.

  Anyways if you were, you can adjust the CSV cache which I see as the problem if you were using S2D, not Storage Spaces.

• When will we see 24x30tb Kioxia drives?

• ChatGPT3.5:
  ### Summary
  
  After experiencing performance issues and instability with their Windows-based video editing server, the narrator decides to transition to Linux. They plan to migrate their server setup to a new machine, discuss hardware upgrades, and choose TrueNAS, a Unix-like operating system, for their storage needs.

  ### Facts
  
  – 💻 After experiencing performance issues with their Windows video editing server, the narrator decides to switch to Linux.
  
  – 🖥 They plan to migrate their setup to a new server.
  
  – 🔄 The transition must happen without disrupting ongoing projects.
  
  – 🚀 They discuss hardware upgrades, including CPU and RAM.
  
  – 💾 They choose TrueNAS, a Unix-like operating system, for managing storage.
  
  – 📄 They make adjustments to Samba and ZFS settings to optimize performance.

  👉 The text is a detailed account of the narrator's transition from a Windows-based video editing server to a Linux-based setup using TrueNAS for storage management.
  
  – 💻 The default threads for SMB multichannel were set to one read and one write.
  
  – 🔄 Testing before and after changing the default threads showed a significant performance difference.
  
  – 💼 TrueNAS community edition may require manual configuration, but prebuilt machines may come preconfigured.
  
  – 📂 Copy-pasting configuration settings with adjustments.
  
  – 💽 Drives are capable of high raw read/write speeds, but file systems like ZFS can impact performance.
  
  – 💾 Upgraded CPU to improve parity calculation and overall performance.
  
  – 📊 Running tests with multiple threads for a realistic workload.
  
  – 🚀 Achieved high transfer speeds, exceeding 100 gigabytes/sec.
  
  – ⚙ Adjusting qDev for server use case.
  
  – 💼 Multiple people accessing the server justifies high qDev settings.
  
  – 🔄 Increasing thread count to further boost performance.
  
  – 📈 Achieved 18 gigabytes/sec transfer speed.
  
  – 🧐 Exploring potential bottlenecks, including CPU usage.
  
  – 🛠 TrueNAS may not be optimized for extremely high-speed drives.
  
  – 📄 Issues with Windows file transfer and RAM caching.
  
  – 🔄 Testing file transfer speeds between workstations.
  
  – 🖥 Multiple editors testing performance while transfers are in progress.
  
  – 🎥 Editors' feedback: Performance is acceptable and improved compared to previous setups.
  
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  – 🎬 Consider watching previous server blogs for more insights and updates.

• Did he say what motherboard he's using? Did I miss it?

• Tried time and time again to run either Unraid or TrueNas, which in theory are great. Unraid has locked my hardware and refuses to connect to the internet through the onboard 1Gb nics even tho it recognises them. TrueNas works but i get constant network issues/sharing issues using 10Gbe marvel cards.. DrivePool works a treat

• going bsd 😉 and you will need optanes for slog

• DE-bian? Its deb-e-in

• Bunch of bad ZFS choices:

  a)dataset compression: there's no reason to turn it off, if the data is incompressible ZFS won't try to compress it.
  b) raidz with so many drives: even though they aren't mechanical drives, there's a non-zero chance to lose another drive during resilvering. Considering it's nvme and how many drives available I'd choose at least raidz2 here

• I would hate to work in a server room if they always scream like that

• Bhuh are u really using windows server os

• Linus breaks things -: 😂

• lad actually pronounced debian wrong

  deb – ee – n
  not dee – bee – an

  4:42 btw

• I hate the name Whonnock

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