I’ve used OpenMediaVault for years and liked it, but I’m just exploring some other options. I’ve got a new system with a Ryzen 370 and 890m iGPU, which Debian is fighting me on getting working. Meanwhile it looks like AMD is treating Ubuntu as a first class citizen for support. Just considering options, maybe Ubuntu plus Cockpit to abstract all the admin stuff?
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Using fedora kinoite with disabled sddm and distrobox for all software
Is there a reason you went for Kinoite and didn’t just go for Core instead?
Main reason it nettop pc which I use sometimes as desktop :)
Reasonable, I was just wondering.
It shouldnt be any different than doing it on Debian tbh. Mine is a Buffalo Terrastation running Debian. I use mergerFS and I think I SMB? I actually havent messed with it in so long I barely remember cause it never has issues.
Don’t expect much difference between Debian and Ubuntu. I guess you just need to install a newer kernel package from backports.
What?! Theres a huge difference. Ubuntu is hot garbage for server work. How? Wait until you hit a permissions issue with your share and you find that snap did some bullshit, because you have mixed apt and snap packages. The notorious hardcoded snap store backend? Not a fan.
Yeah one might say debian is old packages, but first of all its a nas system, not an internet facing machine or even a main server thst needs a ton of services.
Even then third party software is pretty recent even on debian.
Ubuntu is the wrong choice for any server. Any.
I mean not much difference in hardware support.
Ubuntu is the wrong choice for any server.
In general, I agree. But I don’t want do participate in holy wars.
Same here, sick of holy wars.
That being said, it seems the hardware difference is there, amd 370 is undercooked on debian, unless you use either sid or custom kernels.
Why custom? There’s 6.17 in trixie-backports.
Interesting, @chazwiz, if you ever go the debian way, check the kernel
For the storage volume:
Bcache to make an ssd cache, then for the volume itself, BTRFS raid 1 setup. Setup any necessary SMB and NFS shares. Setup Nextcloud via docker. Probably rsync for any local distro mirrors. I’d also toss on dockerized gitlab. Add any additional services via docker.
Install Fedora Server instead
apt install nfs-utils
I personally would run Fedora Server for an easy out-of-the-box experience. It comes with cockpit and SELinux. Great for Podman, too.
I would avoid Ubuntu myself, but as others have said it’s not going to be any different from using Debian for the same job. Just install the
sambapackage, add a user, configure your shares, and you’re good to go.Since it sounds like you’ll be using it for more than just a NAS, I’d go with TrueNAS, Proxmox or Debian headless (in order of easiest to hardest to install and maintain).
I went for the simplest option
- Installed a distro (in this case Debian)
- Installed tailscale on the server, logged in
- Installed tailscale on my other devices, logged in
- Used sshfs to mount the desired directory on the server to my client
- SSH in once a week or so to run updates
Found it very simple. Avoided the tedious setup of samba and samba had weird reliability issues for me when copying large files. Took a bit to learn how ssh works, but very much so worth it.
For a NAS, like, storage on the network, keep it as simple and as reliable as possible, so avoid Ubuntu and go to the core underlying OS: Debian.
Then just build up the functionality you need, is SMB, NFS, etc.
Personally, I went from OMV to a home built NAS, but went with Arch as that’s what I use elsewhere (btw), so am comfortable with it, but it’s bleeding edge which isn’t always the best if some functionality changes when you’re not ready for it.
If you’re going for a server running lots of containers, etc, then find whatever the container handler (docker?) is best on… I just put everything on bare metal, so can’t advise what’s best for containers… probably Debian again…
But, keep it simple.
Install a better (server oriented) OS??
Yup! Considering that cpu, debian will be painful, but ubuntu as a server is asking for trouble. Look for fedora server, for the love of god even an arch server. Do your future self a favor and avoid that grilled roadkill that is ubuntu.
Fedora server comes with cockpit if thsts what you want.
For the 370, fedora works well.
Pinch of salt- i got burned too many times with ubuntu server, I run an extensive homelab and I’m a regular at the burns ward. I loathe ubuntu with the energy of a Wolf-Rayet star.
Depends what protocols you need?
If you use SMB install the Samba server package. If you use WebDAV install a WebDAV server like SFTPGo, etc…
If you want a google drive like replacement there’s Nextcloud, Owncloud, Seafile, and others.
For the drives themselves you can have traditional RAID with MD, or ZFS for more reliability and neat features, or go with MergerFS + SnapRAID, or just directly mount the disks and store files on some and backup to the others with Restic or something.
Lots of options!
This is a relatively new CPU. You might struggle on Ubuntu as well. As much as I love Debian, something like Fedora might be better.
It may be possible to get Debian running, though - either run Debian Testing or install a Backports kernel and Mesa. Were you failing to boot Debian, or did you just struggle after getting it installed?
Either way, I just don’t recommend Ubuntu.
