FreeBSD

syncoid to TrueNAS In my homelab, I have 2 NAS systems: Linux (Debian) TrueNAS Core (based on FreeBSD) On my Linux box, I use Jim Salter’s sanoid to periodically take snapshots of my ZFS pool. I also want to have a proper backup of the whole pool, so I use syncoid to transfer those snapshots to another machine. Sanoid itself is responsible only for taking new snapshots and pruning old ones you no longer care about. [Read More]

Installing Debian/GNU Linux under bhyve on TrueNAS Core I got myself a TrueNAS Mini X+ couple of months ago. I have it running TrueNAS Core based on FreeBSD. In that system you can run VMs under FreeBSD’s native hypervisor, bhyve. Since there are a couple of quirks around running Debian specifically, I decided to write up a quick article about setting up Debian-based VM there. The quirks The ones I’ve stumbled upon were: [Read More]