OpenMediaVault – OMV
After upgrading my NAS hardware. I was running into many issues with the re-installation of Truenas. Truenas is a very well made operating system but there have been changes since I first setup my initial Truenas system (formerly Freenas). I did not use my backup file of the settings from the original setup of my system. I wanted to start from scratch and really take my time to properly set this system up. I kept on getting into permission issues. Secondly was the setup of PLEX within Truenas as a plugin. The plugins are outdated and If I wanted to keep Plex up to date I would need to constantly have to do work arounds. I started to think if this was a great time to change software and direction.
I had installed openmediavault years ago on my previous system. It did not work well together to say the least. Settings would not revert and had to do a system wipe to get anything working. I figured the software may have matured and give it a second shot. I installed it and followed a few YouTube tutorials and got the software installed. I even got my dual NIC to bond and work as one connection with my new managed switch. I used portainer and installed PLEX as a docker container and works. It seems it is easier to run and update PLEX. I was sold. The permissions on the shares and accounts was relatively easier. I am glad I made the switch. It is running Linux compared to Truenas BSD system. I enjoy the GUI and is very simplistic. I plan on adding a dedicated drive to make a container using LanCache and have my games on tap when ever I delete or update games off my gaming pc. Stay tuned.