Perhaps.. move to AMD Ryzen Embedded then.Terra-Master would need to choose an inexpensive CPU/SoC with far more PCIe lanes than the 9 on the i3-N305 used in the current 424 Pro to both support more NVMe slots than the existing 2, along with more bandwidth to them as currently it's just ×1 per slot.- At least 2 or 3 slots of M.2 NVMe slots
That's good to hear.User selectable system drive is an upcoming feature of TOS 6, so they are already working towards offering this option.- Give user the ability to choose where to install the TOS
either on the NVMe SSD pool or HDD pool if they have at
least 2 x NVMe SSDs installed.
Not quite what I meant. What I meant is something like having 2 arrays on the same physical NVMe drives.Hypercache has a dependency on the amount of RAM of the TNAS, so an increase of the RAM capacity allows for a larger hypercache, if that's what that was meant to request.- The balance NVMe SSD usable capacity will be configured
as caching tier using either RAID1 or RAID0 mode for HDD capacity tier.
Example;
Let say I have 2 pcs of 512GB NVMe SSD.
I take half of each NVMe drives eg; 256GB + 256GB and configure as RAID1 for system drive (TOS + Apps).
I still have 256GB on each NVMe SSD untouched. So I take 256GB on each NVMe SSD and configure as RAID0
so I will get 512GB that can be used as HyperCache. Might want to call something else (maybe like InteliHyperCache)
so that people may not get confuse.
The idea is to fully utilize NVMe SSD performance to its full potential.
That's good to hear but not sure how the process is going to be like.With the above User selectable system drive feature forthcoming, that will likely include processes to remove all system partitions on other drives. As far as pool migration or renumeration, that could be a future option alongside that system drive feature.- Built-in TOS migration tool.
Let say I install TOS on HDD pool originally and then I install
2 x M.2 NVMe SSDs. TOS can allow me to migrate TOS from HDD pool
into SSD pool.
What I have in my mind is something like 3 steps process and it's done.
Step 1) Open TOS migration feature
Step 2) Choose new system disk pool.
Step 3) Confirm and wait.
The next thing I know is the TOS moved to the new disk pool
and TOS in the old disk pool is gone and reclaim back into the data pool.
Maybe it has 2 ports of Base-T which Port 1 is just simple 1Gbps and Port 2 is multigig (1/2.5/5/10Gbps).When the majority of consumers don't possess network equipment with anything higher than 1 Gbps, that's an unnecessary feature that'd add to the overall cost of the device, especially when the 424 Pro already has 2.5 Gbps Ethernet ports which people are slowly adding to their networks, due to its reasonable acquisition pricing for equipment.- At least 1 x 10Gbps Base-T port.
Since NVMe SSD cache is extremely fast so the user can really benefit
from 10Gbps Base-T this time.
Moreover, they already currently offer the higher U× series as well as the T×-450 series models for those who actually need 10 Gbps.
It's a trickle down feature; it'll eventually be available on future SMB TNAS series devices when the market can afford/bear it or it's integrated into the future SoC which powers the unit.
If you want flexibility on the smaller SMB TNAS series devices, maybe they could offer an expansion PCIe slot (minimum wired for ×8 but physically ×16 or open ended) for those who'd like to expand on the network capabilities or even add something like ThunderBolt to their unit (which Terra-Master could then offer for sale & officially support within TOS since it'd be first party).
This will really benefit from my InteliHyperCache idea.
Statistics: Posted by Kanuki — Yesterday, 23:23