Showing posts with label ZFS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ZFS. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Offline AI LLM System (TrueNAS Hosted)

 


TrueNAS Hosted Offline LLM:
Dolphin, Ollama and AnythingLLM

Introduction

Running AI models on your TrueNAS server provides centralized access to powerful language models for your entire network. This guide walks through deploying Ollama with Dolphin models and AnythingLLM on TrueNAS, making AI assistance available to all your devices while maintaining complete data privacy.

By the end of this guide, you'll have:

  • Ollama running as a Docker container on TrueNAS
  • Dolphin models stored efficiently on your ZFS pool
  • AnythingLLM accessible via web browser from any device on your network
  • Persistent storage that survives container restarts
  • Optional GPU passthrough for accelerated inference

Thursday, August 14, 2025

RAID Controller HBA Mode PLUS Proxmox ZFS Setup Tutorial


RAID HBA Mode & Proxmox ZFS Setup


Overview

This tutorial covers converting a RAID controller to HBA (Host Bus Adapter) mode and setting up ZFS storage in Proxmox. HBA mode allows ZFS to directly manage individual drives, providing better performance and ZFS's advanced features.

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Best Value NAS System: Turn-Key & Custom Built

Best Value Turn-Key NAS (Plug-and-Play):


QNAP TS-464

Why it's great: Best balance of performance, expandability, and value. *Hot-swap supported.

  • Drives: 4x SATA 3.5"/2.5" bays (hot-swappable)

  • CPU: Intel Celeron N5105 Quad-core

  • RAM: 4GB DDR4 (upgradeable)

  • Network: 2x 2.5GbE LAN

  • Expansion: PCIe slot for 10GbE or NVMe cache card

Price: ~$1,100 *4 x 4TB HDD's