Setup Samba on ZFS for MacOS Time Machine

Notes on setup

This should be rewritten in Ansible, but for now these are the commands.

Create a zpool. I named mine backups. Disable access-times and enable the SMB share.

zfs set atime=off tanker/backups
zfs set sharesmb=on tanker/backups

Install Samba if you have not already. apt-get …

ZFS is Still Rad

I have a small file server at home running OpenIndian to store various media libraries and local backups. This machine is a SuperMicro X7SPA-H with a dual core Intel Atom D525 and 2GB of laptop memory from an old MacBook Pro. The 5 disk JBOD is made up of 4 …

very sad me...

Apple has decided that ZFS on OSX will never be.

http://zfs.macosforge.org

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