TS-463U-RP ZFS support and SSD

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brambil
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TS-463U-RP ZFS support and SSD

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Dear all,
I have a TS-463U-RP with 16GB of RAM that I use as a storage for an archive of photos with 3x4TB HDD + 1x2TB for OS and gneral share.

If I read correctly ZFS is available only on QuTS Hero. There is any workaround to use ZFS on QTS with this NAS?

I would use ZRAID (similar to RAID5) on 3x4TB and leave the OS on the 1x2TB with EXT4 or any other File System.
For my usage I will take many advantages from ZFS such data deducuplication and data-control, hardware requirements I think are enough.

Second question, there is any way to add an SSD for cache usage? Maybe using an internal SATA port? I have the OEM 10GBit PCIE card installed, but unused.

If is not possible add ZFS support using QTS, is possible install a Linux distribution on this NAS to sobstitute QTS?

Thanks.
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Re: TS-463U-RP ZFS support and SSD

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The NAS is in priciple a regular x86 computer, but the lack of video output would make the install of an alternative OS challenging
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Re: TS-463U-RP ZFS support and SSD

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Thanks.
No way to get ZFS? Maybe through external package? Entware/Optware? Unofficial plugin?
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Re: TS-463U-RP ZFS support and SSD

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nope...QTS does not do ZFS and QTS is a very limited version of Linux
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