Openmediavault Releases Version 6, based on Debian 11

[TheLostSwede]

For those that are considering, or have built their own NAS and are interested in the various OS options out there, Openmediavault 6—codenamned Shaitan—was officially released last week. The new version is based on Debian 11 and Linux kernel 5.16. The most noticeable new feature is the reworked UI that makes OMV feel somewhat more modern, even if it's no match when it comes to pretty design when compared to the operating systems for Asustor, Synology and QNAP. That said, the new UI brings with it a lot of improvements for those that aren't keen on doing things over the command line. OMV has been overhauled from the ground up, starting with a new installer that makes it easier to install from one USB drive to another.

Other new features include native container support, although for now, it's limited to a few select containers that appear as if they were regular plugins. Many of the new features have implemented various OMV Extras plugins as native features, but for anyone looking to expand on the base features, OMV Extras is still around and kicking and is still something of a must-have install. This is especially true if your OS drive is an SSD or USB drive, as the Flashmemory plugin is still an optional extra which no sensible person would want to do without. With the release of OVM 6, OVM 5 has been depreciated and will no longer be getting updates, so if you're using an older version of OMV, you might want to consider updating to the latest version.



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[sam_86314]

Just updated my server to it. Not sure if I like the new UI; it seems to require extra unnecessary steps to do things.

EDIT: Also, omv-extras doesn't seem to be configurable anymore, and my boot drive doesn't show up in the file systems tab anymore. Can't seem to view the status of my ZFS pool either. I had to open a drop-down menu to do it.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Just updated my server to it. Not sure if I like the new UI; it seems to require extra unnecessary steps to do things.

EDIT: Also, omv-extras doesn't seem to be configurable anymore, and my boot drive doesn't show up in the file systems tab anymore. Can't seem to view the status of my ZFS pool either. I had to open a drop-down menu to do it.

A lot of things have changed and not everything is where it used to be. Took me a while to figure everything out as well.
OMV Extras has fewer settings than before, but a lot of things also seem to be a lot easier, like the flashmemory plugin which just works now and doesn't require a complex setup process.
Where did you find darkmode though?

 

[VulkanBros]

I still prefer TrueNAS - the fastest and lightest NAS I ever worked with

 

[sam_86314]

A lot of things have changed and not everything is where it used to be. Took me a while to figure everything out as well.
OMV Extras has fewer settings than before, but a lot of things also seem to be a lot easier, like the flashmemory plugin which just works now and doesn't require a complex setup process.
Where did you find darkmode though?

I use Dark Reader for dark mode.

 

[TheLostSwede]

I still prefer TrueNAS - the fastest and lightest NAS I ever worked with

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Afaik, that doesn't run on arm based hardware for example?
OMV is far more lightweight in terms of system requirements.
No rights or wrong in this case, each to their own.

 

[VulkanBros]

Afaik, that doesn't run on arm based hardware for example?
OMV is far more lightweight in terms of system requirements.
No rights or wrong in this case, each to their own.

Correct with the CPU for TrueNAS - I have no reference for ARM based NAS (other than my WD EX2 Ultra).
What hardware do you use for OMV? Arduino og Rasberry Pi?

One of the things, I really like with TrueNAS is the ZFS filesystem - very quick filesystem, very resilient and easy to replace/rebuild (resilver) a faulty harddrive

 

[TheLostSwede]

Correct with the CPU for TrueNAS - I have no reference for ARM based NAS (other than my WD EX2 Ultra).
What hardware do you use for OMV? Arduino og Rasberry Pi?

One of the things, I really like with TrueNAS is the ZFS filesystem - very quick filesystem, very resilient and easy to replace/rebuild (resilver) a faulty harddrive

See the article screenshot...
Arduino wouldn't work, those boards are mainly based on MCUs.
I don't care for the RPi either, but there is arm based hardware that does run it just fine, but it doesn't mean I'm using it.

ZFS is also extremely hardware heavy and now with the lack of ECC support in most Intel consumer CPUs...

I run mergerfs with SnapRAID on top and it works just fine and is much more lightweight.

 

[sam_86314]

Correct with the CPU for TrueNAS - I have no reference for ARM based NAS (other than my WD EX2 Ultra).
What hardware do you use for OMV? Arduino og Rasberry Pi?

One of the things, I really like with TrueNAS is the ZFS filesystem - very quick filesystem, very resilient and easy to replace/rebuild (resilver) a faulty harddrive

I'm running ZFS on my OMV server. Sure, it doesn't support it natively, but the plugin works perfectly.

I've had a single drive failure during the time I've had my server, and while recovering from it was nerve wracking, it was easy and went off without a hitch.

As far as ECC memory goes, since my server has a Xeon, I have 32GB of ECC memory in it. I'd strongly recommend old Xeons and other old server parts for home server builds.