Hi there,
I’ve just setup a FreeNAS and I want to use encrypted pools with passphrase as I want to avoid someone getting access to the data in case of theft of the appliance.
After setting up a encrypted pool with 4 drives I noticed that the system dataset wants to live on that pool but with the system dataset on that pool I can not add a passphrase to the pool as this can only be done with pools without the system dataset.
Slight dilemma is that the manual does not recommend moving the system dataset onto the boot drive as flash memory degrades rather quickly when constantly being written to.
So here’s the question: Does this warning apply to NVMEs as well? (by boot drive as an NVME) and I can ignore that warning and move the system dataset to the boot drive?
Or:
Do I need to add another spinning drive just for the purpose of hosting the system dataset? Not really keen on doing that as it would waste an entire drive slot for minimal space needed for the system dataset on it’s own pool as I want all other pools encrypted with a pass phrase.
Or am I missing something? What’s the best strategy?
Also: Is this different on TrueNAS or the same?
Thanks for the advice!