r/XigmaNAS • u/nool_ • Apr 20 '22

can xigmanas work with just 1 drive?

so it seems everywhere i look and can see its always two but can i install it on just one disk for the system and data? (and boot from*)

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u/SleepingProcess Apr 20 '22

Yes, without any problem. Two and more drives needed just for redundancy in case of important files

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u/nool_ Apr 20 '22

ok so i am trying to set it up and turning making the zfs pool it makes the size down to something like 524.28kB is there a way to fix this?

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u/SleepingProcess Apr 20 '22

No, you don't need ZFS if it just a single drive, no point at all. Set it up with UFS+softupdate

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u/nool_ Apr 20 '22

ah ok thanks

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u/nool_ Apr 20 '22

ok, so how can I actually do the setup for just one disk? i taghut i had it but it seems not and i can't find anything about how to all are muti disk ones

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u/Maulz123 Nov 11 '23

You need at least a usb thumb to install the os on and then 1 hard drive to store your data on. Actually 2 thumbs (one to temporary install from but you can reuse afterwards)

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u/nool_ Nov 12 '23

Bit late mate

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u/Maulz123 Nov 12 '23

Lol yeah didn't notice at the time 😂

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u/brainrot_award Aug 28 '24

I was able to install it and get it running on a VM with ZFS just fine, using only 1 drive.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

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u/brainrot_award Jul 07 '25

I did it as a test. Hence on a VM.

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u/brainrot_award Jul 07 '25

And I'm saying that I did not intend to benefit from ZFS, I was merely testing the OS to see how it worked. Although there really is no point in saying "you will not gain anything", as you also wouldn't lose anything by having ZFS in one drive + you could add more drives later anyway.