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Hi there So I'm super new to all of this. From my understanding, through HEXOS I would be able to install Plex through the apps section. But it sounds like you installed a VM instead and installed Plex on that? I'm not familiar with SMB. I might be able to make the separation of software doable. Having my download/organize media content on another pc connected to the network, then moving the content over to my hexos machine? But would it be the end of the world if I made a w11 VM (put aside idk, like 1.5 tb for it) and used that for all of my downloading/organizing software. Then moved the content to the pool?

I now have 4 drives with each 4 TB of storage capacity. I opted for raid 5, but am considering raid 6 and possibly adding more drives in the future. Can i switch from raid 5 to raid 6 with hexos?

I run Plex myself on a separated VM, and use SMB, which is mounted automatically during boot, and using those directories for plex. It's fast enough for discovery, and also for a few devices as long as you don't over-do it. That said, I would recommend just have a single machine for a certain purpose if you can (separation of concern) Let me know if this is what you meant and will suit your means.

So, update on what's happened so far. I got everything except the HBA card, and finished building this. When The HBA card arrived, I installed it and...... no disks.... so I was a bit annoyed / surprised. After fiddling a bit around, I found out that this card only works well if you have it running in a mode with the motherboard which allows *also* legacy settings. For some reason, no matter what I did, or how I tried to firmware update it, it did not wanted to be recognised. It looked to have worked on a different system, but in the end I can't get it to work with the current system. So. Now I have ordered a new card, and will be looking forward to when this arrives. I ordered the Dell PERC HBA330 PCIe 12G HBA (0J7TNV) as a replacement, which should arrive tomorrow. To test if the disks were working, I still had an old Areca RAID card lying around, and it looks that the disks are being seen by the devices (although it also looks like the RAID controller doesn't support these sizes 🤣). So, for now: I need to wait until the package is delivered and I hopefully have a happy NAS at that moment. Once everything is finished, I will post my final build & screenshots, as well as a full (sort of) step by step on why I choose things, and how I have build it. I will update once I have an update on this!

Hey, I would (and am) using the 2nd slot for a redundant boot drive. There is no write cache in Hexos, so no way to increase write performance. There is a read only cache called L2ARC and as you mentioned you can offload some metadata to the drive: There is no "best use case", because it really depends on the own needs and what is the most important to you. You might not even notice the benefits of using an SSD to store metadata, or your primary boot SSD might never die. It's a matter of reading into the different options and make an education decision based on what's important for you and what isn't. 🙂

I have recently setup my hex os nas and my mobile has 2 m.2 slots currently both are populated with 256GB drives as I had a heap from old machines. I set it up so there is a redundant boot on the second drive. Is there a better way to set it up? Can it be used as cache? I have a spare 1TB drive, that any better? I saw somewhere about potentially using an m.2 to hold Plex thumbnails etc to make it snappier than from reading it direct from the HDD array, is that a use case? If so how do I go about it? Specs: AMD 5700G with 16gb 2666mhz ram on an ITX B550 board

Hi! Im running a Minisforum minipc with 1 NVME and 1 SSD . I would like to use both for storage and was wondering if you could boot up on a USB attached SSD? I know USB dongles is not recommended because of write endurance, but would a proper USB case with a SSD work for the long run?

Try to reinstall the OS and be logged into the dock when it comes online. I had to do this for some reason it didnt sync the first go around

I was troubleshooting and selected disconnect server, with the intent to reconnect. I just get this no license for new server every time. Its the same server, with the same name, same ip, no vpn use here, and nothing was changed other choosing disconnect. how do I fix this?

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Nginx Proxy Manager (NPM) or Traefik. Both of them can be secured with Crowdsec.

Do you also have a recommendation of reverse proxies? I know there are several but recommendations of peoples top three help a lot.

tailscale and qbittorent

i havent used it myself but but karakeep is on the truenas app store and looks like it fits your needs. Keep in mind that if you want to access your notes that are self hosted outside of your home network, you will need to setup something like a reverse proxy.

Hey all, I am using an iPhone and mostly Windows computers. I was wondering if any of you know a good application I can run on my NAS where I can get synchronized notes on my phone, desktop, laptop, etc. I prefer to do this on my NAS because I am trying to leave as many cloud-based apps behind as possible.

So I saw the message that an update had been posted so i ran it and less the 8 minutes later it working fine and it found all my drives and working perfect.

@Insanittyx you should be good to go now without any more troubleshooting just log back into deck and you can claim your new server

@Insanittyx lets try something else. If you had a vpn active try again after turning it off. if you didn't have a vpn active try connecting to hexos deck using a device on a different network like your phone (on cellular internet and not wifi)

i'll reach out to someone and see if they know anything else we can try

Except for refreshing the page yes. The 'resetting' state comes from the server:

im assuming refresh button does nothing either right?

When I click 'Add Server I get the 'Lets get started!' screen.

are there any options when you click the arrow next to the home button up top?

Yes ofcourse! Unfortunatly still the same result. Different browser (edge instead of chrome) and icognito:

other users have reported deck being a little weird right now because of caching can you try checking it out with a different browser?