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Howdy ya'll, I'm pinormous. My interest in computers started back with RollerCoaster Tycoon, a game that could run on anything. I was soon puzzled why other games couldn't be played on my family computer, quickly learning that not all computers have the same capabilities. As my knowledge grew, I stumbled into the LimeWire era of data hoarding and never looked back. Over the next 7 years bigger hard drives were purchased then filled, external drives were acquired then subsequently filled, heard about Plex as a way to remotely access all my content, then I finally got serious about my addiction and bought an 8-bay NAS - giving me 34 TB of useable space. This will surely be enough, I told myself, there's no way I'll fill it up. 5 years later, I found out how much of a lie that was. So I'm now diving down a new rabbit hole of disk shelves and servers. If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing; so I have a 28U rack that I'll be filling with networking, power management, and whatever else I can slap in there and explore. I have 2x24 bay shelves that, once populated, should net me around 900 TB of useable space. Surely, this will be enough space. There's no way I'll fill it up. I'm looking forward to the journey of learning new software and hardware that will enable this upgrade in the coming year, with HexOS hopefully making my first real move outside of Windows a simpler foray, leaving plenty of time to tinker more with networking. When I'm not learning-by-doing, I am frequently found playing factory or driving games. When I'm not off the clock, I travel the US as a longhaul truck driver (which piqued my interest after putting hundreds of hours in ATS and ETS2), so having my own personal Netflix is a real saving grace.

I understand that app integration is probably pretty low on this list of to-do's right now, but here's my request regarding the home assistant app. I installed the home assistant app, and tried to get started on the home assistant, which I've never used before and am intending to learn. However, in the process of trying to get started I learned that the installation of Home Assistant on Truenas is the Home Assistant Core, which apparently lacks a lot of the features of Home Assistant OS that makes it approachable. I find HA Core completely unapproachable for my level of knowledge, since even the most basic tasks presume requisite knowledge I don't have (like, I don't even know how to access the command line). It also appears that people generally recommend to install a virtual machine of the Home Assistant OS. This is a task that it above me at the moment, since again all the guides out there assume some basic knowledge that I don't have. So, in the spirit of HexOS, I request a feature that allows easy installation of a verion of Home Assistant in a VM, or some other way or version that supports home assistant add-ons.

I'm pretty sure this is incorrect please refer to this thread on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeServer/comments/18znvaa/ryzen_cpus_support_ecc_memory/ yup it is, you can refer to pcpartpicker and use it's ecc toggle to narrow down ecc compatible gear but you will more than likely have to find the motherboard 2nd hand as with everything its a cost vs safety preference on your end. Its kinda like asking do i need raid 6 or is raid 5 good enough. I might think raid 5 is good enough but you might think raid 6 is a must for safety. However for more in depth info to help you decide if you need ecc feel free to refer to this following post. https://www.reddit.com/r/truenas/comments/10sr1zv/comment/j7394el/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Thanks for mentioning it, but what I read is that you need to have specifically a Ryzen Pro, and not the normal Ryzen processor. Intel does have the feature on most of their 12th gen and newer, but finding a capable motherboard is hard for that. It might also just be me unable to find the correct stuff, but also for a home lab, I will have data stored on there which I don't want to lose, but paying for 100TB+ on online / offsite backup is kinda expensive. So my main concern for this is: do I really need ECC, can I go without, and what would be the possible issues for non ecc memory, and how can I reduce the issues with it. Just having in the FAQ a small topic about ECC: why would you want it, and what are the risks if you don't I think is an added value for the people doing a DIY setup.

I recently used the F6-424 (which barring the number of bays should be the same I think), it was pretty easy overall. I updated the ram and added an NVMe M.2 drive to install HexOS onto. Here are some things to note or consider: -There is an issue with with some of the BIOS settings for the Terramaster and how it interacts with TrueNAS/HexOS, and after changing some settings I was able to solve those issues and it seems stable. (though its only been a couple days, but the rolling restarts no longer happen) Here is a link concerning the settings in the BIOS that should be changed from someone smarter than I: -As many guides/ videos point out, you will need a low profile USB imaged with HexOS to replace an existing USB that can be accessed by taking the right side of the case off, and removing the board under it, where the memory and M.2 slots are, it is located on the underside of that board. -It was recommended that after HexOS is installed to shut down the system and remove that USB because there is a tendency for the system to occasionally attempt to boot from it after install which can increase start up times for your server. I saw a video claiming that you could use the exterior USB and alternatively get to the BIOS to change the boot order, but most people said that it didn't work that way for whatever reason and you would want to remove the USB anyways. -During this process it was recommended to update the RAM as TrueNAS, and I imagine HexOS by proxy, will take advantage of it. This is my first NAS, and though I haven't done anything beyond using it as storage/ backup thus far, I found the hardware easy to work with and if you know to change the BIOS stuff indicated in the linked post then it seems to run fine. I will say this is not the most cost efficient way to have a NAS and it comes with the drawback of giving up some ability to upgrade in the future, but if your looking for a compact solution this works well and though I can't say that Terramasters software is great, I have seen people recommend their hardware. I hope this helps.

I personally think ecc isn't the biggest deal for homelabs. Easiest way to get ecc support is with modern ryzen. (I forget if older ryzen supports it)

I read a lot for a DIY HexOS, (mainly because of ZFS) ECC memory is highly recommended. Is this something that might need to be added in this list as well? Including maybe also the possible outcomes if you didn't do it, and most likely scenarios that it might have issues? I am looking into a DIY myself, and still am not sure what CPU/Motherboard/RAM combination to take, because most ECC combinations are really hard to find.

I wasn't at that time but that did work once for me later.

i can't say for certain if hexos will have issues or not after large os updates as he haven't had one of those yet. All. the updates so far has been sever side. We are still in beta so bugs are to be expected. However at least for a plex machine there shouldn't be much issue.

So I suppose this articulates what I'm getting at. I would rather have some idea of when updates are planned, than having to keep checking the forums to find out if there's been a new release. I need to rebuild my HexOS system at the moment and would possibly wait for a new ISO to install if I had any idea of timescales.

finally found this thread after a lot of digging around

looking at other threads and reddit didn't seem to clear much up. I did see some issues were truenas version related but mine is just at TrueNAS-24.10.0 which is the one that came with the hexos install iso I got from the site

Can't claim my server in hexOS deck but I can connect to it no issues through trueNAS. it will just say looking for servers seemingly indefinitely on the hex deck. I've tried on both wired and over wifi and on different machines. I've even pointed it to the IP address through the hex deck setup tool and that doesn't seem to impact anything. is it just something I have to reinstall for? running low on troubleshooting ideas.

well plex and immich are the two big program i want right now. truenas kept updating and changing everything, like 15 times in just a few years. i stayed on core version 10 or something for a long time before i finially updated. at each update point my networking config broke and i had to physically console in to cli and fix things. just a royal pita. so after a couple updates i just quit. then a couple weeks ago i decided it was time to go to scale with core being end of life. i moved up through the versions and to their credit the networking didnt break this time. however upon hitting fangtooth i came to find the tool tips for settings are a joke - "host path" took tip is "this is how you set host path". just zero effort put in on everything. they removed the majority of metric graphs, management interfaces, removed the ability to assign IP addresses... like its a SERVER OS... who the hell does that???? imo i suspect IX systems is trying to cut out feature sets from community edition to reduce its usage and make it far less capable in order to push their paid versions. everything they are doing makes perfect sense if the goal is to make community free edition a small side project of their company. so, im either going to have to build a new pool and backup to go back to core, find another os - perhaps hex? but i dont have time to be doing all this. i wanted to get away from the crazy price hikes of streaming services and google. i guess if id stayed on core i would not be in this situation....

@Todd Miller i assume you are aware you can roll back the app updates if you do run into issues?

@Duncan Innes Currently when the time comes, new features should be able to be turned on / off for specific users, so those eager to test the latest and greatest may be able to get that chance. I'm sure they'll be further updates on this in the future as we get closer to more frequent releases post V1.0. As for updates, i hope we'll have more news shortly, though if you haven't read it already, the Q1 Update from Jon, does it's best to explain why the team had to reevaluate their own timelines / plan after such a successful launch. So keep an eye out for future updates coming soon! 🙏🏻

It would be nice if users were allowed to select which development stream they want to be a part of. Stable will obviously not become a thing until the 1.0 release, but when this happens it would be nice if we could choose whether to sit on Stable, Testing, or Dev software streams. With obvious caveats for buyer beware if you are in Dev or Testing streams. The number of users at sign-up suggests there are a lot of tech-savvy people here. This community could be leveraged in the form of much wider testing than is currently possible. Would also be neat to have a few more Blog updates than at present. Perhaps monthly? It's not a great feeling having paid for something, then getting sparse updates on how things are progressing. The way Immich presents it's Roadmap is very nice while keeping everything simple.

Thanks for the advice, I will keep that in mind

Terramaster hardware is designed to be used as a 24/7 NAS. A solid setup to start using HexOs. welcome!

Welcome Happy to see you were able to figure out how to solve your problem. For media server i personally use jellyfin. pros its free less fluff Cons compared to plex less clients available no playstation app kinda annoying to get working on tizen (samsung tv) best way to watch on apple tv is using a paid 3rd party app (its what i use and i love it) streaming videos outside of network is not as easy

Hello, I had ordered HexOS a while back and just recently picked up the necessary hardware. This is my first experience using a NAS and was especially interested in the potential of an off site storage if you have a friend with HexOS as well (and I do lol). After examining the carcass of my old PC I decided that I would probably want something newer to work and ended up buy a NAS from Terramaster instead of building my own as I like how compact it is and my old computer is on the older side. So i got the following: -> Terramaster F6-424; 6 Bay, N95 Quad-Core CPU, Dual 2.5GbE Ports -> Crucial 32 GB DDR5, 4800 MHz -> 2x Western Digital 500 GB NVMe's -> 4x Seagate Ironwolf 4TB (for now) The hardware was pretty easy to work with, there are several videos of people using/trying TrueNAS on a Terramaster. The install and setup was easy, the Guide on here was more than enough to get someone set up and great to reference just to make sure everything went smoothly. So far, the only thing that has given me any trouble is that I was getting odd restarts for apparently no reason, but I believe that was a compatibility issue with Terramaster that seems to have been fixed by some changes in the BIOS suggested elsewhere in this forum. Currently, my plans for this are limited to backing up my data and likely some kind of Media Server, but I may expand that as I learn more of what's out there and what I can or maybe should do.

This is the goal, we aren't fully there yet. At this time we can only do this with Plex and immich but there are plans to rapidly increase the amount of apps this works with. At this time eshtek does not offer that. I think in a ltt video it was mentioned that such a service MIGHT be offered as part of a future subscription offering but there is no news on that yet. However a lot of is in this community try to help solve issues other users have in these forums. If there are problems the community can't help solve the hexos team does look into it. At this time outside of Plex and immich most everything has to be done in the underlying truenas ui but i imagine as hexos matures it'll be less and less reliant on getting things done in the truenas ui.

i come from core, used it for years. JUST udpated to scale - i want off the truenas train, its god awful. i want to go to an app, click install, have it work. i have 36 drives, i3 12th gen, 10gb networking, various programs. truenas has had too many updates, paths, changes.... its been too much to keep up with and constantly trying to fix what updates break. it also has far less features than it did years ago to say nothing of a very limited amount of support and guides. im sure this is due to the constant changes as you can go back a few years and find all the guides you need... just now they are all irrelevant. i want a OS that i can call someone or have an active chat at least to help me through settings

Samsies.

I saw the updates here in TrueNAS not HexOS, though this is a bad example because there aren't any for me since my very recent rebuild. I have updated Immich from here twice. Anyone disagree or have a better way?