Hardware

316 topics in this forum

1. Uber's Used Parts NAS guide

   By ubergeek, January 25, 2025
   • 14 replies
   • 5.5k views
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   • ubergeek
   • February 27, 2025

2. Hardware & Storage Requirements/Compatibility FAQ 1 2

   By Mawson, December 2, 2024
   • 43 replies
   • 35.5k views
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   • gingerling
   • Yesterday at 12:17 PM

3. HexOS 1.0

   By hammerdown, April 8
   • 1 reply
   • 147 views
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   • PsychoWards
   • April 8

4. My First NAS.

   By Eris, April 7
   • 5 replies
   • 395 views
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   • Eris
   • April 12

5. Hardware and Storage options for first time Home NAS

   By TheJagen, March 31
   • 4 replies
   • 410 views
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   • SteveOS
   • April 2

6. clean install of hexos

   By hammerdown, March 24
   • 0 replies
   • 173 views
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   • hammerdown
   • March 24

7. Before I take the plunge to HexOS

   By renesdk, March 21
   • 3 replies
   • 376 views
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   • PsychoWards
   • March 21

8. Thoughts on Mac Mini as server?

   By thurstmw, March 9
   • 1 reply
   • 311 views
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   • sunny_raven
   • March 9

9. Looking for new HDD Suggestions

   By VinnyHaw, March 4
   • 6 replies
   • 497 views
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   • ubergeek
   • April 2

10. Special Vdev for metadata

    By SpyderChiken, February 28
    • 0 replies
    • 152 views
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    • SpyderChiken
    • February 28

11. HexOS OEM Hardware Prebuilt Development

    By hamby, February 27
    • 2 replies
    • 322 views
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    • hamby
    • March 25

12. Upgrading Capacity/Migrating Pools

    By Leharris97, February 24
    • 8 replies
    • 627 views
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    • Mobius
    • March 3

13. “Windows 11 VM Won’t Boot on HexOS — ‘ISO Locked by Root’ and VNC Shows Shell”

    By toothless, February 19
    • 1 reply
    • 217 views
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    • toothless
    • February 19

14. Overkill build but i need your help

    By HighkVp, February 18
    • 3 replies
    • 431 views
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    • PsychoWards
    • February 19

15. Intel 10th vs 11th gen, what is better?

    By sonko, February 16
    • 0 replies
    • 672 views
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    • sonko
    • February 16

16. DXP4800 Plus Fan Control on HexOS

    By Valanoth, February 14
    • 2 replies
    • 544 views
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    • Valanoth
    • February 14

17. hard drive dropped out of pool after restart

    By Bigbuster153, February 13
    • 1 reply
    • 221 views
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    • Bigbuster153
    • February 14

18. Help/advice for degraded hard drive

    By GabeL, February 9
    • 3 replies
    • 399 views
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    • sunny_raven
    • February 12

19. Please review my build.

    By Edward, January 29
    • 0 replies
    • 272 views
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    • Edward
    • January 29

20. Requesting experience with Ugreen DXp4800+

    By OrionArkk, January 23
    • 0 replies
    • 280 views
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    • OrionArkk
    • January 23

21. Expanding HDDs

    By Kaizagade, January 20
    • 3 replies
    • 495 views
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    • Mobius
    • February 24

22. Worth turning my 15 year old computer into a HexOS server?

    By AbleGia, January 18
    • 2 replies
    • 361 views
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    • Mobius
    • January 18

23. GPU compatibility, Anyraid

    By HUGUWULUWU, January 9
    • 0 replies
    • 271 views
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    • HUGUWULUWU
    • January 9

24. USB DAS support

    By Salus, January 1
    • 3 replies
    • 551 views
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    • Mobius
    • January 1

25. ECC + BitRot everything on the cheap?

    By José Encarnação, December 30, 2025   

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    • 1 reply
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    • Mobius
    • December 30, 2025