Hardware

316 topics in this forum

1. Can I use a Yottamaster 5-bay RAID hard drive enclosure?

   By unitedjoe, December 7, 2024
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   • unitedjoe
   • December 9, 2024

2. My 40gbit connection to my NAS for less than $75

   By RobotsNeverDie, November 30, 2024
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   • macdaddy2012
   • December 4, 2025

3. Dead HDD Replacement In Hexos

   By ubergeek, January 12, 2025
   • 9 replies
   • 3k views
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   • Mr_Stig
   • April 4

4. Does not show SSD pool

   By wim, December 15, 2024
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   • wim
   • December 27, 2024

5. Sub $1000 USD NAS and Media Center builds

   By Tyson Gibby, April 28, 2025
   • 15 replies
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   • ubergeek
   • May 2, 2025

6. Home Server Hardware Questions

   By Zer0Log1c, December 9, 2024
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   • Mobius
   • December 11, 2024

7. First home server, hardware choices.

   By Thanlion, July 15, 2025
   • 4 replies
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   • Duncan Innes
   • July 20, 2025

8. Planning an all SSD build

   By Melon_Block, November 29, 2024
   • 7 replies
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   • Melon_Block
   • December 4, 2024

9. List of Supported Cpu's Arm/Amd/Intel?

   By corekiller, November 30, 2024   

   • hardware
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   • Psi
   • December 1, 2024

10. Any M2/NVME NAS solutions around… Looking for a silent NAS setup.

    By Metz, December 1, 2024
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    • ulfn
    • December 11, 2024

11. ECC Memory Requirement?

    By ericny, November 29, 2024
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    • cake
    • November 30, 2024

12. Setup options/recommendations for HP mini PC.

    By HiTekRedneck, December 16, 2024
    • 5 replies
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    • Dylan
    • December 25, 2024

13. HP elitedesk 800 g2 bood drive question

    By bob3r, December 4, 2024
    • 7 replies
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    • Syko
    • December 5, 2024

14. What's better? DIY NAS or a regular NAS

    By zczachor, July 22, 2025
    • 6 replies
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    • Mobius
    • August 31, 2025

15. 2018 MacBook Air as Server?

    By Grandpa Does Tech, April 27, 2025
    • 8 replies
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    • Sonic
    • April 29, 2025

16. Dell Optiplex 5050MT?

    By Flyboy, January 23, 2025
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    • Flyboy
    • January 23, 2025

17. New to home servers in general with a HDD Question

    By DanTheDroneMan, December 10, 2024
    • 8 replies
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    • DanTheDroneMan
    • December 30, 2024

18. Dell Power Edge 2900 not Good for HexOS

    By ShadowLeRawr, December 23, 2024
    • 11 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • TheKS
    • January 13, 2025

19. Motherboard raid vs. HexOS raid?

    By Blittz, December 5, 2024
    • 6 replies
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    • Blittz
    • December 5, 2024

20. R710 and 2600

    By Zisconnected, July 26, 2025
    • 15 replies
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    • Zisconnected
    • September 15, 2025

21. Framework 13 11th Gen Mainboard Server

    By The_Green_Nerd2, December 1, 2024
    • 5 replies
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    • Rx_The_Harmacist
    • January 25, 2025

22. What harddrives are you using?

    By Nitor, December 1, 2024
    • 6 replies
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    • Dylan
    • December 3, 2024

23. Hardware failure and ZFS - sanity check

    By Creative0100, January 21, 2025
    • 11 replies
    • 2.5k views
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    • Sonic
    • January 31, 2025

24. Help planning my homelab

    By Glensafro, December 29, 2024
    • 4 replies
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    • PsychoWards
    • December 30, 2024

25. File systems

    By Ray Pires, November 29, 2024
    • 6 replies
    • 2.5k views
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    • Dylan
    • January 21, 2025