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Exactly! It's one of the reasons I want to build a comprehensive hardware database for HexOS (obviously opt-in). There are a lot of details with hardware that aren't exposed when buying that we could start to map for folks who took the plunge without the insights. Boot up, run a little scan of how the IOMMU groups layout, what happens when you try to pass through a GPU, etc. and then create a filterable database for users to search and get more details. So many ways to improve UX here beyond just the software.

I think cars and tech go hand in hand! Here's my 1999 RX7

Built my "new" server for HexOS finally, a mixture of old and new parts. I'm replacing an aging EOL Synology DS412+. I was able to recycle a lot of parts I had around with minimal expense, except for storage of course. Use case: Mainly Plex, immich and some VMs for home lab stuff initially. The possibilities with the TrueNas back end seem pretty endless. It's my first venture into truenas

I really like this approach. It may not catch everything but it will enable a large portion of users that would only grow over time.

Hey @Archion - Whatever makes the dream work!!! I dig it.

I was in the midst of putting together my new server, which was supposed to run TrueNas, when I received the e-mail that Hexos was available and that's how I ended up here. 🙂 This server was supposed to replace my 10 year old NAS and to replace my current Windows Server running docker and some game servers when needed. The HW specs are: CPU: Intel i5 14600K with Thermal Grizzly PhaseSheet PTM (Phase Shifting Pad will not try up compared to thermal paste, thus will not require maintenance in the future) CPU-Cooler: Noctua NH-D9L Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 128GB DDR5-5600 (4x32GB) MoBo: ASRock Z790 PRO RS PSU: Corsair RM650 NIC: QSFPTEK 10G SFP+ (2x Intel X520-DA2) Boot Drives: 2x WD Red SN700 500GB HDDs: 6x Seagate IronWolf 4TB SSDs: 2x Samsung 990 Evo 1TB SSD cooler: 3x be quiet! MC1 Pro (since the MoBo only has 1 m.2 slot with a cooler) external HDD: 1x Seagate Desktop Drive 8TB case: Inter-Tech IPC 4U-4129L UPS: APC BX1600MI I didn't want to get 10 year old used server grade HW, I wanted something newer, faster and more energy efficient, thus the HW above. Yes I know that it would have been better to gett ECC Memory, but ECC Memory and new consumer grade HW is an absolute nightmare, but at least DDR5 got some On-Die EEC which is better then nothing. Neither my old Synology NAS, nor my Unraid Server are rocking ECC memory, so i'm taking my chances. The server is running Proxmox with one VM running Hexos and another running Ubuntu Server and it's configured to shutdown once the UPS is below 30% of battery power. Both NICs are configured as a Bond in active backup mode, meaning if 1 fails, the other will automagically take over without any interrupt of data transfer (I did test this, it's working great 🙂 ). Both of the VMs are setup with UEFi instead of BIOS and as Q35 Machines instead of the default i440fx. (because PCI-e passthrough requires Q35 and I just wanted to be safe) I'm planning on setting up a 3. VM running Windows in case I need it for some game server or if I want to quickly deploy something (my windows skill are far superior compared to my linux skills) The Hexos VM has 6 Cores and 64GB of Memory, 1 RaidZ2 Pool with the 6 HDDs, 1 Mirrored Pool with the SSDs and the external HDD will be used for replication of the most important files (pictures and documents). This last part however is still WIP. So far I've setup periodic SMART tests, Scrub Tasks and periodic Snapshot Tasks. I've also migrated most of my data at this point. The Ubuntu VM got access to all cores and 48GB of Memory and Docker is running: Home Assitant Vaultwarden Portainer Cloudflare-DDNS Heimdall Nginx Proxy Manager Watchtower Obico Navidrome (which I still need to setup on the new server, this is currently still running on the old server) Planned to add: Jellyfin (not sure if I'm ever gonna use it though, so far I've just mounted the NAS Folder via NFS in Kodi on my Shield TV and never had any issues, I'm not planning on streaming outside of my LAN) Sth. do manage Documents/PDF (if anyone got some recommendations please but them down below) Immich Tailscale (maybe?) ??? Currently the Ubuntu OS and docker containers are running of the boot drive, my goal is however, to have everything related to docker running of the Hexos SSD pool and to take periodic images of the VM and backup them to the HDD pool. I've recently bought a Topton N100 which is now running OPNsense (and used as a Router) and I need to get PiHole working again, but I'll try to get it running on the N100. While changing my router I also changed my network range, meaning I'm no longer able to access Hexos until this bug is fixed. This is mostly fine, since I've been using it to manage access rights and I've got most things set up as I need them. (god damn, access managed is a true nightmare in truescale...) I've an Unraid Server which I will use to replicate everything from Truenas and last but not least, my old NAS will be used as an off side Backup in case the building burns down. 🙃 That's all from my side, if you have any questions, remarks or recommendations please leave them below. Also if anyone knows where to buy good & cheap open server racks in europe please let me know.

The Synology NAS is going to life at my parents house once the initial backup was made, so even if the entire building burns down, I'll have a backup. (So yes, indeed planning for the worst case) I'm only backing up the important things, for the rest, snapshots need to be enough.

i think freaking out is only limited to single drive pools since others were able to use the deck as normal when their z1 pools failed. But in a future update this shouldn't be an issue for single drive pools either

I feel like someone needs to do a test of Hex-Ception! How many layers down of installing Hex os VM's can you go before it breaks haha! Baremetal Hex Install Hex VM #1 HexVM #2 Hex VM #3...

I use one NUC 11 with Proxmox to run Windows 11 VDIs. Additionally, I have a Mini PC with Proxmox and an Intel N100 (low power), which I use to run my Docker containers. This machine is always on. My third machine is an Aoostar WTR Pro, on which I run HexOS with SATA passthrough and a Proxmox Backup server. These three machines are the "production" setup in my homelab. Additionally, I have one more PC with Proxmox for testing purposes.

FOR EVERYTHING. Ok jokes aside at work we have a 4 server cluster for a computer node "note each box is a dell R940 quad Xeon with 1tb of memory per box" also we run a 5 server cluster for ceph storage. This handles a lot of production VM's and we have a isolated sandbox for other things . We also take advantage of using Proxmox backup server "colocated" for all that we do in our DC. as far as at home I use proxmox for my remote gaming computer and home DB server, Another Proxmox server of mine is Co-located at a friends house that is being used as production and dev box.

I've made some progress, Immich is installed and up and running and currently using my PCs GPU for the ML stuff... My current plan is to get my old 2080Ti installed and working in the server itself. PaperlessNGX is now also running, which I use to store and archive all sorts of documents. I've made the Hexos Gods very angry at me, by create a single drive pool with an external USB drive, which I use as a replication task target of some of my datasets. Next on the list is getting rsync setup to my UNRAID and Synology NAS and at that point I think I should have enough backups of my most important files. I'll post some pictures once I get to install the GPU.

Had already installed the HA app through truenas and ran into countless issues, it was unusable! plus had been so long since i'd not be running bare metal / HA OS that i completely forgot about the lack of Add ons and other key features, which was a another blocker. Thus what would be amazing is a 'One-Click' option for Home Assistant BUT the option to install either as: VM (HA OS) App (Container) That way, users have the choice, and could be presented with the pro's / con's of both up front!

Don't you worry! We have plans for you brave testers out there to keep you on a "beta" track that lets you test out the goodies as we're building them. Basically we will have feature-tagging so we can enroll certain users in new beta features for testing before they are ready for the stable track. When we get to that phase, more will be revealed 😉

I want remote access to be simple and safe even for older family members who are not technically proficient. They will not register in some VPN for their access to work. They just want to open a plex or immich and at most ask for an ip address and let it work. How to do it? Of course, they don't live under the same roof and the most they can do is write an IP address or a web domain.