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Inspired by @FallenHero234's post: Background: Had this as an idea for a while now - was lurking around for years, until I saw that LTT video. Got in at $99 sale. Though to myself "might as well get on with it" (SO works with videos, myself toy with DAW) and got myself a refurb P520 and a couple of those EXOS refurbs. Specs: CPU: Intel Xeon W-2223 GPU: Nvidia Quadro K4000 3GB RAM: 16GB DDR4 Storage: Boot Drive: 256GB M.2 SSD Data Drive: 2x refurb 18TB Seagate EXOS X20 HDD Experience so far: Got the part last Friday, waited till Sunday to add the HDDs to the P520, opened that video and the illustrated install guide and installed - everything was smooth and straightforward. Started with Immich - what an awesome experience; transferred a number of lesser albums, right now am learning Plex was next - took a minute to figure out how to point to correct library folders, but 30 mins of lurking got it sorted. Again, a smooth performance; After that installed Actual via the Truenas UI - basically, it went fine as well and seems so far to be smooth. I guess right now I'm sort of cautiously exploring - looking at CPU load, and slowly transferring data in small chunks to relevant folders. However, am thinking of: Moving my HomeAssistant (running on a VM in VirtualBox on an old Mac Mini I had laying around); Adding more drives (the current pool is not expandable, so will redo the setup to make an expandable pool once I get the third 18 TB HDD) as well as creating additional pools, got a bunch of 2.5 HDDs & SSDs laying around: Specifically went for P520 because can fit more 3.5 HDDs and still have room for smaller drives. Other than that - pretty happy I did this and no regrets (knock on wood, haha).

We had a short outage earlier today that has since been resolved.

Got it, first thing that would come to mind is if it's directly downloading to the NAS but over wireless, if there's connection issues that could be causing failed packets ect. Firstly, any reason you've chosen not to load the Downloader onto the NAS? If not the manual option is to download direct to the laptop, then manually move over (Or add a completed download location if your downloader supports it) Although, a simpler was would be to use the ARR's to simplify the process.

it makes more sense to go with an intel cpu with integrated graphics intel has quick sync which great for transcoding videos. a dedicated gpu is unnecessary for plex in most cases

@Mobius created a nice setup. An alternative could be a machine like the WTR pro N100. @Dylan, what is your experience with running Plex on a N100? Another alternative could be running HexOs on NAS devices from QNAP, Terramaster or Ugreen. See nascompares.com for guides. For a full selfbuild NAS the Jonsbo case is great. And the hardware on the list of Mobius is more then sufficient.

Network: 2,5gbe is more furture proof and works also with a 1 gbe switch. (You can upgrade your switch later) hdds: you can start with 3 hdds of 4 TB in raidz1. Then you will have 8tb of storage and you can expansie with extra HDDs videocard: given your budget and also with power efficiency in mind, it’s best to use a iGPU. (Integrated gpu in the CPU). Intel cpu’s are the better options for hardware based transcoding. (Needed for Plex or Jellyfin.

seems like what you want isn't very intense. there is this prebuilt that has been kinda popular This build is something that could work for you too https://nl.pcpartpicker.com/list/Jd292x I would however consider checking ebay to see if you can find a 8500(t) or 9500(t) and a compatible motherboard for cheap I'm not sure what the price for the jonsbo n4 is in europe so i just put in a conservative estimate for price. The Sagittarius 8 bay chassis that @Sonic mentioned is also an option.

@Insanittyx, you can build a NAS from many different types of hardware, and you can use that NAS for many different purposes. There is no generic answer. To give you a good response, you’ll need to be more specific about what you want (as @Mobius also asked). Choosing hardware is always a trade-off between component cost, performance, power consumption, and form factor. Here are some questions to consider: What do you want to use the NAS for? (Which apps, storage needs, etc.) What are your GPU requirements? (Do you plan to use Jellyfin or Plex?) How much storage do you need? How big/small should the case be? What network speed do you require? How important is power efficiency?

you can get away with used if you are on a budget or just want to spend your money wisely. you can also buy newer hardware if you have more intensive workloads or want to "futureproof" is immich the only thing you plan on using? Personally i would recommend at least 1 small nvme drive for the OS (like 128gb) but some users have 2 ssds as their boot drive for additional safety. As for storage you just need 2+ of the same kind of drive. If you know all you need is a few tb, getting multiple ssds can make sense however for the same price you can likely get 5x more hdd storage if storage density is your priority. If you lmk your budget excluding storage i can recommend you what i think is your best fit.

I would like to see first party support for placing any app behind some of the most popular VPNs (PIA, Nord, Express, Proton, Tailscale, etc), as well as custom VPNs (WireGuard, OpenVPN, etc). For example, you may install “The Lounge” IRC client and have all internet communication pass through a PIA VPN so that your home IP is not exposed while chatting. Traditional methods of doing this involve painful configuration of iptables or other firewall rules. I believe this is an area where HexOS could really simplify things: Install a VPN plugin, authenticate with it, and then simply assign an app to a VPN plugin via the app’s settings if desired. It would be fully accessible from the home network without going through the VPN, but all internet traffic would go through the VPN with a kill switch in case the VPN goes down. Thoughts?

We want a NAS system built from TrueNas. File manager support directly through the GUI. This means that we would be able to move and upload files through a graphical interface through a browser. Folders in Hex only have the smb function and cannot be directly opened and handled with the contents.

Managed to fix the problem. Go into True NAS interface from Settings in Hex. Go to 'Apps' menu, click 'Configuration' drop down button, click 'Choose Pool', select your storage pool then click 'Choose' - the app service will then start, go back to HexOS and install Immich again and all will work.

First debug step would be to go into the Truenas ui and watch the running jobs (top right corner) and see what shows / fails as you click install on hex. Additionally, ensure you created your Hex install with the pools at the same time. some people have created their hex install, skipped the pool creation and this skipped the docker install/setup, meaning apps won't get installed correctly.