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https://www.gingerling.co.uk/playing-with-hexos-part-1-losing-my-mind-and-my-pool/ Enjoy x

Short answer: no You'll need to resort to using SMB, NFS, or Rsync over the network to copy from the USB drive to your TrueNAS ZFS pool. See also: https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/is-it-possible-to-copy-data-from-external-usb-drive.115693/

It's possible with other mainstream NAS brands like QNAP, Terramaster, Asustor. But Synology has always blocked this option. You can find more background information here: https://nascompares.com/tag/truenas-2022/

You cannot install Hexos on any Synology NAS, it's locked down and does not support installing 3th party OS, you can only use the Synology own DSM with it. You might find some guides, but it's pretty janky and really not worth the hassle, if you want to use Hexos you need to look for another device.

You might see limitations if you try to install apps. Synology has a mature operating system built in already so i would suggest trying it before you try hexos if you have a Synology nas Edit: Thanks @Sonic & @PsychoWards for clarifying that synology doesn't support other os installations

Onboard SATA Ports should be the least of your concerns when choosing a Motherboard, since you can easily add more SATA ports with HBA PCIe cards. I agree with @Dylan use your current machine, add some RAM and get a feeling for everything and for your needs (especially VM and Docker stuff). Maybe you get into Machine Learning (face recognition in Immich, AI OCR in paperlessngx etc...) and you need a potent dedicated GPU or you are only running lightweight apps and you can continue using your current server for the years to come.

Hi @IdMah - If it were me, I'd run with what you got for now, especially as HexOS is still in beta. This will give you time to time to get familiar with a new OS and the things you'll want to do with it. This also gives time for HexOS to continue to develop as well as you time to save for what you REALLY WANT NEXT. Essentially, don't spend your money until you've had a chance to kick the tires to better identify what you want from your new sytem. Good luck and ave fun!

also, a quick tutorial how i set up Jellyfin: Create a public folder in HexOS Go to apps in HexOS, go to Jellyfin, and click Install. It will open TrueNAS UI. user is truenas_admin and password is the HexOS password. (If it sends you to TrueNAS dashboard, go back to HexOS, Jellyfin, and click on Install again) Under Network Configuration check Host Network Under Additional Storage, click Add, choose Host Path, in Mount Path is how the folder will look in jellyfin, in Host Path find the folder you created in HexOS. Thats it for the settings, click Install at the bottom Now in TrueNAS UI go to Datasets, click on the folder created in HexOS, scroll down to Permissions, and click Edit Click Add Item, Who: Group, Group: apps. (you need to scroll at the end once or twice to be able to see full list, then find apps, should be near the end, its not in alphabetical order). Set permissions like in the picture, then click Save Access Control List. Thats it for folder permissions. Go to Apps, jellyfin, and click on Web UI. Then from there set up Jellyfin as normal, when u click on +Folders you should be able to see the folder you added in Host Path, /shows in my case. Thats it, jellyfin should work as normal now, just as if you set it up on your windows machine.