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the main work around is to get something like a tp link wifi extender with an ethernet port but they hurt power efficiency compared to built in wifi and they are also more flakey from my experience

thanks truenas/hexos does not support wifi so i have to use lan. For a casual user like myself i would be plenty happy if wifi worked and i could stick the server in a corner that is out of they way. hopefully its a feature thatll be implemented in a few years.

$4/kw makes sense electricity costs are insane i don't remember the exact but I'm pretty sure my cost is somewhere between 0.38¢ - 0.48¢/w So power efficiency is hella sexy Things i kept in mind are 1) no rgb 2) no dgpu 3) external das will likely use more power than internal drives and possibly have other issues 4) Wolfgang has a spreadsheet with psu efficiency and 20/40/60/80w so you can make sure you have a decently efficient psu at idle 5) try not to go overboard with case fans, just because there is space for it doesn't mean it's needed.

If hexos sees it as one drive it won't work currently. As of now hexos needs to be the one making the pool of at least 2 drives. External drives are also not recommend in general

I agree with cake

There is a list of apps incoming to hexos and sonarr is one of them the other one isn't familiar to me but worst case you can install it via truenas

i agree

I agree with the others only time it's worth upgrading is when your system no longer meets your needs. If it runs fine yeah keep on keeping on with it. I built a beefy machine because i could not because it made the most sense

In general its not recommended to us external storage. if plex is too bloated you can try jellyfin 1gb tvs are actually pretty good lol, most tvs i come across have 100mb nics to the best of my knowledge rebuilding arrays are incredibly stressful for the remaining drives and doing it multiple times risk drive failure. im actually not sure if hexos/truenas will automatically increase pool size if you replace the smallest drive with a bigger drive. it would be great if it does

Thankfully its not the cost that is 265k but just the name of the cpu. I originally planned on waiting for some bargain bin discounts on a 245k but Microcenter had a decent enough deal on a 265k+mobo Cpu - Core Ultra 265k Mobo - Asus Z890M-Plus Prime WiFi Realtek RTL8125 2.5gb Ram - 4 x Gskill Ripjaws m5 48gb 5200mhz cl 40 Storage 2 x 16 tb Seagate skyhawk ai hdd 3 x 14 tb Seagate exos hdd 1 x 2 tb Samsung 980 pro ssd 1 x 256 gb Samsung 960 evo ssd (boot drive) PSU - Super flower leadex se 1000w 80+ platinum Case - Phanteks p500a Cpu/mobo/ram were new but everything else were parts i had lying around at home thats why it seems like such a weird build. Things i had to do to get things to work Set secure boot to custom and other os because of shim error use a usb nic because the Realtek RTL8125 was disabled by truenas because it causes issues with iscusi afaik i'm not planning on using iscusi so im trying to turn it back on either via tunable or driver installation (neither of which i know how to do) Since my drives are of different sizes and i just want one big pool i had to create the drive via the truenas interface I actually created a 2nd "stripe" pool of just my 2tb 980 pro for an app dedicated ssd via truenas but as of now hexos interface goes crazy when it sees a single drive pool Plans for the future move everything to a jonsbo n5 whenever the prices goes down a bit maybe swap psu with something more efficient wait for hexos to support single drive pools after which i will start adding apps. install arr stack, jellyfin, nextcloud and immich

wow ive been resorting to site:hub.hexos.com searches on google

Thats great to hear

Are new app one click installs going to be implemented server side or will we need to update hexos to get new app 1 click installs?

here is a spread sheet on psu efficiency and here is another spread sheet on idle power draw but they seem like best case scenario Its all about getting higher C states from what i can tell, which is dependent on what your hardware supports but also if you have thing preventing reaching higher c states. here is another spread sheet on different pc components builds and their idle power consumption People would be booting from ssd.

With just 1 ssd you might be hitting anywhere between 8-20w idle. Each hdd can add 3-6w idle depending on how beefy of a hdd you use. Like a 24tb 7200rpm exos drive will have a higher power consumption than some smaller drives. From what i hear more ram is more useful than a "cache ssd". Assuming you mean the intel i7 7700k, it should be more than capable for what you mentioned you don't need ecc memory. Truenas which HexOS is built on top of supports nut for ups shutdown commands. I imagine HexOS will support the same but i can't say for certain. I'm also interested in finding a ups for my server. if it helps this is a list of ups that has a supported nut protocol but it goes over my head.

at 3 or 4 streams at once with the arr stack and more you are pushing the lil machine to its limits. I would consider going with something a little beefier. Building a pc is not as hard as it sounds and i think even an unexperienced person should be able to get it done in around 3h. I believe in you

i agree its a convenient little machine but a quick search on reddit shows that it struggles pretty badly with burning subtitles to videos. If that isnt important to you itll definitely be able to run a few plex streams.

As far as i know even tho it is on that list, as of the beta release only plex and immich has the easy hexos setup. Jellyfin will com later and for now it'll bring up the normal truenas way of installation.

depending on your motherboard and psu size as well as your needs/budget the jonsbo n2, n3, n4 or n5 could work. Fractal node 304 or 804 are other options. alternatively you can go on uk.pcpartpicker.com, input your components and then set the filters for what kind of case you would like

it took some time but i figured it out and was able to shave off around 150 euros Here is the build went for an intel cpu/mobo for quick sync. you can save even more by going for a 12100 and h610 mobo but i figured you didn't want to go cheapest possible. for the cooler in germany the arctic freezer 36 co (continuous operation) provides a better value than in the states since every other cooler i would pick is far more expensive. HOWEVER the non k sku intel cpus like the 12400 in this part list comes with a stock cooler and i think its more than good enough. so if you are comfortable with using the stock cooler i would just save the money and use the stock cooler. for ram i left it alone but i'm sure you know buying 2x32gb costs less per gb than 1x32gb For ssd i swapped it out with the cheapest decent 1tb ssd with dram I assume you already have your case but the off chance you didn't the case i replaced it with is very cheap and 1/3 of the size while being able to hold up to 3 full size hdd. I picked the cheapest 80+ gold power supply from a brand i trust. I didn't touch the HDDs but you can save a bit more buying new on ebay if you trust the site. I would only purchase listings that are in the country personally.

Dzzope makes a good point. Another thing to keep in mind is that even tho amd cpus make great sense for pretty much every other use case, for plex servers Intel makes more sense because of quick sync for video transcoding. AMD will probably work fine for one steam but if you are gonna be dropping an entire grand your build is not well balanced. If i can figure out how to set pc part picker to Germany i can try to make a more reasonable build for you

I overlooked the power supply sata cables on the psu for the $400 budget build with quick sync This is the update $400 budget build with quick sync since editing isnt available in this forms yes

it is best practice to not use external storage so building a new pc woul make more sense. this is a comment i made in another thread that can be a place to start

I was waiting for first impressions before i purchased.

This is very subjective to your needs and budget. My build that is a hodgepodge of new stuff and old stuff i had handy like my case and psu. I plan on migrating to a jonsbo n5 eventually $900 Reasonable High-end build - Boot drive and ram is something you can change and the 12400 can be substituted for a 12100 to save some more. $400 budget build with quick sync - uses used cpu/mobo and honestly more corners can be cut like the case. My primary use case is jellyfin server so even tho n100 is probably fine im looking for intel quick sync. (with this combo probably worth asking the motherboard seller if they can update the bios for you, otherwise i think microcenter does it for a fee) Dylan's n100 prebuilt is not a bad value either.