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we have a roadmap here in a blogpost. An updated one will be coming in the not too distant future. joining their partner program is an interesting suggestion, i can pass on your suggestion but no promises it'll go anywhere. it's an interesting program and something like it may be considered after we leave beta.

There should not be a time limit for activating a license. Many of us here have bought a first or second license intending to activate it a lot later (myself included) Activating a license is pretty easy, once you install HexOS and turn on your machine, on a different device (on the same network) you go to Deck.Hexos.com and you can claim your server which will automatically activate it. Yes you can play with HexOS in a vm and there are a few users that run a HexOS vm in proxmox. You can always remove your Hexos license from your vm and move it to a different machine if you desire. If you have anymore questions don't hesitate to reach out.

More RAM is always better but we tend to recommend 1gb RAM per Tb of storage.

so far my gecko browser of choice has been floorp but i'd defintely check out zen if every get fed up with vivaldi

this past year ive been hopping from browser to browser every month looking for a good chrome replacement. I've mostly come to terms with the perfect browser doesn't exist sadly. If majority of the internet wasn't designed to run perfect on chromium and treat Gecko as an afterthought, i would have happily stayed on a Firefox fork like zen. It's been a while since i used a gecko based browser (i front loaded them in my browser testing) so i don't remember examples but i remember just being frustrated with its compatibility. I eventually settled on Vivaldi a chromium based browser.

very impressive but hard to beat the shock of seeing doom on a pregnancy test

My Hexos build is shelved for now as well. I think once single drive pools are supported i will start my machine up again. i'm also saving up to purchase a Jonsbo N5 case after which i can fully setup my nas.

Defintely a good watch for someone that plans to buy new HDDs in the future.

ah i figured that buddy backup would work on same site too.

Well once buddy backup arrives that will likely be your best bet. until it arrives your best bet is checking out this page to see what makes most sense for you https://www.truenas.com/docs/scale/gettingstarted/configure/setupbackupscale/

Theoretically it is possible however not officially supported at this time. I can only give your the possible methods but can't make any promises it will work Option 1: transplant the boot drive and all the drives of your current machine to the new one (Deck might not think it is the same device in which case you will have to reclaim it) Option 2: install hexos on the new machine, claim your new server on Deck, you will have to bypass drive erasure in 1 of the following ways when it asks you if its okay to delete your drives , hit yes and it will fail (happened to me and multiple other users but no promises it will work for you) bypass erasing your drives by plugging in 2 usb sticks and letting hexos make a pool with that keeping your HDDs unplugged and hoping for the best when you claim your server creating a new pool with drives that werent part of your original pool Once you bypass the drive erasure screen you go into truenas and migrate the pool from there. This may or may not work.

Not sure where you are located but in the United States i can find the jonsbo n4 for cheaper than the n1 and have been recommending that case whenever someone is trying to make a system with 6 or fewer HDDs. N4 looks like it has better airflow too.

i don't disagree

I've also never heard of burning in HDDs If i had to guess it probably stems from if its defective, itll fail during the burn in period but i could be wrong.

Good luck, looking forward to hearing back from you. I think some users reported performance issues with usb drives but maybe with a fast enough drive it wouldn't feel too bad. If i didn't find solid used options near me i probably would have gone for ssd you found on amazon.

Some users on main truenas have reported using a usb flash drive, might be worth checking out. Alternatively you can probably do something similar to what i did. I went on craigslist and got cheap used nvme drives for $10 each while it's not safest thing, i am confident that my 250 gb samsung 960 evo (that only have 700gb written) will last me a long time I am currently on a test system but when i fully migrate i will be mirroring it with another drive.

I have a pc case (phanteks P500) that supported 5+ drives and its the temp home of my HexOS server. I don't think it was a smart purchase lol. I probably would have been a lot happier with a dedicated NAS case and in fact i do plan to eventually purchase a Jonsbo N5 to replace the P500. I have 5 hdd and 2 ssd in my setup 128gb nvme for boot ssd (anything more is just a waste of storage) 2tb nvme waiting for single drive pool support (will be used to install apps) I have not needed a HBA card yet but i plan to get a LSI card when i get the jonsbo n5 and jump straight to 12 drives.

you might also enjoy this video about a homelab making duel

That is one solid system and one jam packed rack

I'm in agreement with @PsychoWards and @ubergeek

Your best bet is to check ebay or your local versions of craigslist/facebook marketplace for used gear.

external usb devices are not recommended and may cause issues. It may or may not work depending on if the DAS passes through the actual serial number of the HDD, a lot of External HDD enclosures don't either way i wouldn't bother.

I just want to say 8 to 12 bays of 3.5" HDDs will never be all that quiet, they are also going to be using a decent amount of electricity even at idle. Both of those can be solved by using SSDs but thats a very expensive solution. I generally recommend Jonsbo cases, the n3 would hit your minimum requirements and the n5 would meet your ideal. but like ubergeek said we can provide better help if we knew your budget and what you plan to use the nas for (ex. multiple plex streams)

HexOS indeed the primary OS however it is built off of and heavily related to Truenas Scale. HexOS uses docker apps which already has an established catalogue of apps. However the HexOS team will be manually configuring these existing apps to be more easily installed with 1 click Apps that have not been manually configured can still be installed but you may have to manually set permissions and locations. If there is a docker app then it is most likely supported such as jellyfin At the moment there are only 2 apps that support 1 click install in this beta (plex and immich) but the list will grow I'm not too sure what you mean with the "Windows? Mac? Linux?" part. I haven't looked into game servers myself but someone already made a guide for hosting a minecraft server. you can run a plex or other similar service with transcoding You can sync files from Android/iOS photo/video for longer backup There are multiple apps that can be used for this like immich for videos and photos You can sync files to some cloud storage providers not all cloud storage providers are supported and i can't remember which ones are no longer supported off the top of my head You can access files from your Windows desktop easily, allowing "basic" users functionality similar to what they currently experience with Google/OneDrive Your server will show up on your network and you can treat it like any other folder. There are some features that cloud providers can provide that are pretty annoying to setup such as creating a link to share with anyone

solid build you got there, i sure both your nas and hexos will serve you well for a very long time