Mobius

I'm honestly not too sure, i haven't tried that yet. I imagine it supposed to see the existing config files and work.

yes. keep in mind that how metadata/special vdevs work is that your index for your storage drives (like the table of contents) get added to it, which can speed up things when yo have say 1000s of folders with 1000s of folders in them. They also store all the files below a certain size (can be changed via truenas interface) Also apps created via the hexos interface work exactly the same if created through the truenas interface the way to check would be to run some shell commands in the truenas interface, you would get an output like this steps to check 1) enter truenas interface 2)enter the systems tab on the bottom left 3) enter shell 4) type "sudo zpool iostat -v <name of pool>" 5) itll ask for a password, your keystrokes don't show as a security feature 5) add a bunch of small files to your pool 6) run the command again and check if the special vdev increased in size.

i believe there is a skip setup button now. i would skip setup and then go into truenas to adopt your existing pool

i would try going into the truenas ui and trying the update again

hexos will not show the drives as used as support for special vdev in the hexos interface was never added. once a special vdev is added to a pool, their use is automatic. You don't have to worry about hexos seeing or not seeing it correctly.

check out this link here if and click the keep existing datasets tabs if you want to use the old storage locations https://docs.immich.app/install/truenas/#migration

yeah immich recently depreciated the old storage configuration unfortunately.

apple silicon seems amazing and sometimes i can't shut up about how it would be amazing if i could run a home lab on apple silicon or apple comes out with a gaming handheld. looking forward to hearing what hardware you end up on. most important piece of advice is before you commit to your parts list, you should post it here and see if anyone has any recommendations. so many little things to keep in mind that are non factors when building say a gaming pc.

i can ask around but no promises

im glad you were able to get hexos up and running. yeah it seems like quite an involved process to add drivers. i'll probably hold off on it for now.

hmm at this time these options can only be done in truenas ui. i would imagine at least some of the options should come into hexos ui but i will check in with the team for you

here are some low power server builds (not necessarily on hexos/truenas) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LHvT2fRp7I6Hf18LcSzsNnjp10VI-odvwZpQZKv_NCI/edit?gid=0#gid=0 These are just some general things to keep in mind you can can expect each hdd and ssd to add 2-7w at idle. not using a discrete gpu will save you 10-20w at idle keeping peripherals unplugged (monitor, keyboard, mouse) help a bit old amd cpus have trouble if c states are enabled. (c states are kinda sorta low power modes) fan power draw ads up skip the rgb

i would love to hear about this process. That seems weird. I also have an unsupported nic and on 2nd or third boot i just added a usb nic without issue. That said there might be a couple workarounds that might work for you, if your first boot theory is true. plug in your boot drive to a pc with a supported nic and reinstall once you setup your custom driver you can move the boot drive to your server borrow a usb nic for first boot

its actually that the app must NOT be in a stopped state. its a silly error but you can resolve it by running the app and then once it is running starting the update

you're welcome. Keep in mind if you setup the newest version of truenas (at this time) you would have to wipe your storage once you install hexos.

its been a while since i created an installer to check whats on it and i can't find mind at this moment but its normal for os installer usbs to have multiple partitions

Yup its from the hexos.com domain. Try checking all the email addresses you use. Unless you deleted the email or didn't end up purchasing it you should have something.

yup never blindly trust ai, I don't mind using ai as a starting point, just gotta always make sure to verify for anything important.

hmm its not something i've looked into for a while let me check with someone else.

seems like there is a way in truenas to do so https://forums.truenas.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-turn-off-the-screen-on-truenas-scale/4212/7

godspeed

it might be more worth it for you to get something like a jet kvm (or cheaper alternative) if you plan to toss your server into a hard to access location.

i would do this. it will not resize to larger capacity until you replace all the drives in the pool. but as always backup any mission critical data. i personally am not aware of such method.

yeah it might be time for new hardware. I would also suggest not keeping your only copy of important data on this machine if you intend to keep using it as is. xeons are excessive if the only reason you are picking them is for less of a headache. for most users a used cpu and mobo is good enough. heck in your case i might even look for a replacement motherboard on the cheap.