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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

funny enough im less worried about my power going out than i am worried about a family member turning off or unplugging my power strip. You'd think a heads up to not touch this outlet that is in a super hard to reach place would be enough.

wish i could help but that compatibility list confuses me too, i never got around to even purchasing a ups because of it.

Glad we could help. Im sure once you create a shortcut for smb and setup immich for the family they should easily be able to pick up how to use it. I like nas specific cases because they take up soooooo much less space than traditional cases. I'm currently using an old pc case i had lying around till i scrounge up some more disposable income for a nas case and it literally takes up more than 3x the volume of the jonsbo n4 and cost more when i bought it years ago.

ahh yeah hexos does freak out about single drive pools but support is incoming. afaik hexos doesn't care too much about different sized ram, latency and speed so i think mismatching shouldn't be too much of a problem as long as your motherboard boots fine which it seems like it does.

I'm a bit confused, what exactly do you have as a raid0? Also you may not need a ssd cache since you have a lot of ram. You probably already know this but you didn't need to remove your server from deck just to use the underlying truenas. kudos for the beefy system tho. Looking forward to seeing what you think.

You aren't here to argue with other users about semantics. Consider this me politely asking you to stop doing that.

HexOS is in beta and we can probably expect feature parity with truenas eventually.

Glad you got everything working

Ssd cache isn't really worth it since truenas does really use it as how you would expect it to. You will likely need to erase your drives using the guide i made Now to get one click app installs to work again you need to set your pool as the apps pool in truenas. I forget exactly how to do it but if you explore truenas or search the forum you might find it. Someone else might also reply with it below

Microcenter and ebay are 2 resources i use a lot. MC was better back when they had mix and match bundles.

i believe this is what the team stated as well. Ideally there will be an announcement prior to the 1.0 release to give people one last chance to purchase at the discounted price.

i do love the arr stack, i don't use them to download anything but i use them to rename my linux ISOs