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So after going over the documentation for that unit, the only way I could see hexos working is if someone was able to make a direct port like a firmware upgrade. Unlike other NAS manufacturers that basically build their units as a mini pc "with a hdmi display" where you would have the opportunity to load your choice of OS. You might wanna look into building something for the long haul

So I know you can go Into the backend and toggle where the apps are stored generally from pool 1 to another pool, but I believe down the road if it was in the HexOs ui for the new to NAS croud having a simple drop down box on where the app storage should be placed i.e boot drive, pool1 ect ect

Yeah what @PsychoWardsans @Mobiussaid 😁

What do you think your pool size should be ? If it is non important storage it can be done with a pair of drives but if you only have a pair of 8tb disks you will only have 8tb of space in a simple zfs. If you want to build one that will last you with future proofing storage and redundancy I would look at a minimum of a 5 drive setup that will give you 2 paired drives and a failover . I built my NAS with future proofing in mind at least for a while and found some killer deals on ebay for 4tb drives and currently have 15 in my build split into 2 pools , one for all my data that is long term storage and the other is for plex and all the other things that get used on a daily .

What tutorials would you like to see ? I could crank some out

Ventoy is a great tool but I have had issues of a corrupt file in its iso folder. I suggest that you load the iso direct to its own USB for deployment

@jonp

To my understandings of ZFS, adding a single drive to a current 2 drive array will only add redundancy. If you want to actually expand storage you will need to import 2 or 3 drives to make the pool work properly because at the minimum you'll need pairs to make a suitable pool.

Generac ?

is it in ahci mode? Ill have to play with one tomorrow at work to make a complete walkthrough

Thank you , that is awesome . Glad I could lend some help

I don't think they have posted one, but i am as well interested to see what it looks like , hopefully in the next month they will have something to show.

It has been covered a few times and I have figgured this out my self , if only using a single drive even when added in truenas it currently breaks the hexos dash. You will need atleast a pair of drives if you want to use the hex dashboard. The devs know about this but its unclear where on the roadmap the single drive feature will be fixed.

So I decided to throw together a quick video for thoes that are questioning hardware when it comes to building their HexOs build. This is something i put together in a short time with my 20+ years in the used parts game. Feel free to give me pointers or opinions on things i may have missed and if there is a need ill create a part 2 with used enterprise gear..

So the specs are a crap shoot, if you are just going to run a NAS and a few app's you dont need much, ": im on an i3 8350k 32gb ram" but if you plan to add more in the future you might want more horse power. I would say any 4th gen I3/5/7 should run a nas with no issues, the thing youll wanna calculate is if you have power use concerns or if you wanna expand in the future what would be needed.

I use to use the NUC platform alot, and they rock USFF is fun

This full size 5050 is what work used for small site NVR. It had 4 drives in it but in a very crude way, but it worked. Just note there are tons of deals to be found LIKE THIS if you dig and wait for some hardware,

We run the 5050 at work and the one thing that will limit you is the MT case, They dont have much room for extra drives, You might be able to put 2 3.5in hdds inside of the case while using the m.2 sata for the boot drive. If that fits what you are looking for in a build for storage it would run it. For the processor the i7 7500 is not a bad for running Hexos as well as other applications on top of it. The stock cpu cooler would be fine but it would be best practice to take it off and re-thermal paste it. if you have the opportunity I would look for a full sized 5050 that would give you some more space, the other option is to Frankenstein that motherboard into a more conventional case but that would take some adaptors and rewiring. Hope this helps

So I moved chassis completely , added a whole new HBA, added new drives changed processor and memory , and added more HDDS . everything was running like a champ until I biffed up some back end things that I was able to fix

As I stated I have changed hardware and it boots back up and goes with the flow

I dont know your needs but this is whats running my NAS. 15 4tb drives rtx 2060

Nice setup, it will defiantly keep ya warm , my 530 sure does

This is the method I used and it worked like a charm

Yeah I have many hours driving in this stuff so we went to a closed lot and had some fun in the truck earlier. The best thing today was listening to the police and people calling in because kids and adult were out on the neighborhoods with atv, golf carts and UTV's, the captains answer was it is not a priority . Fu n times catching almost a full foot 20 miles from the coast