Inspired by @FallenHero234's post: 
	 
	Background:
 
	Had this as an idea for a while now - was lurking around for years, until I saw that LTT video. Got in at $99 sale. 
	Though to myself "might as well get on with it" (SO works with videos, myself toy with DAW) and got myself a refurb P520 and a couple of those EXOS refurbs. 
	 
	Specs:
 
	
		CPU: Intel Xeon W-2223
	
	
		GPU: Nvidia Quadro K4000 3GB
	
	
		RAM: 16GB DDR4
	
	
		Storage:
		
			
				Boot Drive: 256GB M.2 SSD
			
			
				Data Drive: 2x refurb 18TB Seagate EXOS X20 HDD
			
		
	
	Experience so far:
 
	
		Got the part last Friday, waited till Sunday to add the HDDs to the P520, opened that video and the illustrated install guide and installed - everything was smooth and straightforward.
		
			
				Started with Immich - what an awesome experience; transferred a number of lesser albums, right now am learning
			
			
				Plex was next - took a minute to figure out how to point to correct library folders, but 30 mins of lurking got it sorted. Again, a smooth performance;
			
			
				After that installed Actual via the Truenas UI - basically, it went fine as well and seems so far to be smooth.
			
		
	
	I guess right now I'm sort of cautiously exploring - looking at CPU load, and slowly transferring data in small chunks to relevant folders. However, am thinking of:
 
	
		Moving my HomeAssistant (running on a VM in VirtualBox on an old Mac Mini I had laying around);
	
	
		Adding more drives (the current pool is not expandable, so will redo the setup to make an expandable pool once I get the third 18 TB HDD) as well as creating additional pools, got a bunch of 2.5 HDDs & SSDs laying around:
		
			
				Specifically went for P520 because can fit more 3.5 HDDs and still have room for smaller drives.
			
		
	
	Other than that - pretty happy I did this and no regrets (knock on wood, haha).