Mawson

I'm not sure quite what you are asking.

RAID 5/6 are not used by HexOS or TrueNAS, instead they use ZFS pools. RAIDz1 is currently the only option through HexOS, though RAIDz2/3 can be configured manually through the TrueNAS interface

On 12/6/2024 at 10:30 AM, Zer0Log1c said:

I hope Home Assistant integration is pretty high on the 'To-Do' list given its prevalence in the community and seemingly frequent pairing with TrueNAS. It'd be my first request as far as home automation handling goes after some searching

+1 for curating Home Assistant!

If the app's devs are interested and willing to supporting the curation that would be ideal, but I believe the plan is that both options will be possible.

HexOS community members doing manual setups of apps will be able to give useful information about features and settings that the curation should include, as you say.

And yes, power users are gonna power use, but the good news is that even using when installing a curated app you can still go change things away from the defaults set in the initial install, so there's really no downside!

Hi Duncan! I believe that community involved/led app curation is planned, but it is not available yet, as we are still kind of early in the development cycle. 

@TwoStroke How are you liking the Sliger NAS case? Do you like the hard drive mounting system?

I have one of their 4u units for my main PC and I love it.

Currently I believe you can ignore all notifications like that. I seem to recall that the system is sending erroneous notifications

"Annoncements" LOL

Given the how wildly successful the $99 promotional price was, I think a case could be made that another promo like that would make sense if It brought in similar numbers. Not the same necessarily, but enough to where the math made sense. EG, 4X as many licenses sold in given period would still be double net the income, even at 50% less revenue per license.

Synology was the first topic on WAN last night:

A more likely candidate would be IX systems, makers of TrueNAS. They already have hardware they sell with TrueNAS, so building something for HexOS might be as simple as changing the software image that is installed, possibly with some branding/aesthetic updates from TrueNAS to HexOS.

Most of IX's offerings are 19" rack-mount chassis, but they do also have a couple smaller units: https://www.truenas.com/truenas-mini/

12 minutes ago, PsychoWards said:

Hey @Mawson

I have exactly the same issue. Are you using the Microsoft Swiftkey Keyboard? Or another 3rd party keyboard? If you do, can you try using the stock Samsung Keyboard to see if then you can working with mentions and smilies?

Swiftkey is the issue for me, but I'm not going back to the Samsung keyboard just for this forum. 🙂 

Good call, yes, I am using SwitftKey

Hello and welcome!

You can/will be able to do pretty much anything with HexOS, either natively for NAS duties, or through docker apps and virtual machines for more advanced duties like web/game server hosting.

HexOS is more than just a NAS OS, it is also a good platform for all sorts of home hosting! The caveat is that HexOS is currently in early access, so many features are still in development. Currently many things may require leaving the HexOS interface and going to the TrueNAS interface, which while more complicated, is also more powerful.

Please check out the latest development progress update for details on upcoming features and suchlike: https://hexos.com/blog/hexos-q1-status-update

@jonp recently confirmed recently that there are plans to be able to adopt existing TrueNAS systems into HexOS for management, but that's not something that is likely to be implemented soon. 

If I were in your shoes and I wanted to make things happen quickly I would build your second server and install HexOS on it, copy all your files and such, and then convert TNS01 to HexOS as well.

As far as how it all works, HexOS exists on an equal level as TrueNAS' GUI interface, and both of those talk to the TrueNAS API which is a layer down, and is what actually does the work. Both interfaces work side by side. They're like siblings in the way that they relate to the TrueNAS API. You could think of it as having two options for your user interface for TrueNAS.

Here is a diagram to illustrate:

On the left is a normal TrueNAS install, and on the right is HexOS. The HexOS installer has the HexOS command deck web connector added, and that's about the only difference as far as the actual installer goes. The rest of the interface is handled from the Command Deck web app, which is cloud based.

A fully local HexOS UI option will be coming before full release. It's unlikely to be at full feature parity with deck.hexos.com. Details are TBA though.

8 hours ago, Mobius said:

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

Yeah that might win for the all time weirdest thing to run DOOM on

To add to @ubergeek's I have it on good authority that there is a pretty big "state of the union" style update coming at some point in the near to middle distant future.  Should cover everything that has happened since the early access launch back in November.

Don't expect it tomorrow, a week or two would be a more reasonable guess. Don't quote me on this though. @jonp is a VERY busy dude these days 😅

9 hours ago, Dylan said:

Maybe? Depends on your risk tolerance, I guess. THIS Google study showed iffy results at best. And THIS guys logic is kinda why I was asking; to get a sense if others in the community were as proactive as the linked article.

I can see the benefit, but it also comes with a PITA factor of time which, if measured against failed drives, potential lost data and stupid RMA's might make sense.

As someone using used and refurbished drives I would love to hear some instructions on how best to do some burn in testing...

17 hours ago, Mr_Stig said:

Yeah the more I browsed on Amazon I noticed I could get a Patriot Memory 128GB ssd for 13 bucks...  So I'll probably just get a pair of those and mirror them.  If one fails I'll replace it with something fancier.  But I might try the USB drive anyways now just out of curiousity.  I'll report back with findings, for SCIENCE!

I'm looking into doing this as well! amusingly the 240gig models are only like 5 dollars more

Yeah the only legetimately useful reason I can think of for "burning in"  Hdds is as a stress tess to be sure they won't fail prematurely.

Original Video:

Editorial Short:

I always burn in my disks for 100+ hours so that music sounds better when I stream the files from them. Sometimes I'll do it in the presence of certain crystals if I'm trying to emphasize certain frequency ranges for specific genres.

One of my servers is in a Nanoxia Deep Silence case that supports 12 drives and 3 front panel bays. There are definitely cases that can house a lot of drives.

If you're looking to add drives to your current case there are options too, especially if you have 5.25" front drive bays you can use. If you have 2 you can fit 3 more HDDS, and if you have 3 open you can get adapters that will let you put 5x 3.5" hdds!

Beyond that I would start looking into net cases with lots of drive bays. They can be tower style like the Nanoxia I have, or more desktop/cube-ish like a Jonsbo NAS case

Moved and Pinned!

Jonsbo has some nice looking NAS case offerings, with various numbers of drives and such: https://www.jonsbo.com/en/product/ComputerCase/NASMotherboardSeries.html

Did you say you are in the UK?

An excellent resource I have used for years is Pc Part Picker. Makes it really easy to filter for things like number of drives a case supports
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/case/

I'll also shout out Sliger. They make SFF cases, and rack mount cases, and have a few rack cases with capacity for 10 HDDs in the front.
https://sliger.com/products/rackmount/storage/

Also keep in mind that products like this exist! It converts 3x 5.25 front panel bays to 5x 3.5" HDD hot swap bays!
https://a.co/d/a8WEwz5
(there are cheaper options too that aren't hot swap)