Mawson

Good suggestions! Going into the details of what hardware works or doesn't is a bit too deep for an FAQ though. I imagine that sooner or later myself or someone in the community will put together a thread or document of some kind that is strictly dedicated to hardware compatibility, and then that might be something to mention in the FAQ.

@ShadowLeRawr If that's your reaction to terrible cable management, what do you think of some of my work?

I know that being picky eaters seems to be common, but weirdly enough my ball python (Guava Juice) has never rejected a meal! 🤷‍♂️ Snake Tax:

Hi @SteveLinkNoah TL;DR: Truenas can do it, but it's not enabled in HexOS yet. When writing FAQs and other articles I try to keep what I'm saying accurate to the current release's features and capabilities. Given the nature of what HexOS is there are bound to be difference between what is possible (or at least recommended) to do with each OS. As I understand it, expandable mirrors are a new feature for TrueNAS SCALE 24.10 (electric eel) . I see no reason HexOS couldn't support the feature, it's is just that a basic mirror is the default and only option currently, which is why the FAQ seems to contradict what is possible

This genius work of humor was shared to me courtesy of my little brother 😂

As a snake keeper, this is highly amusing 😂

... I would.

@Dylan, I made some minor edits to clear this up!

Hi folks. If we find any models that can run HexOS at a usable level can we make a little list of them so I can keep the FAQ up to date?

Provided everyone behaves politely and all shared content is SFW I see no issue. Niche cultures and lifestyles are not inherently inappropriate. If it's not for you, then it's not for you, and that's OK. Live and let live 🙂

Note: I split this topic out from under the Hardware/Storage FAQ

Hi folks, I had a few comments under the Hardware and storage FAQ related to wanting a guide for hardware recommendations, so I'm creating this thread to move those comments to. (To be clear, this thread is not intended to be that guide)

Elio is correct. I can see where there might have been some confusion with people thinking that the downloads feature being disabled meant that no one could get the beta ISO. That's not the case, the OS ISO is being hosted elsewhere .

Hi @zachavm License requirements are based on the number of servers you have hexos installed on. In the use case you are considering you would need two servers, each with a copy of HexOS, so you would need to have two licenses.

Hi gents, I'm not sure if there is any flexibility in that regard, but your best option will be to reach out to customer support. The email address is Support@hexos.com. Thanks, Mawson

Good catch @Sventek!

I've got two budget builds right now. One core feature I focused on was getting motherboards with built in IPMI so I wouldn't have to fuss around with extra monitors and/or a KVM, so that lead me to Ebay for used Supermicro gear. "Rincewind" - My local server $20 Random-butt rack case from back when George W. was in office. $120? SilverStone 3x 5.25" ODD to 5x 3.5" HDD cage (SST-FS305-12G) $0 120 GB Kingston boot SSD $0 5x random 2TB HDDs ~$600+ (These need replaced before full deployment. Need at least 24TB usable to match the other server) $70 Fujitsu 9211-8i HBA $30 Supermicro X9scm-f LGA1155 server motherboard with IPMI $17 Xeon E3-1240 $40 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600Mhz un-buffered ECC RAM (Will upgrade to 32GB before full deployment) Total cost: ~$300 w/o drives. ~$900 w 6x10TB incl. cold spare "TheLibrarian" - Remote server at the parent's house. (Original PC was something I got from a customer at work when we upgraded their home theater) $0 Used Nanoxia Deep Silence 3 (iirc) $0 8x random 4TB HDDs that came with the case $0 Crucial boot SSD (came with the case) $0 2x Bluray drives (came with the case) $70 Fujitsu 9211-8i HBA $55 Supermicro X10SSL-F LGA1150 server motherboard with IPMI $30 Xeon E3-1246 v3 $40 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600Mhz un-buffered ECC RAM (Will upgrade to 32GB before full deployment) Total cost: ~$190 w/o drives.

And I'm very much looking forward to it! I've been waiting for HexOS since the day I first heard about it on WAN over 2 years ago. I actually had some of this hardware then, and was trying to get TrueNAS working LOL

Looks like a fun little franken-server!

Yeah utilizing mismatched drives to their full potential is one party trick that UnRAID has that ZFS does not. ...yet? (Maybe??) I say yet, because ZFS didn't have pool expansion via adding drives until very recently, and if I recall correctly that was actually developed because HexOS+ Ix Systems went to Klara Systems who develop OpenZFS and sponsored that feature to be worked on. So its possible that features like that might (MIGHT. No promises) be added in the future. @jonpDoes that sound about right?

@GameFunny, Good catch. Added Ugreen and Asustor info.

Have you tried a different browser or device?