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Contact them at support@hexos.com

As stated in https://hexos.com/terms

From what i understanding, the license is only for one machine only, not a cluster of machines

4 hours ago, binger said:

Ok awesome thank you so much for the quick reply! I think I'll wind up getting the SATA3 expansion card that has 2 SATA ports. I'll use one of the motherboard HDD ports for a SATA SSD and get a USB connector so I can get the download from one computer on to that, then plug it in to the NAS setup. I'll use the remaining 3 SATA ports for 4 or 8 TB HDDs for the storage array. 

After i look again at the picture, your mainboard PC already has 4 SATA connector, the buttom right corner with 1 white, 1 blue, 2 black. Those are SATA data connector, and from power supply is 4 SATA power connector.

If you want setup with only max 4 drives, you do not need the expansion card.

6 hours ago, Yannick Gilbert said:

thanks. with this i assume that the server configurations that are already on the drive running the HexOS will still all be there?

No if you replace the boot drive and pool drives.

It will retain you configuration if you just change the hardware (CPU, RAM, mainboard).

All HDD will have some kind of noise, but not that "kind of annoying" loud.

Typically you can put your NAS away from your desk, or better yet, put that in another room.

For the drives, any kind of drives is fine, Seagate Exos drives are awesome.

For HexOS, initial setup required minimum 2 drives with non expandable option, and min 3 drives with expandable option.

Check your Manage Purchased

https://hub.hexos.com/clients/purchases/

if there's a license with Active status, then you're good, you can use your license

The HexOS UI is accessable via web browser, just type https://deck.hexos.com, and you're good to go.

The idea of NAS is, when upgrading, you bring the existing HDD/SSD to the new hardware. So there's no data moving (imagine copying terabytes of data, will be a nightmare).

And if one of the HDD/SSD is failing, simply remove and replace it with new HDD/SSD, and the OS will rebuild your data.

Therefore, you just only need one license for 1 machine

1 hour ago, binger said:

1) If I have brand new, blank hard drives, no OS installed on them, will I download HexOS on to a USB drive and boot in to that from BIOS? Will the BIOS screen just pop up when i power on the machine (if everything is connected and working properly?)

 

you do need SSD as a boot drive, the USB drive just for initial installation of HexOS

1 hour ago, binger said:

2) I’ve seen pcie expansion cards that add sata drive capability. There were 2 other power connectors coming from the power supply that went to optical drives. The connectors look identical to the ones that went to the HDD. Could i get an expansion card and use the 2 power connectors and get 2 more drives for this machine? If so, are there any specifications I should look for with these expansion cards?

the connectors coming from power supply to optical drive is SATA Power, and it is universal to any HDD using SATA connector.

and yes, you can use expansion card and using SATA power connector coming from power supply, just make sure that the expansion using SATA3 (6 Gbps)

48 minutes ago, binger said:

So I looked further back in the forum and saw the reply of no USB boot drive, so it will have to be an SSD that will have to use one of the sata ports, which will necessitate an expansion card I'm thinking...

ideally, with modern hardware, people just use NVME SSD as their boot drive, so their SATA ports are free and can be utilize as storage

that is what i was waiting for too
hopefully they implementing soon

as the HexOS term, the license is not transferable
you need your family member to create their own account and purchase the license

hurry up, before the sale ended

the license is tied to your account, any changes to your hardware will not impact your license.

just shutdown the old server, and from the deck HexOS UI, there will be a Disconnect button as that server offline.

after that, just install the new server and adopt the HexOS again

Go to https://hub.hexos.com/contact/
You have 30 days to refund your purchases.

That is exactly what i'm hoping for..

Creating my own "gdrive/onedrive/dropbox" with ease of use. Really hoping HexOS implementing that real soon.

not at this moment, but after the early launch program, there will be another subscription options available, and the list of services included for every each subscription plan

50 minutes ago, Grimaldius said:

 Where did you find that info ? Is that a hard limit ?

It seems to only be a recommendation for pool size, not a licence limitation. And if you have more than 12 drives you should be able to just create another pool.

you are right, it is recommendation, but as HexOS target market is average user, not tech-savvy like the rest of us here, it's a good idea to have some kind of limitation

this is the admin's reply from another topic

On 11/30/2024 at 7:13 AM, jonp said:

The recommendation limits are currently hard enforced, but will be soft enforced in the future.  ZFS will allow you to do whatever you want, but we're guiding users to a best practices setup.  The issue is that the wider a given pool, the higher likelihood for multi-device failure before the pool is repaired, leading to complete data loss.

@jonp repeatedly say that lifetime is lifetime, including all future update and future releases, not just beta program

it is indeed based on promises and they can be straight out lie.

But i do have hope for HexOS, especially this project backed by Linus, 'cause he himself had a beef with TeamViewer not honoring his perpetual license.

So when he said, there's will be a perpetual (lifetime) license, i will trust him.

yes you can, just shutdown the server, and from HexOS UI will be an option to disconnect the offline server.

after that, just install another HexOS on different machines, and you are good to go.

The license is tied to your account, not on the machine/device.

If that ever happens, just launch the TrueNAS underneath HexOS. And using it as vanilla TrueNAS.

For initial setup, the max number is 8 drives. But once you deployed, you can expand to max 12 drives down the road.

No at this moment, but many people asking for this feature, hopefully they implementing soon.

As a initial setup to HexOS, you do require to have at least 2 drives with no expandable option. Or at least 3 drives to have expandable option. And all drives have to be roughly a same size. (No mix and match like unraid)

The developers said, paypal is coming. But not in this stage of beta. As they are trying to testing the scalibility their back end for now.

As Linus said, he really pushing the developers to having a perpetual license, because he himself believe not everything has to be a subscription. Rest asure, your lifetime license is lifetime forever.

From @jonp said, lifetime license tied to account, not to device or machine

so you are good to go, go grab yours now before the price increase at 3 Dec