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For test purposes you can also install HexOs in a VM and create two or three virtual harddisks. I run my test HexOs setup in Proxmox on a mini PC with 1 SSD

I am still very happy with my JetKVMs. Really helpful. Please share your experiences after the waiting game.

This should work. I suggest that you first move your drives as to the new system. And I it works, then clone the boot drive. I know @ubergeek migrated his drives in a new system more then once. I you search in this forum on his name, you will find more guidance.

Truenas has no option to control fan speeds. There are some solutions available, but as far as I know they are very experimental. See as example: https://github.com/jp-powers/fan-control This script is tested in Proxmox on a Dell Poweredge R730xd. Since Proxmox is also Linux based, perhaps this script will also work in Truenas Scale. (Truenas Core is based on FreeBSD).

You can reuse your HexOs license. If you disconnect your current server, then you are able to claim your new server in the HexOs deck. You can still use your Old server via the TrueNas interface. There is no such thing as automated migration available in HexOs

I really have to do a deep dive in ZFS. I have learned in several forums that in specific cases RaidZ1 is more safe compared to RaidZ2. But a don't know in which cases and why. Still learning

I am also not a ZFS expert, but I think you created striped mirrors. Since you are playing a little, you can always test the robustness of your setup by removing 1 or 2 SSDs and see what happens

But you can always give it a try 😀

BTW, If you want to use RAIDZ2, then you need to use the TrueNas interface . HexOs only can create a mirror or RaidZ1. RaidZ2 support is on the HexOs roadmap. If you do a search in this forum on RaidZ2, you will find some guidance.

RAID-Z2 is more or less the equivalent of RAID6

I use HexOs as local storage and as backup target. I am looking forward to the buddy backup option. on my wishlist is an Active Backup (Microsoft 365) clone. That’s the reason I still have my Synology NAS up and running

I know this issue occurs when a pool is created via Truenas. Did one of you created a pool via Truenas?

This is a really good advice!. It will prevent data loss in the future.

Nice! I expect that it will be delivered soon. After confirming my address it was delivered in a couple of days. I think you will like this device very much!

@fckiagged and @Woggie, is this the first time you run the setup of Plex and Immich in Hexos? Or did you run the setup before and did you delete the Plex and Immich app in HexOs?

Thank you for the update. I like your journey 🙂

I received my JetKvm's this week. My advice: everyone with a homelab should buy one. I am impressed. It works out of the box, it's simple and both hardware and software feels solid. And the price is more then reasonable.

They are speeding up the delivery. Quote from Kickstarter: The batch you're in depends on the backer number, and not when you backed the project. December: Less than 12208 January: 12208 - 15303 February: 15304 - 19415 March: 19416 - 30447 April: Larger than 30447

My first impression: This is really a great device. The time between unboxing and entering the BIOS menu of one of my servers via JetKVM was only 5 minutes. Impressive! Also the userinterface looks very smooth. When I compare this with my BliKvm v4, the JetKvm is a big step forward. I am happy 🙂. It looks like a great device for a very reasonable price. I didn't test the video performance yet. I only used it for my proxmox character based UI.

Yes! Finally arrived! I had to wait a long time for it. 🙂

When I install HexOs in a Proxmox VM I'm running into this issue. I have two Proxmox machines: one using SATA passthrough and the other using NVMe passthrough. When I attach the disks to the VMs and start the installation, the HexOS installation freezes during pool creation. However, if I install HexOS without the disks already attached, the installation completes successfully. After restarting HexOS, I can add the disks and create the pool without any issues. Perhaps this is also related too your error message.

My health dashboards are OK. Did you get this message during the setup?

Hi @Dylan, this is always an interesting dilemma. It mainly comes down to how much regret you'll feel if you lose your data, in other words, the cost of losing it. RAID-Z is not a backup; it ensures continuity. @PsychoWards makes some great suggestions. I agree that having two NAS devices in RAIDZ1 with buddy backup/replication gets you a long way, especially when combined with an offline backup. I also find it challenging to determine the right balance between extra resilience and extra costs for my own setup. I've solved this by categorizing my data. My most important data, such as photos and critical documents, are stored on my Synology NAS (RAID 6), with a daily "offline" backup to the cloud. For the rest, I'm fine with RAIDZ1 and use Proxmox Backup Server for copies. This approach is more focused on getting back up and running quickly if a device fails. The tricky part is that you only truly know if you’ve set things up properly when disaster strikes.

Good luck with your search! Use the AMD device as a backup to the N100 and for all other NAS stuff sounds like a good approach. Your N100 is your Plex media server and the AMD version is your backup / other NAS stuff powerhouse.