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@Iliyria, Is there a specific reason you created one big RaidZ2 pool with 13 HDDs? Why not e.g. a pool with 7 HDDs and one with 6 HDDs? From what I have read online people recommend raidz2 if the number of disks are between 8 - 12 because the resilver time is too long and there's a high chance of another disk failing during the process. But say that it's better to use less disks in a pool. I try to learn a lot about ZFS.

Please share your experiences. I am looking forward to it. Which VM hosts do you have in mind to start with?

Looks nice! A real homelab monster. Only the amount of memory is a little bit low 😀. Just joking What do you want to do with so much capacity? I am really curious. I don't think you only want to use this machine for storage.

There was no TrueNas update via HexOs yet. I suspect that you did run the TrueNas update via TrueNas. I think this the reason that you are unable to Connect to the HexOs deck.

Several other users have also a WTR Pro (Intel and AMD version) and are able to run HexOs without any issue. So the hardware is not the problem. Did you run by any change a TrueNas update?

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

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!

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?