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No worries, the WTR Pro comes in both an AMD Ryzen 7 5825U version and an Intel N100 version. Both are very energy-efficient while still offering quite a bit of power. I personally have the Ryzen version, and I'm very happy with it. For Plex/transcoding, the N100 performs slightly better. You can find a review of the WTR Pro on Hardware Haven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct4yewC7mKA. That said, the right choice depends heavily on your use case. I also have a mini PC with an N100 in my network, which I use for Proxmox with several Docker containers. I'm very satisfied with it. Plenty of performance with very low energy consumption.

I use one NUC 11 with Proxmox to run Windows 11 VDIs. Additionally, I have a Mini PC with Proxmox and an Intel N100 (low power), which I use to run my Docker containers. This machine is always on. My third machine is an Aoostar WTR Pro, on which I run HexOS with SATA passthrough and a Proxmox Backup server. These three machines are the "production" setup in my homelab. Additionally, I have one more PC with Proxmox for testing purposes.

You can check nascompares.com. You will find several guides to install TrueNas on Qnap, Terramaster, Ugreen, ... Example: How to Install UnRAID/TrueNAS on a UGREEN NAS - A Quick Install Guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmFb_kO5V3Q

Unless you stripe the drives (and you shouldn’t) a vdev can only be the size of the smallest drive multiplied with the number of drives and subtracted the parity, and some overhead. A pool can consist of more then one vdev, but it has no redundancy in that layer. You loose one vdev, you lost your entire pool.

I agree with that! I bought the AMD version of the WTR Pro, and I’m very happy with it! A great choice.

Can you also explain in the vision how HexOs views NFS support? I read in earlier responses to other posts that you doubt whether NFS will ever be supported by HexOs. A clear "no" is also a good answer, as long as it’s clear. After reading the response below, I looked into my homelab to review my NFS shares. In principle, I can also use SMB for the same shares, so I could manage without NFS. https://hub.hexos.com/topic/1916-so-far-good/#comment-12202

I really like this feature request! Using NFS in Truenas is way to complicated. I already had a lot of Truenas NFS permission denied errors in the past.

Hi HexOS team, Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to work with HexOS. Even though it’s still in beta, HexOS shows a lot of promise. Creating configurations is super simple. I’ve also adjusted quite a few things using the TrueNAS interface. Compared to that, creating an NFS share suddenly feels much more complex. I also have some ideas for potential HexOS features. What I’m wondering is: which user group or groups are the sweet spot for HexOS? Let’s take NFS shares as an example. For a user with a homelab, using an NFS share can be an interesting use case. The average homelab user is capable of configuring settings in more technical user interfaces. However, for example, my parents would never use NFS but do have a need for the simplest way to store and access their data. I’m very curious about your product vision for HexOS regarding the different usergroups. Thanks in advance for your response! Let me know if you'd like any adjustments!

Hi Dylan, Thank you for your suggestion. I am familiar with the command line and rsync. I use Truenas next to Synology DSM already for a long time. But in my opinion this is not an easy solution. Synology Hyper Drive and Synology Drive are easy to setup and easy to use. This should also be the strength of HexOS, ease of use and ease of setup. If I want to do more complicated stuff, I can always use Truenas and the commandline.

Next to Truenas and HexOS I still have a very solid Synology NAS in my network and I think I am not the only one. It would be very nice if there is an easy way to Backup HexOS data to Synology and the other way around