My setup is a bit of mix of new and old where i wanted hexos for the simple purpose of, i want to backup my **** and have easy access to them including my movies.
The setup has room for growing
i7 4gen + 16GB DDR3 ram (The old)
12TB x 3 IronWolf pros + Intel ARC A580 (The new)
Ok What i learnt about HexOs
Is it easy to setup 3 hardrives in a Z1 with having no previous experience?
- Definitely and not only that the get me started guide and UI is very helpful
Is it easy to setup my Folder SMB?
- It was a breath of fresh air, however it would have been nice if there was an example of how to mount the SBM on linux so i can say instead my dec
JellyFin Setup via TrueNas
Ok this got a bit challenging as there are multiple steps to follow and requires going into truenas for the first time.
The main bit which is so easy to miss is the following Jellyfin | TrueNAS Documentation Hub regarding setting up the storage.
Passing the GPU through was as simple as checking the pass through option. (So nice no drivers were needed to install)
JellyFin Transcoding
Now all the JellyFin inital **** is now taken care of, diving into the unknown for me was how to setup transcoding.
First the jellyfin docs are amazing Intel GPU | Jellyfin provding you love reading detail and every line. But long story short use
The next question is how do i know i set this up, as i was initially disappointed with transcode types.
First setup open up any video and do a wack screen size or set a custom bit limit.
Open PlayBack Info
Ok we can see some transcoding is happening. To verify its actually using the GPU my first thought was just to pull the GPU and then play the video again. Yay transcoding now fails
Ok but what about usage, this is where i struggled, as TrueNas does not support GPU metrics 😞 i thought maybe i could export the raw metrics, pump into my prometheus and grafana but no metrics.
However there is light, if you open up the truenas console or ssh in (this is off be default) you can then run the following
$sudo intel_gpu_top
Sweet
Now i am finally happy, where i have moved away from a pi5 under the stairs with 4 usb hardrives hanging out of it..
