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Maybe? Depends on your risk tolerance, I guess. THIS Google study showed iffy results at best. And THIS guys logic is kinda why I was asking; to get a sense if others in the community were as proactive as the linked article. I can see the benefit, but it also comes with a PITA factor of time which, if measured against failed drives, potential lost data and stupid RMA's might make sense.

The point of a HDD burn-in is exactly that, to catch manufacturer defects (usually bad physical sectors) before you write your data to it, especially if you choose to use refurbished drives. It's not witchcraft it's just an extra step one can take to try and be proactive to HDD health instead of reactive to bad HDD health.

Nice link!

Basically title (not ssd/nvme drives) Does anyone burn-in HDD's prior to deployment? I can see the potential value especially when (in my case) I use a few select sized disks very targeted for my specific use-case. My cost per disk is ~$175-$250 (eventually) totaling >8 drives, less spares. Given "bad batch failures" it kind of makes sense - again for my use-case. However, I've lived in data-center's and managed thousands and 10 to 100's of thousands disks where this wasn't performed. Likely due to a cost/time benefit. Meaning, for a production environment generating $millions it just wasn't worth the time. Scale that down to me, and maybe it does. What about you?

Full disclosure - I just watch this dude's channel and enjoy his work on storage performance analysis. While THIS specific video is about MAC's, it still seems apropos to what we often encounter when attempting to evaluate the never ending cost/performance/capacity Jenga dance.

@Taylor G. To echo what the others have said, I agree - especially while HexOS is still in beta. Even if TrueNAS supports it, it invites problems. I'd at least wait for a v1 release before using any important data.

I won;t say never because you never know. However, if I were to guess, the price will likely increase once ver 1.0 is released, so the current $199 price point is probably the cheapest it will be unless some sort of special is introduced.

Hi @g3rar2! Unfortunately, no. That price point expired a little over a month ago. I do hope you'll still join us, though!

Not to nit-pick but clarity matters. HexOS IS TrueNAS. HexOS is a wrapper that is intended to simplify the deployment, configuration and management of the same utilities supported by TrueNAS. It will just take some time to build out the app support specific to HexOS.

@steakboy Use Rsync between local hosts, wget fur URL downloads and curl if you need more advanced protocol or API support. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/difference-between-wget-vs-curl/ https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/rsync-command-in-linux-with-examples/?ref=header_outind

My man is doing it again!!

Thank you for sharing such a detailed experience - really! This type of feedback really does help new users get a sense of expectation and context. I hope you continue to have fun and look forward to seeing what you're able to accomplish in the future!🤓

I love these kinds of posts - even if it is theoretical it may be just the thing that sparks anothers curiosity and ingenuity. That's innovation.

You can already do that via cron jobs. In the TrueNA UI, go to System -> Advanced Settings and scroll until you see "Cron Jobs"

I'd riot in the streets over that one.

^^My hero

Nothing in my reply indicated you said ZFS should be dropped. I simply said it is not going anywhere. You are now doing the very thing you claim to dislike the most. Let's keep the volume and down a bit and just have a conversation without resorting to declaratives, absolutes and tons of exclamation points.

Do you have any other HW options to either augment or build out a new device? @ubergeek has some great posts about how to source used hardware to get something up and running on the cheap. Don't get discouraged and ask for help if you need it!!

Not to mention that HexOS IS TrueNAS, just with a polite, simpler UI wrapper to make out lives easier!!!

Just not trying to put the dev team on the hook for anything "unofficial" 🙃

Yeah but getting a DL to run directly on the NAS, saving the slower wifi step of lappy -> NAS would be HUGE.

Where you been @Midnight2ss?? (we're all beta testers!!! 😆)

This is just a total guess, but if it were me, I would close early access on a V1 launch. AGAIN, just my own thought of how that might work.

@Sonic & @Theo What are you guys doing once you've received the refurb drives prior to installation? I've kept all my drives new but that does get hella expensive. I'm about to purchase SpinRite not only to help maintain drive health but also to pre-check refurbs if I buy those. (and BTW, I'm a HUGE fan of Dr Parted which can address many drive issues but just doesn't have the capabilities of SpinRite on error correction - at least not as easily - or so I believe.)

I sure will and appreciate your help - really. This issue just bugs me and HAS to be easily solved