Dylan

What / How are you using Proxmox? Just curious how other folks are using this tool. Thanks!

Yeah, the price per port/speed is a HUGE differential. The goal, once both nodes are wired, not only will backhauling become way more efficient but I'll likely take the 2nd 2.5G port of the 2nd node and split that off to a small switch. From there attach whatever I want, keeping the primary router/node in my bedroom. You can see 4 of 8 antenna from the top of the chassis...not too shabby to look at....and you can turn the light off.

Finally upgraded from the Netgear Nighthawk R8000 to the ASUS ZenWiFi Pro ET12. This has enabled me to remove the 1G bottleneck of the netgear router using a 2.5G uplink. Initial Linux ISO downloads have nearly doubled in speed. Disclaimer that TONS of variables are at play...HOWEVER; The new router setup is a dual node AI-Mesh so not only have I more than doubled hardware throughput I also nearly doubled wifi coverage via wireless backhauling - soon to be wired where I will post those results. 6GHz not at play yet for wireless, also part of the pending upgrade(s). So...progress...incremental and with intentional purchases...good progress.

Oh my damn! Is that thing fully populated with 3.5 drives? And if it is, what is your monthly 'lectric bill...lol

Oh I noticed. No creeper or anything but I have the SAME leather chair. Mine is just in the living room where I just realized is the wrong room for it to be in! 😆

I just found this post from @ubergeek and you beat me to it! I wish I had the space to work on ish like that!

I like it! Tagging @Mawson & @jonp fr visibility. Thanks @WhyCheese!!

That's fair.

I've done a ton. Moving from simple DLNA shares to Plex, setup tailscale for remote access (which was incredibly easy) and I haven't even started on Immich yet.

I support this as well. I will eventually have 2.2.5Gb LACP NICs and I would like to see both aggregate and individual throughput.

Hi @Tarl72 - But for the LTO tape drive (that REALLY takes me back to 2004/5) your system *should work with HexOS. HexOS is very simple but, as we are still in beta, also very limited in functionality. I think that makes it the perfect time to jump in. What do I mean? Well, if you're still getting up to speed on server/NAS devices, perhaps this is perfect timing to grow your understanding as HexOS functionality grows. Does that make sense? I can't really answer whether Win11 or HexOS is the right choice for you. But what I can say is that you should measure your needs again the following; Windows is an OS intended for generic compute needs. It certainly CAN manage storage, host VM's, and all of the other stuff generic OS's do. HexOS is SPECIFIC to storage, VM's, file sharing etc. Are you willing to learn a bit about the ZFS filesystem? What about a bit of Linux? Take these things into consideration. Does that help? Thanks and welcome aboard!

Hey @Nuno Marques - Yes, that is our current model. This has proven extremely beneficial as the feedback provided by our growing user-base has helped drive what WE, as users, would like to see in future releases; as opposed to being decided unilaterally as in other NAS OS offerings. And hey, we're a small shop right now. If you'd like to join and participate in growing a robust, dynamic yet simple NAS UI, then come on down like the Price Is Right! We'd love to have your positive feedback. Cheers!

Don't forget to image you OS installation media - redundancy saves blood pressure (at least at my age 🙃)

ChatGPT for the win

Mostly for VM's. I tend to spin up a lot of VM's when a new distro comes out to kick the tires, as it were.

@bojun Using Ethernet as HexOS does not support wifi (and neither does TrueNAS if I am not mistaken). I'll likely throw in a second SSD for OS redudancy; either that or use it as a ZIL drive.

Huh???? What'd you say???

That's a sharp looking chassis. I'm going to have to check some reviews as I wonder how loud that thing gets as full HDD capacity.

I really like it. So far, it's as advertised. I keep it in my room and while the fans are not silent not sure they can get any quieter. It's responsive and the build is solid.

I dig it. It's just so damn big, though.

Hi @TechPanda - Your license follows which ever device you assign it to. Welcome aboard!!

Preach brother!!!! 😂 I'm already looking at buying higher (more expensive) capacity drives. RIP my $$$

Haven;t checked power consumption yet. My network is bottle-necked at 1GB LAN but haven't even seen it close to saturation at moderate transfers even when disk read/write should have been the first culprit.

Anything for cause @PsychoWards! I used the CORSAIR Vengeance. ****Of note for my specific NAS (see above Aoostar link) upon replacement, the initial boot appeared to fail as the outboard power LED flashed then went dark, indicating a failed boot. However, the NAS device audibly continued to boot (fans running etc) so I just let it sit for a minute or so. Afterwards, the power LED returned. I ASSUME that, because I do not have a monitor connected, this was what might happen any other time you replace RAM and the system POST process issues a 'RAM has changed' warning. (edit to add @Kpod for visibility)

Intel states that the N100 CPU has a max RAM capacity of 16GB but I just upgraded my Aoostar WTR Pro with a single 32GB SODIMM and it not only reports all available GB, but when tested, also utilized the increased RAM as well. Just a friendly PSA in-case you might also have the same chipset and would like to upgrade your RAM. Cheers and good luck!!