Minecraft/Plex/Conan Exiles/General Data Backup

[OnoSendaiOD]

I do hope that this is the right place to post this. If not, I do apologize.

So my wife has requested that I build a server to fit those four requirements from the title.  A full minecraft server for her, my daughter and their friends. A Conan Exiles server for lols. Plex sso we can make use of our dvd/bluray collection. Data Backup for just that. 

I bought into HexOS same day as the LTT video dropping and since then I have amassed together all my spare parts to handle everything hardwarewise.

Ryzen 9 5900x, 128 ddr4 3600, 1tb boot m.2 ssd, 6 4tb hdds

My main question comes down to this. Is HexOS the right choice for making all this a reality?
 

[PsychoWards]

Hey,

Yes Hexos is a great OS for your purposes, although setting up game servers is generally a bit more challenging.

• Data Backup? That's it's main purpose anyway
• Plex? Is a 1 click install app in Hexos
• Minecraft server? You can check this guide: (or look for another Truenas guide if this guide doesn't offer what you want)
• Conan Exiles? I found this, but you have to do a bit of digging on how to use it: https://truecharts.org/charts/stable/conanexiles/

So all in all the game servers are currently a bit more challenging to do (as they are with most (NAS) OS) but with one click community apps coming this year, this will hopefully get a lot easier.

Just be aware that Hexos is still in beta and for some functionalities you currently still need to go into the Truenas GUI.

 

One last thing, your boot drive will only be a boot drive, you cannot store any data on it, meaning your 1 TB m.2 SSD will go to waste, a small (at least 16GB SSD) is all you need, you can then use the 1 TB SSD elsewhere.