beardedbrewer Posted January 29 Posted January 29 Might as well introduce myself as well... I am beardedbrewer, but go by beardman as well, not just because I have a beard and I am a brewer... of mostly beer and coffee, sometimes both! I am an IT professional who loves all things tech. I am excited for HexOS and purchased a lifetime license during the Black Friday promotion. I love the idea of building my own NAS with little fuss, and I believe HexOS allows me to do just that. 2 Quote
Mobius Posted January 30 Posted January 30 7 hours ago, jamaican.mekrazy said: @Mobius To be honest, I don't plan on slowing down any time soon. The only factor will be cost. The 12x8TB SSDs I currently have cost me a bit over $300 USD each just one year ago and now cost over $550. Would I be able to expand my pool by slipping in some additional, less expensive, brand/model of the same capacity I wonder? ssd nas is the dream. Im trying to find a way to stick my nas into like a closet because of hdd are so loud. Quote
Dylan Posted January 30 Posted January 30 7 hours ago, beardedbrewer said: Might as well introduce myself as well... I am beardedbrewer, but go by beardman as well, not just because I have a beard and I am a brewer... of mostly beer and coffee, sometimes both! I am an IT professional who loves all things tech. I am excited for HexOS and purchased a lifetime license during the Black Friday promotion. I love the idea of building my own NAS with little fuss, and I believe HexOS allows me to do just that. Welcome @beardedbrewer!! Quote
jamaican.mekrazy Posted January 30 Posted January 30 I'll second that... Welcome, @beardedbrewer! Quote
pinormous Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago Howdy ya'll, I'm pinormous. My interest in computers started back with RollerCoaster Tycoon, a game that could run on anything. I was soon puzzled why other games couldn't be played on my family computer, quickly learning that not all computers have the same capabilities. As my knowledge grew, I stumbled into the LimeWire era of data hoarding and never looked back. Over the next 7 years bigger hard drives were purchased then filled, external drives were acquired then subsequently filled, heard about Plex as a way to remotely access all my content, then I finally got serious about my addiction and bought an 8-bay NAS - giving me 34 TB of useable space. This will surely be enough, I told myself, there's no way I'll fill it up. 5 years later, I found out how much of a lie that was. So I'm now diving down a new rabbit hole of disk shelves and servers. If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing; so I have a 28U rack that I'll be filling with networking, power management, and whatever else I can slap in there and explore. I have 2x24 bay shelves that, once populated, should net me around 900 TB of useable space. Surely, this will be enough space. There's no way I'll fill it up. I'm looking forward to the journey of learning new software and hardware that will enable this upgrade in the coming year, with HexOS hopefully making my first real move outside of Windows a simpler foray, leaving plenty of time to tinker more with networking. When I'm not learning-by-doing, I am frequently found playing factory or driving games. When I'm not off the clock, I travel the US as a longhaul truck driver (which piqued my interest after putting hundreds of hours in ATS and ETS2), so having my own personal Netflix is a real saving grace. 1 Quote
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