Racer X Posted February 9 Posted February 9 On 2/4/2025 at 6:57 PM, jdgurr said: I see it says that you can setup for a minimum of 2 drives (though not expandable) so long as they are a "similar size". I had a 12TB and a 16TB drive and it wouldn't allow me to create a pool. I decided to grab another 12TB drive thinking this might help solve the issue and so I could start out with an expandable pool right off the bat. When I installed the third drive however, it only set the pool with the 2-12TB drives. Does having one drive +33% exceed the rule of "similar size"? Is there an approximate percentage the drive needs to be within as opposed to examples in GBs? I bought the 16TB while it was on sale thinking the 12TB was close enough and it was on sale at the time making it appealing for 1 of the drives with an eye towards eventual upgrades on the smaller drive(s). I would be fine with the 16TB drive being used temporarily at 12TB which is what I though I understood would be the case. Are you using a DIY or pre-built NAS? If prebuilt which mode l/ manufacture? Quote
Racer X Posted February 9 Posted February 9 On 2/4/2025 at 8:38 PM, Mobius said: Hexos actually hasn't given me any issues with my mismatched drives I have a pool of 2 16s and 3 14s Which NAS do you have? Quote
Mobius Posted February 9 Posted February 9 6 hours ago, Racer X said: Which NAS do you have? Custom built nas. intel core ultra 265k + asus prime matx motherboard (i would not recommend this motherboard) 1 Quote
Hagdah Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Is there a recommended amount of RAM? I've tried looking, and the only numbers I see are minimum reqs. Quote
Mobius Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Just now, Hagdah said: Is there a recommended amount of RAM? I've tried looking, and the only numbers I see are minimum reqs. More RAM is always better but we tend to recommend 1gb RAM per Tb of storage. 1 Quote
Zeldatrek Posted February 26 Posted February 26 On 2/24/2025 at 12:18 AM, Mobius said: More RAM is always better but we tend to recommend 1gb RAM per Tb of storage. Does hexos have support for dual channel memory? Have 16g kit and only recognized 8g. Quote
Dylan Posted February 26 Posted February 26 Heya @Zeldatrek - Dual channel is supported; can you log into your BIOS and confirm all is reported? If so, what about booting to a live linux ISO and see what is reported there. Please report back and let us know! Quote
dumbgreek Posted March 23 Posted March 23 Has anyone tried to install this on an older intel Mac mini or trash can Mac Pro? I have both that were set to be recycled and was thinking of turning one of them into a host and connect a Sabrent 4bay hard drive docking station for storage. Quote
Mobius Posted March 24 Posted March 24 56 minutes ago, dumbgreek said: Has anyone tried to install this on an older intel Mac mini or trash can Mac Pro? I have both that were set to be recycled and was thinking of turning one of them into a host and connect a Sabrent 4bay hard drive docking station for storage. i dunno of anyone that has but hexos most likely will install just fine onto either or. That said we do not recommend using external storage such as the sabrent 4 bay you mentioned. Many of these external multi bay docks also can have issues with truenas/hexos where the operating system will only properly detect 1 drive. 1 Quote
ubergeek Posted March 25 Posted March 25 On 3/23/2025 at 6:38 PM, dumbgreek said: Has anyone tried to install this on an older intel Mac mini or trash can Mac Pro? I have both that were set to be recycled and was thinking of turning one of them into a host and connect a Sabrent 4bay hard drive docking station for storage. i have one that i need to pick up and i thought about trying it on this hardware Quote
dumbgreek Posted March 26 Posted March 26 On 3/23/2025 at 8:37 PM, Mobius said: i dunno of anyone that has but hexos most likely will install just fine onto either or. That said we do not recommend using external storage such as the sabrent 4 bay you mentioned. Many of these external multi bay docks also can have issues with truenas/hexos where the operating system will only properly detect 1 drive. Thanks for the heads up on the dock, I'll look for an alternate solution. Quote
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