Home NAS

[Mercutio]

Not sure if this is more a Home NAS or Selfhosting Fun type comment, but HexOS is a derivative of TrueNAS with a simplified UI that would be incredibly appropriate for someone like Lunar. It launched as a commercial product over this weekend and seems to want to exist as an alternative to something like a Synology/QNAP that runs on basically anything x86, with prepackaged VMs for extra functionality.

I don't personally think TrueNAS is that big of a deal to get running, but one click installs to get services like Plex set up is a pretty good idea, and $100 for a software license might make sense for someone who doesn't want to mess with setting up VMs or containers by hand.

 

[Handruin]

One of the tech YouTubers I follow from time to time just did a bit of an overview of HexOS. Seems like it's still pretty much in beta and a bit rough around the edges but I can see the use case for it.

This guy's opinion matches yours a bit with it being an easier adoption compared to truenas for those who don't want to get into the weeds with configuration and tweaking.

 

[ddrueding]

Yup, I think it would be a good fit for me as well. TrueNAS is open enough that I'm not worried about my data being trapped, and I don't need any complex configuration. Just the easiest default settings would be great.

 

[Mercutio]

I hear just enough sobbing from people who have Synology devices that it's too complicated to do X on one of those that I think there could be a real market for somebody willing to put together a turnkey package with something like HexOS at its core and maybe a JonsBro NAS chassis as a do-everything home server.

 

[ddrueding]

I'm leaning towards that terramaster box I linked on the previous page of this thread. Good IO for this kind of thing.

 

[Mercutio]

This is a DAS rather than a NAS but you can get an Orico 5 bay USB C (10Gb) 3.5" drive enclosure on Ebay sold direct by the OEM for $135 right now. That's a pretty good setup for your ITX PC or local, HDD-only backup system.

 

[Mercutio]

An SAS backplane for anyone who might be thinking about a DIY NAS setup. I regularly forget that AliExpress is where weird electronics live, but after looking at a bunch of weird server backplanes with weird power connectors I don't want to mess with on Ebay, I found that thing about five seconds after I clicked search.

I'm 3D printing a chassis design I got from Modcase.au right now and I'm hoping I'll be able to use it to make a pretty nice and clean NAS build.

I super wish AMD would make an AM4/AM5 CPU with graphics and a TDP under 65W, but a 5700G is still an awful lot of processor.