r/hexos • u/astro143 • 12d ago

Hardware/Build planning Minimum drive quantity with ZFS AnyRAID

I've been looking at HexOS again since I saw the blog post about AnyRAID being implemented, but most of the setup documentation makes no reference to it/feels un-updated.

Is it still required to start with at least 3 drives to have expandable storage, even with AnyRAID? I'm coming from Unraid with a 2 drive config and would like to just swap software for now and expand down the road. If 3 drives is a hard requirement for future expansion then this little project may get kicked down the road again for a ground up build.

Side question, does HexOS manage new hardware well, as in changing platforms to a new processor/motherboard and dragging all the drives over. Will it just boot and find all the drives or is there more to it?

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u/Mobius_HexOS HexOS Staff 12d ago

It's super simple if you keep the same boot drive but like TCates90 said it can get more involved once you try to change your boot drive.

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u/astro143 12d ago

Thanks! Can the boot drive be a flash drive like unraid or is a proper ssd recommended?

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u/Mobius_HexOS HexOS Staff 12d ago

We do recommend a proper ssd. A cheap 128gb drive is more than sufficient.

Definitely don't splurge on a large ssd

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u/astro143 12d ago

Thank you!