My HexOS NAS is in a sorry state, having been stuffed behind the sofa and mostly switched off for the last 3 months. My long yearned for private home server has been thoroughly sidelined while my kids, work and a thrilling romance took center stage. HexOS is designed to empower average nerds like me who…Continue reading How easy is HexOS to resurrect when you’ve ignored it for 3 months because you had a new boyfriend
Category: HexOS NAS
How I moved my Google photos to my HexOS NAS and why it was AWESOME
Having a backup of treasured family photos is one reason I have set up a HexOS NAS in my home. It also gives me the option to de-Googleify my life at some point – as currently my only backup is Google photos. However … I have felt a bit overwhelmed at the idea of actually…Continue reading How I moved my Google photos to my HexOS NAS and why it was AWESOME
Swapping to more power efficient hardware my HexOS NAS: how did it go?
Having established my HexOS NAS was horribly power inefficient, I wanted to change hardware to reduce running costs. The NAS running costs were going to be around £156.95 per year ($215) which wasn’t in anyway competitive with the £80 of the next tier of Google One. However I didn’t have a budget for new parts…Continue reading Swapping to more power efficient hardware my HexOS NAS: how did it go?
HexOS running costs and carbon footprint part 1
I have been vaguely aware that my hardware isn’t very efficient and my sever is often showing signs of being stressed when it shouldn’t be – lots of hot air coming out the back etc. I have finally got round to using a energy monitor plug on it, and I can see on my current…Continue reading HexOS running costs and carbon footprint part 1
HexOS: It’s Immich time!
Welcome to my 7th blog about HexOS, You can read my previous posts here. I built a HexOS NAS for my family home and I’m documenting my journey learning to use it. Today I’m setting up my first app, Immich, properly. Will Immich be as user friendly as I need it to be? Noob coming…Continue reading HexOS: It’s Immich time!
Playing with HexOS part 3: Installing an app, automated backup and peeking at TrueNAS
Welcome to my sixth blog about HexOS, You can read my previous posts here. I built a HexOS NAS for my family home and I’m documenting my journey as I learn to use it. As a less technical user, I’m an ideal HexOS customer, but is HexOS ideal for me? Let’s find out! Poking my…Continue reading Playing with HexOS part 3: Installing an app, automated backup and peeking at TrueNAS
Playing with HexOS part 2 : Unable to access location
Welcome to my fifth blog about HexOS, You can read my previous posts here. I’ve built a HexOS NAS for my family home and am documenting my user journey as I learn to use it. My HexOS install had no data yet but developed an error with the pool of drives which may have been…Continue reading Playing with HexOS part 2 : Unable to access location
Playing with HexOS Part 1: losing my way, my mind and my pool
Welcome to my fourth blog about HexOS. I’m building a HexOS NAS for my family home and documenting my user journey as I go. You can read my previous posts here. I have built my machine and installed HexOS, this is my first time playing with it. I’m feeling cautions, this NAS is a clean…Continue reading Playing with HexOS Part 1: losing my way, my mind and my pool
Installing HexOS
Welcome to my third blog about HexOS! I’m buying, building and installing a HexOS NAS for my family home. I’m documenting my user journey as my small contribution to this amazing project. You can read my previous post about building my NAS hardware here. I’m now trying to install HexOS – and through no fault…Continue reading Installing HexOS
Building my HexOS NAS
Welcome to my second blog about HexOS. I’m buying, building and installing HexOS on a NAS for my family home. I’m documenting my user journey as my small contribution to this amazing project. You can read my first post about choosing hardware here. HexOS NAS software is designed to be simple to configure and use,…Continue reading Building my HexOS NAS