HexOS NAS Software - Review of the BETA HexOS AMA, User Questions Answered. TrueNAS Partnership? Online? Licensing? Buddy Backups? Original HexOS User Q&A Video - (Skip Ahead to Web GUI Discussion) - HexOS Beta sign up page (scroll to the bottom) - What is HexOS? The Truly User-Friendly TrueNAS Scale NAS Based Option TrueNAS / HexOS post - What is HexOS - HexOS Reddit post with updates discussed - HexOS AMA – User Questions Answered (News) Video Chapters 00:00 - Introduction to AnyRAID for ZFS 00:27 - Why Flexible RAID Matters for DIY Users 00:53 - ZFS Limitations and Current Inflexibility 01:14 - Practical Use Case for Mixed Drive Pools 01:33 - Real-World Example: Upgrading Drives Over Time 01:50 - Why Users Want to Mix Drive Sizes 02:12 - Use Case: Rackmount and Scalable Systems 02:32 - Technical Challenge: How ZFS Handles Block Sizes 03:00 - How AnyRAID Works: New Mapping and VDEV Changes 03:37 - Using 64GB Chunking for Flexible Parity 04:03 - Mixed Drive Capacity No Longer a Limitation 04:29 - AnyRAID Mirror vs AnyRAID Z1 Explained 04:54 - Scaling Benefits with More Mixed Drives 05:12 - Why AnyRAID is a Big Deal for Open ZFS 05:32 - Will It Be Open Source or HexOS-Locked? 05:56 - Conclusion and What's Coming Next The Linus NAS Software Investment – Everything We Know So Far (2023 VID) Linus Investing in a New NAS Software, HexOS - Let's Discuss! Get yourself an UnRAID License HERE - It is a comparative middle ground between ease of use turnkey NAS OS', Powerful in capabilities and features, but a NAS Software that is suitable for DiY / Build Your Own NAS Enthusiasts. Designed to be User friendly (something lacking in the bulk of open-source or even paid NAS software OS'). Even easier than what unRAID and TrueNAS deliver today. Thinking of buying a product mentioned in today's video from Amazon? If this video has helped you make that decision, you can head to Amazon using this link and we will get a small % profit of whatever you buy, which goes directly back to NASCompares and allows me and Eddie to keep doing what we do here on YouTube and the Blog - Find NAS Solutions from here (and support us at NASCompares at no extra cost!) - *Visit the Community Support forum 'ASK NASCompares' here if you need more help* - Finally, if you need data storage/networking help NOW and the free advice/forum on NASCompares is not going to be quick enough for you, you can use the Ko-fi commissions page here - *NASCompares Free Advice Area* - *Vulnerabilities And Exploits On Synology & QNAP NAS* – Stay Updated! -