Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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CORRECTIONS:
- at 2:18, I mention using identical drives. It seems like many people actually recommend using slightly different drives, or at least drives that weren't made at roughly the same time to better avoid both drives failing within a short time span of one another.
- at 11:20, I use cloudflare's DNS(1.1.1.1), but this might cause issues with certain routers. Use your router's IP address here as well.

I decided to give TrueNAS Scale a try on the HP Pavilion 500-c60 (I called it the 500-a60 in previous videos, which is essentially the same model).


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Music (in order):
"Hardware Haven Theme" - Me
"Sunshower" - LATASHÁ(soundcloud.com/best-music-promotion/latasha-sunshower)
"If you want to" - Me
"CRENSHAW VIBES" - GARRISON (soundcloud.com/garrison-brown)
"The Butterfly Nose" - GARRISON
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:32 The System
1:34 What I'd Like To Beat
1:50 Upgrades
3:43 Some Issues Issues
4:33 Disclaimer
5:01 Installation
8:37 Setting an IP Address
11:33 Credentials - Group
12:08 Credentials - User
12:48 Creating a Pool and Dataset
14:34 Setting up SMB
17:00 Notes on Apps, VMs
17:22 Protection and Backup
18:02 Synology Comparisons
20:17 Closing Thoughts