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Bitrot fear!? Ludicrous!? avoid Unraid!? What the..... LOL I have tried a couple of other NAS providers in the past but wasn't impressed (and it has nothing to do with Bitrot). After looking around post my HP Xeon server dying I came across mentions of Unraid. I had never heard of the term bitrot till reading about Unraid. From there I started looking at reviews on Unraid and hence how I ended up on the whole Reddit bitrot conversation. This topic was not seeking bitrot info specifically.. it was more about the whole zfs vs btrfs argument and which is better more robust. And yes, the likelihood of a user experiencing bitrot is practically zero. (perhaps as probable as the "Infinite Improbability Drive" 🙂 )

Ok. ta

@trurl So post bootup/start-array and one does something silly like adding say 6 USB drives, and attaches them as unassigned..... and the next time the nas/server is rebooted... the array won't start?

Hi, Just a small query re the Licence Info: Does that also mean that cached drives and parity drives are considered as part of "attached storage"? So a basic unraid license with 6 possible attached storage devices would be considered "full (at tier limit)" if said system had 2 x cache drives, 2 x parity drives and 2 x data storage drives?? Sorry for the dumb-ass question 🙂

Hi @mozza @primeval_god, Thank you for the information to date. As a NAS newbie, it's very daunting and difficult to get a 100% solid answer in respect of the zfs vs btrfs argument about which is "better"? and which can really "fix" (cough cough) bit-rot and errors. 😜 Add to the mix is this term "bit-rot", which i've only just heard about a few days ago. I don't have a foot in any NAS camp at present, and I suppose one should take the fanboy's of FreeNAS opinions (esp on Reddit ) with a grain of salt (or bit LOL). But, these sorts of strong negative comments do make one wonder which way to leap.. 🤷🏼‍♂️. I am certainly not here to point fingers (like on Reddit 😞 ). but merely to be as informed and educated as possible to make the best decision moving forward. And yes @primeval_god thanks for hammering home about backups.. 👍🏻... because, lets face it.. the backups are the root/core of any personal data storage, irrespective of the NAS at the front door. 🙂. Cheers

I looked at TrueNAS, as the GUI was very nice. I tried Rockstore briefly, but it's GUI is ... hmm.. not overly great. (and it also buggered my 4Tb videos hdd!) Then i get excited about UnRaid, but then read this ... So what's a virgin NAS person to do?