[Lightroom, PLEX and backup server build]

Just now, Kilrah said:

My experience is that accessing files through the network with Lightroom is unbearably slow. 

As Truenas can use two hard drives simultaneously (faster reads from NAS on 10gbe network), could that problem be fixed if I use Truenas instead of Unraid? 

[Lightroom, PLEX and backup server build]

On 5/27/2023 at 6:24 AM, Lolight said:

If transcoding is required then Intel would be a better platform.

I'll look into that! Thanks!!

[Lightroom, PLEX and backup server build]

On 5/26/2023 at 5:22 PM, Hoopster said:

Unraid started as a true NAS OS so network file storage and access is a strong point of Unraid; however, you need to be aware that accessing/editing files is at the speed of the single disk on which a file is stored.  There is no striping of data across disks in Unraid.

 

Using an Unraid server as a backup location for client machines on the network is a common usage of Unraid.  I am backing up two desktop machines and a laptop to Unraid and well as performing server-to-server data backup between two Unraid servers.

 

Media storage and playback via Plex, Emby, Jellyfin, etc. is also another very common use for Unraid.  Many people build an Unraid server just for this purpose.  For best 4K streaming performance, make sure your local clients are capable of 4K playback for direct streaming and do not need transcoding.  4K transcoding requires a lot of resources.  For remote playback (usually requires trandscoding) it is best to have a 1080p content library rather than trying to transcode native 4K content.

 

Thanks for your reply! For Lightroom editing directly from an Unraid server, we should use SSD storage? Or do you recommend something else? I have a hard time finding stuff on this on Google, except for Linus Tech Tips but those setups are way too expensive and overpowered  

 

The other two cases seems to be covered, so only the editing part I'm still trying to figure out.

[Lightroom, PLEX and backup server build]

Hello Unraid community!

I'm looking into building myself an Unraid NAS server to use as a storage for my Lightroom work (catalog stored localy, but working on the RAW files over the network (remotely if possible?)), a PLEX server (only one or maximum 2 4k streams) and a backup server for my computers.

 

I was looking into an AMD 4600G, some 16TB hard drives and an NVME SSD for caching. 

 

Are these things possible with Unraid? I want to be sure before buying Unraid and the whole setup.

 

Many thanks in advance!