grumpytechguy

I wanted to get some input on a new home server build for Unraid. I am currently running a Beelink mini PC and a QNAP DAS device but that is causing some issues with my setup so I'm looking to build out an actual PC for it instead. This is the part list I have so far: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/W7zxWt I would ideally like to keep it around the $5-600 mark. I'm certainly open to suggestions as I feel this one might be quite higher as far as power consumption is concerned but the T series Intel processors seemed harder to find. I currently don't have any spare parts I can put towards the build but as for hard drives, I have 4x 14TB Seagate Exos that I bought that will hold the data. This server is mainly going to be used for Plex/Jellyfin and Homebridge as well as PC backups. Please let me know if anything else is needed and I appreciate the advice in advance!

I was actually thinking of doing that but didn't want to be too bothersome but would appreciate the feedback. This is what I currently have my eyes on: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CfqyQP It's a little over $100 more than the current mini PC/DAS combo I currently have but it seems like it should be more than enough and even slightly overkill. My biggest concern is the idle power draw but the T series Intel processors seem a bit harder to find.

Well can't get any more clear than that. I appreciate the advice. Guess it's time to look into an actual PC build then.

So is this a problem with the drives that were ordered then and I should send them back? This is my first experience ordering used enterprise drives like this so I'm not sure if this is expected or not.

Ah well crap. But yes, I would like to be able to add all of them to my array; my hope was to have 3x 14TB with 1x 14TB as a parity drive. The first 14TB precleared fine but then again, I only ran it by itself. So what is my best option here? Return the mini PC and DAS device in favor or building out a PC where I can connect via SATA cables instead? Or perhaps just deal with only being able to preclear one drive at a time? If I go with the latter option, are there any other problems I might expect to run into when connected via USB versus other choices? Sorry for the all the questions but just trying to figure out the best path forward for me so I appreciate the input.

I have a Beelink mini PC running an Intel NUC and 16GB of RAM connected via USB-C to a QNAP TR-004 DAS device. I am actually able to format and assign the drives without an issue. I can also preclear one at a time but I'm curious as to why I can't get multiple instances started at once.

Hello! New Unraid user here and I'm trying to get Preclear running on multiple 14TB drives at once however, I can't seem to figure it out. One thing that strikes me as odd is that when I select the 'Start Multiple Preclear' sessions button, I see three drives but they all have the same device name (and serial numbers it looks like; attached screenshot) so I'm not sure if that is an indication of something being wrong or not. I can select the drives and hit start but only one drive starts preclear instead of multiple. I've tried to Google this issue but I must not be using the right keywords because I can't find anything on it so any help here would be appreciated! These drives were all bought from ServerPartsDeals as used enterprise drives but please let me know if there's anything else I can provide. I have checked the system logs and there doesn't appear to be anything in there. I'm happy to provide diagnostic logs if that will help. Thanks!