Stephen.darl

Sorry for the late reply I have been so tied up with work. Thank you very much for the comments, suggestions and video, I have learnt a lot. I ended up going with Bmartino1 suggestion below :) Mirror NVMe pool (RAID1) → safer for appdata, VMs, configs. Combine 3× SSDs into 1 RAID1 pool (BTRFS/ZFS mirror) and then split workloads by share. I recomend a raidz1 to get the mirro and strip protection from zfs file format... Use “Prefer Cache” for databases, photos, appdata. Use “Yes → Mover” for downloads/media staging. Keep HDD array (5×15TB) as bulk storage → parity protection for media library. Skip Nextcloud unless you need groupware → try Seafile (lightweight) or just Immich + Syncthing. Thanks again, now I am having fun!

Hi all, First of all I am new to Unraid, and I have been doing lots of research but just want to check I am on the right track with my configuration? First of all my machine is a Ryzen 5, 48GB Ram, 5x 15TB SATA HDDs, 2x NVME and 3x 2TB SSDs. I have been watching lots of YouTube videos, and reading trash guides etc, and on this forum. The configuration I have settled on is below, but now I am doubting myself. So, I have set up my drives as follows..... 2x NVME in teh man cache pool for system and app data (stay on cache). 1x 2TB SSD (no protection) for the main 'data' share containing media/tv shows, movies etc set as a single drive cache pool with move to array. 2x 2TB SDD in a third cache pool with Raid1 protection, going to be used for databases and Immich where its recommended to stay on cache and has some protection, no mover to array but will be backed up to several places. Is this a good setup or should I reconsider any of this? My main use for the server will be. Media NextCloud? (still researching my needs) Databases for development etc Password App Light game server (potentially) Immich for our photos Paperless Few other apps here and there. Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated please. One last question, I see in trash guides, Ibracoprp etc that they recommend the data share, and a media folder in there with TV, Movies, Photos etc. So should I also put the main photo album share for Immich in there, or create separate shares and use the protected SSD pool above, or should I stop my array and just join all SSD drives in one pool, keeping NVME pool for app data, and the SSD pool with protection for everything else, which would be larger and simpler, with mover to array, however, content downloads would be going to the same drive as important stuff like databases etc. I just want to make sure I have a good setup now rather than regrets and trying to make changes down the line. Thanks everyone in advance :)