Eric Balfour

Hi everyone 👋 I’m fairly new to Unraid and currently planning a setup that will handle mixed workloads — mainly file storage, a few Docker containers, and occasional heavier tasks like media processing or testing apps. I wanted to ask the community about best practices for long-term stability, especially when Unraid is doing more than just basic NAS duties. A few things I’m curious about: How do you balance CPU pinning between Docker containers and the host? Any general rules for memory allocation to avoid random slowdowns? Do you prefer keeping heavy tasks in VMs, or is Docker usually enough? Are there common mistakes beginners make that cause instability later on? I’ve read through some docs and older threads, but I’d love to hear real-world experiences from people running Unraid daily. Thanks in advance — looking forward to learning from you all!