jantes

Hello all, I am looking to build my first server using Unraid and had a couple of questions before I start. I am coming from Synology and looking for the same reliability and use. The server is used mostly as a Plex server with Arr stack, Torrents, Audiobookshelf, and a few other things. The main question is how best to use Pools, cache, and the array. I have 8x14tb spinning rust, 2x1 TB NVMe, 3x2tb SSD. From what I have read, I am leaning towards this setup. The 8 spinning rust in 1 pool zfs2 (My understanding is ZFS can now be expanded). 2x1 NVMe in a pool ZFS RAID 1 (Docker Appdata VM, ext). Would this be a cache as well or just a normal pool? 3x2 SSD as XFS RAID 0 cache pool (temp downloads). Using mover to move the downloads to the main pool when over 80%. If I set it up this way, is there no need for an array? Is this the best way to set it up? Any advice or direction is greatly appreciated.

Hello, I am new to the Unraid world and looking for some help with drive connections on a new server build. I am coming from Synology, so looking for something that "just works and well". Motherboard is ASUS Prime B760M-A. I have 8x14tb hd, 2x2tb SSD, and 2x1tb Nvme. Motherboard supports 4 sata plan to use 2 of them for the ssds. Has 2 nvme Pcie 4.0x4 using both for 2x2tb nvme. I was looking at an HBA 2308 for the other 8. After watching a video on hba I switched to the HBA 2008 as it was lower power with lower heat and the same speed with sata hard drives. After looking here, I am now questioning if I should be looking at the Asmedia. My main use is Plex, an audiobook service, a music service, and file system for 5 to 10 users at a time. Priority is longevity, consistency, followed by heat and power. Any help is greatly appreciated.