hermanjb

The other post was on Reddit, not here. The question about being able to change passwords was quickly picked up. True. I'm not here to argue about 60 or 30 days of trial (website says 30, during which I tried with a few files and 2 HDDs, it worked...), if one has to understand terminal commands and be able to use them all the time, understand that SMR and CMR disks are not really okay to be mixed, that fuse is a very very sensitive file system, that a file moving operation that first copies all files it can, and only then removes them (why??), and all the other unlogical-to-me things unraid had and does, are not something I wish to get into. The website (I made some screenshots) gives me a vastly different impression, one that if you want it to stay easy, you can keep it simple, a plug- and- play experience in which it doesn't matter what disks you have lying around, you can use it, unraid really takes it all. I must have forgotten to read between the lines... man, was I wrong... My question was if I can sell the license; the answer is no, which means I'll have to take my loss and keep my fingers crossed that I won't loose any important files, save money for a windows machine, and go back to Windows once I have one up and running again.

I did once, got bashed that I didn't take time to learn, understand, etc. That seems to be a trend here.

Thanks for your answer.

Yes. Thanks. Very helpful.

Thanks for your interest! Below I will give a few points that I experienced, and yes: that is probably because I purchased the license assuming it is for the average home user who wants to decide between a NAS or using an old server. I strongly had the impression when I looked at the website and saw the possibilities and features. It is incredibly slow for basic file operations like moving and copying. It is much more sensitive for "mistakes" a normal user can make, which can result in loss of data. It is way more sensitive with hardware that it can or can not handle (well), it is not stable for me, and I have fear for my data every day. A move operation (from SMR- disks to CMR- disks, because for unraid performance it matters a lot) using mc was interrupted by the websession, and thousands of files are now on two disks, which causes issues I heard (and understand). To solve this issue, which is quite common looking at the forums, I (again) have to get into a terminal, have AI compose a script (because I'm not a developer and have no intention to become one) and keep my fingers crossed that the result will be the right one... It is all of the last months of having spent hours per day to encounter issues, try to find solutions, for a system which is fundamentally different than what I expected and what I am familiar with, that summarises the reason for me wanting to search for another piece of hardware that runs Windows 11, with storage spaces, and starting the lengthy migration back, away from unraid.

Hi, I have made a big mistake in purchasing the €250 Unraid "unlimited" (which it is not) license a few months ago. I know, trial license and so, but I didn't try with my 80TB of data and 16 HDD's, I tried small with some data and 2 HDD's, and that seemed to be okay. I decided to take the leap. Now I am in the situation that I want to go back to Windows - please use another topic to critizise me on that decision, I'll probably read it and think "yeah, that's not my experience..." and go on with the technology I do understand. Unraid is just not my world, I don't understand it, over the last months I have spent hours per day to figure out things, which worked but destroyed something else, I lost many files in the process, and more important: I lost my faith in Unraid. I do not trust it anymore - because it behaves totally different than what is logical to me. Is there a possibility to sell my Unraid Unlimited license (incl the USB stick if necessary?) to another user who is enthousiastic and interested?

I am trying Unbalanced, and like the purpose and how it works. However, sometimes the planning phase (at least on my Unraid server) takes a very very long time, so long, that I'd rather cancel. Is it possible to cancel the planning phase? And if not: is it difficult to create a cancel button on the planning screen? Thanks!