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It should just work. One thing that needs attention are passed-through devices in vm's or docker containers.

Another simple option is 'File Browser'. I use it to share files with my family. It's 'safe enough' for me in combination with Cloudflare and a reverse proxy.

You mention the asus z590i... I could be wrong but that motherboard 'only' supports two m.2 slots, no? Also, a 10th gen cpu will give you pci-e 3.0 while your motherboard supports pci-e gen 4. I understand if this would not matter to you. edit: you mean ssd, not nvme...

Oh wow, i actually knew that... I'm going to crawl back under the table now.

If i may ask, could you share your script?

Hi, so i use two icydock black vortex drive cages and while i do not like the looks, i do like its cooling solution. In order to minimize dust, sound and powerusage i had the idea to control (only) the cage fans according to drive activity. drives idle = fans off drives active = fans on All my fans are now bios-controlled. Has anyone tried this before? Honestly, i don't know where to start or if this is even possible without server grade hardware.

Be aware that syncting is not actually a backup tool. The purpose is to sync files and folders across all connected devices. So, when you delete photos on your phone, because it's storage is full, the folders ar not synced anymore and syncthing will spit out warnings. You can configure syncthing to ignore this but it is not it's intended use. That's why i use resillio. It has a 'backup folder' option built in. However, you can setup file versioning in syncthing and use it as a backup. Also, read the syncthing docs! Files can be deleted quickly if you set it up wrong.

I used syncthing a while ago and wasn't 100% happy with it. It might work for you. If not, have a look at resillio sync.

I'm not sure about that case. I love Antec cases in general but i'm afraid there won't be much airflow left if you fill up all the hard drive cages because of the solid frontpanel. Yes, there is a vent on the side and top but it's minimal. But i've never seen the case in real live so i could be wrong.

Same here. None of my servers have a parity disk. I think it makes more sense to have a parity disk on a 'main' server then on a backup server. Also, with only 3 hard drives on my main server it is easy to manage shares per disk. If one disk fails, i just copy the data from my backup server. The largest hdd is 3TB and only 2/3 full. And indeed, cost, performance and space are other factors for people not to use a parity disk.

You can use the UD plugin to mount the smb shares of the main server and set it it to 'auto mount'. I like to keep my scripts to a minimum because i'm not cli-guy. Off topic: what hardware do you use as your opnsense router? I also use opnsense.

Have you decided on how you're going to do this? Some docker app or script?

It depends on the vm's. My server has two vm's running 24/7 with a single 8gb stick.

^ This Would it be possible to start with used hardware until you know what you really want to do with your unraid server. It took me 4 years to figure it all out and now that i'm settled i realize i don't need a €800 pc. Yes, your needs may be different then mine but an 8th or 10th gen i7 with 16gb ram can be very capable and bought for €150 (in europe) What vm's are you planning to run?

I could be wrong but do you have a cache pool set up? It seems to me that your ssd's are used as unassigned devices and not assigned to a dedicated cache pool in the array.

It's an option in the 'Dynamix S3 Sleep' plugin 😋 When in S3 sleep state the RAM is still powered so all data stored in RAM will/should be preserved while sleeping. I think S4 writes data to the hard drive so it is preserved even with a sudden power loss. However, i don't know much about the different sleep states or what state is best for an unraid server TBH so correct me if i'm wrong. Anyway, this is a little off-topic. I never used Vorta, urBackup or any other solution but maybe the time is now. Thanks to this thread 🙂 BTW, What do you folks actually back up regarding your unraid server? I have: - appdata folder (CA Backup/restore appdata plugin) - libvirt volume (CA Backup/restore appdata plugin) --> is this even needed? - flash drive (My Servers plugin) - user share (rsync) - media share (rsync) I want: - VM backup solution --> should i just 'stop vm - copy vdisk.img - start vm' ? ps: i feel i'm hyjacking your thread, please tell me if i do

I use the 'Dynamix S3 Sleep' plugin on my backup server and wake it with a user script on my main server with 'etherwake -b macadressofpctowakeup'. The backup server goes back to sleep when there is no drive activity for 20 min. I never had a motherboard with ipmi and i don't know how it works so i'll stick with this basic and simple solution. :)

Good topic. It's always good to learn how other people do things their way. I think, the way you backup your data depends on how much and how precious your data is to you. We have a whooping 1TB of pictures/videos and documents to back up. So i just sync my windows folders to unraid using resillio-sync. Overnight, my unraid server copies the new data to another unraid server using rsync -avh in a cron job. WOL is used to wake the backup server. Besides that i also use the windows default backup solution to backup to my unraid server in case my windows install goes kaput. I like to minimize my docker app's to keep it simple but i am experimenting with tailscale to sync my backup to a remote server. Right now my data is stored on 3 seperate machines but i feel i need to have an off-site backup too. If you need to backup +10TB then you probably need a more robust solution.

Well... I just did the opposite. I experimented with pfsense, openwrt, ipfire, opnsense, etc.. for a long time. I advise you to keep your router on a seperate 'sit and forget' box and consolidate the rest.

Accessing Emby from outside your LAN is explained here: Emby - External Connections BUT if your ISP decided to suddenly change your public ip (they do where i live), you will lose your connection. Also, opening ports on your router is not recommended. Instead, put your Emby/Jellyfin docker behind a reverse proxy and use a free domain name (no-ip, duckdns, cloudflare, etc...). Granted, it takes some time to set up. Or you can use a vpn. (Tailscale is super easy)

There is an update on the linked youtube channel from the second post. It looks like it may be legit after all.

Why don't you try it out and let us know

For passing through devices you need a motherboard, cpu and bios that support this feature. With intel, look for 'vt-x' and 'vt-d'. With AMD look for 'IOMMU'. The names can be different in the bios. If your cpu, motherboard and bios support this feature then in THEORY, it should work. In my experience there's a bit of 'fiddeling' involved with gpu passthrough. For example, you can have bad luck with your motherboards iommu groups layout, swapping gpu to another slot, code 43, etc.... And this is not unraid's 'fault'. I'm not an expert in this matter but what i'm trying to say is that it is not plug and play even when your hardware fully supports it. I assume you have a setup already (freenas and gaming pc) so why not test it out on the hardware you already have? [edit] i see this is 2 year old topic...

I found out about this a week ago and it looks like it's perfect for my use case. My question: that's a lot of I/O for a cpu (n6005) with only 8 pci-e 3.0 lanes, is it not? (haven't looked at the motherboard yet)

To give you an idea, I run an i7 6700k (4C/8T) with a VM, homeassistant and 13 dockers. The vm is only lightly used and jellyfin for 1080p (cpu)transcode. The cpu does sit at 100% when transcoding, unzipping, and moving large iso's (to sata ssd) at the same time f.e. If it was at 50%, then i spend too much on my cpu [emoji846] Btw, you don't 'need' parity for unraid to work. I don't have a parity drive in my system, just good backups.