Tjlejeune

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  1. I've been running unRAID for at least 6 years. In that time I've had 2 different builds, but I've used the same USB key for both. I was skeptical about it at first but now I think the OS being held on a USB is one unRAIDs best features. Frees up a SATA/ nvme port for more storage plus makes it easier to move to new hardware.  

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  2. I've had a similar though. Automatic file management similar to File Juggler, Belvidere, or Droppit.  Rather than moving all cached files at once, allow users to move cached files based off user determined rules. For example, move DVR recordings older than 7 days to the array or move a video file that's been accessed twice in the past few days back onto cache.  It's possible to do this with user scripts, but a UI to configure rules would me amazing. Unfortunately I've yet to find a program that runs on Linux that offers this.

  3. The mover is a great tool, but only  having the options of keeping files permanently in cache or moving everything at a predetermined time makes it somewhat unflexible. Would be a huge additional if users could move files in a specific share from cache to array if say, the file hasn't been modified in x amount of days or if the file is older than x, etc . For example, new media downloads could stay in cache longer so accessing new media would be faster or files needed for a work project could stay in cache until they haven't been modified for a week or so.  This is pretty easy to pull off with scripts but having a nice UI to help users do this would make cache even more useful.

  4. 20 hours ago, Squid said:

    I don't see that happening in the near future.  As a stop gap however, you can install this to get closer

     

     

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    Oh, I know. Pipe dream. Would love a more customizable dashboard similar to Organizr but I'm not gonna hold my breath

  5. Hey everyone, I'm currently waiting on parts for a new unraid build and I got to thinking about my old hardware. I'm considering connecting it to the new server via a SFP+ and using it as a media encoder. Wanna try clustercode so I can have both servers encoding but if that doesn't work handbrake.  Got me wondering if anyone has tried something similar and what everyone is doing with their old unraid hardware. 

  6. Unraid is based off of slackware, so you should be able to install whatever software you want. A headless server doesn't really need a WiFi manager or a way to change keyboard layout, but I'm sure it's doable with a few quick Google searches. Installing software isn't as easy as Ubuntu based distros, but it's doable.  Using a VM is the better option though. The performance loss using KVM is barely noticeable.

  7. 17 hours ago, nate1749 said:

     

    Other than Krusader, anyone have a docker container they use & like? 

    I use aptalca/docker-dolphin and I'm playing around with filebrowser/filebrowser from community applications. Didn't like Krusader. Too much going on for me

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