Hi all,
I'm just on the verge of setting up my very first server and having done a bit of reading I'm leaning towards using unRAID as the OS - but I just wanted to check a few things first if anyone can help?
The machine I'm hoping to run it on will the following specs: Dell 410 Server with a single quad core Xeon L5630 CPU and 32GB of ECC RAM - first things first, how will this run unRAID??
In addition, can anyone advise me on the following:
Primary use will be to run the machine as a NAS, Plex server and Torrent machine, although I'm hoping the specs will allow me to branch out into VM's in the future when I get more familiar with the system - does this sound doable with these specs?
I have 2 x 2TB WD Red drives sat in a Synology NAS at the moment and so I was hoping to be able to slot these into the unRAID system along with a third disk (2TB or larger) for a parity drive as well as a 256GB SSD to use as a cache drive - again, does this sound like the best way to arrange things?
Is there any way to retain the data on my existing drives or will I have to reformat them? (They are set up using Synology's "Hybrid-RAID" configuration at the moment!)
Sorry if these are stupid questions but I want to make sure any potential new server will do what I'm looking for it to do!
Thanks...
