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For some reason, I can't upgrade my UnRaid install. The option to do it is there on the Tools page, but when I click to Upgrade the OS, I see only the same release as I have as an option, and with the "next" choice, nothing happens. Also when I try and paste the plugin script to do the upgrade, I just get "Network Failure" on it. Is there a way I can upgrade my thumbdrive to the latest version, but retain all my content and shares, etc.?

Anyone know the max SATA drive size per drive unit attached to this or the 9400 8I here? 18TB OK?

Well it happened. My Unraid server that I have been running for over 10 years now has to go, and I have a new ATX case with 850w PSU and plenty of drive bays. I'm ready to install, but I want to be able to handle 20TB drives (about 8 of them) and that means I need an 8 port SATA PCI-e card for this beast. I'm no expert here, but from what I understand I need x4 PCI-e support and wanted to know what the max size per drive would be. My old server won't let me go more than 8TB per drive, and the PSU is fixed (it is a re-purposed HP Proliant server). This new box is a home made beast, so I have more control to swap out components. I just want to get the SATA interface right on this first. Does anyone have a suggestion and/or a link to a PCI-e 8 port SATA card that they would recommend that can handle 20TB drives? Thanks K

Thanks for the info. Parity rebuild times are not a problem. This is a backup server and not front-line production, so if it is slow for a week during parity rebuilds, I'm fine with that.

Thanks for this information. These are exactly the same drives I had my eyes on. I've been monitoring pricing and my original thought was to buy more 12TB drives, but surprisingly I found the 16TB drives were about $50 cheaper than the 12TB. I guess it depends on what stock people have, etc. but clearly the economics right now seem to favor going all in with 16TB drives. If I can use my existing hardware for 16TB drives (and I'm happy to punt - buy one and try it), I'll replace parity out first and rebuild. If that is successful, then I can start to migrate out the existing drives (6 total) in my backup server over to 16TB and just gain capacity with each drive replacement after parity. I suspect that once this is completed, I should have about 3 more years of capacity needed, although who really knows how that goes. If you do have some more information on how things are fairing, I'm all ears. But I think even with this information, it is enough for me to feel comfortable just diving in and doing it. K

Hi guys, long time UnRaid user here (must be over a decade by now). I have two Unraid servers - one active NAS and a backup server. My backup server has about 52TB in it, and it is mainly using 12TB + 8TB drives. I'm down to about 15% capacity left, so I want to begin the process to move this to larger disk storage, starting with Parity drive. Although my Mobo is seeing the 12TB drives, I'm not sure if it will see the 16TB drives now available. On the chance that it can't (and if you have any experience with Mobo compatibility with these 16TB beasts please chime in), do you guys have any recommendations for gutting this system and rebuilding it from scratch with a decent Mobo/Chip/RAM combo that would give me some headroom for the future? Thanks in advance for any advice, experience, ideas, etc. K