I am trying to decide if Unraid is for me. I do like many of the features I have been reading about and the reviews are great. I’m am currently using PlexGuide (PGBlitz) https://pgblitz.com/landing/ which is really just an automated solution to run a media server utilizing dockers and rclone to move storage to gcloud. Been working great for over a year but the support is lacking lately and I need to expand my server. I hate to move forward with PlexGuide and have support disappear. I have found documentation on how to set all this up on Unraid. I have also been checking out CloudBox but I like the idea of Unraif more.
Network is not an issue. I have fiber 1000mb up and down.
My main goal is to run a Plex production VM as well as a Plex testing VM so I can try out new tools and mess with settings and not affecting production. Both Plex VMs would run Ubuntu 18.10. Media storage is all cloud based using rclone to gcloud. Local storage will be for backups, dockers, files, etc… On second thought, run Plex production locally and then have a Plex test VM may be easier then both being a VM?
Suggestions are appreciated. I have not downloaded a trial yet to test all this just looking for any feedback and advice. Been reading a lot of forum posts and the wiki.
Motherboard: GA-7PESH4 https://www.gigabyte.com/Server-Motherboard/GA-7PESH4-rev-10#ov
RAM: 256GB (16 x 16GB) PC3-12800R DDR3 1600MHz ECC
CPU: 2 E5-2670 v2 – 10 Core 2.5 GHz
GPU: GTX 1060 6Gb (transcoding)
Hard Drives:
240GB SSD (PfSense)
500GB SSD (Cache for plex, appdata, etc)
4 SAS 3TB - VMs, backups to configs, pictures, dockers, etc
1 SAS 6TB – Parity device
PCIe SAS Controller Card: Supermicro AOC-USAS2-L8e