SamBam

This really was my go-to system for a person to build a nice home server. Anymore,the vids are ancient, the gui , at best archaic, and now I find myself in the mindset of the anyone with any knowledge. Which I hate. Truth is out there...LOL...love that line... And you are correct. What works for one may not work for all. But I would rather challenge people to learn that be a lamb for the slaughter.

What testing have you done in a real world environment. VM, Contaners, through put....what about 10g SFP in a muliti layer environment....My statement is just that. Anybody with the will to learn can do much better. I understand this is a great stepping point for someone that may not have the acquired knowledge. And that is my point. Some of these issues are trivial and non-existent for a mature OS, or for someone that has the patience to learn. Beyond that, no matter what, this is a hobbyist OS. And sorry, but yes, OVM is still miles ahead. The foot print and usage is well below this. Last note. When have you even seen this on any, any post in a comparison against any of the 3 main OS's I mentioned?

XCP-NG and never looking back. Really is a true OS

Run, run far and fast from this. Read up. This is a joke. If you are looking to go this OS as a new user, you will loose. All videos are at best a few years before any new release, nothing will work. Save your cash. This is a hobbyist release at best. Better to spend your time learning a real system like Xen, Xcp-ng, Proxmox...and if you really need a full blown system..EXSI, Zen, XCP-NG. Either way, you will be sooooo much happier in the end. OMV kicks this OS in the ass. Nothing bad about OMV, but really? OVM should be the FIRST on anyone's list if you are looking for a home server/ home lab. You can lock it down like mad. At least do a Debian / Ubuntu KVM/QEMU install, you will be miles ahead of what this is, and way less resources . Oh and the people at XCP-NG, they are so happy to help you out.....just great. As for unRaid, well, Just run. If you were to post a question, all you will ever get is .."read this post from 2 years ago...even though it won't help you"...if you do decide to actually post..Just read though 4-8 posts....Way too many tech queens on there.

Thanks trurl, i did that already and will give it a sot again.

All i really need is just put everything back to a "fresh" state. I was able to get things like Plex, Sonarr, etc working. but even following the vids on Openvpn, it never worked. not sure if i screwed something up or not. SO i was going to start all over again, but didn't want to lose all the move and music files i moved to the array. Just not sure how to go about it. So far , it hasn't been too much of a learning curve, even at 65 years old. I have been using linux for the past 6 yrs now. But at the same time this a completely new animal. If i can get this to do what i want on the old desktop i have , then i plan on building a new server and buying the pro.

Still on my trial to see if this is something i can learn. Following the videos on line i got a few of the things that a re important to me working, some not even close. Is there a way to 1) keep all the info on my array disks (i.e. movie and music files) and 2) just start over again since i still have 17 days reaming on the trial?