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https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/5/23749188/reddit-subreddit-private-protest-api-changes-apollo-charges This will affect all those using https://www.reddit.com/r/unRAID/ 😠 Thousands of Reddit communities go dark to protest company’s controversial new policy: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/12/tech/reddit-blackout/index.html

https://forums.unraid.net/bug-reports/prereleases/unraid-os-version-6120-rc8-available-r2439

https://forums.unraid.net/bug-reports/prereleases/unraid-os-version-6120-rc7-available-r2427/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuvVtStinyQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxGg-z9cYe0

https://forums.unraid.net/bug-reports/prereleases/unraid-os-version-6120-rc6-available-r2401/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEAfX75nReg "This video takes a deep dive into Unraid 6.12. It looks at creating various Zpools. Importing existing zpools from other systems such as TrueNAS. And a lot of other 'quality of life' improvements - Ed"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhNLU0JR_P8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bHE5OoEbEI Plex Master Jason from @Bytemybits pops by to chat with @SpaceinvaderOne about AI, Plex, Emby, Unraid apps and plugins, and much more! Big thanks to Jason for spending the time with us answering user questions, and getting to know the man behind @Bytemybits a little more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahOXQM4416Q

https://forums.unraid.net/bug-reports/prereleases/unraid-os-version-6120-rc5-available-r2384/ Anticipating stable release in a couple of days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIpf4DmJgcA

https://unraid.net/blog/6-12-0-rc4 New in this release is a conceptual change in the way storage is assigned to shares. https://forums.unraid.net/bug-reports/prereleases/unraid-os-version-6120-rc4-available-r2372

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_umdZGzV5U Unraid Connect will be the replacement for the ever popular My Servers plugin going forward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PAtGh2Targ

https://unraid.net/blog/6-12-0-rc3 Full Change Log here: https://forums.unraid.net/bug-reports/prereleases/unraid-os-version-6120-rc3-available-r2349/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stg_bC90utM Come with Spaceinvader One as he talks about upgrading his Unraid Server to a 13th Gen Intel CPU. Why? Maybe better performance. Maybe better idle energy efficiency. So lets go for a walk and talk about it !!

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/report-most-hdds-die-after-almost-3-years-newer-models-are-less-reliable The study was conducted by a data recovery company in Los Angeles named Secure Data Recovery (via Blocks & Files). Unlike Backblaze, which has hundreds of thousands of drives spinning in its pods, this study looked at just 2,007 failed hard drives. The study's crux was examining two statistics, which it counts as "predictable." These are how long drives were powered on and how many bad sectors they accumulated, as opposed to unpredictable events like natural disasters, malware, and mishandling drives. The study's overarching goal was to give folks a rough idea of what they could expect for a drive's lifetime to convince them always to back up their data.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJB1cJfcjYI Things become more interesting when the people talking actually care about the stuff they are talking about while also enjoying it. This conversation was so much fun to listen to while also being highly informational about ZFS. (Haka)

https://forums.unraid.net/bug-reports/prereleases/unraid-os-version-6120-rc2-available-r2310/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEnaovHezo0 Andrew explains that Multi-factor authentication is essential, but there are many methods to choose from and some are not very secure. In this video he compares your options and ranks them from best to worst so you can choose the best second factor to secure your accounts.

https://unraid.net/blog/6-12-0-rc1 The 6.12 release includes initial ZFS support in addition to the usual set of bug fixes, kernel, and package updates. Full change log here: https://forums.unraid.net/bug-reports/prereleases/unraid-os-version-6120-rc1-available-r2297/

As of mid 2020 "WD Red" means SMR, and "WD Red Plus" and "WD Red Pro" mean CMR. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/western-digital-adds-red-plus-branding-for-non-smr-hard-drives/ Seagate has said publicly ( April 2020) that they do not use SMR in any IronWolf or IronWolf Pro drives. " Seagate confirms that we do not utilize Shingled Magnetic Recording technology (SMR) in any IronWolf or IronWolf Pro drives—purpose-built for NAS solutions. Seagate always recommends to use the right drive for the right application".

Here is a link to a good article on SMR and why you should avoid it for your NAS: https://www.servethehome.com/wd-red-smr-vs-cmr-tested-avoid-red-smr/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIOfRAKovRo This tutorial goes over why 2.5 GbE is probably way better for you than 10GbE .