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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 .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Us80Dvu3EA Do you need 1GbE: CAT 5e Do you need 10GbE less than 55m: CAT6 Do you need 10GbE greater than 55m: CAT6A. CAT 7 really does not have a use case what so ever and CAT8 will be able to run the 40GbE standard when it does come out.

https://unraid.net/blog/uncast-15 Stefano Partida of SPXlabs stops by the Uncast Show for a lively chat with SpaceinvaderOne about ZFS, homelabs and gear, a listener Q&A, and much more!

https://louwrentius.com/should-i-use-zfs-for-my-home-nas.html "When building your own home NAS, you may be advised to use ZFS for the file system. I would only recommend using ZFS if you understand it well and you accept its limitation. It must make sense for your particular situation and your skill level. I would like to make the case that for a lot of people, ZFS offers little benefit given their circumstances and for those people, I think it is totally reasonable to select a different platform......In this article, I'm not arguing against ZFS itself, it's an amazing file system with interesting features, but it may not be the best option for your particular situation."

https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenZFS-2.1.8-Released While the much anticipated OpenZFS 3.0 hasn't yet materialized as it was originally hoped for in 2022, OpenZFS 2.x continues on maturing nicely with fixes and other updates to this open-source ZFS file-system implementation currently supported on FreeBSD and Linux systems.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/ubuntu-zfs-support-status In 2019 Canonical was upbeat about their support for contentious file system, making waves with the release of Ubuntu 19.10 which featured an experimental option to install Ubuntu (kernel, system files, and user data) on a ZFS volume. Ubuntu was the first major Linux distro to embrace ZFS, despite the tangle of issues around its licensing. But since then the enthusiasm has waned.

The SMB Security Export setting determines whether the share is visible and/or accessible. Setting Export to 'Yes (hidden)' will hide the share from browsing but is still accessible if you know the share name.

I agree with this comment also and look forward to the next episode. I do appreciate all of Ed's great Unraid work, just not retro-gaming content.😏

✔️ Now that is something I did not know - thanks for the info, not that I need dual parity at the moment, but it's good to know when I do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4qDdf-fX60 Although this dates from 2015, it gives you a quick overview of Unraid's features.

Checkout Ed's Unraid Features Christmas Wishlist 2022. Things he would be happy to see in the OS in the future.

In the recent Unraid Customer Survey Results the following was stated: We heard a lot of feedback for ZFS. We hear you loud and clear and it's coming in Unraid OS 6.12 !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l55GfAwa8RI An interesting talk by Wendell on traditional RAID, ZFS and BTRFS.

Updating all Dockers to their latest version is recommended prior to an Unraid server upgrade. 🙋‍♂️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdiUoXwjahk "A password manager is an essential tool to keep you safe online, and Bitwarden is a popular choice that offers incredibly good value. For those who are more technically inclined, Vaultwarden is an alternative implementation of Bitwarden that can provide a number of additional benefits.This video will introduce both Bitwarden and Vaultwarden, take a look at their security, and compare them for both personal and business use, giving recommendations for different use cases."

Mainly Firefox with Chrome as a secondary option.

This link may be helpful: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/130162-ryzen-c-states-idle-power-draw/#comment-1184743