Hi everybody,

 

(Please forgive my English, it's not my native langage) 

 

I just wanted to share my experience with Unraid.

First, I have to say I'm pretty new in the NAS world. I bought my first NAS this March 2020: A QNAP TS-251D. I had preferred QNAP over Synology because in my opinion they manage docker better (and I like docker I've created my own image, dlded more than 50000 times already). Also, it exists more "native" apps in the QNAP community than in the Synology community (I think about Adguard Home for example). And also, we can extend the NAS with adding pciE cards (4x1gb/s, 1x10gb/s ,etc..)

 

Before I bought this NAS, I was simply using my Mac-mini as a iTunes server for the home (we are Apple-device only). But I had to convert every videos to m4v, m4a, etc.. to be able to add it to the library. It was not complicated but time consuming.

With a NAS, I discovered and implemented different combo's like "watcher/Medusa > qbittorrent > Filebot > My Media Library". I was happy  😊

I was happy with my NAS but I thought it was a bit slow and the web interface was overloaded. Even though it has 8g RAM. Then I discovered Unraid. And since it is very easy to install it ( to boot from a flashdrive) I decided to try on my QNAP:

- Pure, clean interface

- Fast

- Very easy management of the docker and deep implementation

- A lot of tutorials (thanks to Spaceinvader One)

- A real linux distribution inside, not a limited frustrating modified linux like in the QNAP.

 

I was happy 😊

 

But I've started to be greedy. Probably, when we start the get involved into something and we enjoy it, we always want more, right ? 😛 So I decided to make a DIY NAS. (And there was in the cellar a full computer with Ryzen5 2600x and ssd nvme that nobody used, from the time I tried to leave the Mac world for Windows, during 1 month). And then I was happy 😊

 

Then I've discovered the capabilities of the VM, the possibility to run a pfsense, to run a server to play games remotely etc.. But this is a cpu without gpu, and a mini-itx motherboard. So can't add extra Nic and a lot of hard drives. I've ordered yesterday a ATX motherboard with an i5, NIC, and HD's that I should receive this afternoon. And then I will be happy 😊

 

I never stop to learn new things and new possibilities thanks to unRAID, thanks to this community. 

 

Have a nice day

 

 

 

Edited December 19, 20205 yr by pee_bear

Looks like hardware manufacturers should promote Unraid, this drives upgrades and purchases for some people !