January 20, 20215 yr Hi, new to Unraid. Migrating my Windows 10 Plex (and helper apps) install with 20TB of content to a new Unraid server. Before I buy the parts, appreciate feedback if this build makes sense, where I could/should spend more, etc. The EVGA 1070 and i9-9900K are parts I'm reusing. The Node 804 case is chosen as its a perfect fit for where I need it to go. Most of the drives will be shucked from externals. Would also appreciate commentary on most logical way to set up this drive set in Unraid. Here's my build: CPU Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D14 64.95 CFM CPU Cooler Motherboard Gigabyte Z390 M GAMING Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard Memory Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory Storage Western Digital Red 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage Western Digital Red 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Storage Western Digital Red 8 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage Western Digital Red 10 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB SC GAMING Case Fractal Design Node 804 MicroATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply Corsair RM 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply HBA SAS9211-8I 8PORT Int 6GB Sata+SAS Pcie 2.0
January 20, 20215 yr The 10TB would have to be parity since no data disk can be larger than parity. Since the SSDs are different sizes probably makes sense to use Unraid 6.9 and put them in separate pools.
January 20, 20215 yr Author Yes that was the plan to have the 10TB as a parity drive. I may add another 1TB nvme drive, so one 1TB for cache and the other as Plex cache. I suppose I could then just use the 500gb SSD as part of the storage array.
January 20, 20215 yr 15 minutes ago, joshallen2k said: 500gb SSD as part of the storage array SSDs are not recommended in the parity array. Disks in the array can't be trimmed, and can't be written faster than parity. Unraid 6.9 allows multiple pools, each of which can have multiple disks (btrfs raid). So you could have a cache pool for caching user share writes, and another "fast" pool for dockers and VMs. This is how I do it. You want docker and VM specific shares (appdata, domains, system) to reside on faster disks outside the array so they will perform better and not keep array disks spunup.
January 20, 20215 yr Author Thanks for the info. I will repurpose the 500gb SSD into another system. So if I summarize what I should do from a storage perspective: - 10TB HDD as parity drive - All other HDDs as data drive array - 1x 1TB nvme as Unraid cache - 1x 1TB nvme as Plex cache Regarding docker & VM appdata etc shares, would I put those on the nvme I plan to use as Plex cache (which is Plex app data)? Any other comments on the rest of the hardware build, or does that look OK? Thanks!
January 20, 20215 yr 2 hours ago, joshallen2k said: Regarding docker & VM appdata etc shares, would I put those on the nvme I plan to use as Plex cache (which is Plex app data)? yes
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