Damn, this is awesome! [New unRAID user]

Hey all, just wanted to show my appreciation for this product and the amount of support and guides out there (especially the content from Ed/Spaceinvader One, goddamn!).

I recently picked-up a free PowerEdge R520 which was decommissioned at work. Had wanted to do either Proxmox or ESXi but figured I'd check-out unRAID after hearing so much about it (thanks LTT).

I currently run a basic TrueNAS box which hosts Plex and Transmission plus shares etc. so was somewhat limited as far as ease for setting up RancherOS (or an Ubuntu VM) and playing with Docker.

I love that unRAID makes Docker and VMs so easy for simpletons like me.

I've already setup a Mojave VM using Spaceinvader One's guide (which has since replaced a Hackintosh so that hardware has gone to my housemate who's quite happy with an upgrade), Windows 11 VM to test out & a Windows 10 VM for work which I was able to make compliant by setting up swTPM.

Still waiting on my second processor and heatsink but the box runs like a dream and is very quick after setting up a cache SSD and dedicated virtual disk SSD for the VMs. It was easy enough to flash the Dell PERC and also found details on setting fan speed via IPMI!

Was great to see just how much info is out there and how large the community is, goes to show just how good the product is.

I'm only 5 days into the trial period but will be slamming that cash down shortly.

Cheers, JB.

Edited August 6, 20214 yr by Akshunhiro