June 15, 20233 yr Hi folks, I’m a total Unraid newbie. I have been running an Ubuntu NAS with ZFS Pool and would like to migrate to an Unraid setup while investing in a completely new hardware setup. My goal is an energy efficient build that still is performant enough to satisfy a 2,5GB NIC. Hardware: GIGABYTE B760 I AORUS Pro DDR4 (2,5GB Intel NIC) 2x 32 GB Mushkin Essentials DIMM Kit 64GB, DDR4-3200, CL22-22-22-52 Intel Core i3-12100, 4C/8T, 3.30-4.30GHz, boxed, Sockel 1700 2x 1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus 3x 12-16 TB HDDs Storage Array/pool: Zraid1 fully encrypted with 3 HDDs probably 12-16TB (depending on whats the best deal) Cache pool: 2x 1TB SSDs mirrored; My idea is to use ca. 500GB as cache and 500 GB for AppData, Dockers etc. Does it work to split that way? Extra SATA SSD as fast share: Potentially utilizing an old SATA drive with 256GB (if I ever need a fast access share) Planned applications: - Nextcloud - Plex / Jellyfin / Emby - Arr Suite - Home assistant - Some kind of Reverse proxy - Adguard / pihole What do you guys think. Is my planned hardware a good fit for the applications? Is the 500GB enough for app data and dockers? Im not even sure if its possiblet o split the cache pool like that?! Many thanks in advance for any help!
June 15, 20233 yr 19 minutes ago, Alku1 said: Storage Array/pool: Zraid1 fully encrypted with 3 HDDs ZFS pools in array not supported yet. Single ZFS disks can be part of the parity array. https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/release-notes/6.12.0/#zfs-pools 20 minutes ago, Alku1 said: 500GB as cache and 500 GB for AppData, Dockers etc. Does it work to split that way? Yes. Each user share has settings to control where its data goes: https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/release-notes/6.12.0/#share-storage-conceptual-change 23 minutes ago, Alku1 said: 500GB enough for app data and dockers? Should be plenty unless you intend to cache a lot of user share writes daily. Best to not cache initial data load, cache just gets in the way for that.
June 19, 20233 yr Author Great thank you! Im aware that the classic array is not something I can use with ZFS. But my understanding is that I can have Zraid1 on a pool which should offer similar functionality. Correct?
June 19, 20233 yr You still have to have at least one data disk in the array to start things even if you don't use it. Some just use a USB flash drive.
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