I asked on the 45HomeLab forums the following but received no response, hopefully I get better luck here:

 

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So I’m looking to upgrade my server to an 45homelab 8-bay model when they come out (or several months after, not sure)

My current server is running unRAID. I have 5 6TB hard drives (almost all full and one is parity) and a 1TB NVME SSD. My case is very problematic to work with and it needs a new PSU.

With the new server I would be using 18TB drives.

Has anyone else tried unRAID on their 45HomeLab server? How did it go?

 

Edited April 6, 20242 yr by urbanracer34

Yes, I just migrated my system from a SM CSE-836 chassis into an HL15 yesterday.  No issues at all and I'm happy with the performance.

 

I'm sing 15 SG Exos 16TB sata disks in a ZFS pool.  (3 vdevs, 5 disks, RaidZ1)

 

I sourced my own board, proc and ram.

I also used Noctua iPPC 2000 rpm 3-pin fans.

 

I have a friend using one of their pre-built configs and he's also happy with it.  We both have ARC cards and are waiting on 6.13 for the updated kernel :-)

 

I hope this feedback helps!