Order of play for new Unraid install

[qal1h]

So my hardware is all setup.

• i5 13600k, 64GB RAM, Asrock Extreme Z690

Array:

• 2x18TB WD Red Pros
• 2x6TB Hitachi HGST
• 12TB HGST

 

Steps already taken:

• Build completed and Unraid installed
• Memtest completed
• All above drives pre-cleared

 

This is the order of play:

• Transfer files to the above drives - through USB or SATA connection to server
• Then enable parity
• Setup cache pools using pair of NVMEs (RAID1) and pair of SATA SSDs (RAID1)
  • NVMEs for appdata and docker VM stuff
  • SSDs for downloads and large file stuff
• Setup shares and users
• Setup Plex and torrent infrastructure
• VPN/Firewall/DNS/External access stuff
• Immich/Nextcloud/personal devices backup related stuff
• Backup stuff (last because most of the previous steps were about consolidation and have copies of it all already)

 

Sound reasonable?

[wgstarks]

18 hours ago, qal1h said:

Transfer files to the above drives - through USB or SATA connection to server

You may find that SMB is more reliable. USB disconnects on large transfers can be very frustrating.

[qal1h]

11 minutes ago, wgstarks said:

You may find that SMB is more reliable. USB disconnects on large transfers can be very frustrating.

Interesting, is USB connections with Unraid unreliable? Why would it disconnect? Same chance as disconnecting as on Windows?

[wgstarks]

USB disconnects are commonly reported but depends on what external drives you are using, what ports on your motherboard, etc. Lits of variables and you would probably need to test on your hardware.

 

Usually USB2 is better than USB3. Not sure about USBC, eSATA and TB. I know some people are using them though.

 

I avoid windows so can’t help you there.