Hello!

 

I've been running Unraid Pro on an old server for about 7 years now and I recently purchased a Lincstation N1 which comes with a "basic" license.

 

I looked on the help website - with the changes to licensing the help page is confusing then did a quick search of the forums here - but could not find the answers to the following questions.

 

I am hoping you can help:

1) Is the included Basic license for 1 year of updates or "lifetime"?

2) Other than the number of drives, is there any difference between the included license and the Pro license I use on my current Unraid box?

I have a second pro license that is grandfathered as lifetime and never used - I'm trying to decide if I should activate the N1 with that or the included license.

 

Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide!

1 minute ago, nonproductive said:

I am hoping you can help:

1) Is the included Basic license for 1 year of updates or "lifetime"?

Basic is an older, grandfathered license. The new equivalent is called "Starter".

 

2 minutes ago, nonproductive said:

2) Other than the number of drives, is there any difference between the included license and the Pro license I use on my current Unraid box?

No.

Thanks Spencer - is the included Basic license a lifetime license or 1 year of updates only?

 

Or maybe a better way to phrase that would be to ask if the included Basic license becomes a "legacy" lifetime license even though it is being activated after the license changes?

 

I just re read your message, and you already answered this. Thank you!
Sounds like the basic license is perfect for the N1.

Edited July 9, 20241 yr by nonproductive

5 minutes ago, nonproductive said:

Thanks Spencer - is the included Basic license a lifetime license or 1 year of updates only?

 

Or maybe a better way to phrase that would be to ask if the included Basic license becomes a "legacy" lifetime license even though it is being activated after the license changes?

 

I just re read your message, and you already answered this. Thank you!
Sounds like the basic license is perfect for the N1.

 

you are welcome! Unraid 7 also makes the array optional which might be best if you're running all SSDs. Here's a video:

 

 

There should be a follow on video showing no array, all-SSD pools out soon.

Ooo! This is good stuff. How did I miss this video before I bought the Lincstation?

My original plan was (2) 2.5" spinning disks for parity and 4 NVME for data - but I like this idea better and already have the 2.5" SSDs.

My use case for the N1 is intermediary photo storage and browsing. The workflow would be to copy from cameras/portable drives to N1 for fast access/organizing and then scheduled rclone jobs or maybe Syncthing for archiving from N1 to the main Unraid server with 90TB of space - so I like the idea of the array being optional.
I think I'll reset it and start clean that way.

You rock! 

I recently bought Lincstation N1 having tried UnRaid on another system. 

 

I knew about license changes introduced last year, but also one knew (from this thread) that Basic licenses are to be grandfathered. 

 

The N1 I got said "LincPlus LincStation N1 with Unraid Basic License" on the box so I was happy that Basic license is what I will be getting. 

 

However upon trying to activate using the code supplied on the scratch card I am displayed a Starter license and asked for credit card number for future renewals.

Support says the code was created for a Starter license which is in contradiction to labelling on the box.

For avoidance of doubt the device is brand new and the box was factory wrapped. 

 

How could I get the grandfathered Basic license  ?

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, matyst said:

I recently bought Lincstation N1 having tried UnRaid on another system. 

 

I knew about license changes introduced last year, but also one knew (from this thread) that Basic licenses are to be grandfathered. 

 

The N1 I got said "LincPlus LincStation N1 with Unraid Basic License" on the box so I was happy that Basic license is what I will be getting. 

 

However upon trying to activate using the code supplied on the scratch card I am displayed a Starter license and asked for credit card number for future renewals.

Support says the code was created for a Starter license which is in contradiction to labelling on the box.

For avoidance of doubt the device is brand new and the box was factory wrapped. 

 

How could I get the grandfathered Basic license  ?

 

 

 

 

unfortunately, the sticker appears to be a mistake. I have reached out to LincPlus to have them fix the sticker. 

Well, clearly I could not have anticipated the box is mislabeled, and it was reasonable to assume I got an early batch with Basic license.

It would be fair if UnRaid / LincPlus worked to honour grandfathered licenses for the customers who have been misled and who prefer the Basic license.

I would not have opened the box / scratched the code had I known it comes with Starter. 

 

Do you think it would be possible ? 

Edited January 30, 20251 yr by matyst
clarification

You can reach out to LincPlus,  but I believe only a small amount of their kickstarter backers received Basic licenses. Everyone has gotten Starter licenses since almost a year back now as Basic is not sold anymore.