December 18, 20241 yr Hi, I hope this forum is the best for my question, I understand that it's prefer to run the Unraid OS on DOK? I have on my server USB2 and USB3 inputs, it's enough speed for that? Which DOK is recommended? Regards.
December 18, 20241 yr Author 9 minutes ago, whipdancer said: I'm not familiar with DOK. Is that a thumb drive or flash drive? USB Flash drive (I think thumb drive is the same no?)
December 18, 20241 yr Yes, I've always understood thumb drive & flash drive to mean essentially the same thing. I'm not aware of any specific recommendations and didn't find anything with a quick search - you could ask in the pre-sales forum - they're pretty good about responding.
December 18, 20241 yr Author 1 minute ago, whipdancer said: Yes, I've always understood thumb drive & flash drive to mean essentially the same thing. I'm not aware of any specific recommendations and didn't find anything with a quick search - you could ask in the pre-sales forum - they're pretty good about responding. Just curious, how you handle the Installation of Unraid OS?
December 18, 20241 yr I'd have to go read the docs again. I set up Unraid in 2012 and last changed out my flash drive that same year. I've literally just moved the flash drive to new hardware each time I upgraded. Haven't "reinstalled" since I started.
December 19, 20241 yr 16 hours ago, ChaoscripT said: Just curious, how you handle the Installation of Unraid OS? https://unraid.net/getting-started As for flashdrive, you don't need much space on it, 4 to 8GB should be more than enough. But those small capacities might be difficult to find now. Anecdotal evidence seems to indicate that USB2 provides a more stable connection. And since the flashdrive speed is only important at boot when the OS is loaded from the drive into memory, it is good enough.
December 19, 20241 yr Author 40 minutes ago, ChatNoir said: https://unraid.net/getting-started As for flashdrive, you don't need much space on it, 4 to 8GB should be more than enough. But those small capacities might be difficult to find now. Anecdotal evidence seems to indicate that USB2 provides a more stable connection. And since the flashdrive speed is only important at boot when the OS is loaded from the drive into memory, it is good enough. Thanks for reply, Nice system you have, curious, Why you don't use NVME instead of Sata SSD? Also 1 TB cache is enough for you?
December 19, 20241 yr 29 minutes ago, ChaoscripT said: Why you don't use NVME instead of Sata SSD? My old Motherboard does not support it. And speed is sufficient for my use case (docker, no VMs) 31 minutes ago, ChaoscripT said: Also 1 TB cache is enough for you? More than enough for what I do. Its ~310GB of base stuff that does not move (music, appadata, etc.) and that leave me quite some room for temporary stuff (transcodes, caching, etc.)
December 19, 20241 yr Author 14 minutes ago, ChatNoir said: My old Motherboard does not support it. And speed is sufficient for my use case (docker, no VMs) More than enough for what I do. Its ~310GB of base stuff that does not move (music, appadata, etc.) and that leave me quite some room for temporary stuff (transcodes, caching, etc.) Thanks for your reply, If you motherboard will support it, do you think you would buy a NVME? So you remain your data at the Cache disks? you don't move it to the backup discs? or RAID10 (for your cache) is good for the mission?
December 19, 20241 yr 30 minutes ago, ChaoscripT said: If you motherboard will support it, do you think you would buy a NVME? Perhaps, it would depend on the cost / benefit balance. Do I need the speed of the NVME ? What's the cost difference at the same capacity between the two technology ? Can I have redundancy (if needed) ? Even on the current platform, I have the PCIe lanes if I needed to add a PCIe to M.2 adapter. I don't feel the need for my use case (mostly storage + a few basic dockers). 36 minutes ago, ChaoscripT said: So you remain your data at the Cache disks? you don't move it to the backup discs? Docker Appdata and image (like VMs images) are much better on a flash drive than on a spinner. Same thing for my music, that way it is on easy and quick access without having to wait for a drive to spin up upon a request. But it on and RAID pool (for availability) and is backed up weekly on another system. 44 minutes ago, ChaoscripT said: RAID10 (for your cache) is good for the mission Does the job for now. It seems safer than BTRFS RAID5 or 6.
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