Hey, I've got a rare opportunity to host my Unraid at a friends datacenter space for basically only electricity cost, which would be a superb deal for me and finally solves the issue with having an offsite backup.

 

I only ever used Unraid on my old desktop case/PC and it worked flawlessly since then. However, to take this opportunity, I'd have to move my Unraid to a Dell PowerEdge R730xd case provided by him. I am exactly 0 experienced in this area and from having a quick look at the tech spec, this thing doesn't offer a USB slot.

 

Does this mean that I can't take this opportunity with Unraid? Or are there workarounds available (i. e. adding a PCIe-card which provides a USB slot or something) or being able to boot Unraid from a small SSD?

 

The tech spec is here: https://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/Dell-PowerEdge-R730-and-R730xd-Technical-Guide-v1-7.pdf

 

Thank you!

I actualy run unraid on a dell poweredge R730xd and it runs fine. The server has 2 usb ports in the back and one internal usb port (which is where I plug my unraid key). In your guide it shows on page 16 an internal system view. You can see the internal usb port on the upper left of the bottom heatsink. You just have to go to the bios and tell it to boot from the internal usb. I believe that you can even tell the integrated raid card to work in IT mode without flashing anything special.

On 12/26/2024 at 4:17 AM, SeigneurCasque said:

I actualy run unraid on a dell poweredge R730xd and it runs fine. The server has 2 usb ports in the back and one internal usb port (which is where I plug my unraid key). In your guide it shows on page 16 an internal system view. You can see the internal usb port on the upper left of the bottom heatsink. You just have to go to the bios and tell it to boot from the internal usb. I believe that you can even tell the integrated raid card to work in IT mode without flashing anything special.

Do you know your power consumption in idle with no HDDs?