So, we have been using Unraid for our onsite backups for several of my customers. 
 

I have several out there, the Unraid solution is amazing for this. Unraid Connect makes this solution even more possible. The Unraid device onsite also gives me tools that I did not have before with multiple of the other solutions we have used in the past for our customers. 

However, the weakness that I have is the amount of time it takes to set up the Unraid server. I want to standardize my installation and somewhat quickly deploy. My dream would be so i deploy flash and all I have to do is update my licensing and such. Obviously, I realize that it will take more work than that. 
 

Is there an advisable path for such a thing? I did a copy from an existing flash once but that was quite a bit of work. Not to say I cannot do that, obviously the more settings i need to include in the new system working through that would be easier. 

 

It has come to the point that the labor to install Unraid is starting to way down the cost. We are considering using something like Unifi NAS just because of the lack of labor for such an installation. I would lose a lot of tools that come with Unraid. So, any way I can streamline this process would be great. 

 

Look at the backup of one of your Unraid USB boot drives.   Contained in the    /config      folder is basically all of the configuration information for that server.  Almost all of the files are user readable/editable except for the super.dat file which contains (as I recall) info about each individual disk and thus  is unique for each server.  (The    *. key   which is the Unraid license file for that USB is also there and is unique for that flash drive.)      Start there and figure what you have to change for each new install.  Then create your own standard Unraid USB files setup  so that you can to use for a 'Manual Install'

 

         https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/getting-started/manual-install-method/

 

You might need a set of 'short sheets' with the settings that need to be made to tailor the system for final deployment to that customer. 

 

If this is not where you are spending your time doing the setup, you will have to provide more info about what packages you are adding to the Unraid basic NAS function.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interesting... i never considered the manual method on the New install method...... I will work with this... i haven't had time yet but the next system i do i deff will.

 

thank you.