July 11, 2025Jul 11 VMs as my daily driver, Linux and SteamOS gaming (for my daughter).Game dockersLocal and remote use:Network storage running NextCloud.Jellyfin with remote streaming access.PiHoleTorrentingBackup serverList goes on
July 12, 2025Jul 12 Primarily a Media Server plus a couple of VMs and a set of Docker Apps to support Media and Home automation. Also used as a File Server for home use.
July 16, 2025Jul 16 Well, what can I say... I use It for everything (all of the above and more)!5 VM's (HASSOS, Kali Linux, Debian Linux, SAP 7.52 SP4, Windows 11)About 50+ docker containersBackup Server for all my devices at homeMedia Server for all my photos and videosMedia Server for all my movies, TV Shows, concerts and musicProductivity server for all my personal and work filesPersonal AI ServerVPN ServerNUT Server - Power surge (connected to an UPS) - Shutdown other PCs and devices and then shut down itselfWell, it's just amazing what UnRAID can do. I just love it!
August 4, 2025Aug 4 I have two Unraid systems: Oldest is a "Backup and Archive". Newest is now "Network Storage"And future will expand into more "Docker Applications" Edited August 4, 2025Aug 4 by Batter Pudding
August 12, 2025Aug 12 due to changes and a recent House move, my Unriad system is only used as a VM to support Docker. I have yet to find a sutiable replacement for the unriad web UI outside of its docerker intergration...OMV is close (OMV is compose only....). Portatiner is not straiught forward and easy to use but has the features... docekrage is meh...For me, Unriad is docker king still...Proxmox for hyper V for use with VMs / LXCs...Debain for base OS all the way...Arch for vm gaming with steam OS proton...atm Due to changes, price and support/availability I'm looking at other projects. (HA and other Systems...) HexOS...
August 12, 2025Aug 12 last year I consolidated most of my homelab back down to the single unraid box, used to be my main unraid server, my old dual xeon box plus a pair of mini-pcs running proxmox for a handful of applications and vms mostly idling 24/7 eating power but now it's just the main unraid box and a Pi for HAOS (also runs nodered, secondary DNS, mqtt, etc). so my server is a 50/50 storage and services, and I don't even run any 24/7 VMs anymore as the one windows application I needed now runs in a container with wine, and I can spin up a linux or windows instance if needed in about 5 seconds.
August 13, 2025Aug 13 9 hours ago, Faceman said:last year I consolidated most of my homelab back down to the single unraid box, used to be my main unraid server, my old dual xeon box plus a pair of mini-pcs running proxmox for a handful of applications and vms mostly idling 24/7 eating power but now it's just the main unraid box and a Pi for HAOS (also runs nodered, secondary DNS, mqtt, etc).so my server is a 50/50 storage and services, and I don't even run any 24/7 VMs anymore as the one windows application I needed now runs in a container with wine, and I can spin up a linux or windows instance if needed in about 5 seconds.Why not running HAOS inside Unraid as a VM?I used to have HAOS in a separate NUC but now I have everything in just one box!I know UnRAID VM engine is not the fastest, but for HAOS is more than enough.Today I have 5 VMs (HAOS, Kali Linux, Debian Linux, SAP 7.52 SP4, Windows 11). And all works just fine.Now with a NUC free for other usage, I converted the NUC to be a console game center for my kids.
August 13, 2025Aug 13 12 hours ago, PetabyteLDA said:Why not running HAOS inside Unraid as a VMI have it on a separate server because HAOS runs a lot of essentials (mainly AV control sequencing for a complex whole-home video distribution setup with 8 TVs, 4 users, ~14 sources, and all the power, control, input and room lighting, climate, fans, etc that go with all of them) and I cant have that system go down if I need to reboot my server or shut it down to work on it.Having a second device also helps with never losing DNS when one goes down, even if its just a few seconds to run an update. HAOS is backed up to unraid daily, and I can pretty quickly spin up a HAOS VM with that backup if the Pi dies.So while I've consolidated pretty much everything else down to just unraid and mostly gotten out of the homelab side of things, I still need some services to be separate or duplicated to minimise downtime.The spare NUCs are still in use as regular desktops.
September 12, 2025Sep 12 So far (knock on wood) Unraid 6.12.15 has been rock solid with dockers: Deluge, Radarr, Sonarr, Plex, Sabmzbd. Someday I will put up a Win 11 and Linux VM.
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