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unRAID 8 boot device size ?

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The recommended USB size for 7 had to my knowledge been 8gb.

Anyone know what the recommended size is for 8 ?

I assume it will be bigger due to being immutable.

I've heard 16GB as the recommended minimum, but it's not yet official.

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👍

2 hours ago, Brakmaren said:

The recommended USB size for 7 had to my knowledge been 8gb.

Anyone know what the recommended size is for 8 ?

I assume it will be bigger due to being immutable.

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The size of the USB-Stick has nothing to do with the number of drives...

My Server has 9 HDDs and two NVMEs and the USB-Stick has "only" 8GB - i use it since 2012 👍

Edited by Zonediver

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The numbers reference the version of unRAID OS, not the number of drives 😘

Edited by Brakmaren

Just now, Brakmaren said:

The numbers reference the version of unRAID is, not the number of drives 😘

This has also nothing to do with the size.

16GB are recommendet because 8GB Stricks are no longer available - thats why.

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Ok, maby i should have make it a bit more detailed.

I'm not using usb, I'm using a nvme.

The reason for asking is because I would like to switch to an Intel optane m10, and like to know what the minimum size to get, to be able to use same nvme on unRAID OS 8.

But I think I'm going with the first tip on 16gb.

Thanks.

Edited by Brakmaren

5 hours ago, Brakmaren said:

Ok, maby i should have make it a bit more detailed.

I'm not using usb, I'm using a nvme.

The reason for asking is because I would like to switch to an Intel optane m10, and like to know what the minimum size to get, to be able to use same nvme on unRAID OS 8.

But I think I'm going with the first tip on 16gb.

Thanks.

16GB is ok 👍

8 hours ago, Brakmaren said:

I assume it will be bigger due to being immutable

Unraid is already immutable. The installed version isn't modified since it is loaded fresh into RAM from archives on the boot device at each boot.

6 hours ago, Brakmaren said:

minimum size to get

Internal boot device is counted as a drive. If you use a drive much larger than needed for the boot device, it can be partitioned into boot and pool partitions, then the pool partition can be used for other things like cache, dockers, ...

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That's how I have it configured now.

128gb nvme for boot plus temp.

But i like to have a optane as boot only, and maybe two as raid for peace of mind 😇

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