May 30, 201412 yr I've had my unRAID server for about 2 years now and love it to death. Until this point, I was doing things manually. I got tired of that and decided to try the Sick Beard / SABnzbd approach. I have everything setup and running on my desktop computer, but wanted to migrate things to the unRAID server. The only question I have is if my current hardware will support the apps, or if I need to upgrade. This is what I currently have: AMD Semprom Sargas 2.8GHz AM3 Processor Crucial 4GB DDR3 1333 ASUS M5A78L-M LX Plus Micro ATX It looks like the board can support a max of 8GB of RAM, so that could be upgraded. I haven't looked into the feasibility of a chip upgrade yet. I know I need a cache drive, but I'm sure I have an extra HDD laying around somewhere.
May 30, 201412 yr It should run them fine. It will not be the quickest thing ever invented but the worst that can happen is that you try it out and you don't like the outcome. Just disable the apps on unRAID, or add more RAM and faster processor.
May 30, 201412 yr For the past couple years I was using an AMD C60 dual 1GHz. I ran Sabnzbd, Sickbeard, XBMC Salud, Dropbox, Web Server, Transmission, denyhost all together just fine. Just wont be speedy but I don't think that matters for this type of stuff. Couchpotato was a little slow and forget plex. You definitely need a cache drive. Set up categories on Sabnzbd to put files in their proper folders and have the mover script copy everything to the array at night. Also you can set Sabnzbd to pause downloads while extracting files which will help with performance drops.
June 2, 201412 yr Author Awesome. I think I'll give it a go sometime this week. Does anyone know if there is a way to transfer all the settings from the current computer running both programs to the unRAID server so I don't have to go through the setup process again?
June 3, 201412 yr [...] ASUS M5A78L-M LX Plus Micro ATX [...] It looks like the board can support a max of 8GB of RAM, so that could be upgraded. I haven't looked into the feasibility of a chip upgrade yet. I know I need a cache drive, but I'm sure I have an extra HDD laying around somewhere. ...my favourite side note on AMD AM3(+) based mobos from ASUS: it does support ECC memory (...and the AMD CPUs fitting it will too) ...and by the latest specs, it will support up to 16GB, not 8GB -> http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A78LM_LX_PLUS/specifications/ If you are happy with the overall energy efficiency, I'd keep it and upgrade CPUs and/or to ECC RAM if need be.
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