Hi,

 

Going to be trying unraid this weekend but got a some questions about the licenses, USB stick and OS upgrade

 

1. If I start on Basic how quick would the upgrade to Plus be if needed?

 

2. On the license it says up to 6 (for basic) storage drives;

Does this include the Parity, Cache drives or the OS USB stick?

 

3. What are the recommended USB sticks to be using?

 

4. Do I need to upgrade the USB stick manually when there is an OS update or will it update itself?

 

Edited March 13, 20206 yr by GazCBG

#1 within a minute or 2 of purchase. You drop your key on the drive and boot up.

#2 this includes cache, parity, unassigned devices mounting at boot. USB drive for unraid doesn't count. 

#3 USB 2.0 or 3.0, SanDisk has a good reputation. If you can plug it into a USB 2.0 port on your board. Historically has a better result, but 3.0 is fine. 

#4 Updates are only manual. You have to initiate them. 

4 hours ago, GazCBG said:

4. Do I need to upgrade the USB stick manually when there is an OS update or will it update itself?

19 minutes ago, phbigred said:

#4 Updates are only manual. You have to initiate them. 

You have to initiate them, but you do so in the webUI on the Tools page.

 

4 hours ago, GazCBG said:

3. What are the recommended USB sticks to be using?

 

My fave Kingston DataTraveller SE9 usb2