A new lurker on the forum

[spiderpie]

Hello guys,

 

I just signed up on this forum to learn more about unraid and what can be done with homeservers.

 

I always loved computers and building them but I would still consider myself of a good noob. I cannot do much on linux without relying heavily on google search but I usually manage to get myself where I want to.

 

I have been having fun with a littre rpi that I turned into a nas in my home with openmediavault.

I like it a lot but it is very slow, and very limited.

 

I have been looking into leveling this up and possibily buying a branded NAS like the synology ds920+ and it made me dive into this rabbit hole and the possibility of what can be done...

 

I started to consider the possibility of building my own and it lead me to unRaid which seems like a very interesting and solid solution. Then my mind was blown when I discovered I could basically have my own remote gaming if I added a good graphic card.

 

I decided to sign-up before moving forward to learn more and be able to ping the community.

 

I'm thinking of trying to create a machine that would host, a plex server, a nextcloud, a work vm (mostly cpu), a gaming vm, a vpn access, possibily some email server and I'm sure others I have no idea about.

 

I would like to learn about all this tech and try to draw a config and a budget that would fit me !

 

No real question but just a hello to the community!

 

Cheers^^

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ChatNoir]

Welcome,

I think it is a good idea to stay around, see what people are doing, what problem they are having so you can start on the good track and be able to make the good decisions or at least know what to ask for.  

[S80_UK]

Many here were lurkers before becoming users - in my case, that was around 10 years ago.  Welcome!  Learn and enjoy...