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Has anyone set up unRAID for their home? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by dax@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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I tend to go overkill when it comes to home networking and server infrastructure. I'm considering replacing my QNap, with what I assert is the world's worst software, with a homebrew and unRAID.

I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience doing this or not. For a few years I ran a raid 5 array on an old gaming PC, and then I swapped to qnap for "what if there is a fire, how do I grab and run with a computer that can act as an anchor for a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier". That's worked for the last 5 years, sort of, but I swear they make everything 10x harder than it has any right to be.

I was considering 4 x 10tb hdds and 3x2TB Evo 990 Pros, in a cache pool and/or 2x2TB in an SSD pool for docker containers and 1 2TB for the cache pool. I'm just not entirely sure where unRAID itself ends up going; the cache pool?

Aside from that question, any other "gotchas" that you've experienced? Any comparisons with qnap would be greatly appreciated, too.

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[–] coolxenu@toot.io 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

@dax I use TrueNAS. They have a CORE version for BSD fans and a Scale version for Linux types (better for VMs IMO)

I use CORE on a surplus Dell Compellent server. It is over kill. TN works fine on commodity hardware.

I set up a Scale install on a surplus Dell R710. I use the CORE version, which has low level BSD fiber channel tools, to export volumes to Scale and use Scale pirmarily as a VM host. The free version of Scale does not support fiber channel.

[–] coolxenu@toot.io 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

@dax

Luckily, I got some good surplus scores last year ;-)

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