unRaid

Hello all, I'm new to this and appoligize for being a dummy but I need some assistance to figure this out. I got my hands on a HP T740 Thin client running Ryzen V1756B with Vega 8 Graphics, 8 GB DDR4 3200mhz. Would love to set it up as my home NAS and Plex media server running unRAID. Before...

I have a synology ds920+ in and have replaced several drives and have a collection of 8tb Seagate compute (yes i know some are smr, hourly i can still use them?) and Toshiba n300 drives and an ironwolf. I wanted to create storage that i can put together a collection of retro files on (all kinds...

Hey, everyone… my first post… nice to be here. I'm planning on getting a NAS, and one option is to build it myself, and then install either TrueNAS Scale, unRAID or Ubuntu Server (with mergerFS & SnapRAID). But I'm leaning toward TrueNAS Scale for the DIY build option. For that I have found a...

Hello! Recently, I acquired an old HP Z800 Workstation from a friend. I plan on using it as an Unraid Server, so I bought two Xeon X5670 CPUs and installed them, but now they are not correctly recognized by Unraid itself or a different Linux Distro I tried (EndeavourOS). My BIOS is on the...

I'm in the process of building an unraid server, and have finalized most of the parts, except the PSU. Intel i5-12600K ASRock Z690 PG Riptide Corsair Vengeance 2x16GB DDR4 RAM Scythe Mugen 5 Rev.C CPU Cooler Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2 SSD 2 x Samsung 980 Pro w/Heatsink 1 TB M.2 SSD 4 x 18 TB...

Hey there! I was searching for a NAS (prebuild) to get in order to store and back up my files, I thought that creating my own NAS with parts I already have would be a much cheaper option. My build for the NAS (I already have these parts) is going to be CPU = I54460 RAM= 4gb ddr3 (2x2gb) MO =...

Can this board be booted headless running something like unraid with a 5900x or similar ? I understand i need a graphics card for initial build but I'd like to leverage the x16 slot for other stuff once it's built and I'd prefer not to run an APU. Plan is to run OS and containers on m.2 with...

I just assembled my new Unraid build which is as follows: case: fractal node 304 mobo: MSI MPG B560I CPU: Intel Core i5-10600K Memory: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HLYSHJC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 PSU...

Hey guys, I would like to acess my data, but cant acess the drives. My situation: I set up my RAID 0 with high-water allocation method with 5 drives, 2x2TB and 3x1TB It was all just a normal PC with an unraid Boot Stick. I filled it up with 3,3TB of important files, windows backups etc. but I’m...

Hey, I'm currently planning my new Unraid rig. Besides running my server stuff (couple of docker containers and NAS) it's gonna replace my current gaming PC which I'll run in a VM. Additionally I want to be able to boot up a secondary VM for light gaming. Here the specs: It's gonna be a 3900x...

Hi everyone! I'm looking for a newer build to replace my s775 server. In the future, I would like to run "Gaming" VM for very light remote gaming using Parsec. My current gaming pc has an i3-3220 and its performance is nearly enough for me. Now, I would like to understand that how can I...

I'm looking for a little advice on the best way to setup and "layer" what I'm trying to do with some of my networked components. I've got a rack that I've built a rack-mount Windows 10 PC into, mid-level i5 Intel CPU with a half dozen drives attached and connects to a KVM for...

Hello I have been looking for a while now to build a unRaid server for my home. My current situation: I already got a 12-bay hot-swap case, which I am going to use. It is bought used, and I'm trying to do it on a budget without compromising to much on perfomance. The hardware i chosen for...

Hi I want to get a big wrap around monitor and have 2 games displayed on it. Any one know if this is possible ? Any and all options with graphics passthrough as far as using linux os, vm ware, and/or unRAID or evan a multiseat like ASTER(I cant find a option to split/shar monitor) dos't mater...

I'm looking into Virtualization and I want to build a new server to run 2-3 VMs at once with pretty good performance. I would run unRAID as the base system, Windows for light gaming (my current gaming setup is a C2Q Q9400, 5GB RAM, Radeon HD7770, I hope, I can get at least this performance on my...

Hey. I was wondering what would be a great CPU for the MSI GTX 960 2G. Budget is $250. Thanks.

I'm currently having the cpu pretty much always run 100% and wondering if I can get some input on what would be a good cpu upgrade. Thanks in advance. So my currents specs are: Motherboard: MSI A88X-G45 gaming CPU: AMD A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB RAM...

Hello all. I have a friend's LaCie server in my possession attempting to get files from it. This is the situation: My friend's 1TB ethernet server had a malfunction and the enclosure will not power on after the malfunction. There seems like there is no physical damage to anything but the power...

What can i do? My mouse and keyboard isn't working at the opening of windows (where i login and everything) and i've already try replacing the mouse and keyboards, yet it did not solve the issue. -i try to reinstall windows 7 (didn't work) -However i was able to open safe mode to change some...