Comment on Come to say thank you. Time to move from proprietary to Open Source
dan@upvote.au 3 weeks agoI like Unraid because it’s essentially “just Linux” but with a nice web UI. It’s got a great UI for Docker, VMs (KVM) and Linux containers (LXC).
unwillingsomnambulist@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Just got unraid up and running for the first time today. There’s a bit of a learning curve coming from TrueNAS Scale but it supports my use case: throwing whatever spinning rust I have into one big array. Seems to work alright, hardware could use additional cooling so I’ve shut it off until a new heatsink arrives.
doeknius_gloek@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
What made you switch from TrueNAS Scale to Unraid, if I may ask? Is it just the ability to mix different drive sizes? I’m currently using TrueNAS Core and thinking about migrating to TrueNAS Scale.
unwillingsomnambulist@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Yes, that’s the only reason. You can mix drive sizes and still have a dedicated parity drive to rebuild from in case things go poorly. I am aware that it’s basically LVM with extra steps, but for a NAS I just want it to be as appliance-like as possible.
Still using Scale at work, though - that use case is different.
doeknius_gloek@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Thanks for your response!