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Unraid OS Pro Registration Key

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Unraid.net offers 20% Off Unraid OS Pro Registration Key on sale for $103.20.

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Note, once keys are purchased. You may access them within Unraid OS running on your server (Go to the Tools > Registration page). Upgrades are also available for 30% Off.

About Unraid OS Pro:
  • Unraid OS allows sophisticated media aficionados, gamers, and other intensive data-users to have ultimate control over their data, media, applications, and desktops, using just about any combination of hardware.
  • Break the confines of a single OS. Unraid lets you partition system resources to store and protect data, run any application, and/or create virtual machines in isolated environments.

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  • About this Offer: This sale price matches this popular FrontPage Deal which received over 150 thumbs up from the community.
  • Offer Terms:
    • Please do not use a comcast.net email address to purchase a license.
    • All sales are final. No refunds. Please utilize free 30-day trial before purchasing
  • Refer to forum thread for discussion from the community regarding this offer. -slickdewmaster

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Unraid.net offers 20% Off Unraid OS Pro Registration Key on sale for $103.20.

Thanks community member Vahelius for sharing this deal

Note, once keys are purchased. You may access them within Unraid OS running on your server (Go to the Tools > Registration page). Upgrades are also available for 30% Off.

About Unraid OS Pro:
  • Unraid OS allows sophisticated media aficionados, gamers, and other intensive data-users to have ultimate control over their data, media, applications, and desktops, using just about any combination of hardware.
  • Break the confines of a single OS. Unraid lets you partition system resources to store and protect data, run any application, and/or create virtual machines in isolated environments.

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this Offer: This sale price matches this popular FrontPage Deal which received over 150 thumbs up from the community.
  • Offer Terms:
    • Please do not use a comcast.net email address to purchase a license.
    • All sales are final. No refunds. Please utilize free 30-day trial before purchasing
  • Refer to forum thread for discussion from the community regarding this offer. -slickdewmaster

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VERY much like my Unraid server. I'm not running the latest OS, but these things are rock stable and you can do lots of things with these.

Only time mine has turned off is during times that the power goes off too long for my UPS.

I very much prefer this server OS to my Qnap or my Office's Synology. I've tried multiple server OSes, but I'm certainly no expert on the subject. I stopped looking after installing Unraid (because my search was over).

I will pickup another - my current server will become the backup server.

Thanks OP.
Skitals
I've been running unraid as my primary os for 3 years now. I had an uptime of over 1 year at one point (I was running a custom kernel at the time and avoiding updating). My primary desktop and gaming rig is a Windows 11 VM with isolated cpu cores, passed through gpu and usb ports, etc. You would never know its not running on bare metal. Updating, shutting down, and restarting Windows only affects the VM and not the uptime of the server.

The cpu cores and memory not reserved for the gaming VM run the NAS and ton of dockerized services including Plex Media Server and even my private Mastodon instance. Docker containers can be assigned different networks including routing them through wireguard vpn tunnels.

Nearly everything I mentioned can be accomplished through the web gui without knowing anything about linux or terminal commands. The software is quite magical in how relatively easy it makes a lot of power-user functionality.
StevenR9320
Some people don't know what a RAID or NAS is. We can't expect them to explain every detail for any person coming to the page, regardless of what their level of knowledge.

Basically, this is meant function as a NAS (network attached storage), that can also run virtual machines and docker containers. This allows you to have redundancy of data, through RAID, and offer the data through apps like Plex. One of the key differences of unRAID vs other RAID oriented software is the ability to use different size HDDs/SDDs without losing the additional storage size above the size of the smallest drive. This is only possible due to unRAID not really being a RAID... hence the name.

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AllMight
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Total noobie here. How would this do with Minecraft? Asking for a friend.
Nov 25, 2022
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BeepBopBeep
Nov 25, 2022
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Can I mix and match drive sizes (thinking about 5x8tb drives)or they all have to be the same size?
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evident
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great product. Been running mine for 7 + years. my old Haswell Server still strong. Great for NAS uses, running docker VMs and everything else you need a home server for
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank BroadcastJunkie

Quote from bsfatboy :
How does this compare to TrueNAS
Recently I setup unraid on a new server after using truenas for 15 plus years.

I wasn't sure if I would keep it running that or not. I basically bought the license for unraid 2 days into my trial because I was sold on its use case.

I think the simplicity of it plus the fact you can really lower power usage on the whole system. With Truenas you can't really say ok I'll have one disk spin up for data. You still have to have an array of disk spin up to access that data. unraid you can have a single disk go, and if your SSD cache is large enough you can minimize spinning up hard drives for weeks till those fill up.

I recently got a 36 bay server and my first item to address was power usage. With Unraid the system idles at about 170 watts which is very acceptable for all 36 bays loaded with a storage device. I don't think I could get as low with truenas as I would most likely have more drives spinning at any given time.

That said, my truenas server is still faster at data access / search speeds. So really it's depends on what your usage is. I still run a truenas for that purpose, but it's the only purpose. Unraid is now handling all the vms and dockers now since it's just to easy not to use it.

Hope this helps
Last edited by BroadcastJunkie November 25, 2022 at 07:59 AM.
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Neil1985
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Quote from BeepBopBeep :
Can I mix and match drive sizes (thinking about 5x8tb drives)or they all have to be the same size?
You can mix and match and still run in RAID. Only caveat is that your Parity drive has to be => your biggest storage drive.
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icemule1
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I'm on the fence about switching to unRAID or sticking with TrueNAS Scale. I went with TrueNAS Scale because it's free and uses the ZFS file system, which I heard is the best for preventing against bitrot and preserving data integrity. But it's not as easy to add new drives to the array, and I like the fact that unRAID doesn't have to spin up all drives for every write. That means it uses more electricity to run TrueNAS Scale. Over the years that could add up and even though the software is free it could end up being more expensive than unRAID in the long run. Although, I already bought 64GB of ECC RAM for my server to support TrueNAS (which is a memory hog), so it would kind of go to waste on unRAID. Decisions, decisions...
Last edited by icemule1 November 25, 2022 at 07:42 AM.
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ZackN2122
Nov 25, 2022
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I just want to state that the unraid community is amazing. I dabble in tech stuff and anything I want to do (set up game server, map files for programs) I have always received great support from there forums.

It's as difficult as your dreams make it with this software but I have gotten my value from Unraid for sure. I run Plex, Foundry VTT, and game servers for valheim mainly. It has been a great addition to my home. I am now looking into home automation.

If you love to tinker just go for it.

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JamesO9879
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Quote from boydhenry :
Do I need the pro over the basic? Does pro provide other benefits beyond basic besides # of drives?
The only difference is the number of drives.
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ZackN2122
Nov 25, 2022
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Quote from icemule1 :
I'm on the fence about switching to unRAID or sticking with TrueNAS Scale. I went with TrueNAS Scale because it's free and uses the ZFS file system, which I heard is the best for preventing against bitrot and preserving data integrity. But it's not as easy to add new drives to the array, and I like the fact that unRAID doesn't have to spin up all drives for every write. That means it uses more electricity to run TrueNAS Scale. Over the years that could add up and even though the software is free it could end up being more expensive than unRAID in the long run. Although, I already bought 64GB of ECC RAM for my server to support TrueNAS (which is a memory hog), so it would kind of go to waste on unRAID. Decisions, decisions...
I use ECC Ram for unraid. I heard it makees it mroe idiot proof. See my comment about there community. I think it is a premium product and well worth it.
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JamesO9879
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Quote from AllMight :
Total noobie here. How would this do with Minecraft? Asking for a friend.
Are you asking about hosting a Minecraft server? The same as any other hardware and OS.

You'll either load it up in a VM or Docker (better).

You'll want two SSDs so that they are backed up (raid1).
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kcobra
Nov 25, 2022
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UNRAID basically has one main advantage over other "bring your on disk" solutions. The real time parity. If that is something you need, then it is a good option. If you are just downloading Linux ISOs, gotta determine if it is worth the extra cost of a parity disk.

You can accomplish parity on a schedule with something like SnapRAID.
Nov 25, 2022
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Vaslo
Nov 25, 2022
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Can't give Unraid enough praise. I have a 24 bay drive case. I have about 10 slots filled up and only need a single drive to protect them if one is corrupted (you can do 2 backup drives if you want heavy redundancy). Once that sucks you in, the way they have made docker containers and vm so easy is the next phase - I now have a google photos replacement, plex, torrents, music, tv, home assistant, everything setup and never have problems with it. The community is super helpful. Once you learn all this, then you can learn to proxy into your server or use cloud flare tunnels and you can self host everything and watch/use from anywhere. If you have an extra machine laying around and a usb drive you can spare, you should give it a shot if you want to self host any of the above.
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armedmetallica
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Love, Love, LOVE my UnRaid server. Been with them since 2010? Have upgraded to many monumental releases since then. If you have just a bit of the tinkerers itch it's perfect.

As others stated you can have VMs and Dockers, and all sorts of plugins, it's incredibly versatile.

Maybe not a speed demon, unless paired with a cache pool, but absolutely unbeatable for raw storage.

I have two licences almost tempted to buy one on sale to show support.

Rock On Limetech and Tom!
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jdoggdealz
Nov 25, 2022
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I built an unraid server about 5 years ago to replace my synology and will never look back. Tons more power, capability and storage for a fraction of the cost. There is a bit of a learning curve, but also great forum (serverbuilds.net), the official unraid forum, and videos by spaceinvaderone that get you familiarized fast.

Currently my server has about 20tb of storage, 72g RAM, and a pair of xeon e5-2850 (v1) and it handles everything and more I need to do. I use it as a plex server, personal cloud, home assistant hub, security camera (Blue iris in window VM), etc... Using wireguard I can access my LAN from anywhere. VMs and dockers sit on paired ssd cache drives. All storage is on jbod HHDs with a parity drive. Most file transfers sit on the cache drive then move in bulk in the early AM to reduce HDD usage. Options are endless..

Great OS and rock solid. I hate updating since it resets my uptime which are usually months/years.

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Quote from AllMight :
Total noobie here. How would this do with Minecraft? Asking for a friend.
Make sure the machine has minimum specs (buy one or use an old machine sitting around). Install Unraid with a USB drive. Either use one of the Minecraft containers or set up a virtual machine that can serve Minecraft. You should be good if you are only playing local. There are tutorials on YouTube. If you want to let people login from outside your network, you can do that but it takes some work to get the security right.

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