x88dually 9 Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) Known Windows since 3.1 and 386's with floppies. Complete noob to any flavor of Unix/Linux/Mac's. Looking into dumping windows for storage and going with Snap raid, FreeNas or UnRaid for storage. Liking FreeNas for ZFS and RaidZ3, 3 parity drives sounds good to me. Liking Unraid and expanding pools, but only 1 parity drive. Just starting to dig into Snap Raid. How do i get emby to work on these systems ?? Edited June 17, 2019 by x88dually
Luke 42077 Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 Hi, we're listed in the unraid catalog. Freenas instructions can be found on our website. We don't currently have snapraid, but it's possible for the future. thanks.
Jdiesel 1431 Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 I like unRaid for its storage expandability, its extensive plugin/Docker library, and it's documentation. Very easy to use and zero Linux knowledge is required.
x88dually 9 Posted June 17, 2019 Author Posted June 17, 2019 really, no linux ? docker ? can i download a docker thing from emby to install on unraid ?
Jdiesel 1431 Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) Yep everything is done from the webui. The app store already includes the official Emby Docker among every other service you could ever think of. Pretty much a single click install Edited June 17, 2019 by Jdiesel
x88dually 9 Posted June 17, 2019 Author Posted June 17, 2019 Great, now i have to figure and plan FreeNas or UnRaid ? I know Zfs is a kick azz file system, 3 parity drives for 52Tb and growing. Can i run UnRaid on top of windows or build a box ?
Jdiesel 1431 Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 Not on top of windows but hardware support is very comprehensive. The only issue, with both freeNas and unRaid, is that your raid card must support JBOD. I've never used freeNas personally so I can't really comment on it.
x88dually 9 Posted June 17, 2019 Author Posted June 17, 2019 All my LSI's are flashed to it mode already, cards and on boards.
Jdiesel 1431 Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 Sounds like you are set then. What other hardware are you using? Have plans for anything like GPU passthrough on your VMs/Dockers or hardward transcoding in Emby? Definitely invest in an SSD to house your Emby install.
BAlGaInTl 288 Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 I was recently looking at changing my setup from Linux (OMV) to a pooled solution. I considered MergerFS + SnapRaid, FreeNAS, and unRaid. I ended up going with unRaid and I don't regret it one bit. It's super easy to manage. I was already running Emby in a Docker on Linux, so I was used to managing that. Once I got used to the unRaid UI, it was dead simple. I'm currently only using one parity drive, and I'm okay with that. My media isn't mission critical, and I do regular real backups of my critical files.
ebr 16169 Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 I like unRaid for its storage expandability, its extensive plugin/Docker library, and it's documentation. Very easy to use and zero Linux knowledge is required. I assume they solved the issue of adding a new drive taking hours and hours due to their "prepare" sequence? That was what moved me from UnRaid to FlexRaid - that and the non-proprietary storage of FlexRaid vs. UnRaid.
BAlGaInTl 288 Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 I assume they solved the issue of adding a new drive taking hours and hours due to their "prepare" sequence? That was what moved me from UnRaid to FlexRaid - that and the non-proprietary storage of FlexRaid vs. UnRaid. I believe the new versions eliminate the need for that. Don't quote me on that though.
Jdiesel 1431 Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 I assume they solved the issue of adding a new drive taking hours and hours due to their "prepare" sequence? That was what moved me from UnRaid to FlexRaid - that and the non-proprietary storage of FlexRaid vs. UnRaid. Yes the preclear option has been broken out into a separate plugin so you don't need to bring your array down and wait for it to complete when adding a new drive. I actually think the preclear is completely optional all together, granted it is an excellent way to identify disk issues before bringing them into an array. I added a new drive a few weeks ago and it took about 5 minutes to format and add to the array. 1
ebr 16169 Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 Yes the preclear option has been broken out into a separate plugin so you don't need to bring your array down and wait for it to complete when adding a new drive. I actually think the preclear is completely optional all together, granted it is an excellent way to identify disk issues before bringing them into an array. I added a new drive a few weeks ago and it took about 5 minutes to format and add to the array. But they still use their own proprietary format, correct? I much prefer the approach of the other options of using a standard file system so that the data can be accessed by any machine.
Jdiesel 1431 Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 (edited) They use xfs. My understanding is that a drive could be removed and read in any Linux or FreeBSD OS. I can't really speak to they pros/cons versus ext4 or btrfs Edited June 18, 2019 by Jdiesel
BAlGaInTl 288 Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 But they still use their own proprietary format, correct? I much prefer the approach of the other options of using a standard file system so that the data can be accessed by any machine. They use standard filesystems. What they do on top of it may be proprietary (pooling and parity). But as @@Jdiesel said, the drives are readable in any standard system. I went with it for the ease of use compared to just about anything else.
One2Go 120 Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 UnRaid user here also for about 10 years. What is another plus is their community the eagerness to help and assist with solutions mirrors that of the Emby community. Running two servers one being an HP micro server with 6 disks and one being an i-7 with 12 disks expendable to 20. Couldn't be happier and highly recommend it.
x88dually 9 Posted June 21, 2019 Author Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) Sorry, didnt refresh page before i typed all this out. the hardware is too nuemerous to list, its been more then a few months buying everything. But basically, pfsense and dual emby servers (redundancy) are dual E5 ver 2 cpu's with pcie 3 x 8, 6 slots per board. pfsense is dual E5 ver 1, same exact supermicro board's. Lsi 2008 hba's on board, 4 more lsi 9201-16i hba's. have 4 intel i540-t2 nics and 1 intel i350 t4 going to Gig switches for devices. need 1 more intel i540 before i build pfsense. Ended up catching a great deal on memory, 24x8 gig 1333 EEC sticks for $ 210. Still need 64gig memory for an E5 machine, cases, power supplies, more hdd's 1 monitor and a rack. Maybe 2 months before everythings live, wife has other ideas. lol Reselling 4 sets of Xeon x5620's, X5650's and 2 sets of X5680's, all with supermicro boards. All matching pair cpu's. Changed gears at the last minute from X56xx's and going to E5's, because of the pci slots. I like freenas, but, over a 24 bay case, i lose 9 10Tb drives due to protecting 15 10Tb drives. Basically, 240Tb's RaidZ2 only gets me around 150Tb's. @ $ 325 a drive, are you kiddin me !! Edited June 21, 2019 by x88dually
kinboussous 0 Posted December 14, 2020 Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) I like unRaid for its stockpiling expandability, its broad module/Docker library, and it's documentation. Easy to utilize and zero Linux information is required. 192.168.100.1 192.168.1.1 jpg to pdf Edited December 15, 2020 by kinboussous
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