cheezit73

Thanks for the response. I went ahead and picked up the processor today while the deal was on. I just need to choose a board some ram and a power supply and I have the rest. I also have a 120GB SSD to use as the cache so good there as well. So once I get that all together I will look forward to giving the trial a go!

Hi There, Looking to build a new server/nas and my head is exploding with all the info. I really like what I am seeing with Unraid but am down the rabbit hole now that I have learned about Bit-Rot etc.... So here is my dilemma. In all the years I have had computers I can't recall having any corrupted files at least that I have noticed. My research has lead me to understand that hard drives have there own protection against bit-rot and that regardless of the file system (Windows) an individual drive itself has a frontline defense. I like the idea of FreeNas with ZFS/ECC/etc.. but not the costs involved. And then I think whats the point of having that if my primary data that is getting put onto the server is generated and stored on a windows desktop without all that fanciness. My intent is that the server is a backup for the important data which is primarily stored on my desktops and is also backed up on an external WD drive routinely which is then stored off site. It will also be used for sole primary storage of my ripped movie collection (Bluray Mkv.) I am also interested in using it as a backend for KODI. Maybe might use Plex for only one or two transcodes at a time once in a while. Basically I want to know from personal experience as Unraid users if my plan for my data is safe. Details here: I have ~2GB of "Important" data on my windows desktop, this would be irreplacable photos, home videos, documents etc... I have another ~ 3GB and growing media collection.... I feel very comfortable with Unraid for the media collection as I feel like most likely Unraids parity will protect me from having to re-rip on a disk failure, If a movie file gets corrupted its not the end of the world. I am worried about the irreplaceable files however. I also have been reading about people doing all this extra work with checksumming files against all there backups etc... to make sure everything is healthy. That sounds like a lot of work! I am thinking of building out this system with an i3-6100 thats on sale at Frys for $99.00 right now and using an Asus/Asrock/gigabyte MB with 6 sata ports and something like 8GB of ram. I have 1 4TB WD red so far (was going to use as the parity drive) and was going to use my 3 Samsung F4 2TB that are going string still (firmware patch applied a long time ago.) I have a couple WD greens I was going to use also but CrytsalDisk shows health only as "Good" so those are probably out. I will probably buy one or two my Reds to phase out the Samsungs shortly. I know this is a post of scattered thoughts but it all comes down to is Unraid sufficient/safe for me and is that ok hardware at least to start? Thanks!