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Is Unraid still the best option for multi disk size setups? Are there alternatives? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by good4y0u@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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Is Unraid still the best option for multi disk size setups? As the title suggests, I'm trying to figure out if it is still a strong solution.

Context: I am doing a rebuild and would like to reuse my 10 TB drives while also upgrading to 20 TB drives and phase them in over time. ( Currently I will have 4x 10 TB drives ,2x 20 TB )

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[–] LoPanDidNothingWrong@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Depends on how technical you are and how much time you have.

If I had tons of time to figure it out, I would do a NixOS/bcachefs setup. But I have a high risk tolerance. For most people it probably wouldn't be worth it.

[–] zed423i@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Have a look at mergerfs. Doesn't give you any redundancy like raid does, but allows you to easily mix, add and remove drives of different sizes. It all depends on your needs, priorities and backup strategie.

[–] snatch1e@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For the mixed size drives, I believe, one of the best options are unRAID and mergerfs with snapraid. Also, if you want to use windows, stablebit drivepool would make it and snapraid can be used for redundancy.

[–] good4y0u@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lol, I'm not using windows for this. If I never see windows server again I'll be happy.

I'm probably going to go Unraid, more research along with some posts haven't actually found anything better at this point. Maybe that company LTT invested in will one day release something.

The only other good option was truenas, but it doesn't seem to meet my multi drive size spec well. ( Without some jankness that would impact my want for low maintenance)

[–] snatch1e@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

So, yeah, the most decent option is unRAID.

It will handle different size drives (the biggest drive will be used for parity).