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Looking to change OS because the one im using its not stable (alien.top)
submitted 10 months ago by gerardit04@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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I currently use Unraid because I love being able to have diferent capacity disk and expand the array when I can unlike RAID and also you lose 1 drive you lose 1 drive data not all data like RAID, also you can get any disk and read it outside unraid like a normal disk, but recently I discovered this now can be done on linux followin this guide? Will it be like unraid?

I have been having some bugs with unraid for example each time the array start the webUI crash and I have to ssh and restart it, I just want a stable OS the has something like the arrays in unraid.

What OS do you use and why?

I only Ubuntu server and unraid.

I mainly use docker and only 1vm for home assistant so Im not interested in proxmox.

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[–] a_40oz_of_Mickeys@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I use and vote Debian. Stable and minimal install out of the box.

[–] adamshand@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Debian. Always Debian.

[–] sarkyscouser@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

If you want stability then you should go with Debian

[–] reoccurcat@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Proxmox as main host, most guest VMs are Debian stable with a select few being Alpine

[–] junialter@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Linux but neither Fedora nor Ubuntu I would suggest. Fedora is not a good fit for server I believe and Ubuntu the worse Debian.

[–] SamSausages@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Really depends on your use case.

Unraid is wonderful and easy to use. But really has two reasons to use it:Unraid Array fits your file storage strategy. (few writes, mainly reads)You want an EZ way to get into docker and use the unraid appstore.

Other than that, you can probably find everything on Debian or Ubuntu. (I prefer Debian for services)

You can add one more:
Proxmox and then run a Debian VM for docker, for example, and compartmentalize other things you may want to run.

Also, download a mem test utility and run it overnight to test your hardware.