The main reason I use unraid is the unraid storage array. Unraid does storage very well. Other than that, unraid is probably easier to use, especially with their app store.
If you are advanced, then you should probably consider Docker on debian. And for VM's, proxmox.
My other system is a proxmox server with a debian VM for docker.
I dont think its dumb at all. In some of the new space invader one videos on youtube he talks about the new version of unraid. It will have this capability to run without an array or need for a drive or (fake drive).
Also looks like they are finally going to give them VM stuff a make over.
I honestly planned to do just a docker/VM server with unraid just for this purpose.
I use my UnRaid server specifically for Docker and VM only. I know I'm not utilizing it to its full potential, but I also have two Synology's for network storage. I may add spinning drives one day as a backup target or as a local download cache for the *arrs, but I have 10Gb networking so the connection between storage and compute is not lacking at all so moving storage over is not a priority for me.
You pay for the license, I say use it as you will.
I ran my unRAID server for just Docker for a few years. I was using two Drobo 5N2s for my NAS needs.
Then, while Drobo was still alive at the time they were absolutely circling the drain, I bought a 24 bay case and migrated my NAS work over to unRAID and haven’t looked back.
People suggest other alternatives are better for VMs and even Dockers, but don't say much about why.
Been upgrading for 25 years and building for 20, but this is all new. :) I was fooling with the idea of installing a couple of VMs to get my head wrapped around different OSs, on my Ryzen 3600, 48 GB DDR4 based Unraid media server. Any reasons not to?
The same people saying that haven’t taken the time to figure out how to work things on UnRAID. I’ve got a fully running gaming VM that doesn’t even know it’s a VM and plays any game I want, except CoD, but that’s because CoD is stupid buggy and a royal pain anyway
As you’ve paid for unraid i would say use it, but Ubuntu with casaos installed purely for the docker App Store would get you up and running quickly and allow you to fiddle as and when you have time with Ubuntu
To be clear Im still using my Unraid pro license on my unraid box. Was just thinking of options to better utilize my mini PC device. Maybe I'll revisit CasaOS.
Can you do it? Yes.
I personally wouldn't. Proxmox is superior in every single way for running VMs and containers.
Can you elaborate I see people using proxmox en masse but last I usednit running docker required a VM to do so has that changed?
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The main reason I use unraid is the unraid storage array. Unraid does storage very well.
Other than that, unraid is probably easier to use, especially with their app store.
If you are advanced, then you should probably consider Docker on debian. And for VM's, proxmox.
My other system is a proxmox server with a debian VM for docker.
I dont think its dumb at all. In some of the new space invader one videos on youtube he talks about the new version of unraid. It will have this capability to run without an array or need for a drive or (fake drive).
Also looks like they are finally going to give them VM stuff a make over.
I honestly planned to do just a docker/VM server with unraid just for this purpose.
I use my UnRaid server specifically for Docker and VM only. I know I'm not utilizing it to its full potential, but I also have two Synology's for network storage. I may add spinning drives one day as a backup target or as a local download cache for the *arrs, but I have 10Gb networking so the connection between storage and compute is not lacking at all so moving storage over is not a priority for me.
You pay for the license, I say use it as you will.
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I ran my unRAID server for just Docker for a few years. I was using two Drobo 5N2s for my NAS needs.
Then, while Drobo was still alive at the time they were absolutely circling the drain, I bought a 24 bay case and migrated my NAS work over to unRAID and haven’t looked back.
People suggest other alternatives are better for VMs and even Dockers, but don't say much about why.
Been upgrading for 25 years and building for 20, but this is all new. :) I was fooling with the idea of installing a couple of VMs to get my head wrapped around different OSs, on my Ryzen 3600, 48 GB DDR4 based Unraid media server. Any reasons not to?
The same people saying that haven’t taken the time to figure out how to work things on UnRAID. I’ve got a fully running gaming VM that doesn’t even know it’s a VM and plays any game I want, except CoD, but that’s because CoD is stupid buggy and a royal pain anyway
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As you’ve paid for unraid i would say use it, but Ubuntu with casaos installed purely for the docker App Store would get you up and running quickly and allow you to fiddle as and when you have time with Ubuntu
To be clear Im still using my Unraid pro license on my unraid box. Was just thinking of options to better utilize my mini PC device. Maybe I'll revisit CasaOS.
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