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Unraid

Unraid

Installation

  • download the USB creator from the unraid website
  • create a bootable USB stick with the USB creator (<= 2GB)
  • enable Advanced/CPU config/SVM or VMX (virtualization) in the BIOS
  • enable IOMMU in the BIOS
  • boot from the USB stick (you may need to change the boot order in the BIOS and disable secure boot)
  • (optional) run Memtest86+ to check for memory errors
  • boot into unraid

Getting started

  • access the web interface at http://<ip-address>:80
  • set root password
  • buy a license or use the trial
  • check if all disks are detected in the main tab

Array setup

  • select your parity drive(s) in the main tab (use the biggest drives)
  • select the drive(s) for the cache pool (use the fastest drives)
  • put the rest of the drives in the Disk pool and press start array
  • now all drives have to be formatted and the array has to be built

Basic setup

  • setup shares (at least on appdata cache only share for docker containers)
  • (optional) setup share for time machine backups
  • setup a second user to access shares from other devices
  • go to Apps and install the Community Applications plugin
  • install gpu drivers (if you have a gpu / nvidia recommended)

Plugins

  • Fix Common Problems
  • CA Auto Update Applications
  • CA Backup / Restore Appdata
  • CA Cleanup Appdata
  • Dynamix File Manager
  • User Scripts
  • Enhanced Log Viewer
  • GPU Statistics
  • My Servers

Docker

Pass a GPU to a docker container

  • Add this variable to the template:
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NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=GPU-b39df49c-2a34-29f1-d923-b57c615d22eb

Scripts

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