Unraid
Flexible operating system combining storage management with support for mixed drive sizes, Docker containers, virtual machines, hardware and GPU passthrough, browser-based interface, file protocols, scalable expansion, integrated parity, and monitoring features.
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
Features
- Parity Drives
- Virtualization
- WebUI Management
- File Based Storage
- Container Virtualization
- Remote Management
- Command line interface
- Ad-free
- Encrypted Backup
- Hypervisor
- Data Redundancy
Unraid News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
- Fla updated Unraid
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- HomelabRat reviewed Unraid
So Unraid is based on Slackware Linux. It is a proprietary file and application server operating system that utilizes Slackware as its foundation.
Unraid installs and boots from a USB flash drive, running entirely in memory, and stores its configuration data on the flash drive which means it will not take up space on your storage liek other NAS systems nad hypervisors.
Unraid is paid proprietary software meaning that you have to pay in order to use it. It has 1 month free trial which gives...
- added Lightweight as a feature to Unraid
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What is Unraid?
Simplicity. Flexibility. Scalability. Modularity. Unraid empowers you to build the system you’ve always wanted using your preferred hardware, software, and operating systems. Break the confines of a single OS. Unraid lets you partition system resources to store and protect data, run any application, and/or create virtual machines in isolated environments.
Unraid information
Developed by
Lime Technology Inc Licensing
Proprietary and Commercial product.Pricing
One time purchase (perpetual license) ranging between $49 and $249.Alternatives
26 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
So Unraid is based on Slackware Linux. It is a proprietary file and application server operating system that utilizes Slackware as its foundation.
Unraid installs and boots from a USB flash drive, running entirely in memory, and stores its configuration data on the flash drive which means it will not take up space on your storage liek other NAS systems nad hypervisors.
Unraid is paid proprietary software meaning that you have to pay in order to use it. It has 1 month free trial which gives you full features for the duration of trial.
As such, Unraid comes in 3 paid plans:
Starter - $49 Unleashed - $109 Lifetime - $249
Note that every plan is perpetual which means that once you pay for any of those plans it is your to keep forever, except first 2 plans (Starter and Unleashed) will give you free updates for only 1 year, but you can pay to extend the support for $36/year.
Alternatively you can pay for Starter plan and within few months upgrade to Unleashed plan to get it's support and more features.
I will not list all of the features for each plan however I will leave a link to the page where you can read it straight away - https://unraid.net/pricing
Unraid has this awesome feature if "unraid" raid array which allows you to pair disks with different sizes. Note that only Starter paid plan will give you only 6 disks maximum to work with, however you can upgrade to any other plan afterwards and unlock all features and add any other disks that you wanted.
The Unraid array only requirement is that the parity drive (or drives) must be as large as or larger than the largest data drive in the array. You can easily add or replace drives without needing to rebuild the array, making it flexible for storage expansion which can help you upscale.
Unraid can act as a hypervisor which can help you if your goal is to run VMs or CTs. It has massive Docker support and tons of custim containers pre-packed and ready to be installed.
In my use case, I use Unraid as my NAS server because it is super convenient, robust and secure, however I do not rely on it for it's hypervisor as I already have Proxmox implemented in my homelab.
To sum it up, I think Unraid is excellent piece of software especially for a beginner who wants to get into self hosting and learn more.
Easily a 10/10 software!
User friendly, lot of features
UnRaid offer great features such as Docker, KVM and FlexRaid, but all these features are also available in OpenMediaVault. Look for SnapRaid and you will find an open alternative to the FlexRaid.
All the benefits of FlexRaid, with better support from the development company as well as the community at large . . . but even more powerful in many ways as an OS it supports containers, plugins, etc. Wish I would have jumped ship to Unraid sooner!