Currently looking into Unraid when I stumbled across this video. Very detailed, direct, and informative, all TH-cam tutorial videos should be like this. Thank you very much!
Great vid Juan, I'm setting up my Unraid server at the moment, I've got 15 hours before my 14TB Parity drive is done and I could use some more videos! I've watched several Unraid videos on TH-cam and the way you present the information is the most pleasing, clean video with focus, and you're easy to follow. Another reason why I prefer this video is how recent it is, a lot of the other Unraid videos are years old.
Every time I have reset my Unraid server or changed its configuration I have come back here to watch your Video. You have been super helpful, thank you ;)
I'm new to Unraid and I've been trying to understand how to set it up for some time now. This is the first video I've seen that actually makes it seem possible to me. Thank you!
I rarely Rarely RARELY leave comments. And I want to thank you for making this video. As an apple noob user, this whole process has been super tough for me. and this software part is just so easy with your guidance. Thank You !
If anyone runs into the issue where the server directly boots into the BIOS after changing the boot device, you need to check the files on the flash drive. There will be a file name " EFI- ", remove the " - " and try booting again. I'm completely new to servers and this is a great video tutorial, thank you so much
Great video. Got me up and running for my first Unraid server ever. One thing to note for accessing shares from Windows 10: You need to enable "Connect using different credentials" when you map the drive so you can enter your share log-in info.
You did an excellent job of describing demonstrating. I am in the process of evaluating Unraid vs Truenas and you've really helped me get a grasp of Unraid. Cheers!
Thank you for creating this excellent introduction to Unraid! I'm just getting started using it, and while most of the settings are intuitive, there are a few that are not. You do a great job explaining the different features in this video!
Thanks Juan for the great straight forward tutorial. I set up my server YEARS ago as strictly NAS. I plan to start doing some more things with it so this was just what I needed to refresh my memory on how I set it up.
Great video, just getting started with Unraid & wanting to ensure I was doing things right. Your no-nonsense explanations & soothing voice are a winning combination ☺️
Please go over configuring docker apps and best configuration for cache drives to utilize them like Plex or other apps. How to properly configure paths for appdata folders and other similar things to this in order to maximize cache usage. Great video overall and thank you.
Excellent video !!!!! Trying to get a 1T mirror off my personal computer to a NAS solution and this video got right to the point and laid out how to do that in clear easy steps. The what is unRAID stuff was helpful too. Maybe add a 2-minute blurb about how unRAID is different/same from other solutions (Synology/QNAP vs TrueNAS/unRAID) and maybe a quick pros/cons slide for unRAID
Thank you Jaun this video was straight as an arrow was changing my old PC into a Nas server. Had a i7-4770k and Formula VI with 10 sata ports. I removed all the power hungry parts. Even downgraded the PSU. Let's see how this goes =). Really appreaciate the hard work you put into this. Will check out more videos of what I can do with Unraid as I will be buying it after everything goes smoothly.
Everything worked out great. 1 harddrive did fail SMART test though. So had to remove it. The company should replace it. Will check out more vids on unraid thanks again for all the help :).
If you buy the basic version and then find out you need the one above do you have to buy a brand-new key what is the upgrade price to get the next layer
Great helpful walk-through, thank you! My only comment is, I had trouble getting the flash drive to boot first time. Turns out I needed to hit "Customize" and "Allow UEFI Boot". That seems like a pretty major thing these days, surprised its not enabled by default.
Okay so lets say you have Unraid on a Windows server. After you boot on the Unraid USB and install, do you configure the BIOS startup to Windows server again?
After my QNAP TS-212P barn find i got excited about the new-to-me NAS technology. now that I am running low on 2TB of space with the QNAP, I started thinking about TrueNAS but now heard about UNRAID. thanks for the video. I am tired of this vs that vs those videos. I just want to dive in.
I tinkered with unraid 5 years ago and let my trial expire. I just dug the nas out of storage and forget whats on it. How do I access my data on the drives?
good day mate I’m new to home server Unraid, I installed unraid on my ox build system but I cannot access cannot find my server online , I tried on my iPad iPhone and on my laptip but I can’t access the server
Question, why does unraid not give me an ip for the server when I have all 3 ethernet ports (1 says management, I'm new to this so I dont know the difference) plugged in. Only time it did was when I assigned it manually in the setup, but I couldn't access it from a pc.... would a pci card for 10G interfere with the onboard NICs (chenbro NR12000, intel board)
I need some Unraid direction. I am new to unraid, just days actually. I was able to get unraid up and running. I then created 2 folders for Media, 1 for photos and 1 for videos. I then setup Plex, downloaded some movies and after some tinkering was able to view the videos via Plex. During this time we had a thunderstorm go through the area and knocked out power. I am now unable to find the folders that have the videos and photos. I only have a few in each and want to add more. When I restarted my systems I could no longer see the folders. No matter what I try I cannot find them. Can someone PLEASE point me in a direction to locate my missing folders? TYIA!!
Can I mount a nas without having raid on the motherboard? and still have the redundancy/parity functions using unraid? I'm in doubt which good and cheap hardware to mount so that only one server works for my files.
juan ... gracias por este video tan bueno y competo ... pero me encontré con 2 errores básicos que no he podido configurar. Primero en mi version de prueba no hay Logout al que me extraña mucho y por otro lado no veo como poder configurar para que se prenda o se apague a una determinada hora del día .. tenes idea como puedo hacer eso ??? saludos
I got mixed feeling about unRaid vs Proxmox...I don't understand why I should pay to get my R710 with 8 SSD for unRaid when Proxmox will do everything for free...someone can explain me why?!
Can you share roadmap plans for unraid ... what will be the next main features in unraid v7 and when is it planned to be available? For new users like me it's important to know the short and long term evolution especially when current release verion 6.9.1 is suggesting that main release 7 should be on the go.
Can I skip the Part of the Parity Disk Configuration? My Plan ist to use a NVME SSD via Pci-E Card as Cache and 4x WD Red 4TB in a Raidz1 with the ZFS Plugin
What are the requirements for RAID 5 with parity drive? Can you have 3 drives with one also being parity or does the parity drive have to be dedicated?
I bought unraid a few days ago and did the usb key setup. today for the first time i tried booting off the usb key and now i cant even remember what my username and password is. SMH. I shoudve wrote it down. I dont know what to do now.
I think you didn't explain well on the part of configure bios, "TheArk login:" , after that what's the next step?, because what i saw in this video you jumped right into the browser and not explaining the part of what I mentioned.
Hi! I'm very new to this topic, and your video's are insanely good. I am a total noob who is just about to set up a home server in the following weeks. My main goal is to have a plex media server, only used locally at our home. Me with a 4K oled tv watching 4k HDR remux movies, and other family members wanting to watch 1080p movies with subtitles. Could you do a video specifically on making a plex server in docker in unraid?
Loved the Video Juan. i think i will switch to Unraid as well. It will be very nice to run everything at home in once server. I have a Redynas which has 4 10 TB drives it will be good to get some suggestions if possible for the hardware Planning to do 1. Ha 2. Plex 3. Docker Containers etc...
I will never forget 2020...I became an Unraid user. The best digital choice I made in years!
Same for me
What gear did you use with it?
Juan you have a talent for describing things well, simply in a calming voice.
this is without a doubt the best tutorial video series regarding Unraid on the whole of TH-cam.
straight to the point and no unnecessary babble.
Currently looking into Unraid when I stumbled across this video. Very detailed, direct, and informative, all TH-cam tutorial videos should be like this. Thank you very much!
Yeap good explainer
Great vid Juan, I'm setting up my Unraid server at the moment, I've got 15 hours before my 14TB Parity drive is done and I could use some more videos!
I've watched several Unraid videos on TH-cam and the way you present the information is the most pleasing, clean video with focus, and you're easy to follow.
Another reason why I prefer this video is how recent it is, a lot of the other Unraid videos are years old.
Every time I have reset my Unraid server or changed its configuration I have come back here to watch your Video. You have been super helpful, thank you ;)
I'm new to Unraid and I've been trying to understand how to set it up for some time now. This is the first video I've seen that actually makes it seem possible to me. Thank you!
Finally found a youtube video that is easy to follow and has all the information you need to set up Unraid. Thaks
Great video, thanks. I've just installed Unraid so have been following along. Would have been lost without your video. Thanks again :-)
I rarely Rarely RARELY leave comments. And I want to thank you for making this video. As an apple noob user, this whole process has been super tough for me. and this software part is just so easy with your guidance. Thank You !
Always feels like a treat when you post out a vid Juan. cheers
This is one of the best IT video's i have ever seen and I have seen a lot of them on TH-cam. Thank you for the clear explanation.
If anyone runs into the issue where the server directly boots into the BIOS after changing the boot device, you need to check the files on the flash drive. There will be a file name " EFI- ", remove the " - " and try booting again. I'm completely new to servers and this is a great video tutorial, thank you so much
Great video. Got me up and running for my first Unraid server ever. One thing to note for accessing shares from Windows 10: You need to enable "Connect using different credentials" when you map the drive so you can enter your share log-in info.
You did an excellent job of describing demonstrating. I am in the process of evaluating Unraid vs Truenas and you've really helped me get a grasp of Unraid. Cheers!
Thank you for creating this excellent introduction to Unraid! I'm just getting started using it, and while most of the settings are intuitive, there are a few that are not. You do a great job explaining the different features in this video!
great video! thanks. To the point and no BS. Many TH-camrs need to learn from you how to make videos.
I've watched this video about 20 times. Thank you!
Thanks Juan for the great straight forward tutorial. I set up my server YEARS ago as strictly NAS. I plan to start doing some more things with it so this was just what I needed to refresh my memory on how I set it up.
Great video, just getting started with Unraid & wanting to ensure I was doing things right.
Your no-nonsense explanations & soothing voice are a winning combination ☺️
This video alone earned you another subscriber here. 👍🏼 Thank you very much and I do love how detailed and thorough your video was. Keep it up!!
This was gold! Loud and clear sound makes all the difference. Currently building my Parity...1d 3h to go :P
Great video. Straight to the point with everything you need to know. Had my new server up & running in no time.
Thanks for the video. this was paced perfectly for my limited knowledge on the subject.
You make it look so simple. I feel confident that I can do this.
Quality content JuanMTech, Music fits as well. I cant wait untill see more content! Liked and Subscribed
Please go over configuring docker apps and best configuration for cache drives to utilize them like Plex or other apps. How to properly configure paths for appdata folders and other similar things to this in order to maximize cache usage. Great video overall and thank you.
Great info delivered in a straightforward and informative way. Thank you!
Excellent video !!!!! Trying to get a 1T mirror off my personal computer to a NAS solution and this video got right to the point and laid out how to do that in clear easy steps. The what is unRAID stuff was helpful too. Maybe add a 2-minute blurb about how unRAID is different/same from other solutions (Synology/QNAP vs TrueNAS/unRAID) and maybe a quick pros/cons slide for unRAID
Thank you, This was a great walk through for setting up my first UnRaid Server.
Thank you Jaun this video was straight as an arrow was changing my old PC into a Nas server. Had a i7-4770k and Formula VI with 10 sata ports. I removed all the power hungry parts. Even downgraded the PSU. Let's see how this goes =).
Really appreaciate the hard work you put into this. Will check out more videos of what I can do with Unraid as I will be buying it after everything goes smoothly.
Everything worked out great. 1 harddrive did fail SMART test though. So had to remove it. The company should replace it. Will check out more vids on unraid thanks again for all the help :).
Super useful presentation, mate. Great resource for info presented in a concise manner.
Definitely going to look at the rest of your tutorials, have been teatering between Ubuntu, FreeNas, Windows server 2012 anf Unraid.
Remember to turn off "Fast Boot" on Intel.. When you reboot the server it will stop and hang on boot.. I dont know if amd has the same problem
Thanks for the video. It was very clear and precise. Much appreciated.
Great timing was planning this next week thanks.
Ya, really good vid. I've been going back and forth between Unraid and FreeNAS, this vid is making me lean towards unraid.
Juan you are the man, great video, thanks.
subscribed for unRAID :), great product wanna learn more.. excellent video for beginners can wait for more. Thank Yuo
If you buy the basic version and then find out you need the one above do you have to buy a brand-new key what is the upgrade price to get the next layer
Well Done Juan, really easy to fallow and very organized content. Cheers!!!!
Thanks so much for this brilliant video so helpful and well explained.
Just the video I needed. Thank you! Very detailed and answered all the questions I was wondering about.
Thank you Juan!! Your video was very helpful.
Super dense and informative video. Thanks a ton.
Man this is exactly what I needed
Your video is very clear and thorough - muchas gracias por haberlo compartido.
cheer mate!! i was struggling to find clear information and i kept making mistakes, but my weee server lives 🤓
Excellent video mate. Thank you
This is great! I'll sub for more unRaid vids! I'm setting up a raid server for the first time so i appreciate your help :D
Great helpful walk-through, thank you! My only comment is, I had trouble getting the flash drive to boot first time. Turns out I needed to hit "Customize" and "Allow UEFI Boot". That seems like a pretty major thing these days, surprised its not enabled by default.
THAAAANK YOU!! Keep them coming man, awesome
Very informative! Thank you!
Thanks a lot Juan!
Very informative video; glad to have found your channel - subbed. Cheers!
Insanely helpful video!
Okay so lets say you have Unraid on a Windows server. After you boot on the Unraid USB and install, do you configure the BIOS startup to Windows server again?
After my QNAP TS-212P barn find i got excited about the new-to-me NAS technology. now that I am running low on 2TB of space with the QNAP, I started thinking about TrueNAS but now heard about UNRAID. thanks for the video. I am tired of this vs that vs those videos. I just want to dive in.
great video, keep talking about Unraid, it's a really interesting topic
Really useful video! Thank you, Juan!
Juan, thanks for your tutorial 👍🏻 very good explanation.
Thank you. I will give it a try based on your information.
Great video! You helped me get setup in no time.
Thanks Juan for this. One question I can't seem to find an answer: can I have disks out of the array but still able to create shares on them? And how?
how to create a bridge device for VMs on Unraid? could you show some key steps on video?
Hallo,
I saw the Logitech harmony integration in your Home assistant.
Can you please make a video how to configure the device ?
thank you
I'll see what I can do.
@@JuanMTech PLEASE !! :)
I tinkered with unraid 5 years ago and let my trial expire. I just dug the nas out of storage and forget whats on it.
How do I access my data on the drives?
Great video man. Thanks, helps a lot!
good day mate I’m new to home server Unraid, I installed unraid on my ox build system but I cannot access cannot find my server online , I tried on my iPad iPhone and on my laptip but I can’t access the server
Question, why does unraid not give me an ip for the server when I have all 3 ethernet ports (1 says management, I'm new to this so I dont know the difference) plugged in. Only time it did was when I assigned it manually in the setup, but I couldn't access it from a pc.... would a pci card for 10G interfere with the onboard NICs (chenbro NR12000, intel board)
I need to setup two drives one to copy the other. Do I set up both drives as disk 1 and 2 or do I do a Parity drive and disk one?
If I don't want to run headless because I want to game using that machine natively how does this change?
Awesome video, so thorough and informative!!!
Fantastic tutorial, thank you.
That was a very good, clear explanation. I need to upgrade my fileserver (currently Windows Home Server V1), and I think I will go for Unraid :)
Really good video! Thank you!
I need some Unraid direction. I am new to unraid, just days actually. I was able to get unraid up and running. I then created 2 folders for Media, 1 for photos and 1 for videos. I then setup Plex, downloaded some movies and after some tinkering was able to view the videos via Plex. During this time we had a thunderstorm go through the area and knocked out power. I am now unable to find the folders that have the videos and photos. I only have a few in each and want to add more. When I restarted my systems I could no longer see the folders. No matter what I try I cannot find them. Can someone PLEASE point me in a direction to locate my missing folders? TYIA!!
Can I mount a nas without having raid on the motherboard? and still have the redundancy/parity functions using unraid? I'm in doubt which good and cheap hardware to mount so that only one server works for my files.
Thanks a lot. Well done :D Time to setup unraid
Great video. Thanks for the tutorial :)
do i simply need to boot from the usb?
juan ... gracias por este video tan bueno y competo ... pero me encontré con 2 errores básicos que no he podido configurar. Primero en mi version de prueba no hay Logout al que me extraña mucho y por otro lado no veo como poder configurar para que se prenda o se apague a una determinada hora del día .. tenes idea como puedo hacer eso ??? saludos
I got mixed feeling about unRaid vs Proxmox...I don't understand why I should pay to get my R710 with 8 SSD for unRaid when Proxmox will do everything for free...someone can explain me why?!
Can you share roadmap plans for unraid ... what will be the next main features in unraid v7 and when is it planned to be available? For new users like me it's important to know the short and long term evolution especially when current release verion 6.9.1 is suggesting that main release 7 should be on the go.
Thank you for the top tier explanation.
Does the server require a fixed IP address or can it accept DHCP as the setting?
Can I skip the Part of the Parity Disk Configuration? My Plan ist to use a NVME SSD via Pci-E Card as Cache and 4x WD Red 4TB in a Raidz1 with the ZFS Plugin
Parity it's not required
@@JuanMTech Thank you !
Thanks man this helped 👍
great video to learn Unraid, I hope there come's additional videos
What are the requirements for RAID 5 with parity drive? Can you have 3 drives with one also being parity or does the parity drive have to be dedicated?
when the licence gets linked to the guid of the flash drive what will unraid to if the drive fails ? do you have to buy a new licence ?
No. Just replace the flash drive, install the backup and link the license to the new flash drive. That can be done once a year.
@@JuanMTech so if the flash drives fails twice a year your out of luck ?
It's hard for something like that to happen. However, you can contact them to see if they would work with you on that.
I bought unraid a few days ago and did the usb key setup. today for the first time i tried booting off the usb key and now i cant even remember what my username and password is. SMH. I shoudve wrote it down. I dont know what to do now.
Great video. thanks juan
I think you didn't explain well on the part of configure bios, "TheArk login:" , after that what's the next step?, because what i saw in this video you jumped right into the browser and not explaining the part of what I mentioned.
Very helpful, thank you
what about AD integration?
Hi! I'm very new to this topic, and your video's are insanely good. I am a total noob who is just about to set up a home server in the following weeks. My main goal is to have a plex media server, only used locally at our home. Me with a 4K oled tv watching 4k HDR remux movies, and other family members wanting to watch 1080p movies with subtitles. Could you do a video specifically on making a plex server in docker in unraid?
Loved the Video Juan. i think i will switch to Unraid as well. It will be very nice to run everything at home in once server. I have a Redynas which has 4 10 TB drives it will be good to get some suggestions if possible for the hardware
Planning to do
1. Ha
2. Plex
3. Docker Containers etc...
Great video, this really was helpful
It doesnt look like you made any videos on creating a VM?
Great video , love the content.