It’s proprietary, after all. I understand paid is fine, but even then, it usually better be open source.

So, why is Unraid an exception ?

Thanks

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    Has a nice UI, let’s me mix and match disks, let’s me host docker containers plus a VM with gpu pass through.

    All basically out of the box. (Ok - Pass through was a bastard) All for a one off price.

    I don’t know if there are other options that let me do all of that, unraid has always been the one mentioned.

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      Mixing disks is the #1 reason I went with unraid over any other option.

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        It just needed the AMD compatibility plugin, lots of time wasted until someone pointed that out though.

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        I’ve always found it helpful to use the time stone and tell “IOMMU I’ve come to bargain” until it works.

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      To note, unless you buy the most expensive tier it’s no longer a one time purchase.

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        Yep they changed this somewhat recently I believe? Like a year or two back, not sure - before my time.

        Last I checked I think it’s now like $50 or $60 for the first year, and renewals are half that, so definitely not terrible.

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        It’s still a one time purchase for the license. It’s only OS updates that would need to be paid for yearly after the 1st year

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        Good point. I got 1 year of ultimate, with the plan to upgrade to perpetual if it was good (it is!).

        The cost of that is still less than the cost would have been to buy new matching drives.