Unraid on SSD not USB

[phillipsgarage]

Hey Unradiers,.

 

Im curious on the topic of installing it on a SSD rather than a USB drive, For a couple of reasons...

1. Thumb Drives don't have great life span. 

2. Install on Mirror Raid. 

 

Im cautious of going into a production environment with UNRAID on a USB drive. 

What happens if the drive fails? Do I loose my Shares & VM's ? or its simply a matter of plugging in a new thumb drive and its back up and running?

 

Thanks

[1812]

a place to start:

 

https://lime-technology.com/replace-key/

 

so, make a backup, move key registration over, back in business.

 

 

I have 7-10 year old usb drives that are still (slowly) going strong.

 

I have 2 year old ssd's that are in the trash can.

 

[Squid]

23 minutes ago, phillipsgarage said:

1. Thumb Drives don't have great life span. 

The flash is only used to boot and store settings.  unRaid runs completely in RAM and doesn't access the flash unless you change a setting.  FYI, most use cases of actual storage space on the flash is around 500Meg.

24 minutes ago, phillipsgarage said:

What happens if the drive fails?

You make another boot flash, and copy (you have a backup) of your .key file from the original flash to the replacement.  When booted up, the UI will transfer the registration over to the new flash

 

25 minutes ago, phillipsgarage said:

Do I loose my Shares & VM's ?

no

26 minutes ago, phillipsgarage said:

or its simply a matter of plugging in a new thumb drive and its back up and running?

Yes

 

 

[Fireball3]

Welcome to the forum!

You're not the first being concerned about the thumb drive linked license.

 

Of course you can move the content off the stick.

Start here.

 

@1812

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I have 2 year old ssd's that are in the trash can.

I'm scared! What make?

Edited March 28, 2017 by Fireball3

[1812]

3 hours ago, Fireball3 said:

 

 

@1812

I'm scared! What make?

 

Cheap PNY 

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So i thought bout this. However I have been just restore or transfer license to new flash i did forced fail test to see process moving to another flash drive.

It was quite easy tranfer license. I use flash drives that are water proof, xray proof, heat proof. I  have yet to have one fail thankfully. I have some unraid server i build for residential client of mine 7 years and going strong. I also easily move the host os to another chasis if i was have cpu/ motherboard failure. I like have usb to able move to another chassis. I have done this as upgraded better components , larger drives as my library grows. quality of files become 4k and use up more space.

 

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