The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/OctoLiam on 2025-02-08 23:13:28.
Hi, I've recently got into Data Hoarding by accident and really enjoying it however I've hit a bit of an impasse.
I got this PC roughly around a year ago, back then I didn't have any idea on what I wanted to do with it so I just slapped on Windows 11 pro with Jellyfin and continued on. I then ended up getting into Docker Containers using docker desktop and now have roughly 30 or so containers running.
On this PC I only have one 8TB drive with no backups so far but I do want to change that as I was thinking of getting a couple enterprise manufacturer recertified drives and have some sort of RAID config. However the thing that has been holding me back is 1. The case and where to store the drives and 2. The OS, I've heard that most people recommend unRAID for this use case, I've never really touched any Linux OS's before however I am willing to learn and try.
Although I'm pretty happy to lose all the media like movies and tv shows on the 8TB drive I don't really want to lose some things on the SSD including 1. The Jellyfin server data which at this point I think is me being more in denial considering it's quite difficult to move Jellyfin from a windows instance to a container instance. 2. The containers data but this one won't be too bad to lose.
The hardware for the PC is:
- Intel Core i5 12th gen 6 core CPU
- Netac 512GB SSD
- 8TB HDD (I think it is a WD Red)
- Silverstone Fara 311 case
- Silverstone ET550 550w
- H610M-E Motherboard
- 16GB DDR4 RAM
Is moving to unRAID wise for me and will there be any hardware changes that I need to make to do so? Thank you in advance!