So I currently have a HP Prodesk G4 i5 7th Gen with 32gb RAM running Unraid. It’s used for Plex and AdGuard Home.
I have another unit with the same spec and thinking about giving TrueNAS Scale a true as the UI and Config seems more in line to what I am used to.
It was this video that got me interested: https://youtu.be/KmYV8f-BihQ
Storage will be my issue I don’t have the funds for much so thinking about getting 3 of the following drives (yes I know they are USB but works fine for my unraid setup) in a RaidZ config which I believe will give me 1 drive redundancy: https://amzn.eu/d/bqb10wZ
Was thinking I could find someone to 3D print me a 4 bay toast rack style holder to rest the drives on top of the ProDesk?
The 2 internal drives (256gb M.2 and SATA SSD) I am planning to use as Boot Drives.
Gonna add a decent Apps catalogue too: https://truecharts.org/manual/SCALE/guides/getting-started/
Looking for opinions please, any dos and don’ts. As mentioned budget is tight and looking to keep energy bills down.
What do you all think?
The setup is not ideal, I won’t lie to you. It could be better. But honestly, if it works for you, do it. There are so many things you can do to improve it and generally it will serve as a stepping stone to the next upgrade you see yourself making.
I will also note, since you have two of them, you could take the proxmox route and make them redundant. I am sure there is a way with Unraid to make them redundant too. I really wish I had the knowledge to run things in RAM.