Ah sorry, my bad, I did mean the Flex Minis as that's what we were originally talking about (specifically the new 2.5g versions there-of). I confused things by referring to just "Flex" in my reply
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Ah sorry, my bad, I did mean the Flex Minis as that's what we were originally talking about (specifically the new 2.5g versions there-of). I confused things by referring to just "Flex" in my reply
Cheers, have ordered one, let's see what I get
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Just arrived and has a brick with separate cable and BB have supplied a UK power cable. Perfect.
Wish you could buy the brick separately as I'd buy a couple to replace the integrated EU plugged versions and adapters I'm currently using.
Some of the supplied PSU are junk, I have had a couple fail over time which I have replaced with much better quality units, usually get something rated a little higher than the supplied unit too.
One was for a USG-3P, the other was a US-8-60W, the USG PSU failure was fun as it would boot but then crash, new PSU and right as rain again
One was for a USG-3P, the other was a US-8-60W, the USG PSU failure was fun as it would boot but then crash, new PSU and right as rain again
-Looks round at the prices of other NAS devices in 2024 - Oh yeah you’re right!
I wouldn’t want to use it as an app server as well though. It looks like a dedicated device for a job which is how I’d use it. Does it support being an NVR for the UniFi cameras as well?
While I'm here, can anyone shed light on this...
I have my existing home network all configured perfectly, consisting of 11 devices and a Cloudkey G2 Plus controller. This is connected to my Ubiquiti account and I can see the site at unifi.ui.com. All peachy.
I'm about to set up a far simpler network at a different location, based around a Unifi Express. I'll be responsible for managing this so ideally I'd like to add it to my existing Ubiquiti account as a second site, rather than creating a separate account for it.
How exactly do I go about this? Using the "create a new site" option at unifi.ui.com wants me to configure hosting.
I figured that, when I start setting up the Unifi Express, I'd be prompted for login details and that might add it to the same account as a new site but I'm concerned it might start "attaching" it to my existing network or some such nonsense.
Never done this before so if anyone has any pointers/reassurances...
I have my existing home network all configured perfectly, consisting of 11 devices and a Cloudkey G2 Plus controller. This is connected to my Ubiquiti account and I can see the site at unifi.ui.com. All peachy.
I'm about to set up a far simpler network at a different location, based around a Unifi Express. I'll be responsible for managing this so ideally I'd like to add it to my existing Ubiquiti account as a second site, rather than creating a separate account for it.
How exactly do I go about this? Using the "create a new site" option at unifi.ui.com wants me to configure hosting.
I figured that, when I start setting up the Unifi Express, I'd be prompted for login details and that might add it to the same account as a new site but I'm concerned it might start "attaching" it to my existing network or some such nonsense.
Never done this before so if anyone has any pointers/reassurances...
Regarding Plex it depends entirely on your use case. If you only consume content on devices which can directly stream, then you don't really need a GPU. If (like me) you have a few people watching and you need to transcode, having a GPU helps significantly. My Plex server is in a VM with an Intel iGPU passed through. Any 8th gen Intel onwards has QuickSync which Plex can use for transcoding.
Of course there's the argument for only having content which is supported for direct playback, but that's not really as easy as it sounds. I have Plex Pass, and it's nice to have the GPU.
Annoyingly although pretty much everything can direct play, Plex often decides to transcode for some reason.
Then you have subtitles.
Plus as far as I know you need to pay for Plex plus to use hardware transcoding. Maybe I need to stump up the money for that as my NAS struggles even though it has a Celeron J4105.
It does me fine as storage I am going to need to add another HDD soon though.
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You do. I bought lifetime in 2014 I think. It's used more often than any other streaming service in the house so I felt it was worth it. We even watch live TV on it via HDHomeRun. Your NAS CPU looks to support QUickSync so it should transcode in hardware if you can pass it though.
I would get the UniFi NAS if it supported iSCSI, had more interfaces, and supported virtual networking. I'm moving more and more docker services from my Synology NAS over to the same VM Plex runs on, which means I don't really need to run containers but it's nice to have the option.
It does not work as a NVR no, it's purely a mass storage device. They recently added the function of using external storage to Unifi Protect i believe, so you can set the UNAS as a target for that.
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I'll look at getting Plex Pass then.
Unifi NAS will be on the list if and when my Asustor packs up or I need more than 3 disks.
I'm really enjoying all the Unifi stuff so far, it's very addictive as well for some reason.
They did, but it's a bit gimped. You can only archive video to external storage, you can't use it for permanent recording.
Thanks for answers, that sucks but I guess if you have the NAS there’s a good chance you have a gateway/router that can do NVR I suppose.
I suspect UniFi might add the option to use the NAS for permanent storage in the future, but who knows.
What I do is run Scrypted as a container, I hook it into my UniFi NVR, and then use the HomeKit plugin to have my cameras appear in Apple Home. That way, detections are automatically uploaded to my iCloud account.
My Synology NAS does nothing now except for Plex storage, network storage and iSCSI. I sometimes run VMs on it but it's very rare and only for testing or demonstration purposes.
Everything else (*arr, Home Assistant, Plex etc etc) are all containers on a VM (on ESXi). It's all automated, behind Traefik, has an iGPU, and performs amazingly well.
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Would be awesome if they ever enabled this
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Chris, this is taking things off on a tangent, so perhaps reply via a DM, but very interested to find out more about this. Care to explain in a bit/lot more detail?
Actually, might as well open a new dedicated thread (if I can work out the best place to start such a thread! lol)
It's kinda UniFi related, and you can't archive automatically with UniFi to my knowledge without some kind of hack/tool.
Scrypted just taps into the UniFi NVR system (or any NVR system, it can even act as an NVR itself), which you can then use to present the UniFi cameras to other systems such as Apple Home. UniFi cameras aren't certified for Apple Home, so you need something in between to take care of that for you. Scrypted can do it, and Homebridge can do it too. Then you simply add each camera into Apple Home and configure recording/detections etc.
I can be in the living room watching Apple TV, and if someone presses my UniFi doorbell I get a little PIP pop up in the corner with a live feed from the doorbell. I also get to have an archive of all detections.
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I have something similar that takes all my cameras (some on analogue NVRs, some IP) and brings them into Apple HomeKit. It's called homebridge and runs on a container. I'd bet there was a UniFi plugin as well. I haven't tried Scrypted.
There is a home server thread somewhere that may be better for that discussion.
There is a home server thread somewhere that may be better for that discussion.
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Hi all
I’m tempted to try a UDM as my next router as I’m tempted by my area’s FTTP offering and would like to ensure I’m getting its full benefit, plus would like to improve my WiFi speeds, and have a few questions
1) this public website you need to sign in on to manage your router……I’m not a big fan of the sound of this, can you turn it off and access by lan only?
2) if you have downstream non unifi switches which support VLAN tagging, can VLANs still work down to the clients? (Is anything else missing from havign a non unifi switch?)
3) does anyone have any real world experience of UDM vs UDM pro performance stats on a 1Gb/1Gb line?
4) do you generally wall mount or ceiling mount the APs?
I’m tempted to try a UDM as my next router as I’m tempted by my area’s FTTP offering and would like to ensure I’m getting its full benefit, plus would like to improve my WiFi speeds, and have a few questions
1) this public website you need to sign in on to manage your router……I’m not a big fan of the sound of this, can you turn it off and access by lan only?
2) if you have downstream non unifi switches which support VLAN tagging, can VLANs still work down to the clients? (Is anything else missing from havign a non unifi switch?)
3) does anyone have any real world experience of UDM vs UDM pro performance stats on a 1Gb/1Gb line?
4) do you generally wall mount or ceiling mount the APs?
Yes, you can have it fully local only.
Yes.
Plenty of posts on Reddit/UniFi forums on the comparisons, not sure anyone on here has done a comparison.
Ceiling, but depends on the AP, some are designed to be wall mounted.