Unraid lessons learnt?

Demon said:
Their pricing page (https://unraid.net/pricing) as of today states:
Buy Once, Use for Life.
No subscription. No hidden fees.

so get it whilst it's still hot!
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I wish I had! I fell ill in march and missed this. Hmmmm, TrueNAS is back on the cards for me then sadly I was planning on just mixing used disks with unraid, but now, wondering whether it wasn't the right decision to start with.

If I could get 8-10 devices on the starter license I would have been happy with that and 12 months upgrades, but the structure of going from the middle tier to the top one is that close... its probably worth just going for the top tier right away.
 
DHR said:
I wish I had! I fell ill in march and missed this. Hmmmm, TrueNAS is back on the cards for me then sadly I was planning on just mixing used disks with unraid, but now, wondering whether it wasn't the right decision to start with.

If I could get 8-10 devices on the starter license I would have been happy with that and 12 months upgrades, but the structure of going from the middle tier to the top one is that close... its probably worth just going for the top tier right away.
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Yeah, I'd find it hard to recommend a licence which only has updates for a year. Even if you don't care about features, there's still security updates and the like. If someone is set on going for Unraid and know they'll be happy with it for 3+ years, then the lifetime licence is the obvious one to go for.
 
It's a rough one for me now, I like the idea of adding disks I pickup in, extending for dump storage and that but... in a way the additional spend puts me off now.

Its enough to shift me onto TrueNAS again, only real reason I wasn't a fan is I couldn't believe you couldn't easily add a disk to a vdev and extend it... need to mull it over.

I take it unraid don't do sale/promos anymore either :o
 
So as usual life got in the way of me progressing this, timing however is good given that there appears to be an unraid sale shortly, so if you found yourself in the same position as me, keep an eye on it!
 
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Any time, the price was my initial delay on dropping the cash on it, so even if it's £20-30 off it's better than nothing
 
Hmmm working here fine.

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So, bit baffled off that they've not done anything with that lifetime license :confused:

I always want os/security updates permanently if I'm shelling out that sort of money.

What are other people doing?

Edit - So I'd have to be using it for 5 years to get to the cost of the lifetime license if I bought updates each year.

Interested to hear what people tend to do about updates?
 
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DHR said:
So, bit baffled off that they've not done anything with that lifetime license :confused:

I always want os/security updates permanently if I'm shelling out that sort of money.

What are other people doing?

Edit - So I'd have to be using it for 5 years to get to the cost of the lifetime license if I bought updates each year.

Interested to hear what people tend to do about updates?
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Not saying I'm happy about products that do the same either, but it is what it is (and is at least better in that you still have a functional perpetual product, unlike say a monthly subscription model)

Unfortunately update development still costs money, and if everyone who has a Nas has a lifetime license, where is the money coming from to pay the developers?
 
Nah I do get that it just sucks a little really so wish TN supported mixed drives like unraid does.

What's the situation if your usb media dies and you need to put unraid back on there? Presume there is a way to do that? If not, another reason to go for a cheaper license!
 
DHR said:
Nah I do get that it just sucks a little really so wish TN supported mixed drives like unraid does.

What's the situation if your usb media dies and you need to put unraid back on there? Presume there is a way to do that? If not, another reason to go for a cheaper license!
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You can replace your key once every 12 months using their automated system
 
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