2013-03-09, 05:18
I personally don't like adding a ton of things to unRAID although plugins are pretty handy. This is a critical piece for my network - it stores all of my important media! Adding things that can conflict, crash, require permission tweaks, and can stretch my troubleshooting knowledge if it goes toes up isn't something I want on my storage device.
YMMV but that's my feelings. That doesn't I don't want those tools though! What I did was setup an ESX server for unRAID and all of those things plus more - a little crazy. What you could do is run those things in a VirtualBox VM maybe or VMplayer. Look here for an EASY way to do that -> http://aceshome.com/forums/index.php?board=4.0
Anyway, with any storage setup I think I'd crawl then walk then run.... <shrug>
YMMV but that's my feelings. That doesn't I don't want those tools though! What I did was setup an ESX server for unRAID and all of those things plus more - a little crazy. What you could do is run those things in a VirtualBox VM maybe or VMplayer. Look here for an EASY way to do that -> http://aceshome.com/forums/index.php?board=4.0
Anyway, with any storage setup I think I'd crawl then walk then run.... <shrug>