[yumiris]

I used unRAID a while back for nearly two years. It's delightfully convenient for managing Docker containers, multiple disks w/ data parity, network file sharing, and even VMs with passthroughs. The last feature, especially, is absolutely killer with how easy it is to accomplish in unRAID.

Whilst a lot of unRAID's functionality can be achieved with a bit of tinkering and reading, its UI does save a lot of time and keeps things very simple. For example, I have yet to figure out a way of achieving GPU passthrough on an Optimus laptop without my hair going grey -- a part of me feels like unRAID might simplify it, despite it being an OS for servers rather than laptops.

One thing I'd absolutely wish for is ZFS support. I haven't looked into how ZFS's licence might interfere with its integration, but if integration is possible, it would be magnificent.

Nevertheless, unRAID is splendid at what it strives to do and buying a pro licence for it was absolutely worth it!

[syshum]

ZFS would kill the main reason alot of people use unRAID. which is the ability to use different sized disks with out sacrificing space, and the ability to adhoc add new disks

ZFS would require the use of all the same size disk, or your udev would be limited to the size of your smallest disk, and make adding new disks much harder

[tomschlick]

There is a zfs plugin now. Here is a video outlining it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umKXHO-hr5w