Unraid 7 Full Walkthrough & New Features Breakdown
02/20/25 • 73 min
Grab yourself a coffee, tea, or beer 🍻 and get ready to dive deep into everything new in Unraid 7! This update brings massive changes, including no more mandatory Unraid array, ZFS improvements, a redesigned dashboard and other UI enhancements, and big upgrades to Docker & VM support! Whether you're upgrading or setting up fresh, this guide has you covered.
Note: Portions of this guide are best viewed on Youtube!
📌 Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:50 OS Upgrade Tips and Best Practices.
06:00 ReiserFS is no more. Learn how to move to other file systems like xfs.
08:10 Use mover to empty and move data so that disks can be reformatted.
13:50 No 'Unraid Array' necessary now in version 7 -- perfect for SSD/NVMEs.
19:10 A look at different ZFS RAID levels and what they all mean.
24:25 Advantages of Compression in a Zpool.
25:25 Unraid ZFS subpools, aka auxiliary vdevs: What they all mean and how to use them properly.
35:30 Setting up a fresh install on Unraid 7
39:10 Unraid 7's brand new Dashboard, UI tweaks, and new settings
49:12 New Unraid 7 Docker and VM features
1:11:55 Next video tease
🔗 Resources & Links:
📥 Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less
📖 Unraid Docs
Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
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Grab yourself a coffee, tea, or beer 🍻 and get ready to dive deep into everything new in Unraid 7! This update brings massive changes, including no more mandatory Unraid array, ZFS improvements, a redesigned dashboard and other UI enhancements, and big upgrades to Docker & VM support! Whether you're upgrading or setting up fresh, this guide has you covered.
Note: Portions of this guide are best viewed on Youtube!
📌 Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:50 OS Upgrade Tips and Best Practices.
06:00 ReiserFS is no more. Learn how to move to other file systems like xfs.
08:10 Use mover to empty and move data so that disks can be reformatted.
13:50 No 'Unraid Array' necessary now in version 7 -- perfect for SSD/NVMEs.
19:10 A look at different ZFS RAID levels and what they all mean.
24:25 Advantages of Compression in a Zpool.
25:25 Unraid ZFS subpools, aka auxiliary vdevs: What they all mean and how to use them properly.
35:30 Setting up a fresh install on Unraid 7
39:10 Unraid 7's brand new Dashboard, UI tweaks, and new settings
49:12 New Unraid 7 Docker and VM features
1:11:55 Next video tease
🔗 Resources & Links:
📥 Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less
📖 Unraid Docs
Discover how technology is reshaping our lives and livelihoods.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Other Ways to Connect with the Uncast Show
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Unraid January DIgest: Optimize and Secure Your Server with Unraid 7
We're back with our first monthly update for 2025!
@SPXLabs is here breaking down all the latest news, including:
- Unraid 7 Stable Release: See what's new!
- Unraid 6.12.15 Release
- A Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure. All users are strongly encouraged to update to Unraid 7.0.0 or 6.12.15. Learn More
- New Unraid Patch Plugin: This official Unraid plugin will help protect your server by keeping the OS updated with the latest patches. Learn More:
https://forums.unraid.net/topic/185560-unraid-patch-plugin/ - New E-Commerce Developer Hire!
- New Monthly App Spotlight: ZFS Master Plugin
And much more! Check it all out in written form here.
Thanks for tuning in.
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Unraid February Digest 2025
@SPXLabs is back for another addition of the Unraid Digest for February 20205 with updates on:
- Unraid 7.0.1
- Unraid Connect API & Notification System Overhaul
- Big News re: @SpaceinvaderOne joining the Unraid team full time!
And much, much more here: https://newsletter.unraid.net/p/unraid-february-digest-b1b7
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Hi there , everyone , and welcome to another episode of the Uncast Show . So I want to wish you a good morning , good evening , good afternoon to wherever you're watching this from in the world . Now , today's video is the official Uncast video about Unraid 7 . So this video is going to be absolutely great .
Speaker 1Now , in this video , we're
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