Unraid February Digest 2025

03/07/25 • 4 min

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‪@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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‪@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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Previous Episode

Unraid 7 Full Walkthrough & New Features Breakdown

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:
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📖 Unraid Docs

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Ed and Stefano Unleashed: The Big Premiere!

Welcome to the premiere episode of Ed and Stefano Unleashed! 🚀
Your favorite homelab creators, Ed ‪@SpaceinvaderOne‬ and Stefano ‪@SPXLabs‬ are diving deep into the world of Unraid, self-hosting, AI, GPUs, gaming, and more—with unfiltered takes and plenty of laughs along the way.

Join us live for the next show!
Chapters
00:00 Introducing the Ed and Stefano Unleashed Show
02:59 The Journey into Unraid and Home Labs
05:49 The Evolution of Computing: From Windows to Linux
08:54 Graphics Card Launches and Market Trends
11:49 The Future of Quantum Computing
24:09 Innovations in Payment Systems and Technology
27:05 Exploring Home Lab Setups and Projects
31:53 Exploring Old Tech and Unraid's Performance
36:19 Unraid Roadmap and Intel GPUs
41:11 Gaming Laptops vs. Apple Silicon
43:59 Hard Drive Shopping and Counterfeit Concerns
49:46 The Rise of Counterfeit USB Drives
56:19 Testing Flash Drives and Community Engagement
01:03:03 The Quest for the Perfect USB Hub
01:04:30 Container Showdown: Plex vs. Jellyfin
01:12:39 The Rise of AI: Opportunities and Concerns
01:26:32 Confessions of Self-Hosting: The Dumbest Setups
What will you build with Unraid?
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The Uncast Show - Unraid February Digest 2025

Transcript

Speaker 100:00:00.119

Good morning and welcome to the Unraid Digest . I'm your host , stefano Partita , and when this show is late , we try to be especially late . So , without any further rating , let's go ahead and check out all things that went down in February for Unraid .

Speaker 100:00:23.161

Unraid 7.0.1 recently just dropped and all users are strongly encouraged to upgrade