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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/EmoJackson on 2023-09-19 19:06:39.

I need emotional support. Built my first Freenas box back in 2015, 40TB raw. Over the years I managed to grow and update Truenas without issues. Last month I decided to move over to scale, set all my services up (Plex/Arrs), and see how it would function with SMB shares and the Apps running.

Long story short I discovered that during my first install in 2015 I setup permissions on the root /mnt/ folder that blocks me out from adding ACL permissions. Tried everything I could to remove them, asked for assist on the Truenas forums, here, and did extensive google searching. The only solution that I can think of is building another machine then transferring the data (141TB) over to it and destroying the old pools etc.

I have decided to build another machine, but now I’m debating if Unraid would be the better OS for my uses. At this time the machine is only used for media hosting and storage, one of the biggest gripes I’ve had with Truenas is the need to build vdevs to expand the pool storage. Things get expensive fast depending on how many disks are in vdev… I would also like to reduce the total power consumption and heat output of the machine. I’m presently running 256GB ram, with a Xeon E5-2697v2, and a Tesla GPU for transcoding.

I’ve read numerous peoples accounts of bouncing back and forth between OS, but I’m still unsure if unraid will be a good fit. I fear dual parity may not be what I’m looking for and will miss the speed of a true array.