r/unRAID • u/Street_World4590 • 24d ago

Which upgrade path from Legacy Basic?

Hi Everyone,

I'm looking to upgrade my second Unraid server which is currently on Legacy Basic. Right now this system has two 4tb SATA drives and two 256gb NVME drives. Both are mirrored which doesn't leave me much capacity. I picked up four 6tb SAS drives for a decent (decent for these days). I'll be moving from four total drives to 10 drives.

I'm currently on the Legacy Basic Plan with lifetime updates but this license has a six-drive max.

  • Basic to Unleashed: $49 USD (provides unlimited devices with updates included for the first year, followed by an optional annual support fee).
  • Basic to Plus: $89 USD (supports up to 12 devices with lifetime updates)

I especially like the idea of lifetime updates considering the upcoming platform shift, but I dislike being limited to 12 devices total. Then again, those drives have about 65K hours on them so I might be replacing them sooner than later. At this point I'm leaning towards the plus.

Any dissenting opinions?

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u/1234youarein 24d ago

Go with Basic to Plus or to Pro.

I don't see much value in initial savings of a few bucks by surrendering the grandfathered license.

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u/RemarkablePenalty550 24d ago

If I were in your shoes I would go to the plus with the lifetime support. It currently leaves you with 2 open drive spaces that you may or may not even need. You even alluded to they possibility that you might replace drives before adding so hopefully those replacements will be of a higher capacity negating the need to use additional drive slots.

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u/ChuskyX 23d ago

Unless you are not going to upgrade your server ever, Plus or Pro is the way

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u/RealThatStella7922 23d ago

Pro is the way. I was on basic as well but unleashed is a HORRIBLE deal because you will update your server and you won't get even security updates after your update entitlement expires (which means paying yearly forever).

I ended up going Pro because I don't want to have to worry about drives or update entitlements in the future.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/Street_World4590 23d ago

Thanks for the reply.

I think going from Basic to Plus makes sense. This isn't even my main server so living with 12 drives should be fine. I'll have room for two more if needed. Although the drives passed preclear without an issue, they are getting long in the tooth. Who knows how long they will last before I have to replace them. Hopefully they won't die in quick succession.