Uncast

Have a hard-to-shop-for tech-savvy friend?  Need a last-minute gift idea for them?  Great news!  You can now buy Unraid as a gift directly from our website!  Listen to the podcast for more details on how to do this or check out the new pricing page at https://unraid.net/pricing.In addition on this episode, Jon goes into common pitfalls users can run into with Docker containers and how to avoid them.

In episode 12, Jon covers the recent announcement by Facebook regarding "The Metaverse."  Is this really a good idea and is Facebook the right organization to launch it?  Could this be the beginning of an Orwellian future?In addition, Jon also provides a public service announcement regarding Linux driver support of hardware and how some users with specific gear may need to hold back on updating the OS to the latest release.

In today's episode of the Uncast, Jon goes over this week's announcements regarding Intel Alder Lake CPUs and their new performance vs. efficiency core architecture.  More specifically, we get into details about how this might affect virtualization setups especially those using GPU pass through.  In addition, Jon talks a bit about his new Pixel 6 Pro phone and closes out the episode highlighting a new video from our friends over at Ibracorp.Ibracorp SWAG Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7FlsvhpVGE

In this episode, hear an update on Windows 11 support for VMs on Unraid, the process for updating, and potential pitfalls.  In addition, Jon goes deep on VM gaming and how anti-cheat developers are wrongfully targeting VM users for bans.Links:Expanding a vdiskExpanding Windows VM vdisk partitionsConverting from seabios to OVMF

In this episode of the Uncast, Jon is joined by Sycotix, DiskDuck, and Hawks from the Ibracorp community.  These guys have been producing content for the Unraid community since the beginning of the year, showing users how to get the most out of their servers.  We talk about how they got started with Unraid, the value of owning your own data, and some of their personal interests!https://www.youtube.com/c/ibracorphttps://discord.gg/WDqDFRpTYb

On this episode of the Uncast, I get hyped up over the recently released Matrix Resurrections trailer and talk about some popular fan theories on how the movie could be set up.  In addition, I cover the news from the latest Apple product announcement event and their controversial policy on CSAM.  Lastly I highlight a few popular content creators and their most recent contributions to the Unraid community.Matrix Explained YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2v1PAoSTALNwHbWPkqYYNwIBRACORP YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/IBRACORPKP TechTips Use Any UPS Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1V02gwfqkU&t=26sSpaceInvaderOne YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SpaceinvaderOne

In version 6.10 of Unraid OS, we've added a new element to the webGui known as the User Profile Component.  This element is used to help simplify key management, but due to some confusion in the community, we wanted to record an episode to further explain this new component and how it works.  This dovetails into talking further about My Servers, your privacy, and our promise to existing customers.And after that, we spend some time talking about ZFS and why so many users are requesting official support for it in our feature request thread.

Thinking about getting your own Unraid server?  Not sure if you should buy it or build it?  Need help sizing your needs?  Well then you found the right episode for you!  Join Jonathan Panozzo, CSO of Lime Technology, for a deep discussion on how to pick the right hardware.  Learn about the difference between real and non-real time applications, how to size for VMs, and of course, gaming!

Join Jon Panozzo for a sneak peak at some of the security changes being made in Unraid 6.10 as well as for a deep dive discussion about 10gbps performance over SMB on Unraid.Need a refresher on Unraid security best practices?  Check this out:https://unraid.net/blog/unraid-server-security-best-practicesCurious about SMB Multichannel Support?  Check this out:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/hci/manage/manage-smb-multichannel

Join Bill Kleyman and Jon Panozzo for a fireside chat.  Learn about industry trends relevant to cloud, on-premise, and hosted (co-located) solutions.   In addition, learn about how an IT professional uses Unraid to further enhance their home computing environment and create a dividing line between personal and lab infrastructure equipment.You can learn more about Bill here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/billkleyman/https://twitter.com/QuadStackIn addition, check out the articles about Bill's Unraid server here:https://www.45drives.com/community/customer-spotlights/bill-kleyman.phphttps://www.45drives.com/community/customer-spotlights/bill-kleyman2.php

Join Jon Panozzo, Paulus Schoutsen (Founder, Home Assistant), and Doug Roberson (CTO, Allterco Robotics US) for an in-depth discussion on Home Automation.  Learn more about the movement to automate tedious tasks and how to  monitor and be alerted to key events in your home.https://www.unraid.nethttps://shelly.cloud/https://www.home-assistant.io/Paulus Schoutsenhttps://twitter.com/balloobDoug Robersonhttps://twitter.com/dougroberson

In this episode of the Uncast, Jon goes deep on VMs and passing through GPU devices to them.  Get a complete history of how this feature got implemented, the other technologies that were considered, and some tips and tricks to getting the best gear and configuration for this.

For the first episode of the Uncast, host Jon Panozzo covers the top 3 reasons you should own your own server.  Personal data responsibility, reducing cloud dependence and discovering what's possible with modern hardware all lead to getting a box that you own and control to house all of your most important data.