Part 1: Building my Unraid Server

Introduction: My Allrounder Server As a DevOps Engineer and homelab tinkerer, reliable and flexible storage and a central platform to run services on is essential. That’s where a home server comes in! Initially I just wanted something to run Home Assistant on. But after the streaming landscape got more anti-consumer with every new platform, introduction of ads in lower price tiers, the nth price increase and the overall low bitrate of content, I had to look for something that could host and play media as well. ...

May 12, 2025 · 7 min · benedict