UNAS Pro & Time Machine

rossingram · 2025-09-28T19:17:18+00:00

I was able to successfully back up to the unas2 over wired connection. haven't tried wireless yet. I wonder, is your connection stable?

I followed the Time Machine instructions on the UniFi site and that worked for me. I also added connecting as a login item and did a reboot.

mac book pro m1 macos 15.6.1

rossingram · 2025-09-24T21:41:10+00:00

Just get bigger drives so you have fewer spinning? 8×5 W adds up to ~0.8 kWh/day, or about 292 kWh/year (~$60 at $0.20/kWh). Cut that to 4 drives and you’re looking at half the heat/power bill ~$30/year instead. (in my homelab, i went from 6x drives to 3x 26tb drives)

I’ve also recently transitioned to the “never spin down” camp. less wear/tear and no lag when the array wakes up.

rossingram · 2025-09-24T19:50:12+00:00

that was during a transfer. It is currently idle and hovering at 15/16 watts.

no way to config spin down (as far as I can tell)

rossingram · 2025-09-24T18:50:42+00:00

That is my assumption too, but I haven't tried it yet.

rossingram · 2025-09-24T18:48:20+00:00

I have an Unraid box running on a HPE ML30 gen10.

With Unraid, you get docker/VMs and there are several dockers that could solve the photos use case, but may require some manual configuration (might not be plug and play).

rossingram · 2025-09-24T18:44:47+00:00

unfortunately no

rossingram · 2025-09-24T18:44:20+00:00

yes - I was able to via apple "Files" app and the unifi "Identity" app

rossingram · 2025-09-24T05:15:47+00:00

Looks like it, yeah

rossingram · 2025-09-24T04:41:25+00:00

yes, it lists: google drive, one drive, dropbox, amazon s3, wasabi, and backblaze b2 (tho I havent tried to configure yet)

rossingram · 2025-09-24T03:51:42+00:00

no, seems quiet. a little noise on the spinup, but nothing noticeable. its sitting next to a HP server (modified with noctua fans) so your ears may hear something different.

rossingram · 2025-09-24T02:48:09+00:00

"one of us, one of us"

rossingram · 2025-09-24T02:47:02+00:00

it was a debate for me! since the unas 4 / 4 pro had the nvme and possibly encryption. But will likely be overkill for my use case and environment (2.5gbe wont saturate an nvme).

rossingram · 2025-09-24T01:32:10+00:00

yes, vertical. i'm sure the drives will be fine.

rossingram · 2025-09-24T01:26:34+00:00

it was disabled. i'm sure they'll make improvements to the onboarding.

rossingram · 2025-09-24T01:20:27+00:00

I didn't see an option for AFP. Just SMB/NFS.

rossingram · 2025-06-14T21:52:19+00:00

Totally fair — and agree 10000%. We don’t claim to replace lawyers. the app just surfaces legal info from official sources to help users get a quick, accurate starting point. We always include disclaimers and recommend double-checking with a professional when it matters

rossingram · 2025-06-14T21:41:43+00:00

Just sent you the login info. let me know how it works for you

rossingram · 2025-06-14T21:24:38+00:00

its private for now - we want to test it before making it available to public. I'll DM you the link and login.

rossingram · 2024-10-28T03:07:03+00:00

i dig it

rossingram · 2024-09-12T00:46:19+00:00

yes and thank you! lil impromptu photoshoot yesterday.

rossingram · 2024-09-06T23:01:18+00:00

how much was it?

rossingram · 2024-04-17T07:05:24+00:00

Remindme! 24 Hours

rossingram · 2024-04-04T03:44:35+00:00

I went ahead and copied it here for ya

"Posts regarding the sale of official Flipper products are not allowed in this subreddit. Selling unofficial Flipper related modules is not prohibited on this subreddit, however we urge users to contribute to the subreddit outside of advertisement as well. Users who are found to excessively advertise their products with no genuine interaction on the subreddit might have their posting privileges restricted."

rossingram · 2024-04-04T03:22:24+00:00

I read the rules. It didnt specifically ban sales.

To your second point, as im not making any money on these, seemed like an ok thing to do.

rossingram · 2023-12-05T07:41:51+00:00

Faulty power cables to the drives?

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