BlovedMadman

Check out Spaceinvader One on YT, he alone is all you need when it comes to everything and anything unraid.

Its all consumer hardware but it's a dedicated box running unraid.

• I3 12100
• 16GB DDR4 ram
• LSI raid card
• Case that allows for lots of 3.5inch drives

Ita easy to do in unraid, you set it up per share, so say you have a "media" share you can change the settings to include a cache drive and then set it to write to the cache drive first and then more to array. If you don't have a cache drive or want to add a other you can do that by installing the ssd, booting up, stopping the array and adding in a new cache drive (you can add it to your existing cache pool to increase its size or create a new one and keep them separate for separate uses)

I use unraid with 5x8TB drives, 1tb ssd as a cache drive for new transfers (writing to an ssd is faster, it then moves to the array after) 500GB NVME drive for appdata and applications and a 250GB ssd for VMs and ISOs

Always take precautions, there are no waters that are truly safe for a pirate.

You would only likely get caught if you either do something stupid or someone tells Microsoft or Adobe with evidence, even then, the process to grass on them is a ballache, so if someone does actually take the time to do it, then you must have pissed them off so bad you might deserve it.

Why not use FOSS alternatives, or at least say you do?

If your stealing assets and IP, its just a matter of when you get caught, not if.

I've gone with Unraid and consumer level hardware (intel i3 12100 and 16gb of standard ddr4 ram) the only "server hardware" I have, is an LSI HBA card that's in IT mode so I can connect more HDDs.

I'm even used SMR drives in my array, just use a good CMR drive for parity and the biggest SSD you can get for your cache drive and you will be good to go.

Windows 10 IoT enterprise LTSC and disable telemetry. Don't bother with 3rd party apps for privacy unless you are 100% sure they are safe.

And never install from an ISO that's been tampered with. Get directly from Microsoft.

Log on to your router, that will show what's connected.

You've forgotten all those extensions which look for discount codes at checkout on online stores, in think "Honey" was one of them.

Vice Admiral Stirling, please can you explain why you have been tormenting over 1000 episodes of a cartoon called "the one price" and from a Russian website? You understand that you are on a Vanguard class submarine and are commander of the fleet?

THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!