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Unraid is an operating system for network-attached storage that lets you use what you have to build the server you want. Mix and match drives, securely store and share data, and manage VMs and Docker applications—all from a powerful, web-based interface.

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Unraid is hardware agnostic. Mix and match hard drives of any size to build your server and grow your storage capacity. Swap your hardware at any time, or scale into a more complex server set-up.

Store your data in an Unraid array for ultimate flexibility

  • Protect your array with optional parity drives for additional peace of mind.
  • Control how your data is split between drives.
  • Take advantage of cache pools to speed access to your array.

Get higher speeds with a drive pool

  • Format single-drive pools, two-drive mirrors, or even more complex ZFS pools for significant fault tolerance and speed.
  • Use a cache pool with SSDs to enable super-fast writes and take advantage of faster storage speeds for your VMs and applications.

Docker Applications

Thanks to Unraid’s Community Apps plugin, you can easily download and run your favorite applications as Docker containers.

Containers operate separately, and they can’t interact with one another unless you want them to. Restrict the data and resources your applications have access to for maximum security.

Virtual Machines

Unraid runs as a virtualization host, leveraging a hypervisor to give you access to your virtual machines.

Other benefits of running VMs on Unraid

  • Create a Windows VM and pass through a graphics card to enable gaming or video editing.
  • Create any Linux VM you can imagine to run any application you want.

Mount shares into your VMs to allow network-free file access and high-speed file transfers.

Community Apps

Run popular applications like AdGuard, Pi-hole, Home Assistant, and Plex right from your Unraid server. Explore all apps.

Don’t see what you need? Submit your own app and share it with the entire community!

VPN Setup with Tailscale

Connect to your Unraid server from anywhere using your phone, laptop, or another system. All traffic is encrypted and authenticated automatically.

Use Tailscale to:

  • Access the Unraid web UI remotely
  • Connect to virtual machines using built in VNC support
  • Link multiple Unraid servers together with private networking

Want to access Docker containers? You can install Tailscale directly into most containers using the Unraid GUI, and it’s automatic for the majority of community images.

Tailscale makes Unraid access simple, fast, and secure even behind NAT or CGNAT.

More than a Product

We’re a friendly community of tinkerers, content creators, data hoarders, privacy seekers, and boundary pushers. With countless guides, video tutorials, use cases, and communities in just about every social platform and language, you will always feel supported on your journey. We can’t wait to see what you build!

The Possibilities are Endless

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