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It's proprietary, after all. I understand paid is fine, but even then, it usually better be open source.

So, why is Unraid an exception ?

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[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Good point. I got 1 year of ultimate, with the plan to upgrade to perpetual if it was good (it is!).

The coat of that is still less than the cost would have been to buy new matching drives.