We meet the Original King of the Unraid community

On episode 16 of the Uncast Show, get to know Andrew Zawadzki, aka Squid, an Unraid legend responsible for the Community Applications, Fix Common Problems, and the User Scripts plugins, among many others.
Join Ed and Andrew as they discuss Unraid 6.12-rc2, ZFS pros and cons, answer listener questions, and more!
⏱️ Discussion Timestamps
00:00 -Intros and getting to know Andrew
02:30 - Origin of the Squid moniker
03:50 - What Ed and Squid are watching
04:40 - First computers and interest in technology
06:30 - First forays into Linux and Unraid
09:35 - Andrew's first Unraid build, current rig, and total array size
13:20 - Cheers for beer in official Unraid beer glasses 🍻
14:30 - The origin story of Community Applications, future CA plans, and details about Dockerhub
20:15 - Discussing Andrew's other Unraid Plugins: Fix Common Problems, Appdata backup, User Scripts, and how they stack up against the most popular Unraid downloads
24:05 - User Scripts feature request by Ed
26:02 - Listener Question from Daedalus about why or why not plugins are shipped natively with the OS
29:25 - Unraid 6.12.0-rc2 and ZFS: Pros & Cons, use cases, and what Unraiders need to know
32:05 - PSA regarding backups!
33:30 - ZFS Send, compression, and other ZFS features and possibilities
38:58 - Some downsides of using ZFS
41:30 - Unraid Array Parity vs. ZFS pools; differences in data loss and other risks to consider
44:50 - New Customizable Dashboard in Unraid 6.12; Ed's Christmas wish came true!
45:30 - PSA on some plugins that are now incompatible with Unraid 6.12
47:10 - Listener question from Matt asking about booting from USB2 vs. USB3 flash drives
51:30 - Listener question from dansushi about Gaming on VMs
55:52 - Listener question from Mr. Traxson on managing multiple Unraid servers and clustering
1:00:50 - Listener question from Stefano about Home Automation videos and Unraid
Show Links:
Unraid 6.12 rc-2 blog: unraid.net/blog/6-12-0-rc2
Unraid Beer Pints: www.zazzle.com/unraid_beer_gl...
Uncast Show Ep Blog:
unraid.net/blog/uncast-16
Unraid 6.12 Customizable Dashboard preview:
www.loom.com/share/e6a9282030...
Uncast Website:
unraid.net/uncast
Episode Credits:
Host: ‪@SpaceinvaderOne‬
Editor: Carl Hewitt
Producer: Spencer Jones

[@sledgehamma]

Two awesome guys without unRaid wouldn’t be what it is today! Thanks a ton for all your hard work.

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

Thanks so much for the kind words. Both Andrew and I had a load of fun making this episode. Thanks for watching :)

[@Domrockt]

Yes absolutely i have learned so much from both of you :D , i would love to see an beginners Guide on how to replicate any dataset from any ZFS Unraid Pool to another Unraid Pool on the same server.

[@ebcradioshow]

This guy is a legend in the unraid community... A huge thank you for all the things he made...

[@SPXLabs]

I liked the thumbnail so much I hit the like button twice!!! Nice work as always!

[@carleh2008]

thank you buddy, glad you liked it

[@misterbeetz]

Great video. It's really cool to see the Squid himself in the flesh. This dude is the man.

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Great video Ed! and thank you Andrew! for sharing your plugins with all of us :) Have a wonderful week Guys!👍💖😎JP

[@SpaceinvaderOne]

Thankyou. We both had a blast making this. I hope that you have a great week too :)

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

@@SpaceinvaderOne Thanks 😎

[@KptnKMan360]

Great video, its great to hear from the great "Mr Squid" himself. 😄 Also, Ed would be great to hear more about your Home Assistant VM automations, I have been wanting that for the longest time. Do you have the configuration code shared anywhere?

[@technolucas3720]

Wow, thanks for making unRAID so awesome! You really make the app better than the rest of the offerings......

[@CarlosGomez-THX_1138]

Thank you, thank you!

[@dzablow]

Update: Nvidia announced the discontinuation of GameStream, though alternatives are still out there such as moonlight with sunshine, steam link, or parsec.

[@areyesrn]

2 LEGENDS!!!!!!!!!!

[@sparkerb2631]

My mate had a TRS80. You could buy them in the UK. I had a Dragon 32.

[@polobeertje]

What do you recomend? Format all HDD to ZFS and use it in a Unraid a Array. Or make a pool and put my M2 SSD as the unraid array?

[@ebcradioshow]

Squid Please go into the HomeAssistant... its a must have..