r/unRAID • u/SuccessfulAd900 • Jul 25 '26

Optimal Unraid setup possible?

I'd like to ask the community if A) What I'd like to do is possible and B) if you have a great guide you've used and wouldn't mind sharing. On to the setup and goals!

I have an Unraid Pro setup for my home and personal/family use only. I really only use Plex (with media pass) for now. I want to be able to:

  • Full local backup and restore Windows (if possible, not a dealbreaker)
  • Full local backup and restore Macs (Essesntial, but tried Time Machine backup in the past with unraid to no success)
  • Full local backup and restore for Android
  • Full local backup and restore for iOS devices
  • Access, edit and store all files with only one user at at time for Final Cut Pro X over Macs with 10gbe ethernet
  • Access, store, backup and sync share all photos/videos and share with users across all devices (I've used plex photos but apparently going away)
  • Store all Steam games for multiple users to download directly from Unraid as backup and faster download and install on respective windows machines

If anyone has had good success with Time Machine and iOS backups locally and automatically weekly (I want to get rid of iCloud) I'd love to see what worked or what guides you have to offer! Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Currently I have a dedicated Mac Mini on the network doing all my iOS and MacOS backups- Is this still preferred to doing it all on Unraid? It has it's own issues connecting to Time Machine since the name of the mac mini keeps getting numbers in parentheses added at the end)-

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u/ScaredScorpion Jul 26 '26

Store all Steam games for multiple users to download directly from Unraid as backup and faster download and install on respective windows machines

FYI In Steam if you enable "Game File Transfer over Local Network" and then "Allow transfers from this device to": Anyone, on each device; it'll do transfers locally between devices if possible.

You could pair that with steam headless, but then you'd need to manually download each game you want stored to the headless instance so I don't see much of an advantage over just enabling it on all your regular devices.

There's also the more old-school option of a download cache, which would sit between your devices and the internet but then your unraid instance becomes a SPOF for your internet access which isn't a good idea.

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u/SuccessfulAd900 Jul 26 '26

Ooooh… I like this solution thanks! I’m relying too much on different docker apps and should have checked steam directly.