{"id":5466,"date":"2023-03-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/netguide.io\/linux\/unraid-server-with-zfs-only\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T10:00:00","slug":"unraid-server-with-zfs-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/netguide.io\/linux\/en\/unraid-server-with-zfs-only\/","title":{"rendered":"unRaid Server with ZFS only"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"4797\" data-bid=\"2\" data-placement=\"4798\">PGRpdiBpZD0ibmV0Z3VpZGVhLTMxOTA5NDMzMDYiIGNsYXNzPSJuZXRndWlkZWEtYmVmb3JlLWNvbnRlbnQgbmV0Z3VpZGVhLWVudGl0eS1wbGFjZW1lbnQiPjxkaXYgY2xhc3M9Im5ldGd1aWRlYS1hZGxhYmVsIj5BZHZlcnRpc2VtZW50czwvZGl2PjxzY3JpcHQgYXN5bmMgc3JjPSIvL3BhZ2VhZDIuZ29vZ2xlc3luZGljYXRpb24uY29tL3BhZ2VhZC9qcy9hZHNieWdvb2dsZS5qcz9jbGllbnQ9Y2EtcHViLTYyNTg1NTYyNTcyNDU5OTgiIGNyb3Nzb3JpZ2luPSJhbm9ueW1vdXMiPjwvc2NyaXB0PjxpbnMgY2xhc3M9ImFkc2J5Z29vZ2xlIiBzdHlsZT0iZGlzcGxheTpibG9jazsiIGRhdGEtYWQtY2xpZW50PSJjYS1wdWItNjI1ODU1NjI1NzI0NTk5OCIgCmRhdGEtYWQtc2xvdD0iMzQ5NDExNTM0MiIgCmRhdGEtYWQtZm9ybWF0PSJhdXRvIj48L2lucz4KPHNjcmlwdD4gCihhZHNieWdvb2dsZSA9IHdpbmRvdy5hZHNieWdvb2dsZSB8fCBbXSkucHVzaCh7fSk7IAo8L3NjcmlwdD4KPC9kaXY+<\/script>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Automatic data error correction. Each individual block in the file system is provided with a checksum so that data errors in the file system\u200b (e.g. caused by data transfer errors) can be detected automatically and corrected without manual intervention if necessary. So you can see ZFS is quasi a jack-of-all-trades. You would like to have this as a standard file system on your Unraid server. Is that possible? With small workarounds it is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Run Unraid Server with the ZFS file system only<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is already a ZFS plugin for Unraid, but you can\u2019t run only ZFS pools. This is because Unraid normally stores some configuration data on the array and this does not work without native integration of ZFS. But there is a simple solution: a \u201cnormal\u201d pool. You just need a USB stick or a USB hard disk. You run this as a normal array in Unraid. Then you can create a ZFS array with the remaining disks. The solution is not completely clean yet. But Lime Technology has hinted at a native integration of ZFS, so if it is not very urgent, wait and see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/l.linuxserver.tips\/USBStick\">USB Stick on Amazon<\/a>*<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/netguide.io\/linux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-21-55-17-Server-Apps-1024x345-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/netguide.io\/linux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-21-55-17-Server-Apps-1024x345-1.png 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-21-55-17-Server-Apps-1024x345-1-300x101.png 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2021-10-09-at-21-55-17-Server-Apps-1024x345-1-768x259.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"4799\" data-bid=\"2\" data-placement=\"4800\">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<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Run an Unraid server with ZFS only. Learn the simple USB-stick workaround to build a pure ZFS pool while Lime Technology works toward native ZFS support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-en"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Tobias Pries","author_link":"https:\/\/netguide.io\/linux\/author\/tobias-pries\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Run an Unraid server with ZFS only. 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