Unraid April 2026: X15 Server, 7.3 RC, SMB Plugin + More

Everything that happened with Unraid in April 2026 in 6 minutes.

This month: the X15 server is here, Unraid 7.3.0 hits RC, 7.2.5 lands for stable users, we spotlight the Custom SMB Shares plugin, and much more!

X15 by 45HomeLab x Unraid: 15 bays, built from the ground up by both teams.

Order yours: Specs:

-Intel i7-14700 — 20 cores, 28 threads, integrated GPU handles hardware-accelerated transcoding with no discrete card needed

-Gigabyte MW34-SP0 workstation board — Intel W680 chipset with ECC memory support, ASPEED AST2600 BMC for full IPMI remote management, 4x PCIe Gen4 M.2, 8x SATA, dual PCIe Gen5 slots for future GPU expansion

-Arctic P12 Pro fans — quiet enough for home or office, enough airflow for full load

-Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 Mini CPU cooler — full speed under load, no thermal throttling

-Intel x550-T2 dual 10GbE NIC — fast file transfers over standard Cat6, plus dual onboard 2.5GbE and dedicated IPMI port

-LSI 9400 HBA — 12Gb/s SAS, one of the most trusted storage controllers in the Unraid community

-Corsair RM1000x — 1000W, 80+ Gold, fully modular, headroom for a GPU or additional hardware

-16GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM — catches and corrects single-bit errors before they become data corruption

-1TB Kingston NV3 NVMe boot drive — dedicated solid-state boot, no SD card or USB stick

-Lifetime Unraid license included — $249 value!

Order yours.

Unraid 7.3.0-rc.1 is live with Internal Boot (NVMe, SSD, eMMC), a new onboarding wizard, ZFS/VM/storage improvements, and more. Stable is close.

🔒 Unraid 7.2.5 is out now with security and bug fixes covering a myriad of CVEs and quality-of-life improvements. All users should update:.

App of the Month: Custom SMB Shares offers granular per-share SMB config, subfolder sharing, custom names, special characters, share cloning, and per-user permissions.

Full setup video.

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