A new 22 TiB storage platform, dual-drive redundancy, remote hardware visibility, and a polished family experience.
3.0Release27Documented changes7System areas
A much bigger home for the library
PlumNet now has a dedicated storage platform with room to grow far beyond the original server.
New
Added a dedicated Dell storage server and PowerVault expansion shelf with approximately 22 TiB of usable capacity.
Protected
Built the storage array with dual-drive RAID6 protection and a ready hot spare so one failed disk can be replaced automatically while a second failure remains covered.
Improved
Connected both PowerVault power supplies for normal cooling, quieter operation, and redundant enclosure power.
Protected
Kept the original media library unchanged throughout the transfer and retained it as a rollback copy after the verified final cutover.
TrueNAS storage services
The new capacity is organized and shared through a purpose-built storage operating system.
New
Deployed TrueNAS Community Edition on the storage server and created a dedicated PlumNet data area for the family library.
New
Prepared both NFS access for the media applications and SMB access for normal file sharing.
Protected
Aligned ownership and permissions before migration so the existing media services can keep their familiar paths after cutover.
Verified
Completed the reversible final sync, service stop, storage switch, validation, and rollback-safe migration sequence.
Remote hardware management
The new server can be observed and supported remotely from its earliest boot messages.
Improved
Updated the server's remote-management firmware and restored its network configuration after the upgrade.
New
Added a modern-browser console for watching startup, storage-controller, firmware, boot-device, and operating-system messages.
Protected
Created a dedicated least-privilege console account that can view and operate the remote screen without receiving server-control or administration rights.
Protected
Exported and cleared the inherited hardware logs so future alerts begin from a clean and useful baseline.
PlumStream organization and comfort
The library is easier to browse, and long-running background sounds behave better on televisions.
New
Added the official TMDb Box Sets integration and automatically organized the existing movie library into 21 collections.
Improved
Converted White Noise, Brown Noise, and Gentle Thunderstorm into 24-hour black-screen videos so television clients stay in an active playback session.
Protected
Pinned the collection deployment by checksum and kept separate configuration, database, and media-generation recovery paths.
Smarter library care
Maintenance decisions now use better watch history and remain review-driven.
Improved
Updated Maintainerr and corrected its last-played logic so recently watched titles no longer appear as stale by mistake.
Protected
Kept the recurring Leaving Soon policy review-only with automatic deletion disabled.
Improved
Completed one owner-approved cleanup that reclaimed 455 GiB and verified the selected titles disappeared cleanly from the library, request history, and storage.
Family experience and reliability
A focused quality pass corrected small inconsistencies across the family and owner experiences.
Fixed
Corrected PlumHome's time-based greeting so it no longer produces a browser hydration mismatch across time zones.
Fixed
Replaced a misleading all-finished download message with a neutral reconnecting state whenever live queue details are unavailable.
Fixed
Repaired PlumHome support links, refreshed its installed-app icons, and made PlumStream's wordmark persist through web-client replacement.
Improved
Brought PlumRMM and PlumIT Status into the warm PlumNet visual system while preserving their private administrative workflows.
Improved
Refined keyboard focus and mobile-menu behavior on the family website and rechecked narrow and desktop layouts.
Migration and validation
The live library moved safely, with the old storage preserved as an independent recovery path.
Verified
Completed the full media transfer and final delta sync, then reconciled the source and destination before cutover.
Verified
Moved the media applications to TrueNAS, restored every expected container, and confirmed real PlumStream playback from the new storage.
Protected
Retained the original storage unchanged during the rollback window while the new RAID array completes its background initialization.
Protected
Keep the storage-network move as a separate future change so addressing and switch configuration do not complicate the active data migration.