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

<p><strong>Everything that happened with Unraid in April 2026 in 6 minutes.</strong></p><p>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!</p><p><a href="⁠https://unraid.net/45homelabxunraid" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>X15 by 45HomeLab x Unraid</strong></a><strong>:</strong> 15 bays, built from the ground up by both teams. </p><p>Order yours: Specs:</p><p>-Intel i7-14700 — 20 cores, 28 threads, integrated GPU handles hardware-accelerated transcoding with no discrete card needed</p><p>-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</p><p>-Arctic P12 Pro fans — quiet enough for home or office, enough airflow for full load</p><p>-Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 Mini CPU cooler — full speed under load, no thermal throttling</p><p>-Intel x550-T2 dual 10GbE NIC — fast file transfers over standard Cat6, plus dual onboard 2.5GbE and dedicated IPMI port</p><p>-LSI 9400 HBA — 12Gb/s SAS, one of the most trusted storage controllers in the Unraid community</p><p>-Corsair RM1000x — 1000W, 80+ Gold, fully modular, headroom for a GPU or additional hardware</p><p>-16GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM — catches and corrects single-bit errors before they become data corruption</p><p>-1TB Kingston NV3 NVMe boot drive — dedicated solid-state boot, no SD card or USB stick</p><p>-Lifetime Unraid license included — $249 value!</p><p><a href="https://unraid.net/45homelabxunraid⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Order yours</strong></a>.</p><p><a href=" ⁠https://unraid.net/blog/unraid-7-3-rc.1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Unraid 7.3.0-rc.1 is live</strong></a> with Internal Boot (NVMe, SSD, eMMC), a new onboarding wizard, ZFS/VM/storage improvements, and more. Stable is close.</p><p>🔒 <strong>Unraid 7.2.5</strong> is out now with security and bug fixes covering a myriad of CVEs and quality-of-life improvements. All users should update:.</p><p><strong>App of the Month: Custom SMB Shares</strong> offers granular per-share SMB config, subfolder sharing, custom names, special characters, share cloning, and per-user permissions. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PoQ0STXN6c" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Full setup video.</strong></a></p><p>🌐 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwVmbHDkhWk&pp=0gcJCR0AztywvtLA" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Cloudflare Tunnels vs NGINX</strong></a></p><p>Prefer to read this? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHlQWUstMjVyRGQxTWVXZ0RkNFNmS2UtVGdId3xBQ3Jtc0tsa3hySDdkV2tRazJudkdrM2dkNGxDekZmUGt3ZVZJeUstaGNaX043RlRnRUVlTF9ubzFIWGFNUzJhWG10T1F3OFZjTlg4c1VQYjVXcE82OEtSV294RUtXV2VRLXdLN3c3Z1k3RG15enpyRjFlMGN3RQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter.unraid.net%2Fp%2Funraid-april-digest-b8d4&v=sM4EkgvWZpg" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Subscribe to the Unraid Monthly Digest</strong></a></p><p>What will you build with Unraid? </p><p><a href="https://unraid.net/getting-started⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Get Started with Unraid in 15 minutes or less.</strong></a></p>