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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/danbt on 2023-09-05 08:52:55.

Hey all,

My unraid server (1 data disk, 1 parity disk) has been running without issue for 5 months.

Yesterday I noticed the following

• Parity disk had become "disabled" with no temperature reading, and showing 64 errors
• The same disk appears in unassigned devices in an unmounted state

I thought it was strange, and tried to re add the disk to the array and rebuild parity

• I tried to stop the array, but it wouldn't. I had to pull the power on the machine.
• I restarted the machine, created an array without the parity disk.
• Stopped the array, then re added the parity disk, then started the array
• It took 9 hours to parity check. and finished with no errors.
• 1 hour later, parity disk is disabled with errors, as before.
• Self-tests can't be run on the disk

I'm not sure what to do next. Both disks are only 5 months old.

Thanks all

Some logging that may help

Sep  5 06:48:02 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
Sep  5 06:48:02 Dandromeda kernel: ata1: EH complete
Sep  5 06:48:02 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x60000 SErr 0x400101 action 0x6 frozen
Sep  5 06:48:02 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: irq_stat 0x0c000000, interface fatal error
Sep  5 06:48:02 Dandromeda kernel: ata1: SError: { RecovData UnrecovData Handshk }
Sep  5 06:48:02 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Sep  5 06:48:02 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/80:88:60:5e:25/01:00:00:02:00/40 tag 17 ncq dma 196608 out
Sep  5 06:48:02 Dandromeda kernel:         res 40/00:90:e0:5f:25/00:00:00:02:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Sep  5 06:48:02 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
Sep  5 06:48:02 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Sep  5 06:48:02 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/80:90:e0:5f:25/00:00:00:02:00/40 tag 18 ncq dma 65536 out
Sep  5 06:48:02 Dandromeda kernel:         res 40/00:90:e0:5f:25/00:00:00:02:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Sep  5 06:48:02 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
Sep  5 06:48:02 Dandromeda kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 320)
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Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#17 Sense Key : 0x5 [current] 
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#17 ASC=0x21 ASCQ=0x4 
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#17 CDB: opcode=0x8a 8a 00 00 00 00 02 00 25 5e 60 00 00 01 80 00 00
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 8592383584 op 0x1:(WRITE) flags 0x800 phys_seg 48 prio class 0
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383520
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383528
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383536
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383544
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383552
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383560
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383568
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383576
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383584
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383592
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383600
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383608
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383616
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383624
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383632
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383640
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383648
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383656
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383664
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383672
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383680
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383688
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383696
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383704
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383712
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383720
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383728
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383736
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383744
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383752
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383760
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383768
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383776
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383784
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383792
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383800
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383808
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383816
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383824
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383832
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383840
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383848
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383856
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383864
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383872
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383880
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383888
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383896
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: ata1: EH complete
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x40 SErr 0x400101 action 0x6 frozen
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: irq_stat 0x0c000000, interface fatal error
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: ata1: SError: { RecovData UnrecovData Handshk }
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE FPDMA QUEUED
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/80:30:e0:5f:25/00:00:00:02:00/40 tag 6 ncq dma 65536 out
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel:         res 40/00:30:e0:5f:25/00:00:00:02:00/40 Emask 0x10 (ATA bus error)
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
Sep  5 06:48:03 Dandromeda kernel: ata1: hard resetting link
Sep  5 06:48:05 Dandromeda kernel: ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 1 SControl 310)
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Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#6 Sense Key : 0x2 [current] 
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#6 ASC=0x4 ASCQ=0x21 
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#6 CDB: opcode=0x8a 8a 00 00 00 00 02 00 25 5f e0 00 00 00 80 00 00
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 8592383968 op 0x1:(WRITE) flags 0x800 phys_seg 16 prio class 0
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383904
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383912
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383920
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383928
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383936
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383944
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383952
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383960
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383968
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383976
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383984
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592383992
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592384000
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592384008
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592384016
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: md: disk0 write error, sector=8592384024
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: ata1: EH complete
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
Sep  5 06:48:09 Dandromeda kernel: ata1.00: detaching (SCSI 1:0:0:0)
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Sep  5 07:03:02 Dandromeda  emhttpd: spinning down /dev/sdb
Sep  5 07:03:02 Dandromeda  emhttpd: sdspin /dev/sdb down: 2
Sep  5 07:38:17 Dandromeda webGUI: Successful login user root from 192.168.1.130
Sep  5 07:38:18 Dandromeda  emhttpd: error: hotplug_devices, 1730: No such file or directory (2): Error: tagged device ST8000VN004-2M2101_WSD9XJ8T was (sdb) is now (sdd)
Sep  5 07:38:18 Dandromeda  emhttpd: read SMART /dev/sdd

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/nononoitsfine on 2023-09-05 06:05:23.

Hey folks,

Been rebuilding my network and I was hoping to have a lot of commonly used containers mapped to IPs, so I could do some DNS overwriting, as I've found it somewhat annoying to remember which container is 7878 and which is 8787.

To that end, I've slapped the containers on br0 and given them static IPs. Some containers (qb, homer, etc) will allow me to remap to port 80 for their own special IP, but some containers (all of the linuxserver *arrs) are being a bit salty and, despite me overriding WebGUI with port 80, are still using their default ports on their new IPs.

Am I missing something? Is there some definite override hidden in some config I can use to force these boxes onto port 80?

Thanks!

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/darkrom on 2023-09-04 19:28:00.

I had to manually move my appdata folder back to the new cache pool which took forever. Backup/restore appdata failed not sure why.

The following are my logs I am getting when starting plex now.

This is the final piece to this disaster recovery, any tips? I really don't want to blow it up and start it again even though all the media is in place, it is a massive library and I don't want to support my handful of friends and family getting setup again if I can avoid it. Please help?

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/Assetto_corser on 2023-09-05 08:50:31.

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/no1warr1or on 2023-09-05 02:12:21.

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/Jman_98 on 2023-09-05 00:39:30.

Now what?

I've got unRAID installed and started an array on an old desktop to prove things out before I build a dedicated machine.

I want to host an offsite backup for my parents, mainly photos and some documents. What do I need to install to be able to do that for them?

Everywhere I look, I see suggestions on what to use but with little advice on what needs to be installed first as a prerequisite. It feels like I'm doing algebra without knowing that I need to multiply before I add.

I've got PhotoPrism running and can open it on my local network. How do I safely allow it to be accessed from an off-site network?

Mom has a handful of loose hard drives that she swaps between when she is digitizing old family photos. How should I bring those hard drives into the array without losing the data on them?

Is there a list of utilities/plug-ins/apps that should be used on most unRAID servers?

Any suggestions on hardware for the final machine are welcome too.

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/dukeminster on 2023-09-04 21:42:47.

Hi All, I have an old desktop PC that im looking to sell on and I was wondering if I should keep the GPU for my unraid/plex server.

GPU is Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB NVIDIA Here are my current server stats.

Is adding this GPU likely to make any difference to anything?

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/drallred on 2023-09-04 20:27:14.

Just upgraded my server from an old 4 core system to the ASRock Z690 Pro RS with the i7-12700K. The system powers up and I can get to the BIOS, It sees the USB stick and it is the only thing in the boot order. it is setup for UEFI boot from the USB. I have tried it in all USB ports on the server. the same thing. Any ideas?

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/Thediverdk on 2023-09-04 21:07:20.

Hi everyone

A few weeks ago i bought a USB stick with an Unraid Plus licens, i have tested it on my very old (+10 years old) server, and it works,

I would like to get more processing power, more memory and newer hardware, that uses less power.

But I have not build my own machine since i made this more than 10 years ago. So i need some help :)

The purpose of the machine, is hosting my DVD collection, so my kids can watch old movies.Running a multitude of Docker Containers like: Grafana, Influx, Zigbee2Mqtt, Plex, Home Assistant, Mysql, Dotnet Core, Minecraft and more.

I would like the following features:

6 Sata Ports

at least 1 nvme port (prefer 2 or more)

possibility for at least 2*32 GB ram.

At least 1 Gbit/s ethernet.

A cpu with Intel Quick sync would be nice to transcode the movies.

a low power CPU to lower the running costs.

What motherboard and CPU would be a good choice? a ATX formfactor would be nice, so it fit in my old Antec Housing.

Thanks a lot for your time.

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/nraygun on 2023-09-04 20:41:17.

Does someone have a decoder ring for these utilities? I think I only need the qemu-ga-x86_64, but not sure about the other ones.

I update the drivers in Device Manager and point to the virtio drive.

Do I need to install the other two?

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/dopeytree on 2023-09-03 21:16:20.

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/bDestroyerd on 2023-09-04 06:03:42.

So I was going through the steps on this guide: to get compatibility for my Intel ARC A380 by updating the kernel, but I kept stumbling on things that I didn't have ("squashfs", and "make"). And I didn't find anywhere where I could get those on the guide. I did find the "squashfs" then, but "make" eludes me still. So I don't know if anyone has done this stuff before and can give me a step-by-step on how to do it (including how to download and what needs to be download), or if you have a better way of updating the kernel. Any help would be greatly appreciated. And I already know and accept the risks that may come from updating the kernel and I have already made a backup of my entire OS if in the case something does break.

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/ATTACK_THE_CORE on 2023-09-03 14:18:05.

Hi,

I built an Unraid box last year and have been trucking along happily with it since. Unfortunately I might be having an issue with the USB boot drive and I'm not sure how to salvage this without losing around 40TB of stuff.

Everything was working fine last night but when I woke up Sonarr wasn't able to talk to SAbnzbd. I frowned and went to the dashboard which didn't load. After restarting the thing now it's not booting. On pressing power I get fifteen seconds of a black screen, a quick logo flash, and then a black screen with an unblinking white cursor in the top left. Nothing else happens.

I don't have a backup of the USB drive anymore, unfortunately. I was very sick for almost all of this year and while I had one it's ancient and I don't even know where it is. When I plug the drive into my Windows machine it just tells me to format it and I'm pretty sure that would be a bad idea. I don't know which drives are which within the Unraid box and so I don't think I should be trying to make a new boot USB blindly. Can anybody point me in the direction of some steps I can take to unfuck this, if there are any?

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/fscheps on 2023-09-04 10:29:47.

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/nickelmedia on 2023-09-04 06:38:01.

I currently have an unRAID server set up and working in an old tower PC I reused. It's got four WD Red drives and is nearing capacity. I recently rebuilt my main computer in a mini-itx and now I want to scale down the size of my raid machine.

95% of my content is high-res photography in RAW and JPG. I've recently been reading about the Synology and their AI photo moments software which would allow me to easily search my 15+ years of photos from anywhere, and set up albums to share with clients.

My question is, can unRAID do anything like this relatively easily? Can I build a new machine with drives similar in size to a 4-6 bay Synology for under $1000 (including drives). I know the majority of people here are very deep into the unRAID ecosystem, but for someone who doesn't do much tinkering and prefers a straightforward plug & play solution, is switching to a Synology a decent idea?

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/NurseWizzle on 2023-09-03 22:12:25.

This is my first time doing this, is it normal for it to say "invalid"?

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/skinna555 on 2023-09-03 16:52:51.

Hi Guys,

Backstory:

Currently, my family "server" is just a relatively old Windows PC with no screen that I just teamviewer into for sonarr, radarr, prowlarr and Plex. Files are downloaded with qbittorent to an external 2TB hard drive, and sonarr and radarr do their thing and copy these files to their final resting place on the internal hard drives. Once a week or so, I power-down this "server" and take the external hard drive to my parents house, where files are copied to their equivalent "server". The hard drive is then wiped and bought back home.

I have been building PC's for 20 years, but have never made a fit-for-purpose server. I haven't used UNRAID, but am sold on it, if only for the lack of having to run windows and the associated bloat, as well as the efficient way to control it. I do not need to have my files in RAID. RAID 0 is fine (All family photos etc are cloud backups and I wouldn't lose sleep over losing some movies and TV shows I could re-download if I wanted to)

I have relatively powerful server components on the way

Plex and downloading are my only use case here.

The Question:

Taking into account I only need RAID 0, and that I will have a cache M2 drive also installed.

Is it possible to use UNRAID and still have the system that I have now. To:

1. Have an external USB HDD be default download directory of qbittorent.
2. Have radarr and sonarr copy these files from the external to the internal drives.

Thanks in advance, no matter the outcome.

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/LightCy on 2023-09-03 17:40:27.

Title basically, I want to know if browsing using the container will expose my history or activity at work?

I am thinking that all information should in theory stay on my server and that the only thing my employer should be able to see is the web address of my docker container (I am using Cloudflare Tunnels btw). But I am really a novice so I thought I should I ask!

Edit: Just to clarify in light of some comments, I do not use my work computer for any non-SFW activities. I fully understand that any devices provided by my employer are not my own and should not be considered private. Here are some examples of actions that led me to consider using my own browser from my server:

• Last Friday, I was looking to buy tickets for a family trip to the zoo.
• Sometimes during my coffee break, I enjoy reading on my Kavita library.
• I often open up my Nextcloud to view some files.
• I browse Reddit and monitor my server.

While I have no fears about my employer seeing these activities, I value my privacy. Therefore, if there’s an opportunity to make it more difficult for them to do so, why not take it? That's why I am here asking the question. Also, it's quite fun to educate myself on all that stuff.

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/ollie_olsson on 2023-09-03 13:05:55.

This is going to be a big question, with a lot of "it depends", but here goes anyway.

I would call myself the average Unraid user: Arrs, Plex, Nextcloud, and other small "standard" dockers running. Nothing all to wild.

I have 6 HDD's for storage, 1 parity, 1 2.5" SSD for cache. I'm happy with it - it works, but I do wonder if I'm getting everything out of my equipment, or following "best practices".

I read a lot of people have ZFS cache pools, ZFS this, ZFS that. But I do wonder: am I doing anything wrong? In the sense that, I should use my one m.2 nvme slot for my cache for best performance. It won't be mirroed, but instead I can have it backed-up somewhere else. Or is it worth the investment and buy a PCI-e card to hold several nvme's for a raid setup? And, since I have the space in my chassi - run at least two HDD for parity. Should I have scheduled backup of my cache/appdata?

It's just me that uses my server, with the occasional "visit" from my brother who buffers content on his end to watch at his home.

I watch spaceinvader one videos, and there are some setups that seem interesting - but then I think, "do I really need that?"

This is most probably just a big brain fart, but I hope you guys understand what I'm asking.

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/SamSausages on 2023-09-02 14:16:54.

Is it just me or is windows 11 storage spaces about convenience and not performance? Have we gone backwards from software raid that actually worked?

My use case is Video Game Storage/install.

I'm using 4 SATA SSD's in Storage Spaces RAID0 and I only get the performance of 1 SATA drive. The AMD Raid option isn't much better and looks like abandonware.

Yet I want better performance on my PC than 500/MBs of 1 SATA. (Already filled my M.2's) Heck, I was getting much better SATA storage performance 5 years ago using software raid and SSD's...

I don't want to drop a RAID card into my PC, but I already have a 10g network and can access my ZFS NVMe Pool on my Unraid Server faster than my local SATA SSD storage. (at least throughput, haven't tested latency)

So now I'm wondering if I should just move my game storage over to my Unraid, either with an SMB mounted disk, or setting up an iSCSI target.

I'm sure latency will be worse, but I'm wondering if the throughput is more important. Also, I'll be saving some latency by not using SATA and accessing NVMe storage.

Did I miss something about software RAID on Windows over the past 5 years?

Has anyone actually tried this? Thoughts?

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/1_Strange_Bird on 2023-09-02 20:13:17.

I’ve been looking into upgrading my single 4tb external drive to at least a 2 or 4 bays and started down a rabbit hole and I’m confused on all the options out there.

There is Synology, unRaid and TrueNas and I’m trying to figure out which one makes the most sense for me.

It seems like Synology is more of an appliance as the hardware and software are bundled as one whereas unRAID is more of a software solution? Is that correct? Does that mean any enclosure will work with unRaid?

How does unRAID compare to something like Ubuntu? I run Plex and a bunch of other containers on my mini pc and curious if my NAS server would replace all of that or just add to it? Like can I just plug it into my PC and mount it like an external drive? Why is a whole OS needed?

Do people typically run applications on the NAS or do they use a dedicated machine?

Thanks

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/chris247 on 2023-09-02 18:26:35.

Mainly wondering about getting the 64tb off of gdrive. Is it as simple as setting up a user script for rclone sync?

It seems it's a good idea to do large data transfers without a parity drive as well as disable the cache drive temporarily. Does that mean it's fine to set up the new array without a parity drive and then add one once all the data has been copied over?

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/TavanTV on 2023-09-02 10:05:28.

unraid setup:

Array: 3, 18th Ironwolf Pro drives (1 parity) (XFS)

Cache Pool: 2, 1TB SSDs (ZFS)

whenever i transfer anything from my PC, or inbetween shares, the speeds start off blazing fast, then dip down and gets to about 60MB/s. however, it doesnt stay there either. it will sit at 60 for about 10 seconds. then drop to 0 for about 10 seconds. it will continue this pattern the entirety of the transfer. which makes transfering anything extremely long.

any suggestions?

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/fastcar123 on 2023-09-02 17:41:58.

Don't click away! I know this question has been asked over and over. I'm still racking my brain with the 2 options.

Most of the questions I have found were asked before unRAID implemented ZFS, which does dramaticly impact my decision.

To preface, I am willing to buy the license for unRAID if that's the route that works best for me.

So here's what I have A older used server containing the following hardware

• 2x xeon E5-2660 14 core 28 thread cpus
• up to 256gb of registered ecc memory
• 3x 4tb hdds for storage pool
• 2x 500gb pcie 3.0 nvme ssds

I intend to upgrade to 10gb Lan and also add a Nvidia quadro/tesla/gtx for video rendering later on.

I know all of that sounds like overkill, but it should be known that I intend to run a windows 10 VM and it will receive the majority of the cpu horsepower. The plan there is to use remote desktop to have a power house processing computer that I can then store files to the raid array very quickly.

My use case

I run a small YouTube/twitch channel as well as frequently stack photos for astrophotography. Both of the tasks require some computing power. This use case is the reason the server is so overbuilt, as most of the system resources will go here (unless the Nas OS can benefit from lots of ram).

I want to make sure these files are stored away for safe keeping. So data security is paramount. (I realize that storing my data on a server is not the same as backups. For that, all I can say is I'm working on it. I'll probably do offline backups for this).

I will have 2 consecutive users of this server for all of the above mentioned tasks. I want to be able to work with the files directly off of the server, so we're not both constantly transferring files back and forth. Speed is a second priority after security.

Once a project is finished, it will likely not be touched again for many months, if ever again.

I initially bought the 2 ssds for running the boot OS and vms, but I will happily use them as a secondary pool or cache, so long as I have room to store the vms and their related softwares somewhere.

Lastly about me and my capabilities.

I studied computers in college and I easily picked up on the hardware aspect, but software and networkings have always been problematic for me. I'm not completely incompetent in these areas, but certainly more user friendly setup and usage is preferred.

So tldr: I need a Nas OS that can -utilize lots of powerful hardware with upgrades down the road -protect my files from catastrophic failures -can be used by multiple people at once -is fast enough to operate as if the storage was on the computer I'm using -be easily set up, maintained, and used

Let me know what you guys think. Really torn between the two OS choices. Thanks!

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The original was posted on /r/unraid by /u/an-can on 2023-09-02 08:53:52.

Hi, I'm replacing my Ryzen setup with something more power efficient, and most probably Intel for Quicksync, but the more research I do the more complex it seems.

I've tried a N5105 itx-board but while it handles Plex transcoding fine it's just too anemic for my other VM's/Dockers.

I guess most modern Intel CPU's will fill the requirement, but there's also the many different chipsets to consider. Energy usage of motherboards seems to be a big factor for a system that is idling most of the time, so something without much features and a good chipset. I've been looking at H410-based boards but are a bit hesitant since they appear to have limitations regarding PCIe-lanes and RAM-channels. The boards are cheap though which is a big plus.

I'll be using a PCIe x16 to 4 x m.2 adapter as a base for the storage, with two m.2 SATA controllers. I've read that if fill up the remaining two slots there might be issues with bifurcation, so I guess that's a parameter as well. It wouldn't hurt with a couple of extra PCIe x4 slots as well.

Anyone got insights in what might be a sweet spot here, that's capable, power efficient and not too expensive?