MattC69

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  1. Hi, Would anyone mind sharing a step by step guide on how to setup backups using unassigned devices and rsync? I am not too good with scripts so ideally an example would help. Thanks
  2. Is anyone able to point me in the direction of a guide to getting the backups setup? I have got unassigned devices running and an external usb hard drive with a disk share inside it called backup. I want to backup the array to this share.
  3. Does anyone have any ideas about backing up? Is there a guide somewhere for getting up and running? Thanks
  4. Hi all, I have been looking through the forums trying to find a way of backing up my shares to two external USB hard drives. I plan on setting up the backup to one drive then adding an extra drive for backup at a later date. What are the latest options for carrying out the backup and what do you recommend? I have seen a bit about using unassigned devices but I am not sure about what I need to do wit the scripts. Thanks Matt
  5. Hi Guys, I am trying to get something setup so I can wake the server remotely, I have got the Dynamix S3 sleep to work I just need to get a way to wake it now. I have tried to use solar winds WOL tool but it doesn't wake the system. I ran ethtool eth0 and I get this in the menu. Supports Wake-on: pumbg Wake-on: g I have tried working through the sleep setup page but not had any luck. https://wiki.unraid.net/Setup_Sleep_(S3)_and_Wake_on_Lan_(WOL) I am using a GA-X58A-UD7 motherboard which uses 2x RTL8111D NIC's would adding this ethtool -s eth0 wol g to the /config/go file work? thanks
  6. That is great information, thanks for taking the time to post. I will look into it.
  7. I understand that this isn't the best way to backup, I would have a local backup of the server onto an external USB hard drive. What is the best way to back up the array onto an external hard drive?
  8. Hi all, I am starting to get my head around the Unraid system and I am now onto backups and dockers. Can anyone point me in the direction of a method to backup the data on the full array onto a USB hard drive? Also can anyone recommend a way to backup my machines onto the Unraid server? I was thinking to create a user share called Backup for each machine then use the built in windows 10 backup to the network drive on the server. I might not do this if I can get my wife and son's to save directly to the server. Also I have setup a Plex docker which runs but it doesn't seem to have any media in it, I added the paths to the docker setup. Also is there a way to add more directory's to the docker? Turns out I was just tired and I have now sorted it, I just hadn't setup the Plex side of things Thanks again Matt
  9. Hi all, I am running the C3 sleep plugin and I don't think it is working correctly. I have added times when I don't want it to sleep, I was expecting it to wake the server but it doesn't but I will add a wake on LAN to my setup. I was also expecting it to put the server to sleep at midnight but it didn't put it to sleep. The sleep buttons that are on my dashboard will put the system to sleep (I am not sure if this is this plugin or the system buttons one) Thanks Matt
  10. Hi I have attached a diagnostic file, It seems to have improved today after I did a shutdown last night. although it is currently going slow (to be fair it is copying a lot of small files) xavier-diagnostics-20200125-2123.zip
  11. This shows how it is fine for a time then slows down. I have also noticed that only one of the CPU cores is doing anything.
  12. Hi all, I am wondering if anyone can help, i am getting a strange behaviour when copying files to my server. I am copying films from one of my systems to the server so most of the files are around 4gb. everything runs fine for 5 minuets about 60-100 MB/s then slow right down to 10 MB/s if I change something like setting a share to use the cache drive (one that I am not copying to) the speed will go back up to the higher speed. Thanks
  13. That's great thanks, I was coming to that conclusion and I was going to check some settings. Again thanks for everyone's reply's
  14. Hi all, I have ordered my 3x4tb drives. I intend to add 2 more drives probably WD red pro drives and then use them as the parity drives. My drives should be arriving tomorrow and I have gone through and started the setup of Unraid without the array. I have come up with a few questions and I hope someone will be kind enough to point me in the direction of the answer. The first is about security and passwords, I have setup some user accounts each with a password on the server, obviously these don't have any shares associated with them yet because there is no array. I have also setup a password for the root account. Is the server visible to the internet and with the passwords set is it secure? I don't have anything like a firewall other than what is in the Virgin Media router. I don't currently plan on having access to the server remotely at the moment and only on computers on the LAN will have access. I haven't got to this point yet but how do I access the shares on windows 10, I haven't seen anything on the wikki about this. do i just map to the shares in win 10? If I do this how do the passwords work for the users which have access to these shares? Is there a single sign on/ can windows save the logon information? How do I setup backup to an external USB hard drive, and does this drive count towards the licence? Finally is there a way to identify the drives in the array so if I get a failure I know which one it is, I was thinking or adding a disk and marking it, shutting down, adding a second disk and marking it and so on? Are there any recommended addons I should install?
  15. Hi all, can I upgrade the Unraid license at any time, is there any other differences between the different licences other than the number of storage drives?
  16. Is it as easy to add a second parity drive to the system as it is to add a data drive?
  17. Hi all, I have had a quick look through the wikki pages but I am going to look in a bit more detail later. I would prefer having some parity of the disks, i would expect that 2x 8tb would be almost the same as a raid 1. I think I am going to try and get some disks this weekend and start the setup using the trial version. Do you know if the disks park when not in use?
  18. Hello all, I am new to the forum and I am investigating creating a NAS system by reusing some old hardware and buying some new stuff. I am in the UK and we don't have anything like micro center, there is Currys but they aren't always the best for price. Old Kit, CPU: Intel Xeon x5670 or i7 920 Ram: 12gb (6x2gb) Patriot Viper DDR3 1600 GPU: Sapphire Radeon hd 5850 2gb MoBo: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 PSU: EVGA GQ 750 SSD: Kingston A400 120gb Case: Coolermaster MasterBox 5 (with some drive caddies from my other cases) External drives: 1x WD 4tb 1x Samsung 2tb New Kit, HDD's: Unraid 4x 4tb drives with 2 of these for parity. I was expecting to need 6x 3tb RAIDZ2 drives for Freenas. My current setup is 3x desktops (me, the wife, my son) 2x smart tv's, 2x laptops one belongs to the wife and one is used in the workshop. Currently the data is split between the desktops with the wifes one of acting as a Plex and photo server. I have a backup on this desktop onto one of the external drives and my desktop backs up onto the other external drive but it is a bit of a pain checking that these have run and I have duplicate information on the systems. I want to bring this all together into one system so it is easier to maintain and accessible from all the machines with some restrictions for some users. I use Google cloud to back up my photos in addition to the local backup but it is expensive to increase the storage capacity. I currently have about 7tb of data over the machines but some of this is duplicated, my amount of data doesn't increase very rapidly and the 1tb overhead will last probably 8-12 months. I have a couple of questions that will help with my decision as to which way to go. Do you think the hardware above is ok for running Unraid? Can I set up the system to sleep over night and in the day when there is minimal usage? How do the two systems compare in relation to drive failure? How does windows see the drives, can I set it up as a single drive and have folders within this that have some restrictions? How is the data written to the drives for example if I put a folder with 4 documents inside are these split across the drives? How easy is it to expand the pool? How easy is it to handle a drive failure? Can I run a backup to an external drive over USB? What should I do with the SSD (I was going to install Freenas on it) could I use is as a cash drive or should I get another one for raid 1 before I do this? How does a cash disk affect the system? What is the recommended way to get disks, should I but some NAS drives (I am looking at Ironwolf drives) or get them from enclosures? Can I run 2x USB sticks and set one as a backup for the other? Sorry for the mass of questions, I am currently thinking that Unraid might be better because I can expand the pool and that I can get some of my information back even if there is a total failure of the system. Thanks in advance.