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So...
I have been running this server for a month or so now, it's actually running pretty well.
I just use it to stash copies of data in, like dumping it for long term storage in case something goes wrong.
It's basically a glorified external drive.
I'm still thinking it would maybe benefit from more CPU power, like when I parity check it takes quite a while, and so do mover script - I'm very unsure if that's just the drive speed, or if it's part of the CPU also?
I can see in parity check the CPU use between 85-100%
In general moving data it use between 10-60% CPU
When mover runs, it uses around 70%-100% CPU
I suspect its the drives alone that's the biggest bottleneck, but I do have a few motherboards/CPU with lot more power I could switch to - if it would make sense, I'm just not to sure it actually would
I will never run heavy dockers or media stuff, this is not the box for that
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On 3/25/2021 at 3:32 PM, trurl said:
That is a very old thread which was originally for a script developed for much older versions of Unraid, but there might be some useful information in it about how the plugin works.
You should probably start with the official support thread for the current plugin instead though.
Do you have Community Applications installed? If so, just go to the Apps page and search for Cache Dirs. You can also go to the support thread for any plugin by clicking its Support link (?) in the listing for the plugin on the Apps page, or from the Support link for the plugin on the Plugins page after installing it.
Unfortunately, that official support thread is also the thread for a lot of other plugins by that same author so there is a bit to wade through there.
After you install the plugin see if you can figure it out from its description and settings.
Lol, wait a second, I had actually not installed the CA... But I have now!
Thanks.
So installed the plugin and whatever it did, this was exactly what I needed. There is a little CPU usage all the time, but whatever, thats fine, at least everything is surprisingly snappy - i mean, this is one of the absolute slowest CPUs you can find in modern time, and it still works pretty damn well
Problem solved
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yup ill see what i can figure out.
might all just need some tweaking and this little sub $50 motherboard/cpu combo is not too bad for something simple and lightweight
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just found this, seems to be the same thing but easier to read
https://wiki.unraid.net/UnRAID_Plugins_for_V6
ill guess i give this a go later, thanks
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1 minute ago, trurl said:
Cache Dirs plugin
sorry, what? i imagine its a plugin i have to install and run
i just found this, is that what your talking about?
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the reason im asking, is when i access the files, it stalls a little and takes some time to update the folder im looking in, like my image library
im not sure if the cpu is the limit, or its simply just because its mixed drives its spread across and take a little to get it working (its not long, we talk a few seconds, i just noticed it stalls every time i go a folder back or deeper)
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I just build a very simple backup box, running unraid
Had some things laying around, just enough to build a server out of.
So it ended up with 5 drives, with a total usable storage of 8TB + 250 cache + 4tb parity
8GB RAM
Got a 400watt passive power supply in there for low noise too, and a lot of Noctua fans, so all in all im pretty happy.
The thing is, the CPU running all this, is a N3050
I was honestly very curious if this would ever work, and it does, it actually works as I expected.
I just cant help but think, if I would get a faster response by using a more capable CPU of a newer date?
I'm thinking something like a Ryzen 2xxx or 3xxx, I do have a pair of 8GB DDR4 unused and a 212Evo cooler, so all I would need is a MB and a CPU - but would it be worth it?
I seriously only use it to transfer files to, as a backup, once a month
(the N3050 is used in some cheap NAS drives too, so cant be all that bad)
What is your opinion?
This is btw my first real serious encounter with unraid, learning as i go
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I am tempted to go back to unraid, buts been years since I last used this software and at that time It could not live up to what I wanted to achieve.
I think its about time to change back, I just don't know how.
I have a home server build around a HP Z220 SFF workstation.
CPU is a G2030 dualcore 3GHz
8 GB ECC DDR3 RAM
Quadro K600 graphics
Firewire controller
SATA3 controller
1x Hitachi NAS Drive 4TB
1x Seagate IronWolf Drive 4TB
1x Intel 60GB SSD
250Watt PSU
What I want is this:
Sync Dropbox
Sync GDrive
Sync OneDrive
Backup B2 or normal Backblaze
Plex server
Firewire 800 support
As of now I use a Windows based setup with remote desktop, as that can actually do everything I want and was not terrible complicated to setup.
Could I make all this work on this hardware in the newest version of Unraid?
I know the CPU is only a dualcore, so VMs is not one of its strongpoints.
I also tried out different Linux distros, but the cloud syncing always got really complicated to setup
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I currently have a Windows Server Essentials 2016 machine working as a NAS here at home, but its way over complicated and not really necessary with a lot of the things that OS can do.
It came with the decommissioned server I bought so had to try it out.
I used to run a very simple unraid solution and im thinking maybe that is the way forward again.
I have some few needs though and I know a proper Linux OS would be maybe the right call, I just feel unraid would be the simplest to setup and use for day to day duties.
* needs to backup all content to Backblaze B2 (it contains a lot of files i can never get back)
* needs to sync with my onedrive, as i use that for work related files
* needs to sync with drop box, as my wife and i share files that way
* needs to sync with google drive, as thats how my pictures sync from phone
So what I want is continuous sync, with scheduled backups to B2. Is that possible with so many different services in unraid?
Beside that its also my plex server and a normal smb server for the home LAN, those two are easy enough, its all the cloud stuff that makes it little complicated
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I don't have experience with the components you've linked, but some general comments. The CPU cooler can handle a 180w chip, and you're putting it on a 35w TDP part. If it's worthwhile because it's quiet, that's great - otherwise it's overkill. I'm not generally a fan of the low power "T" chips, but they do run cooler... Also the RAM you've selected is high end overclocking RAM, I hope you aren't planning on overclocking your server.
The general thing about low noise is that you have a well designed case and good fans, as well as a hard drive mounting system that provides some isolation. Fans include case fans, CPU fan, and PSU fan. Check the reviews and specialty sites like Silent PC Review.
I do actually already have a CPU cooler fit for low TDP CPUs, so can skip that off the list.
Also, I am thinking of modifying my Silverstone DS380 which I originally put on stock, because it was heating up my drives too much.
If I re-use that case I need new hardware, because I don't have a ITX board available.
No I dont plan on OC the build, but at my favorite store these are actually the cheapest DDR4 RAM available right now
I am using normal hardware and not servergrade, because I dont have high requirements, right now Im thinking of an ASRock H110M-ITX motherboard, already own 2 other ASrock based machines and they are reliable like a rock
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I have a Z77 MSI motherboard with a G2030 CPU, 8GB Kingston DDR3 RAM, a 128 GB Toshiba SSD Cache, 2+2+3+4TB Hitachi drives an old ATX case, lots of noise fans and a X400 passive 400Watt Seasonic PSU. Build from parts I have scrapped from other computers in the house.
Problem with it is its very noise, most likely to the bad chassis of the case and all the loud fans. I have many times considering taking care of that, but then again, its always nice to try new hardware too.
The CPU is very low in performance, but this is only a dumb storage server not doing anything fancy at the moment, have another rig for that.
I was looking up cases, witch lead me to think of new hardware too....
How do this system sound to you, could it be a good low noise unraid build? ::
Be Quiet Advanced C1
Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB
Case
Fans
120x4 + 140x2 Corsair ML120/140
PSU
Because I already have the PSU and drives, this build will not end up being very costly, when I look around the best alternative would be a 4 bay NAS from one of the big box names, unraid just lets me do so many more things and its way more expandable as I already have 4 drives+ cache
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Just to be sure I understand this method - I have a 3TB Parity drive + 2x2TB data drives and want to backup my 1TB picture collection, I can add a 1TB drive and make a cron job to daily backup the files to the UD drive?
Should probably just try it out but don't want to mess anything up in case this is not the purpose of it.
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... size limitations of the expansion card is really confusing me
?? The case should have about any card you want. The drive cage has a section missing on one of the bays, so if you need that space for a long add-in card (e.g. a video card) it will fit just fine (it does, however, reduce the useable drive count to 7 in the hot-swap bays).
If you're referring to how many ports you may have to add to do a specific configuration, that's a function of what motherboard you use -- NOT a question related to the case.
Sorry my bad, I meant because I want to use all 8 bays will something like a BR10i fit incl. 8087 cables attached? Thats one of the bigger cards as far as I have seen.
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Im thinking of getting a DS380 chassis, but before I punch buy I would like a little thing clarified...
The size limitations of the expansion card is really confusing me
Anyone who can compile a list of 4 and 8 port expansion cards that work in this case???
I have a motherboard with 4 ports but would ultimately like to build a 9 drive system with the cache drive in the 2.5" cage - so I would need a 8 port card to make that work.
...or I bite the sour apple and only build a 8 drive system and then needing a 4 port card.
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It could be a bios setting I suppose but otherwise I haven't had any problems getting my systems to boot from USB thumb drives. Make sure it shows up in the bios as bootable and is first in the boot list which I'm sure you have already. Maybe try to make it bootable again. Sorry out of ideas.
As Johnm said in your UCD thread. You need to use the HP USB tools and make it bootable before extracting these to it.I have today assembled the last few pieces of my new unRAID and thought I should start installing - but wanted to get my IBM M1015 into IT mode before I started.
Used the guide mentioned here - but when I have extracted the zip mentioned in the readme to my usb sticks root - it refuses to boot up...
Any one have an idea what I do wrong?
My unRAID is the one here>
I did it, just as it showed in the provided png image - after that I extracted the zip to the drive but the machine refused to boot from it.
This time I tried again, but tested the USB stick on a Lenovo laptop were it booted just fine.
When I move it to the NAS, were I first of all reset all BIOS settings and made sure the USB was 1st boot, I only get a black screen...
Would it be possible to install XP or Ubuntu and flash from in there? If so, what files would I need to flash via those OS?
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As Johnm said in your UCD thread. You need to use the HP USB tools and make it bootable before extracting these to it.I have today assembled the last few pieces of my new unRAID and thought I should start installing - but wanted to get my IBM M1015 into IT mode before I started.
Used the guide mentioned here - but when I have extracted the zip mentioned in the readme to my usb sticks root - it refuses to boot up...
Any one have an idea what I do wrong?
My unRAID is the one here>
I did it, just as it showed in the provided png image - after that I extracted the zip to the drive but the machine refused to boot from it.
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LSI MegaRAID with SAS2008 chipsets
1) IBM ServeRAID M1015
2) Intel RS2WC080
Please let me know (PM or post here) what Card you have successfully flashed with the LSI MegaRAID SAS2008 chipset with the provided zip.
20.10.1-0037 (APP-2.120.54-1235) / 15-APR-11
Only iMR mode available.
LSI MegaRAID SAS2008 Controller.zip - 5.32 MB (Windows)
Linux Driver: megaraid_sas - supports the LSI SAS1078, SAS1078 GEN2, SAS1079 GEN2, SAS0073 and SAS0071 chipsets. Though is is an old version indeed. (Thanks to "BRiT"s prior post)
unRAID Support: Driver not included at this point.
Drive Spin Down support: YES (UPDATE: Added as of 5.0Beta7)
Drive Temp Readings: YES
3TB Drive Support with this card: YES (UPDATE: 5.0Beta7 added 3TB Drive support)
Update: Convert your LSI MegaRAID controller card with LSI SAS2008 chipset to a Plain SAS2008 controller card (IT or IR mode), will look and feel like a LSI SAS9211-8i, and will be ready to use with unRAID (BIG THANKS to KKM for creating the empty.bin, so you dont need to have to worry about which sbr to obtain and use.)
1) IBM ServeRAID M1015 (tested successfully)
2) Intel RS2WC080 (tested successfully)
Please let me know (PM or post here) what Card you have successfully flashed with the LSI MegaRAID to SAS2008 with the provided zip.
LSI MegaRAID to SAS2008(P10).zip - 6.38 MB (DOS, via bootable usb key)
LSI MegaRAID to SAS2008(P11).zip - 5.87 MB (DOS, via bootable usb key)
Please read the __READMEFIRST.txt file so you are clear as to all the steps and why it is important not to skip any steps.
Converting it follows all details in the post above for the LSI SAS2008 chipset (firmware release, support, etc.)
I have today assembled the last few pieces of my new unRAID and thought I should start installing - but wanted to get my IBM M1015 into IT mode before I started.
Used the guide mentioned here - but when I have extracted the zip mentioned in the readme to my usb sticks root - it refuses to boot up...
Any one have an idea what I do wrong?
My unRAID is the one here>
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I have just bought a IBM M1015 for my new unRAID server. As soon as I receive the card I am going to flash it the usual HBA FW - but!
If I one day want to use another OS than unRAID, say windows server 8 maybe, is there then anyway I can reverse the process and get back the original IBM RAID FW?
Simple backup NAS?
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Hmm that sounds pretty clever tbh... My aproach is little more manual, but this is also my 1st actual unraid build so...
Well, I think I kinda answered my own question, I was playing with caching dirs settings and found a usable medium that both gives me a pretty good speed when searching the NAS for something, but also dont use a whole lot of CPU.
Cant honestly see why I would upgrade the CPU/RAM, this uses super little power and does everything I want.
So Ill just leave it as is