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A split level of 2 is highly likely to cause problems - you want it set to split as needed if you are using the Fill-Up allocation method. Was the 50GB Minimum Free Space setting always there or was that added when you started encountering problems? Are any of the files you are trying to copy larger than 50GB - if so you need to increase the value for this setting. You might want to check the "Full" disk to see if there are any incomplete files there from a previously failed attempt to copy files - if so they should be deleted as they would stop the allocation method being used as existing files are always over-written in-situ. It might be a good idea at this point to manually move files to another drive to free up space on the full drive and see if things then start behaving better. Since you are on a 6.10.x release the Dynamix File Manager plugin is the best way to do this.

In which case it will be your Split Level setting as that over-rides Allocation method if they contend for which drive to use.

Anything other than 0 errors is a problem

in which case I would try a different USB port in case it is that acting up

What do you have set for Minimum Free Space for the share? That tells Unraid when to consider another disk. It should be larger than the biggest file you expect to send to the share - normally twice as big is the recommended value.

That error indicates a problem reading a file from the USB stick (typically one of the bz* type files). Making a backup and then rewriting the stick with contents from the backup frequently fixes this issue.

You do not want to attempt a preclear with a parity check running as they will BADLY affect each others performance.

I saw in the syslog the message Aug 19 22:33:48 Unraid emhttpd: Error: disk8: already assigned Since the disk is not a new one maybe there is something that is confusing Unraid? Not sure what is causing this but have you deleted any existing partitions, or running a preclear on it?

Are you saying you do not get an IP address displayed when you go to whatismyip.com in your browser when attached to your local LAN?

You should never directly open up your Unraid server to the internet - doing so is almost certain to lead to you getting hacked. If you want secure remote access to your server then you should use a VPN - Unraid has the WireGuard VPN built in. You also have the My Servers plugin as an alternative way to get secure remote access to your server. Going back to your original question if you do not get a login prompt then that is almost certainly because the browser you are using has cached the credentials.

You can use the WireGuard VPN support built into Unraid to allow for secure remote access. When you have the VPN connection active on your iOS device then it will act as if it would when locally connected on your,LAN which is I think what you want?

That shows the extended test failed, so the disk should be replaced.

You are likely to get better informed feedback if you attach your system’s diagnostics zip file to your next post in this thread after you have attempted to add it and failed. just a thought - do you have an ad-blocker installed in your browser? This can cause problems with the Unraid GUI unless the Unraid server is where-listed, but I must admit I have not heard of it causing the symptoms you describe.

No - I have a mix of speeds in my system without it causing any problems. I do not have any other ideas to suggest I am afraid

This strongly suggests something at the hardware level. Culprit I would first look for would be inadequate cooling causing a thermal related shutdown or problems with the power supply.

It might also be worth clearing your browser's cache in case an incomplete file has been cached.

That is not how parity for the main array works - you may find it useful to read this section of the online documentation accessible via the ‘Manual’ link at the bottom of the GUI.

This is not possible. No parity drive can be smaller than the largest data drive. it is normally recommended to NOT have SSDs in the main array as when configured there they cannot be trimmed which means their performance may degrade over time. Depending on what you want to use the SSDs for you may be better having them in a (possibly redundant) pool external to the main array. This is not atypical if they are going to be used with VMs or Docker containers. it is probably worth getting to the bottom of why you cannot connect to your server locally. Have you tried via it’s IP address? Have you tried using http rather than https?

Are you planning to replace the existing drive or are you intending to keep it and add more drives? If the latter then simply add them to the array and Unraid will treat them as additional space.

This works fine.

Do you have an ad-blocker installed in the browser? If so then try whitelisting the Unraid server.

Thinking a bit more about it - when assigning it to a VM I think you are limited to defining local files - not remote ones as you define a connection method (e.g. virtio, sata, etc) that is not network aware. If you want to use a network location it would have to be assigned within the VM after starting it.. Be interested if anyone HAS managed to assign a network location as a drive to a VM at the Unraid VM definition level.

I think so to, but I also think it is a bug I see no reason why the Minimum Free Space value for a User Share should be used to decide if a file should go to a pool (cache) - in that case the Minimum Free Space value for the pool should be used. The Minimum Free Space for a share should only be used when selecting an array drive for a file.

I would start with this initially as the recommended value for your CPU as any instability is bad in a server. If that proves stable you can always later try a slight overlock to see if the system remains stable.

Apparently nobody reads the documentation All the necessary steps are covered in this section of the online documentation accessible via the ‘Manual’ link at the bottom of the GUI.