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  1. itimpi's post in New disk doesn't seem to have been included in the array was marked as the answer   
    Have you checked Settings->Global Share settings that you have not limited which drives can be part of User Shares?
     
    You are likely to get better informed feedback if you attach your system’s diagnostics zip file to your next post in this thread.
  2. itimpi's post in disabled Parity drive was marked as the answer   
    The SMART report for the drive looks OK.
     
    You can rebuild parity to the same drive by using the procedure described here in the online documentation accessible via the ‘Manual’ link at the bottom of the GUI or the DOCS link at the top of each forum page.
     
    In terms of what caused the issue difficult to say.  The syslog is only held in RAM and restarts each time Unraid is booted.   If you want persistent syslog that can survive a reboot then you need to enable the syslog server.
  3. itimpi's post in UD to Array Transfers Seem Slow was marked as the answer   
    That seems a not unusual speed - I suspect initial boost was due to,RAM caching.    Do you have Turbo Write mode enabled (which is likely to even get 70 MB/s).   More information on Unraid array write modes can be found here in the online documentation accessible via the ‘Manual’ link at the bottom of the GUI or the DOCS link at the top of each forum page.
  4. itimpi's post in Use drive for VM, keeping data on it was marked as the answer   
    Yes - this is quite normal as it gives best performance.
     
    If you are using an Unraid 6.11.x release or earlier then you set any share that should be on it as Use Cache=Only.
    If you are using an Unraid 6.12.x release or later then you set the pool as Primary storage and nothing as secondary storage.    You can then take advantage of the Exclusive Share feature to improve performance by bypassing the Fuse layer in Unraid.
     
    In both cases if it is a single drive (no redundancy) then you need to make sure regular backups are made (probably to the array) and the VM Backup plugin can help with this.   You could also use a multi-drive pool to have built-in redundancy for the pool.
  5. itimpi's post in Device is disabled, contents emulated was marked as the answer   
    To rebuild the contents of disk2 back onto the same drive you should be using the process documented here in the online documentation accessible via the ‘Manual’ link at the bottom of the GUI or the DOCS link at the top of each forum page.
     
    if you are not sure what to do ask again here but with more detail on what you have tried so far.
  6. itimpi's post in Need Help! Unable to clear cache disk was marked as the answer   
    Prefer means you want files moved from array->cache.   You need Yes for cache->array.
     
    This is explained in the help text built into the GUI for the Use Cache setting.
  7. itimpi's post in [SOLVED] Gui not fully loading was marked as the answer   
    /the commonest cause of this type of symptom is the flash drive has dropped offline for some reason.   We would need the system diagnostics zip file to confirm that.
  8. itimpi's post in Added new drive to array, drive is NOT encrypted was marked as the answer   
    What do you have set as the default file system?     It will automatically only be encrypted if that is set to one of the encrypted variants, or you explicitly set it to be encrypted by changing the file system by clicking on the drive (with the array stopped) before formatting it.
     
    You may find this section of the online documentation useful if you want to change the file system type (but note that it will wipe any existing content on the drive).
  9. itimpi's post in Is my hard drive data able to be recovered if i loose the usb was marked as the answer   
    Unraid uses standard Linux file systems, so the drives can always be read there outside Unraid if needed.   Each array drive is a self-contained file system and can be read by itself.
  10. itimpi's post in Instances Directory in appdata was marked as the answer   
    Unraid does not put (or require) anything into the appdata directory.   The fact you have it means it must have been created by something you installed.  
  11. itimpi's post in Docker Command Failed (6.12.3) was marked as the answer   
    I would check file system on the drives associated with the shares as file system level corruption has been known to cause this sort of issue.
  12. itimpi's post in Switch Docker Containers from "mnt/user/appdata" to "/mnt/cache/appdata" was marked as the answer   
    You can make the changes without stopping anything
     
    Having said that if you are on the 6.12.x releases you can get the same performance benefit without making any changes to paths by doing the following:
    Make sure that Permit Exclusive shares is enabled under Settings->Global Share Settings Set the pool to be primary storage with no secondary storage (equivalent to Cache Only in earlier releases) make sure that all files for the share are on the pool.    You will now be able to activate Exclusive mode in the share settings. with these changes you get the same performance whether you go direct or via the User Share path.
  13. itimpi's post in SMART attribute reports upwards of 2 years of power on hours was marked as the answer   
    If that was the case then I would consider returning them - they are obviously not new.
  14. itimpi's post in SYNC ERRORS ON PARITY CHECK was marked as the answer   
    Not a comment on your diagnostics, but you want to make sure your UPS is NOT set to run Unraid as long as it can, but is set to initiate a shutdown with plenty of power left.    You also do not want the Unraid server set to automatically power on as soon as power is supplied as it means it can come on before the UPS has a chance to recharge.
  15. itimpi's post in Weird error messages on console was marked as the answer   
    You can disable a plugin without actually removing it by renaming the .plg file to have a different extension and rebooting.   It then becomes a matter of trial-and-error.
     
    You are likely to get better informed feedback if you attach your system’s diagnostics zip file to your next post in this thread so we can see what plugins you are running.
  16. itimpi's post in USB Backup - Any reason I can't use rsync and incremental backups? was marked as the answer   
    The only part of the USB drive that really matters is the ‘config’ folder and all its contents as that is where all user settings are stored.   However most people seem to like having the Unraid system files as well.
  17. itimpi's post in Major hardware upgrade - need guidance was marked as the answer   
    If the drives were on the LSI controller on the old system and will also be on the new system then order is irrelevant.    Unraid recognises drives by serial number - not by where they are connected.   There is only ever a problem if as part of the upgrade the controller type is changed and this results in the disk getting presented differently to the host.  Most likely to happen when RAID controllers are involved rather than simple HBA ones.
  18. itimpi's post in Slow speeds between 2 10Gbit servers was marked as the answer   
    You could use the Dynamic File Manager plogin on the Unraid side to do this I believe as it can mount remote shares.
  19. itimpi's post in Mover No room on device error after drive filled up was marked as the answer   
    This means you want files moved TO the flash drive - is this what you want?
     
    you might want to check that you have a sensible value for the Minimum Free Space setting for the cache drive and the User Shares
  20. itimpi's post in Post upgrade error - Loading /bzimage... Failed: No such file or Directory was marked as the answer   
    I suggest you follow the procedure documented here in the online documentation to rewrite the system files.
     
  21. itimpi's post in Help on create my first Unraid server was marked as the answer   
    Unraid has to format its disks to get them correctly partitioned and formatted (which wipes any existing contents).
     
    you need at least 1 drive with no content to get started.    This can then be added and formatted as the first disk in the Unraid array.    If you then install the Unassigned Devices plugin this will allow you to mount NTFS drives so that you can copy the content off onto the array drive.   The Dynamix File Manager plugin can help with this.  Once the drive has all its content removed the drive can then be added to the Unraid array to give additional space.   Repeat as many times as needed.
     
  22. itimpi's post in [6.12.4] None of my custom scheduled User Scripts fire was marked as the answer   
    You can check that the file /etc/cron.d/root contains entries for those.   If not trying making a change on the User Scripts settings page and apply it to try and regenerate the entries.
  23. itimpi's post in Can't Connect Outside Safemode was marked as the answer   
    You might want to delete (or rename) the config/vfio.cfg file on the flash drive.    There is a good chance that with a new motherboard the device ID's for passed through devices are different.
  24. itimpi's post in 6.11.5 - 2 errors in parity check after installing new drive was marked as the answer   
    It is not certain from your description if it is the new drive you have just added or not,  At this point I would suggest running a correcting parity check (which should report the same 2 errors as it corrects them), and then run another non-correcting check which should now report 0 errors.  
     
    if you still have errors reported then please post your diagnostics. 
  25. itimpi's post in Nested Shares? was marked as the answer   
    Not using standard features as Unraid only supports top level shares
     
    Should be able to do it if you are prepared to five under the covers to do manual configuration but this would be error prone.
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