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Thanks @JorgeB and @Michael_P! Both answers very helpful. I thought it was possible to tell which process was chewing up the RAM, however I'll closely monitor it and limit the memory to the container if needed.

Hi Unraid community, I require some assistance with my server and would much appreciate your help. My Fix Common Problems plugin is reporting that my server is running out of memory and killing off processes to free some up. I've only had my Plex docker killed off so far, so nothing major, just more of an annoyance. I figured I should post here before it gets worse though. I've attached my diagnostics for your perusal. When I had a look, I was unable to find the culprit, though I suppose I don't really know what I'm looking for, so some guidance for next time as to where I should be looking would also be greatly appreciated. TIA. schirmer-nas-diagnostics-20240220-2309.zip

Not sure. I set it up, as instructed, to (what I thought was) transcode on RAM. I've given up on xteve anyway so, if I delete the docker will that clear it?

The rootfs and /var/log errors both arose in Fix Common Problems on my server. I have been wondering why my VM keeps crashing lately and I now suspect it's because of this. I have attached my diagnostics and supplied the output for my folder on RAM below. Any help fixing these two issues would be greatly appreciated. Folders output: plugin: installing: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Squidly271/misc-stuff/master/memorystorage.plg plugin: downloading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Squidly271/misc-stuff/master/memorystorage.plg plugin: downloading: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Squidly271/misc-stuff/master/memorystorage.plg ... done This script may take a few minutes to run, especially if you are manually mounting a remote share outside of /mnt/disks or /mnt/remotes /usr/bin/du --exclude=/mnt/user --exclude=/mnt/user0 --exclude=/mnt/disks --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys --exclude=/var/lib/docker --exclude=/boot --exclude=/mnt -h -d2 / 2>/dev/null | grep -v 0$' ' 4.0K /tmp/ca_notices 3.0M /tmp/pkg 11G /tmp/xteve 736K /tmp/user.scripts 11M /tmp/fix.common.problems 28K /tmp/unassigned.devices 13M /tmp/community.applications 8.0K /tmp/ca.turbo 420K /tmp/notifications 632K /tmp/plugins 4.0K /tmp/emhttp 11G /tmp 928K /usr/man 20K /usr/info 824K /usr/doc 248K /usr/include 23M /usr/libexec 5.0M /usr/src 57M /usr/share 46M /usr/sbin 152M /usr/local 693M /usr/lib64 5.3M /usr/lib 333M /usr/bin 1.3G /usr 22M /sbin 68K /run/libvirt 1.1M /run/docker 4.0K /run/avahi-daemon 4.0K /run/elogind 4.0K /run/dbus 284K /run/udev 8.0K /run/blkid 1.6M /run 4.0K /lib64/xfsprogs 12K /lib64/pkgconfig 1.5M /lib64/elogind 4.0K /lib64/e2fsprogs 1.5M /lib64/security 28M /lib64 69M /lib/modules 4.0K /lib/systemd 88K /lib/modprobe.d 32K /lib/dhcpcd 8.1M /lib/udev 216M /lib/firmware 293M /lib 8.0K /etc/vulkan 4.0K /etc/OpenCL 4.0K /etc/nvidia-container-runtime 8.0K /etc/docker 4.0K /etc/rsyslog.d 4.0K /etc/netatalk 1.3M /etc/libvirt 332K /etc/libvirt- 4.0K /etc/pkcs11 144K /etc/lvm 8.0K /etc/libnl 8.0K /etc/ssmtp 16K /etc/samba 40K /etc/php-fpm.d 16K /etc/php-fpm 8.0K /etc/php 36K /etc/nginx 2.2M /etc/file 24K /etc/avahi 48K /etc/apcupsd 48K /etc/security 244K /etc/ssl 608K /etc/ssh 48K /etc/mcelog 88K /etc/mc 48K /etc/logrotate.d 4.0K /etc/sensors.d 36K /etc/iproute2 9.1M /etc/udev 24K /etc/modprobe.d 4.0K /etc/skel 108K /etc/pam.d 4.0K /etc/elogind 4.0K /etc/cron.monthly 4.0K /etc/cron.hourly 8.0K /etc/cron.daily 4.0K /etc/cron.d 8.0K /etc/cron.weekly 8.0K /etc/dbus-1 4.0K /etc/sasl2 72K /etc/default 332K /etc/rc.d 8.0K /etc/acpi 60K /etc/profile.d 16M /etc 12M /bin 306M /var/sa 85M /var/local 4.0K /var/kerberos 32K /var/state 2.2M /var/cache 16K /var/named 52K /var/tmp 16K /var/spool 8.0K /var/lock 73M /var/log 8.4M /var/lib 474M /var 4.0K /root/.local 4.0K /root/.cache 4.0K /root/.config 32K /root 13G / 0 /mnt/rootshare 0 /mnt Finished. NOTE: If there is any subdirectory from /mnt appearing in this list, then that means that you have (most likely) a docker app which is directly referencing a non-existant disk or cache pool script: memorystorage.plg executed schirmer-nas-diagnostics-20220927-0947.zip

Thanks for your advice @itimpi. I'll RMA the drive then, just to be safe. Definitely don't want a parity drive (or any drive for that matter) failing on me anytime soon if I can avoid it.

Hi all, This is my first time seeing issues arise with preclear. I've only precleared one disk prior and everything was successful. This time my first preclear failed during the pre-read stage, then I ran three more preclears just to be sure (1 cycle, then 2 more, hence separate logs) and they were all successful but had an increasing number of sectors re-allocated. Do I need to be concerned about the sector re-allocation or does it mean that preclear worked as it should and "fixed" the bad sectors? I currently have one 14TB parity drive and my intent was to swap it out for this 18TB one. It's still sitting unmounted because I'm not sure if I need to RMA the drive. I trust this forum can help me figure that out. I have attached the three preclear logs and the SMART report for your pursual. Thanks for your help! preclear_rpt_ZR52F3K9_2021-11-25.txt preclear_rpt_ZR52F3K9_2021-11-19.txt preclear_disk_ZR52F3K9_21780.txt ST18000NM000J_ZR52F3K9-20211125-0948.txt

I had this message ("Machine Check Events detected on your server" "Your server has detected hardware errors.") pop up in Common Problems and was told to post my diagnostics here to get some advice. Anything I need to worry about or look at fixing? schirmer-nas-diagnostics-20210725-1348.zip

Ok. Cheers! Hopefully a simple fix then. I'll try a 2.0 port and if that doesn't work then I just replace the drive. Will update when I can attempt the solution, as the server is currently in a remote location.

So something weird has happened to my server overnight. I went to check everything on my server was running well but somehow things have disappeared. First thing I noticed was that my webgui is completely blank, I have the title bar but nothing else. None of the tabs show any info. I could see that next to "Registration" it said "flash device error", so I knew something had obviously gone wrong. The array and all dockers are still online though because I've been able to access Plex, OVPN, etc. I tried accessing the log via the webgui but it never loaded, so then I tried through both terminal and ssh using tail -f /var/log/syslog but same thing, never loaded. The only way I was able to get the log was using diagnostics So I transferred that to a share using mc and was able to retrieve it, but while I was in mc I noticed that when accessing /boot no files were present. Unfortunately I didn't get around making a backup of the flash drive (I've learnt my lesson), so hopefully it's not a dead usb and I can still recover my settings. Although I assume that is why I'm presented with the error, a dead or corrupt usb. The only command I ran, before discovering the missing boot files, was touch /var/local/emhttp/network.ini which I saw someone suggest on Reddit and figured was safe enough, but of course that didn't help. I'm on version 6.9.0-rc2. I've attached my diagnostics and a screen grab of the webgui. I hope my post is detailed enough. If not, please let me know what other info is needed to help diagnose the issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. schirmer-nas-diagnostics-20210220-1145.zip

Ok awesome! Thanks so much for all your input. I now have a much clearer idea of what type of build I'm going to go with and the main parts I need.

Ok. Thanks for those links to other topics. Definitely a little more helpful than what I had found previously. Is there a large benefit to going with server grade hardware? I guess speed and efficiency? I currently don't have anywhere to put a server rack, although I would like to do that sometime in the future when I inevitably expand my build. Speaker of having a server rack, is that something you recommend I plan for now when doing a new build? (e.g. an ATX motherboard for PCIe SATA expandability, rather than an mATX or ITX now and then upgrading later.) I guess it would save me money in the long run as I can just transfer everything over to an RU case if I have an ATX.

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Hey there! I've recently decided to upgrade my Plex server from my Dell Optiplex 7010 + Netgear ReadyNAS 2000. So I would love some advice from the community here as to what parts are recommended for my situation. I have had a look at other forum posts planning new builds but few, if any, are specific to what I would like to have setup. I already moved my drives from the RedyNAS to an old pc I had lying around and is now running Unraid just because I was running out of space with the raid system running on the NAS. So I am currently running Plex, SABnzbd, Radarr, Sonarr, Tautulli, Ombi, and Home Assistant all in Windows 10 on the Optiplex. I also have Organizr + Nginx running on a RasPi. I would like to move all these programs and have them running on Unraid. I also would like the ability to setup a Minecraft server too. I was tossing up whether this should be a combined server/gaming build (for MS Flight Sim 2020) as I don't already have a gaming pc and was thinking I could save some money through that, but I think it might be best to keep them separate for the purpose of dedicated resources, but I may like to run a VM or two later on. With Plex, most of the streaming is done locally but I do have at least three external streams that often transcode and sometimes two simultaneously. So I want to be able to support that transcoding better, because the stream has a tendency to buffer currently, and also support for more external streams later on. I was thinking of getting a Quadro P2000 to use for HW transcoding but I feel that maybe it's overkill right now. So I'm leaning more towards an Intel CPU with an iGPU for the transcoding. Unless I do AMD with the P2000 straight up? I don't really have a budget as I'm willing to save up for this build so that I have good future expandability, but something under AU$2000 (US$1500) would be nice. The only parts I already have is really just the HDDs (1xWD40EFRX, 2xWD30EFRX, 1xWD1002FBYS) and ideally I want to have space for at least 8 HDDs + 1 or 2 SSDs for cache pool. I intend to run the preclear add-on as that seems to be highly recommended for any Unraid server. So, where should do you think I start with this build? What CPU, MOBO and RAM are good options for me? Sorry for the wall of text, I just wanted to give as much info as possible to begin with. Let me know if I left any vital info out though.