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I would like to add a folder "Media" in order to create a structure of: /disk1/media/Movies1 /disk1/media/MoviesCurrent /disk1/media/Shows1 /disk1/media/ShowsCurrent Currently the structure is: I have files and folders within these folders right now. What is the best way to make these changes ? I have a cache drive right now which includes these folders Presumably I would clear the cache first ? Thanks for your help.

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I have a disk (which is the sole survivor of a previous unraid server disaster in which I managed to fry 6 disks with a faulty PSI). The disk does have data on it, which I am happy to scrub in a format. The device is ahown as "Dev 1" below. The current issue is that the option to add this to the array is not present. See screen shot attached. What am I doing wrong ? Thanks.

I have a share structure that I want to change to accommodate Plex. Current structure: mnt/user/Movies1 mnt/user/Shows1 mnt/user/Photos Target structure: mnt/user/Media/Movies1 mnt/user/Media/Shows1 mnt/user/Media/Photos I'll then create a share for Plex as: mnt/user/Media How can I effect this ? Is there a plugin to do this ? Or do I have to create the new folder structure in Windows ? Thanks.

Thanks again. Very helpful.

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OK. So having given this some more thought: Does this make sense? Parity - WDRED Plus 4TB- 3.5in HDD Cache - WDRED 500GB SA500 2.5in SSD Drive 1 - WDRED Plus 4TB- 3.5in HDD (Older / Archive) Drive 2 - WDRED 1TB SA 2.5in SSD (Current Stuff) - ?? Maybe to sit outside of the array ? Thanks.

Thanks for this. Question: Would it be sufficient to repair the Parity drive ? Could I then rebuild the data in new drives, without repairing the old data drives ? This really would be a temporary situation...a few weeks; until I can get some breathing room.

TLDR; I burnt out the logic boards on 4 out of the 5 hard drives, including the parity. Complete loss. (Make sure you have a big enough PSU - don't keep switching it off and on). Devastated. Looking to rebuild. I don't have oodles of cash to spend on a drive array that has no data. I figured that I would buy new drives as and when I need them / when they come on sale. My data storage needs have been reset to zero. Data needs; Photo's: < 1TB Shows and Movies over the next year: approx 2TB Other Stuff: <500GB Practical Needs => Serve up Shows and Movies to Kodi. Want to ensure that there is little to no lag (snappy and responsive) I am thinking about this drive config and would like some feedback: Parity: 6 TB WD Red Plus Cache: 64GB SSD (Reusing old drive) Drive for Current TV Shows : 60 GB SSD (Reusing old drive) Drive for Unwatched Movies: 60 GB SSD (Reusing old drive) Drive for then storing Watched TV shows and Movies, Photo's and Other Stuff : 6TB WD Red Plus Hardware: Old i3 CPU + 8 GB RAM + Gigiabyte H77N MB (all 12 years old) If I lose the 60GB SSD's then no sweat.

Continuing to try building temporary unraid server after main one failed. Using same GUID flash drive. I have tried to read up on this error message with no much luck; Read the hpa threads; although I have a gigabyte motherboard, I can't find any options as those described. My current setup; Parity -250gb hdd Disk 1 - 60gb SSD Disk 2 - 60gb SSD Previous setup; Parity - 6tb red Disk 1 - 3tb red Disk 2 - 4tb red Disk 3 - 3tb red Seems like it is reading the old array ... Can you please lead this horse to water !

I did have a backup of the flash drive. I'll give it a go. Thanks

In trying to obtain a trial license key. In trying to obtain the radiation key, I am receiving a message that the GUID is already registered with another user. Context: I am a long time unraid user. My motherboard failed yesterday... I need to source a new motherboard, CPU and RAM; an event I wasn't prepared for. As a temporary measure, I am using an old box on which I'm attempting to install unraid. This may be a box that many many years ago had been running unraid, I'm not certain. Any ideas ?

I often experience large variabilities of file transfer to my unraid server. Attached is a video showing a file transfer; the speed starts off at 90 MB/s then dips down to 3 MB/s, going back up to the 30's then 50's then back down again. Sometimes it can grind to a complete stop then run at less than 1 MB/s for sometime. Can I address this without adding a cache drive ? Hard Drives: Parity: WD60 EFZX 2 X : WD30 EFRX 1 X : WD60 EFRX Thanks for any help.

OK... I solved the issue myself.... =>> opened the flash drive on my pc =>> edited \config\network.cfg =>> changed IP address and default gateway to 192.168.87.XXX

My unraid server has been up and running for years and years. Fantastic system. I use it for hosting my Kodi media system. From time to time, I have received the message ""Connection timed out" when I try to read a media directory, but with a bit of patience, it would finally connect. Currently, this is a persisitent and unending state of affairs. When I try to connect via the browser, I receive the message "This site can’t be reached". I checked the cables and the switch. I had recently switched ISP to Bell. There may be some complications arising from resolving subnets / IP address ? The UNRAID server has a fixed IP address in the range 192.168.86.XXX The PC that I am using to psot this has a dynamic address, currently reading as 192.168.87.XXX I thought to change the IP address of the Unraid to 192.168.87.XXX, thinking that I could do this via the USB flash drive, but for the life of me, I can't remeber how to do this ? What are my next steps in resolving this issue? Thanks.

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Thanks. I read through the parity swap procedure. I think that I get it

Hi, I have the be following array. I wish to add a new WD plus 6TB, replacing the 2TB duvet. I have a total of 4 slots. Am I correct in saying that I should do the be following; 1. Run a pretty check 2. Stop the array 3. Remove the parity drive 4. Replace with the new drive. 5. Wait for the rebuild to take place. 6. ?? Remove the 2tb drive. 7. Replace with the previous parity drive Current Array Parity - (sdb) - 4TB Drive 1 - (sdc ) - 3TB Drive 2 - (sde) - 2TB Drive 3 - (sdd) - 3TB Are there any steps that I have missed ? Will this work ok ? Thanks.

Hi, Yesterday, I went to updae to 6.8.2. I received an error - plugin: run failed: /bin/bash retval: 1 I searched the forum =>suggestions were to download the update and manually apply by copy paste. My actual solution was to switch off the VPN. Once I did this, then re-tried, it worked without a hitch. Hope I might have helped.

I have attached a ping log for the server.... the first ping is from before I rebooted the server (whilst the file was taking forever to copy I wanted to check the ping response time).....After I rebooted... I performed the subsequent pings.... as you can see....after the reboot the ping response was terrible.... Any idea why this wold be ? Thanks

🙂 I have only one docker ap installed (Plex) I deleted this....but there is no real difference to the transfer speed....I am right now waiting for this file transfer to complete... then I will reboot the unraid server...( ??).......maybe ... 🙂

Hi..... Since I performed the parity swap my file transfer (write) to the unraid is painfully slow (700 kB/s). In addition I am experiencing frequent buffering when playing media files from my nVidia media player. Nothing else has changed to my setup Previously i enjoyed multi MB/s. Is there something else I should have done ? Attached is my diagnostic log. supernova-diagnostics-20190110-2204.zip Thanks again in advance.

Hurray !!!!! 🙂 It worked .... all that trepidation about nothing !!!!! FYI. I did exactly what you said to do.... removed plugins (none of which i use anyway) Rebooted (already had a recent copy of th flashdrive). Inserted the link into the plugins (https://s3.amazonaws.com/dnld.lime-technology.com/stable/unRAIDServer.plg) Executed Rebooted Hay viola !! [ 🙂 - i know ;-)... ] Brilliant. Very happy. Thanks very much to both of you.

To recap on where I am... Situation: I am running version 6.1.9 I have the WEBGUI accessible I have access to the Unraid mapped drives via explorer I want to upgrade to the latest version As per the previous post the repository for the 6.1.x upgrade is not available. I read through the links.... I don't see the solution in the posts / links What do I do now ? I am trying....

Wow.... this looks ike work..... 🙂 So... as I said right now connectivity to the drives is down.... .... Was this caused by the attempt to upgrade ? - if so shoud I restore the copy I took of the flashdive immediately prior to the upgrade attempt ? - would a hard reboot do anything to help ? ===UPDATE / EDIT : I ust rebooted... i have the webgui back ... through my phone browser... So... I will work through the instructions.. Thanks for your help in advance