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Hi, I am trying to upgrade from v6.1 I followed the instructions Copied the target url. However the following is the log message that is returned.... [ i do not know if it is worth mentioning.... have been eperiencing long delays in the rendering of the web pages... I had hoped that upgrading wold solve this probem...] Edit: I ujst checked... i am unable to hit the server from my windows explorer Pinging the server gives this

The copy is complete. I am now at the final stage; it is expanding the parity from 3 to 4 TB and then will perform the rebuild. It says that it will take 9 hours 42 mins. Fingers crossed !

If you are asking why I did not sort this sooner. ...just broke for christmas.... 🙂...been really busy at work. Wanted to get my mind focused on this before I took the plunge.... If on the other hand you are asking how did I address my uncertainty.... I followed the instructions...i had just been uncertain as to what would happen once I powered up having put in the new drive..... ? would the unraid system not give me a chance to assign the drive and then just go ahead and replace the failed drive .... But I just followed the instructions... and surprise surprise..... it worked..... at least right now it is doing what it said on the tin... .rebuilding the parity... Again thanks.

Hi, PLEASE IGNORE THE MESSAGE BELOW..... I decided to go with the supposed ethos of Henry V concerning "Faint Hearts and Pigs..." I was being over-cautious. Regardless, thanks for your great support as ever... ======= Apologies for the delay... I am now ready to rock....but I have a bit of uncertainty.... I aborted........ I am performing the parity swap procedure; in the instructions it says "IMPORTANT!!! This procedure REQUIRES that the data drive being replaced MUST be disabled first. If the drive failed (has a red ball), then it is already 'disabled', ...... I hate to be pedantic/paranoid... but I don't want to make a mistake here.... There is NO RED ball there is a RED X..... I am CONCERNED THAT when I restart as per below... the new drive will be auto assigned to Disk 3... with adverse cosequeces.....(there is no option to unassign it and I can't power up withot the array coming back onlie)). As per the screen shot below, I have removed the failed drive.... I stopped the array... and am about to: power down... put the new drive into the old slot.... then power on again - QUESTION: won't the new drive now get auto assigned to Disk 3 ?? stop the array again assign the parity drive Just give me some comfort here....thanks.

ok. thanks very much for the link. I will get on to it tomorrow when my head is clear. Please 'scuse my poor terminology. Again, I very much appreciate your most excellent help and swift response (as ever !).

Hi, I have been a little tardy... A couple of months back, a drive failed. I took the option (I forget what it was...)... to let the parity drive emulate the failed (rebuild ?). I have now managed to afford a new drive as a replacement. So, the current situation is that the Parity drive is standing in for the failed drive ? The array is unprotected. So, how do I get things back into order ? I hsve tried my best to describe the situation as below I have attached the diagnostic and a screenshot of my Main page. The Drive that failed was a WD Red 3TB My new drive is a WD Red 4TB I only have 4 drive slots Presumably I should 1. remove the failed drive from its slot 2. plug in the new drive to that slot 3. perform a pre-clear on the new drive X 3 4. ?? presumably the old parity now becomes the actual replacement for the failed drive ?? 5. ?? presumably the new drive becomes the new parity?? if so, how do I effect 4 and 5 above Your help is much appreciated. supernova-diagnostics-20181210-2102.zip

Hi, I connected my PC to my network via Cat 5e cable (Cat 5e to TP-Link Switch to UNRAID ). I performed a "LAN Speed Test" Results: Write: 535 Mbps Read:930 Mbps When I copy a file in either direction (PC to UNRAID or UNRAID to PC) via Windows copy: 113 MB/s Is this pretty much the best I can hope for. (I think it is pretty good!) ?

Thanks for the replies. Yes, I meant the USB port on the router. I performed a test on the LAN. From this PC to the UNRAID over wireless, Totusoft LAN speed test gave me a speed result of 60 write and 40 read (Mbps). A File file copying from UNRAID files to this PC according to microsoft, is being conducted at a speed of 6 MB/s (times 8=48 Mbps). Close enough. When I ping the server, I get a round trip of around 94ms. I guess that is not good ?

Hi, This question is not absolutely directly related to UNRAID. However, you guys know this stuff the best. I have UNRAID Plus running Version 6.1.9. I really like UNRAID and have been running in for more than 5 years now. Very happy. In Writing to UNRAID the speed is not mind blowing. And that is perfectly fine. I use UNRAID mostly as a media file server for my Home entertainment. Also for my documents and photo's. I only have 4 slots on my UNRAID mobo, all used up. (parity +3). I don't want to mess around with Cache drives and adding one will mean purchasing more hardware to accomodate it. I am considering the following course of action: Retain all my older movies, shows, documents on UNRAID. Employ a new device/system to store most Recent / Current files Periodically copy this category of files to my UNRAID The upshot would be that UNRAID acts as my secure data storage backup and "older media files" server. Whilst the other 'system' would receive and serve the newest files at maximum possible speed. Setup: I have an ONHUB router running wireless AC. Wired connection to 5 port TPlink switch Wired connection to UNRAID Philips Hue + Smartthings Hub All other devices are wirelessly connected to the router My devices are 3 windows PC's 2 Nexus players 1 Nvidia Shield Media player Question: How should i serve files the very fastest ? Should I get a device to attach to the router via USB ? What is best ? Thanks.

Hi, I checked out the FAQ's for this question, but could not find the answer. I recently noticed that the GUI for the UNRAID is missing. I kind of ignored this for a while, because I have been busy. But now, I am starting to be concerned that I have not maintained my UNRAID for a while. ? How do I get my GUI back, please.

I have no idea why.... but I came home from work today, ready to implement the advice above... went to copy a file.... and I get transfer speeds of 12MB/s. I am absolutely bowled over. I made no changes. (And it has been a week since I rebuilt the new drive). I had been struggling for a week now, with speeds of 1 MB/s and not being able to do anything whilst copying. So, why would this be ? Cockroach on the diode ?

So, I still have the same problem. What write speeds would you expect with no cache drive. My network is: 1. Intel PC with i# core, 8GB RAM, decent wireless card, connecting wirelessly to a... 2. Google ON Hub router, sitting 15 foot away, line of sight 3. Connected to the UNRAID server via an wired ethernet connection over a 10 ft cable, through a TPLink Gigabit switch. Any suggestions very much welcomed.

Thanks for the reply. No the rebuild has finished.

Reading between the lines, the OP most likely needed to install the preclear plugin, but the server was unable to communicate to the outside world so the DNS settings needed to be changed. The settings did not need to be changed to add a new drive, only to install preclear Absolutely correct.

Hi, I just recently installed a new 3TB drive. In achieving this, I had to install plugins, which required me to change my network settings (wasn't connecting to the internet). I am thinking that the changes I made resulted in the current problems I am having with write speed. I don't have a cache drive, (and did not before). However my write speed now is maxed out at 1MB/s. (My read speed is the same, 1 MB/s). More than this, when I am writing to the Unraid server from my PC, I can't do navigate any directories on my PC at the same time. I have to wait until the move has completed. Diagnostics file is below. MY network setting are: MAC address: 1C:6F:65:55:CE:BD Enable bonding: Bonding mode: Setup bridge: Bridge name: br0 Bridge enable STP: Bridge forward delay: 0 Obtain IP address automatically: IP address: 192.168.86.119 Network mask: 255.255.255.0 Default gateway: 192.168.86.1 Obtain DNS server address automatically: DNS server 1: 8.8.8.8 DNS server 2: 8.8.4.4 DNS server 3: Any suggestions welcomed. Thanks. supernova-diagnostics-20160608-2024.zip

My Server is used for: 1. Serving Kodi requirements 2. Storing Photos + documents My principle aim is balance power consumption against need. The Skylake Pentium looks good. What do you think ?

Question to clarify the above: When you state 'rebuild old Disk 1 onto new disk'... does this happen automatically when I start the array having "assign(ed) the new disk to Disk 1, start(ed) array again"... or is there a function I have to run ?

Hi, I am looking to move to 6 SATA's. I figure that I might as well go for a revamp: Considering the Haswell G18XX CPU coupled with the GIGABYTE GA-H97N mobo. or the Skylake G3900 coupled with the GIGABYTE GA-H170N Any thoughts ? Recommendations on RAM ? Thanks.

Hi, Thanks for this. It seems to work. I could not get any sound out of the video. So I simply set it to 2 cycles and kicked it off. If this is correct, then that was easy ! Thanks.

Hi, I am logged in to the forum. I do not see the link to the preclear script. It states that it will be visible if I'm logged in. It is not. What to do ? http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=39985.0

OK. FIXED. Schoolboy Error (I make a lot of them) The Default Gateway was blank. I set it to my Router I.P address, and set DNS1=8.8.8.8, DNS2=8.8.4.4 Thanks for all your help. Very much appreciated.

Tried Rebooting and Setting the DNS=Router. And rebooting.. Still the same.

OK. Thanks for this. I upgraded to 6.1.9 I set my DNS 1= 8.8.8.8 & DNS2=8.8.4.4 I still receive an error: plugin: installing: https://github.com/dlandon/unassigned.devices/raw/master/unassigned.devices.plg plugin: downloading https://github.com/dlandon/unassigned.devices/raw/master/unassigned.devices.plg plugin: downloading: https://github.com/dlandon/unassigned.devices/raw/master/unassigned.devices.plg ... failed (Network failure) plugin: wget: https://github.com/dlandon/unassigned.devices/raw/master/unassigned.devices.plg download failure (Network failure)

Hi, Gratefully acting upon advice received I attempted to install a couple of plugins; Community Applications Unassigned Devices Both returned errors as per below. Grateful for help. I am running version Plus 6.1.3 My Network settings are : IP address: 192.168.86.119 Network mask: 255.255.255.0 Default gateway: Obtain DNS server address automatically: DNS server 1: 192.168.86.1 DNS server 2: 64.XX.XXX.13 DNS server 3: 64.YY.YYY.242 Thanks. plugin: installing: https://github.com/dlandon/unassigned.devices/raw/master/unassigned.devices.plg plugin: downloading https://github.com/dlandon/unassigned.devices/raw/master/unassigned.devices.plg plugin: downloading: https://github.com/dlandon/unassigned.devices/raw/master/unassigned.devices.plg ... done Warning: simplexml_load_file(): /tmp/plugins/unassigned.devices.plg:1: parser error : Document is empty in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 Warning: simplexml_load_file(): in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 Warning: simplexml_load_file(): ^ in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 Warning: simplexml_load_file(): /tmp/plugins/unassigned.devices.plg:1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 Warning: simplexml_load_file(): in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 Warning: simplexml_load_file(): ^ in /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.plugin.manager/scripts/plugin on line 193 plugin: xml parse error

I have one of these already. So... I take it that my Unraid server will recognize it... and I can easily address it in the preclear routine ?