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Correct. Changes in 6.12 drove a respin of the old Unbalanced application.

https://docs.unraid.net/legacy/FAQ/console/#to-cleanly-stop-the-array-from-the-command-line

Thank You! Received the case today. Not only is the case in near new immaculate condition, it was shipped in its original box with all of the hardware and paperwork that a brand new one had. Adding what a pleasure it was doing this transaction with you, I can only say to anyone reading this - If you see @a_n_d_y offering something for sale, jump quickly and buy it, even if you don't need it!

Message sent. @Hoopster Why is it every time you show up, I end up buying something? You should be charging a commission. 🤑

I work in semiconductor manufacturing, since the mid 1990's. Before that, design and manufacture of some of the first graphics cards for the IBM PC, as well as working in computer retail stores (back when these actually existed). So I would need to be someone who works at NASA and believes we never landed on the moon. I am very well versed in semiconductor counterfeiting and supply chain control. In fact, I am required to be recertified annually in several inter-related aspects of this. So I just not making stuff up as I go along. I highly doubt anyone is making their own knock off chips. There is no need to. Everything you need to build a flash drive is readily available. It is really only 5 parts - Memory IC, controller IC, a circuit board, USB connector, and a shell/case. Okay, perhaps a few capacitors and resistors. Both ICs needed are readily available for purchase. And at wholesale are relatively dirt cheap, especially if buying old/outdated controllers and low binned (think "factory seconds") memory chips. There are suppliers making cheap flash drive circuit boards for the advertising/giveaway swag market, and smaller electronics assembly houses currently looking for work. Probably the most expensive part of the operation is the shell and packaging. But even that is likely less than $1 USD in volume quantities. It may not seem like a profitable way to make money, but the key is doing this in volume. Even a $2 profit on tens of thousands of units is still a decent profit. In fact, more than the typical computer retailer makes.

Thanks JorgeB. This is what I suspected.

I have followed and contributed to this thread since it was started. Saying there is contrary evidence to what I wrote without presenting it is not a valid argument. I do agree that it has become more difficult to procure a flash drive that can function as an Unraid boot drive. As I have offered in the past: Avoid purchasing from the major on-line marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay, etc. Many of these co-mingle inventory from several suppliers, increasing the likelihood of getting a non-genuine drive. Buying from a physical brick-and-mortar store is even better - The are more likely to have a better controlled supply chain. Purchase a drive from a second tier manufacturer. Counterfeiters knock off the most popular brands - Samsung, SanDisk, etc. You see counterfeit Rolex, but ever see a fake Timex? You stand a better chance getting a genuine flash drive if you buy Kingston, PNY, Corsair. Avoid those which you have never heard of. The above may cost more than the lowest price you may find. What is time and aggravation worth? In a quick Google search of "Intenso" and "Intenso ALU Line", I was unable to find a manufacturer's web presence, only sites reselling what looks to be a very cheap flash drive. So it is no surprise that the company wouldn't be bothered to program a unique GUID (or even a company identifier or model).

I strongly doubt this is the issue. The GUID is how the flash drive manufacturers can track where/when a device was assembled and, in turn, which suppliers provided the components for that device. It a the device's serial/lot number. The GUID is more useful to the manufacturer than it is to the typical end user. At least, if you are a reputable manufacturer. A post COVID glut of memory chips, sanctions on Chinese semiconductor products, and an overall drop in off-shore manufacturing orders have made it much easier for fly-by-night outfits to make counterfeit flash drives with lower grade chips. Online marketplaces like Amazon, Newegg, eBay and Alibaba help launder the fake with the genuine. There is no need to bother generating a unique GUID, as those making the flash drive will never see it again once it is out of their door.

No one has any suggestions? 😞

Anyone have a guess on how to resolve this?

In Settings > Date and Time, Change the Date Format to anything other than System Setting. You can then also change the time to 24 Hour format.

One can automate running the backup via a script by either linking it within Unassigned Devices to the drive being plugged in, or alternatively at a scheduled time by running it using the User Scripts plugin. ^ This. My script is run weekly via the User Scripts plugin. This plugin gives a place to create/edit scripts, and assign them a schedule as to when they will run. I run this script weekly (as it is mostly a backup of other backup files I have on my server). I back up onto a 8TB external USB drive, which are managed by the Unassigned Devices plugin. I know, a lot to learn when you first fire up a new Unraid system for the first time. But the benefits of Unraid are many. As it is a long maintained application with many people using it, most questions, issues and wants have been already asked by others before we got here. Add that the community is pretty friendly and helpful, you usually don't need to invent the wheel - just need to build from the work of others.

You need go to Settings and set Enable Docker and Enable Vms to "No". Then run Mover.

It really isn't as simple as you would wish. I'll let Squid give the more technical input, but I'll offer you a way to view this issue. Think of the script as job with a list of commands that are running sequentially in some order. When you abort the script, you stop this job, and no further commands from the script are executed. The difficult issue is stopping the command that is executing when you abort the script. The command could be almost anything. How do you wish the command to be stopped? In a controlled manner, or just kill the process? If the process is killed, will it leave the system in an undefined or unstable condition? I can see a lot of fuzzy decisions here, each dependent on just what command is running at the time the script is aborted.

There are quite a few backup threads on the forum. A lot to wrap your head around, as there are several different programs available that use a graphical interface to control what/where/when/how data is backed up. And probably an equal number of opinions on which is best. This is the Internet after all. 😆 Personally, I have found just using a simple bash script which runs periodically, using the User Scripts plugin works fine for me. It isn't that difficult to set up, and l learned some about my server in the process. The Linus rsync command does all of the work, and there is enough info in the forum (and on the Internet) that made it easy enough to figure out. Below is the script I use. I have it also send me messages on Telegram (which I use for monitoring my server and other network services). You can exclude that if you wish. The rsync settings I use make an uncompressed mirror image of the folders listed, and only transfer/update the data which has been changed. For this script, I backup to a 8TB external drive. I swap out the drive every month or so with another, which I keep in an offsite location: #!/bin/bash # Telegram variables - From Github - h/t to RealLukeManning TOKEN=Token_Goes_Here CHAT_ID=Chat_ID_Goes_Here URL="https://api.telegram.org/bot$TOKEN/sendMessage" # Send message backup is starting MESSAGE="Starting sync to USB2 - $(date)" curl -s -X POST $URL -d chat_id=$CHAT_ID -d text="$MESSAGE" > /dev/null # Start Music backup USB2STAT=$(rsync -ah -p --delete-during --stats "/mnt/disks/Samsung_Flash_Drive_FIT/UNRAID_Backups" "/mnt/user/Backup/Ryzen Home desktop" "/mnt/user/Backup/appdata backup" "/mnt/disks/EXT_USB_FAN_2") if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then # Send message that all backup is COMPLETE MESSAGE="Backup to USB2 is COMPLETE - $(date)" curl -s -X POST $URL -d chat_id=$CHAT_ID -d text="$MESSAGE%0A%0A$USB2STAT" > /dev/null echo $MESSAGE echo $USB2STAT else # Send message that backup FAILED MESSAGE="***ERROR*** Backup to USB2 FAILED - $(date)" curl -s -X POST $URL -d chat_id=$CHAT_ID -d text="$MESSAGE%0A%0A$USB2STAT" > /dev/null echo $MESSAGE echo $USB2STAT fi This is the messages sent to my Telegram account. This week, it parsed 5.12TB of data to mirror, but only needed 65.52GB to update, which only required less than 12 minutes to complete:

Just an odd but annoying thing I'd like to change in my Unraid Dashboard/Main screens. I posted this question in General Support earlier. I don't like cross posting, but with no one responding, I know it will soon be buried several pages down before long. I have a Leven JPR700 NVMe as one of my pool drives, and it reports the wrong Temperature sensor in the Unraid GUI. It reports Temperature sensor 2, which I have never seen change from 48C. I believe that sensor 3 is the actual memory chip sensor (the above 54C was during a 800GB backup write, currently idle at 43C). Sensor 6 is likely the controller chip (now idle at 34C). Is there some way to change Unraid to report Temperature sensor 3 instead of Temperature sensor 2? Thanks in advance.

https://docs.unraid.net/legacy/FAQ/cache-disk/#the-mover

Just an odd but annoying thing I'd like to change in my Unraid Dashboard/Main screens. I have a Leven JPR700 NVMe as one of my pool drives, and it reports the wrong Temperature sensor in the Unraid GUI. It reports Temperature sensor 2, which I have never seen change from 48C. I believe that sensor 3 is the actual memory chip sensor (the above 54C was during a 800GB backup write, currently idle at 43C). Sensor 6 is likely the controller chip (now idle at 34C). Is there some way to change Unraid to report Temperature sensor 3 instead of Temperature sensor 2? Thanks in advance.

Yes. 😁 But seriously, it is all depending on how you expect the data to be moving in your system. So as they say, Your Mileage May Vary. In my system, I have 4 pools, 3 SSD and 1 spinning rust (for my Frigate NVR). On the SSDs I have the following: 2TB NVME - Used for Array Cache, system share (docker.img and libvert.img) and appdata share. 2TB SSD - Used for my VMs (domains and isos shares) 128GB SSD - Used for transcoding (my very first SSD, I have has forever. Was sitting in a drawer, unused. Figured I would use/abuse it until it dies). The two things to keep in mind when deciding how to allocate things is: Files where programs run (docker and VM) should be fast access. So SSD is better than spinning drives (especially if you wish for drives to be able to spin down). Therefore appdata and domains are best on SSD. Cache drive should be larger than the largest amount of data you plan to eventually move to your array between scheduled Mover runs. Yes, Unraid will write directly to the array once you cache is full, but it sometimes gets confused so I recommend avoiding the situation.

I would stick with the i5 and its 6 cores. Cores are King for servers in the productivity space. Helps when multiple tasks happen at the same time, if you decide to start experimenting with Docker/VM, and you likely won't see any difference in idle power. Even at "idle" a server is usually doing something. And what ends up being most important is total power over time - More cores loafing along usually end up consuming less energy than less cores working harder.

Away from home today, typing on an iPad, so this will be short. It is alway s hard to give hardware recommendations as it isn’t only WHAT you will do but HOW MUCH of it you will be doing. The 2c/4t Clarkdale was released in 2010, and will do any one thing okay. It is more when you ask it to do multiple things at one time. Even with a GPU installed, it will use cpu for transcoding audio (video too if you have subtitles). Running a parity check, moving files to/from the array at the same time? Decide you want to run a docker or two? You will be cpu limited very quickly. Much of Unraid runs from memory so 1333 DDR is well less than half th speed of current memory. Since the cpuwill be laboring every time you ask the server to do something, it will be running around its max power (~75W TDP). Modern CPUs max lower, even less as they won’t even be breaking a sweat. Your use case doesn’t seem to need a top end system. You likely can find a used system, a few years old, which will fit your needs and will include the memory, case, power supply.

Trust me. You will see a difference. I ran a 1st Gen i3 for many years longer than I should have. When I finally updated to a 1st Gen Ryzen 1500X, the difference was mind blowing. Fast forward a few years and the performance of current processors is significant ..

Glad to see someone getting traction moving forward with reviving nzbget. Used it for a few years, but ended up switching to sabnzbd once nzbget lost its pulse. Looking forward to hearing a review or two on how it works, once we get some installs on Unraid.

The NVS310 (Fermi) cards are no longer supported by the drivers.

Sometimes there is no benefit to be caching transfers. Cache if great when you are sitting in front of your desktop PC waiting for the transfer to complete. But for automated tasks, such as backups, it is better to just let it write directly to the array. My backup shares for automated backups and my media do not use cache - both have automated tasks, and makes little sense to write the data twice, first to cache then to the array.