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For me, this is kind of a funny story. It is difficult to give an accurate cost, for my server should be renamed Theseus. I originally decided to build an Unraid server with the $600 COVID stimulus check I received two years ago. I had a retired CPU, motherboard, power supply and some DRAM on hand, so I figured I would give Unraid a try. I initially came pretty close. Then decided I didn't trust the power supply, so I replaced it. Then bought two more drives. I really started to enjoy the server, and started to put it to work more. Bought it a GPU. And a UPS. So I ended up upgrading a few things. I upgraded the: NVMe drive used as the main cache pool/appdata CPU Motherboard (old MB didn't play well with the new CPU) Additional DRAM 4 more, much larger drives Right now, about the only things left from the initial build are the case, a 3x4 drive cage, the small ssd I have that will never die, the flash drive, some fans and cables. So, do I add up the cost of the original component, of the current components, or of everything that has passed through this setup? 🤔 One benefit of all of this is that I'll be starting a new Unraid server build this week. Other than needing a power supply, all of the remaining components I have on hand, many of them previously installed in the server above. So the total hardware cost will be about $70 USD. Of course, that's before upgrades. 😝

All solutions require they pass the WAF test.

No worries. It is a broad subject, so it isn't hijacking as long as you are bringing something to the table. You offered food for thought to me with your S3/S4 sleep comment. Something to look deeper once I reach this point. As far as to "what" I back up, first need to say what's on my server. It has backups of my other PCs and devices, about 20TB of media, an an aggregate compilation of my family's photos. I also have a NextCloud instance, but am not very impressed with its performance, and the data it holds is duplicated elsewhere, and I will likely just blow it all away anyway. Appdata, libvirt and flash are backed up weekly (old Appdata backup plugin, I'm still on 6.10.3) Photos and music media are on an external USB drive, kept off site. Very static, I tend to bring the drive home and update it every few months. (rsync) Backup files, as well as Appdata, libvirt and flash, are backed up weekly to an external USB drive (rsync). Each month, I swap that drive with another kept offsite. The gap I have in my backup of my media (movies and TV). It is all replaceable, but would be a heartbreaking loss. I have 18TB of drives now sitting in a drawer, all too small to be of use in my current server. It will hold my TV and (1080p) movies with plenty of room to spare in the backup server I'm planning.

In my opinion, it is not a SanDisk issue. Nor Samsung. Nor Kingston. It is a counterfeit issue. So it isn't the brand, it is the distribution network that can't be trusted. Amazon, eBay, Alibaba can't be trusted. Go to an actual brick and mortar store. Staples. Target. Walgreens even. Pay an extra $5, and save yourself a lot of grief.

Old post, and I'll reply in the wrong language. I have this SG11 case. Was my daily PC, but I switched to a Fractal Design CORE 500 as the Silverstone just has a poor airflow design. For my desk PC, I wished for it to be quiet, which was difficult to maintain low fan speeds and keep the system cool. I am planning to use this SG11 to build an Unraid backup server, with 3 6TB drives. Noise isn't an issue, so it will have the 120mm and 2 80mm fans, all running high speed. I hope cooling won't be an issue this time.

Neither count towards the number of drives for your license.

Excellent! Exactly the kind of conversation I was hoping this thread would produce. Ipmi would make for a neater solution, but I'm not buying any more hardware for awhile. Just dropped $$$ on 4 16TB drives (that's why I have the drives for this build). I did pick up a PiKVM from someone on this forum (*wink*), but it is working wonderfully fulfilling its planned purpose on the main server. Let's see who else may chime in with some backup server solutions.

I currently do the same for what are effectively the backup of my other computer's backups. PCs/devices back up onto my (main) Unraid server, then those backups go onto an external USB drive weekly. Every month or so, I swap the USB drive with another, which I keep offsite. Belt, suspenders, and some duct tape. I use a script for this, similar to Hoopster's but much more rudimentary. I plan to borrow some from what he posted, thanks for that. The backup server I plan to put together will hold a much more static (and less un-replaceable) data, so once a month sync with the main server. Curious how folks handle things without an ipmi to do wake/sleep/login on the destination server.

Thanks for the input so far - keep it coming! I definitely am looking at the backup server to be a part time operation. It will be built from retired parts. A Silverstone SG11 case (Sugo) and 3 non-He HGST 6TB drives I replaced in my current server. The SG11 was the case for my daily driver PC, retired as it has a poor cooling design (so not great for a system sitting next to my desk) . The non-He drives run about 3 to 4C warmer than the He filled drives that replaced them. Running the server, even for a day a week with the fans all wound up is OK by me. Running 24/7/365 just isn't desired, especially as the data it will hold isn't non-replaceable and I have no backup of at this time. Almost all of the data is better than none in this situation. I know there are folks here on the forum that have automated their BU solutions (be it by WOL or ???). Would love to have them chime in with how they sync things. I imagine there are a number of issues, such as determining the remote server is ready, when backup is completed, and powering down.

Well, not so weird if you say "40" afterwards. 😀

You would probably be better off posting in the [Plugin] Nvidia-Driver support thread. The GTX780 is a pretty old card, and not supported by the current Production Branch of the Nvidia driver. You would likely need use the v470 legacy driver.

You did great, Andrew. Thank you so much for sharing with us.

^ Agree. I played with the idea of putting opnsense on my server. Great idea in theory, but the devil is in the details. If the server is shut down, or even the array stopped, your VMs also stop. So everything works great *when* everything is working great. When something goes wrong? If your router is down, you can't access it, as your network is down. I know a lot of people virtualize their pfsense/opnsense firewalls. But nothing beats it running on bare metal. Makes troubleshooting so much easier, especially as you usually are without useful resources (such as your normally used network) when you find yourself trying to fix things.

I've just about completed the upgrades to my Unraid server. Was taking an inventory of all of the spare hardware I now have, and it got me thinking. Perhaps it is time to build a backup server. I already have a solid backup strategy for all of my data, except for my media. This backup server would be just the place to plug that hole. My hope for this thread is for the folks here who have an Unraid backup server to share their solutions of backing up one server to another. For me, ideally it would back up my TV and (1080) Movie folders which are part of my Media share perhaps once a month. The backup server would be powered down until it is time to sync the two. Saves power and helps isolate the backup from any bad actors. If you have a setup like this, please tell how you implement it. Do you run a script or utilize a docker? Run both servers on your LAN or direct connect the two? Does your backup server run 24/7 or do you power it up/down as needed, and if the later, how do you accomplish this? I am really interested in hearing how you approached this, as I'm just at the beginning steps of implementing something here.

By "Turning off" do you mean it powers off, or is it powered on and frozen/locked up?

Isn't that what I linked? 😝

Your memory setting is wrong, and the most likely reason for your crashing. You cannot use the XMP settings, it is running your memory much too fast. Go to the FAQ entry listed below. The 2200G is a first generation Ryzen. Your Corsair Vengeance LPX DRAM is almost certainly dual rank (You never know with Corsair...). So you would set the speed in your BIOS to 2400 (or even 2133 for troubleshooting). Running a MEMTEST wouldn't be a bad idea either. Don't believe the "3200MHz" the marketing people put on the package. You can put racing tires on a Prius, but it still won't go 120MPH.

No, it happens here with 6.10.3 as well. It is a bit disconcerting that this has been an issue that has prevailed for over a month and not been resolved. Running unraid-api restart is not a solution, but is just a Band-Aid that resolves the immediate symptom. My Servers has been sold to the Unraid community as one of the preferred secure methods of accessing a server remotely. By using My Servers you are handing you trust to someone else that they are keeping you secure. If this visible issue has been going on for a month, what else may be an unknown problem?

A quick follow up... Moved data off a 6TB drive, removed that 6TB and replaced the 8TB parity drive with a 16TB. Used that 8TB drive to replace a 6TB. Replaced 2 more 6TB drives with a pair of 16TB drives. Over 100 hours of parity building and data drive reconstruction. Zero errors. I really do like this server.

More MVP points for someone figuring out why this has been happening to many servers for nearly a month.

Folks don't seem to realize that Plex only uses the video encoder/decoder circuitry of the GPU's processor. All of those thousands of CUDA cores on a high end card sit idle when transcoding. The newer the card, the more (and more recent) formats it can handle. The Quadro T400 (and its predecessor P400) both can transcode h.265 which 4K is typically coded. Low cost, and low power (30W, all straight from the PCIe slot - no add'l cable needed) makes it perfect for home media servers. There are times where a more powerful card is needed. If you are running your own private Netflix and have a half dozen (or more) folks remotely transcoding at the same time, you probably need to move up to one of the Quadro's bigger brothers. Someone running facial recognition or some other AI application could possibly put the CUDA cores to use. Users who wish to do this would likely mention it in their posts, and already have an idea what they need for hardware. So it makes the Quadro T400 an easy recommendation.

I'm not ready to fire this up and try it yet. But have been following the threads for some time now. Thanks for all of your time and effort bringing this up to date!

Quadro T400 will do all you need for Plex transcoding. New = $150-200 USD. Used around $100. Even the Quadro P400 (which I currently use) will work fine. Can be found on eBay starting around $50.

Well, it finally did fix/reconnect. Though the behavior of the terminal and GUI syslog behaved differently than in the past.

Had this happen several times last month, then no issues until today. unraid-api restart will not fix it this time. 6.10.3