Korrath83

Hi Guys, really not sure if this is the right spot for this if not please let me know where i should be posting. I've recently upgraded my server and decided now was the time to move my "arrs" from my windows machine and run them on docker within unraid. I've set that all up and its working fine. I also added a 1TB SSD to my system and assigned that to be the cache drive where any and all downloads go from sabnzbd and then the relevant "arr" moves them to the array once download and unpacking is completed. The Download folder is set to use "only" cache. The issue im having is for say 20-25gb of download, im getting 27500 writes to my cache drive but 3,000,000 reads and writes to the array on the relevant drive and then to the dual parity as well. is this normal, seems to be a really really high amount for such a small amount of files. Ive checked the relevant drive and there is no leakage of the download folder, the download folder shows as only been active on the Cache. Any help appreciated. Thanks

Cheers for such a quick response, much appreciated

Hi, Apologies if this is a stupid question but thought best to ask, Im about to upgrade my server from a Fractal Node 804 to a Fractal Design 7 XL because ive somehow managed to run out of space with my 10 drives in there that are all 10TB and I have 6 x 8TB just sat doing nothing. Thought it would be much more cost effective to just upgrade the case for one that can hold more drives. The issue I now have is that I am running a B365M with 6 SATA ports and a cheap and lousy sata controller that i am going to replace, so need the extra capacity. I run my server headless so all my PCI-E slots are unused. Is there any issue with me running 2 4X 6 port ASM1166 Sata controllers, one in the 4X port and one in the 16x Port? I have very little experience apart from building my server the first time round so not got to grips with LSI cards or anything yet. Any help appreciated. Cheers

Hi jonathanm, thanks for the advice. Yeah your right, I haven't made the jump beyond 1GB yet that will probably be a year or 2 before I do. So I suppose I'll leave it as mounted but not activate the cache to work with any of my shares. At least with it installed then its already set up for when I start looking at Docker a little more. I'll get everything migrated and see what performance is like before exploring anything else, would think I have a fair bit of space with the spec but just want to make sure. Cheers again

Hi Guys, I've just finished my first unraid build and am currently in the process of migrating data from my old QNAP NAS into my new Unraid server. I followed a couple of guides on youtube and currently have everything running smoothly. The build itself is purely a NAS build and will mainly hold my Media for my Plex Server, personal documents, video for editing and photo's etc. The build I have could probably do more in future but at present I'm happy with Plex, Sab and the arr's running on their own NUC (10th Gen I5) and connecting to the Unraid server for the media only. The Question I have is, my build has a 1tb Samsung 970 EVO NVME SSD in it (left over parts) and from the guides I watched and read it recommended having this in as a Cache drive while others have said its a waste of time. As mine is solely a NAS build with only occasional writes to the server is there any benefit to doing this? Or is it going to be negligible or just a hinderance. Any advice appreciated. Oh and while I'm thinking about it, on the "Main" screen there is no section for Cache Devices, simply Pool Devices, is this a change with the new version and is it correct? Thanks again