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Yes you could. Don't do it. Bonding is just terrible. It does not increase transfer speeds in the way it is often described and performance gains are with rare exception, nil. It also introduces complexities that often result in disconnects and confusion.

If willing to build your own, lots of info in this section: https://forums.unraid.net/forum/9-hardware/ So much better that buying a prebuilt I think.

If there is no data left on that drive, I would do that. No real point in fighting with a pool that you intend to remove, just remove it and assign that drive to the array. Edit: and delete that pool.

I do not see an array at all in those images. I see a pool named Cache and a pool named Data. Because there is no array, there is no parity drive. Suggest you watch a video or two from Spaceinvaderone or Ibracorp https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceinvaderOne https://www.youtube.com/@IBRACORP Digest a little bit of content then decide what works best for your next steps forward. Could also post your diagnostics for folks to be able to see better what you are working with and offer suggestions.

Try rebooting your DHCP server, likely your router as Jorgeb said. If that doesn't do it, reboot every network device (switch) in between DHCP and your unRAID. Can also assign address manually in unRAID. Be sure to use a valid dns address like 208.67.222.222 or 9.9.9.9 or others.

Maybe unassigned devices plugin would help

I do mine a little different. Have you tried using pfsense to setup an OpenVPN path? With that in place, you can assign your containers IP addresses and route through whichever gateway you want.

Ok. To JorgeB's reply, I think the approximation is pretty close. I got it plugged into a killawat meter and the math looks right. My expectations may have been off and I feel a bit better with this info. Thanks for the reply.

Finally migrated my boot to an Intel Optane drive (MEMPEK1W016GA) Unraid shows it at a constant 4.5W power draw which is much higher than I expected to see. My other two NVME drives (both 970 Evo Plus) idle at .01W so I was expecting something more like that. What is everyone else seeing?

Was waiting for this one. 7.3.0 - 7.3.1 no issue

Lolight sums up nand well. I plan to migrate to a single optane for boot. I'm ok with a single drive, I will just continue to do periodic backups just like I have always done. I know the optane will outlast any USB stick I can find these days.

Are you able to test the server on a live USB distro? Could help affirm @Vr2Io idea.

Should disable bonding

Should be an option under Tools for Downgrade OS

That may be the best choice