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Is Limetech working on an alternative licensing method for future versions? I find the requirement for a specific USB stick a bit antiquated, like the old dongles software vendors used to provide which you had to plug into the back of your computer. In my case I have to do USB pass through for the UNRAID VM which works fine but i'm concerned the USB stick will die at some point. I keep a backup of the configuration but when it dies so does my license. Would a Microsoft online activation method work?
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24 minutes ago, CHBMB said:
I think if the hardware isn't KVM compatible then you can't disable it as such, and the KVM page states you need compatible hardware.
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This is exactly the case, I have disabled Docker functionality so it doesnt show up in the menus across the top but VM's is still listed because I am unable to disable it.
My request is also not necessarily specific to the above, I think giving people the option of using UNRAID as a pure NAS only solution by allowing them to disable/hide those extra features would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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Hi, I have been using UNRAID since v4.7 and think it's a great product but since v5.0 there is a lot of extra functionality being added that is not storage related. I virtualise UNRAID under ESXI and use it purely as a NAS, If I need additional services I typically add it to another VM as I want UNRAID to do one job only. I see UNRAID continuing to expand and add extra features that will be a benefit to the community but as this occurs I'd like the option to disable them within the settings of the WEBUI. I don't want to see references to VM's etc except under settings where the option can be enabled/disabled. If they are turned off there is also the potential to reduce the memory/CPU footprint as the processes for these features wouldn't be running?
Thanks!
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Hi,
I'm attempting to update to the latest beta using Dynamix's cool web interface, unfortunately it downloads the unraid server.zip file OK but when it attempts unzip it I get the following error.
-bash: ./unzip: cannot execute binary file
unzip is located in /usr/bin folder and if I attempt to execute it manually I get the same error.
I am running Beta Quasi's Unraid .vmdk on ESXi 5.5 with my USB key passed through to the Unraid VM and everything works perfectly, I would just like to update through this method instead of copying the manual method of copying the bzroot and bzimage files.
Thanks for any help
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I'm running ESXi 5.5 Update 2 with an IBM M1015 flashed to IT mode passed through to the Unraid VM and everything working sweet.
Definitely the way to go!
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Running ESXi 5.5 here with an M1015 card passed through to an UnRaid 5.0 VM. Connected to the card are a 3TB parity drive and 7 2TB WD Green drives, I don't use a cache drive.
Couple of things that make my environment run reasonably stable.
I stripped all plugins out of Unraid except for Open VMtools and the standard webgui so i could keep it very simple. I built an Ubuntu server VM and this is what runs everything I used plugins for, couchpotato, sickbeard, mysql etc.
I pass the USB stick through for licensing but I use BetaQuasi's Unraid vmdk for booting http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=26639.0
I have setup Resource Pools and given Unraid the highest priority, everything else is set to normal or low.
I run a vcenter appliance as well for managing ESXi 5.5-only functions but most of the day to day stuff I still do through the vsphere client because vcenter is a resource hog so I leave it off when i'm not using it. The only time you won't be able to use the vsphere client is if you upgrade the VM's hardware to version 10, then you won't able to edit any of the VM settings without vcenter.
I upgraded to 5.5 mainly because of the SSD cache drive functionality http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2058983 which should improve the performance of all VMs on the host although I havent picked up the drive yet.
Hope this helps.
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So I did a bit more reading on the forum and one of the posts mentioned that kernel errors are usually the result of memory issues so I ran a memtest program against my 16GB RAM and sure enough, 94 errors. So looks like i'll be replacing at least one stick.
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I'm running UnRaid 5.0 as a VM on my ESXi 5.5 host with an IBM M1015 card passed through.
Disk 3 in my system red balled, I believe the cause was a faulty SAS cable because smartctl said the disk had no errors so I replaced the cable and followed instructions on here to re-add the drive which kicked of a data rebuild. The estimated speed at the beginning was around 50-70MB and it said it was going to take roughly 8-10 hours to complete. After a couple of hours I went back to check and the speed had dropped to 400Kb and it was going to take a 100 days to complete. I checked the syslog and noticed a bunch of errors that occurred almost an hour after the rebuild started (at 8:23).
an 26 07:27:11 Tower emhttp_event: disks_mountedJan 26 07:27:11 Tower kernel: mdcmd (45): check CORRECT
Jan 26 07:27:11 Tower kernel: md: recovery thread woken up ...
Jan 26 07:27:11 Tower kernel: md: recovery thread rebuilding disk3 ...
Jan 26 07:27:12 Tower kernel: md: using 4096k window, over a total of 1953514552 blocks.
Jan 26 07:27:12 Tower emhttp: shcmd (55): :>/etc/samba/smb-shares.conf
Jan 26 07:27:12 Tower emhttp: shcmd (56): cp /etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default- /etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default
Jan 26 07:27:13 Tower emhttp: Restart SMB...
Jan 26 07:27:13 Tower emhttp: shcmd (57): killall -HUP smbd
Jan 26 07:27:13 Tower emhttp: shcmd (58): ps axc | grep -q rpc.mountd
Jan 26 07:27:13 Tower emhttp: _shcmd: shcmd (58): exit status: 1
Jan 26 07:27:13 Tower emhttp: Restart AFP...
Jan 26 07:27:13 Tower emhttp: shcmd (59): killall -HUP afpd
Jan 26 07:27:13 Tower emhttp: shcmd (60): /usr/local/sbin/emhttp_event svcs_restarted
Jan 26 07:27:13 Tower emhttp_event: svcs_restarted
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: IP: [<c124bd97>] __blk_recalc_rq_segments+0x77/0x1db
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: *pdpt = 0000000036de7001 *pde = 0000000000000000
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: Modules linked in: md_mod sg ata_piix vmxnet3 coretemp hwmon mpt2sas scsi_transport_sas raid_class pii
x i2c_piix4 i2c_core
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: Pid: 1869, comm: mdrecoveryd Not tainted 3.9.6p-unRAID #23 VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX
Desktop Reference Platform
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c124bd97>] EFLAGS: 00010296 CPU: 0
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: EIP is at __blk_recalc_rq_segments+0x77/0x1db
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: EAX: f0c03f50 EBX: f0c03f00 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000001
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: ESI: f51a7700 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f475dd14 ESP: f475dcc0
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: CR0: 80050033 CR2: 00000000 CR3: 36de8000 CR4: 001407f0
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: DR6: ffff0ff0 DR7: 00000400
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: Process mdrecoveryd (pid: 1869, ti=f475c000 task=f6f54000 task.ti=f475c000)
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: Stack:
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: f47710a0 f47710bc 00000000 0148eaa0 f0c03f00 00000001 00000000 00000000
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: 00000001 00030c37 000324cd f0c03f00 00001000 00000000 f47731e0 00000000
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: 00000000 f3c54f00 f0c03f00 00000000 f0c03f00 f475dd24 c124bf29 f3edc948
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: Call Trace:
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: [<c124bf29>] blk_recount_segments+0x16/0x24
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: [<c124c665>] ll_back_merge_fn+0x89/0xcf
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: [<c1247ec6>] bio_attempt_back_merge+0x12/0x5e
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: [<c12493bf>] blk_queue_bio+0x96/0x237
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: [<c1247da5>] generic_make_request+0x7b/0xb0
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: [<f859ff31>] handle_stripe+0xc91/0xcf6 [md_mod]
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: [<f85a0086>] unraid_sync+0x3b/0x49 [md_mod]
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: [<f859bd0b>] md_do_sync+0x13c/0x3b3 [md_mod]
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: [<c103efb5>] ? wake_up_bit+0x5b/0x5b
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: [<c103eb75>] kthread+0x90/0x95
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: [<f859cb21>] ? import_device+0x166/0x166 [md_mod]
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: [<c1403837>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x1b/0x28
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: [<c103eae5>] ? kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x4a/0x4a
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: Code: 3c c7 45 e0 00 00 00 00 89 5d bc 89 4d b4 e9 29 01 00 00 8b 30 8b 1d 00 0d 61 c1 8b 55 e4 29 de
c1 fe 05 89 75 d0 3b b2 a0 02 00 <00> 0f 97 c2 83 7d cc 00 0f b6 d2 89 55 c8 0f 85 d1 00 00 00 85
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: EIP: [<c124bd97>] __blk_recalc_rq_segments+0x77/0x1db SS:ESP 0068:f475dcc0
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: CR2: 0000000000000000
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: ---[ end trace e23426bcabb77d3b ]---
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: WARNING: at kernel/exit.c:715 do_exit+0x48/0x2b2()
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: Hardware name: VMware Virtual Platform
Jan 26 08:23:10 Tower kernel: Modules linked in: md_mod sg ata_piix vmxnet3 coretemp hwmon mpt2sas scsi_transport_sas raid_class pii
x i2c_piix4 i2c_core
I've attached my complete syslog, can someone advise what the issue might be? I have tried rebuilding the disk a number of times but it ends the same way although at different times in the rebuild process.
Thanks.
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Using theme names for home servers that nobody else will access is fine, doing it at a company is the biggest headache, especially for third-party providers. Coming into an organisation and having to figure out what purpose 'Gandalf' has in an IT environment is a down right pain in the a$$
For the record my virtual servers are named UNRAID, WIN2012-DC01, WIN2008-EX01 etc
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unRaid 6.0 request: Telnet disabled by default, SSH enabled by default.. It's a better way to go.
no if telnet disabled by default. either enabled both or keep as it is.
Why would you want to use Telnet over SSH?
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Having used, managed and deployed ESXi, Hyper-V and Xen in Enterprise wide deployments of 1,000+ locations including 100,000+ Servers / VMs etc. through the years... I can tell you that all three (ESXi, Hyper-V and Xen) have their pluses, minuses, quirks and issues.
To imply that Xen or Hyper-V for that matter are not stable, useable or simply can't preform on MASSIVE and LARGE scales throughout the enterprise / cloud or simple as a Hypervisor with 5 or 6 VMs in your home... is laughable.
VMware has 56% of the market and that is mostly in mixed environments with Xen, Hyper-V and KVM. Are you implying that IBM, Red Hat, Accenture, Deloitte, etc. sell / make / force the other 44% of Fortune 500 companies to invest millions and millions of dollars in Xen / Hyper-V deployments with Business Critical applications when both know they do not work and will fail? Yeah... okay buddy.
I am a huge ESXi fan and even defended it in this thread but to say it's the only thing that works, never has issues and speaking in absolutes only makes you look foolish. Do I need to remind you of the all the issues with ESXi 4.1 or 5.0? Or have you drank to much ESXi kool-aid already?
You might want to get up to brush up on your Hyper V 2012 R2 because it is a MONSTER. With Microsoft already having 28% or so of the Hypervisor industry... That will put it ahead of Xen and ESXi when it comes to features / functions / price (and it's FREE too... guess that makes it suck too).
I'm sorry if I caused any offence, my throw away comments were as a result of past experience "beta testing" Citrix's production products.
I didn't mention Hyper-V and even though it isnt a free hyper-visor (you need to license the underlying operating system) its come a long way and I would happily use the version that comes with 2012.
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no offense to VMWare users, but if you can get a steak instead of a burger for the same price why not.
Having used Citrix products before I hope it isn't Steakv1.0 otherwise you're going to be running to the bathroom a lot.
Like Chinese 4WDs, there is a reason why they give you more for less...
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I picked up a Cooler Master Storm Trooper full tower case the other day, I would've loved a Lian Li d8000 but after shipping to Perth, Australia it would be $500-600 which is well out of my budget at the moment, this case was $175 and available locally. It's a bit over the top for an Unraid server but for the price it's got plenty of room, loads of external connections and is very moddable.
it comes with 9 5.25 drive bays top to bottom and includes 2 4-in-3 drive cages. I already had a CM 4-in-3 cage which I transferred across from my old Unraid server giving me 12 drive bays. When it comes time to expand i'll look at replacing them with 5-in-3, there is also an external 2.5" dock which would be suitable for a SSD cache drive and then there is another SSD cage sitting at the bottom of the case which could probably be replaced with another 5-in-3 drive cage as there is lots of space.
Only 2 negatives, the new drive cages have red LEDs and my old one is blue, so it looks a bit odd when they're lit. Also the grommet which surrounds the power supply cable hole is pretty flimsy and came out while I was feeding the power cables through, other than that i'm very happy with it.
http://www.bjorn3d.com/2011/09/cooler-master-storm-trooper-full-tower-case/
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I had this issue as well recently, I found the only way to get rid of them was to go the actual disk where the files reside and delete them from there, so /mnt/diskx/Films/ instead of /mnt/user/Films/. When I did this I was able to delete the files successfully.
Good luck
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Thanks for tip, i'll look at doing it that way instead.
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When you build an Unraid VM and use virtualised drives that are VMDKs sitting on datastores, are pre-clear times faster than when you pre-clear an equivalent sized physical drive or about the same? I'm about to embark on a hardware upgrade with a move to ESXi and i'm curious how long pre-clearing a 2TB VMDK will take.
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Taken from an Ars Technica article on Facebook's DIY servers
Each storage server has 2 trays of 15 4TB drives, that's a lot of disk space in what looks like a 2RU chassis.
Wonder if they take orders
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Thanks for the advice, i'll look at doing that.
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Changing the disk settings to ones specified by Garycase didn't make any difference to the parity check speeds, still hovering around 30MB/s. Do I need to stop the array or reboot the server for these to take effect?
According to the smartctl command none of my disks have errors. One of them had a single reallocated sector, the rest were at zero. One of them had a high UDMA CRC Error Count which red balled the drive a few months ago but I resolved the issue by replacing the SATA cable.
I am due a hardware upgrade for this box, may just go ahead with that, add each drive to the new box and monitor the parity check speeds to see if they drop off.
Thanks.
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OK, will get a SMART report for all of my disks, what variables should I be looking for to establish if there is an issue?
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I have not touched the disk parameters they would be set to whatever the default is. I'm at work at the moment, will check out the values tonight when I'm home again and try the ones you suggested.
If I have 1 disk that has an issue would that throw out the whole parity check process or only affect it during the check of that one drive?
Thanks for your reply!
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The specs of my Unraid box are as follows:
ASUS P5B M/B
8GB RAM (2x 4GB DDR2 800)
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU
1x IBM M1015 Card
6 WD 2TB Green Drives
1 Samsung 2TB drive
1 WD 1TB Green Drive (Cache)
1 WD 3 TB Red Drive (Parity)
Unraid 5-RC12a
Parity and Cache drives are connected to onboard SATA ports, the other drives are connected to the M1015 card.
I find that when Unraid is doing a parity check it averages around 28MB/s, takes about 28 hours to complete with an average of 35MB/s. As other people on these forums appear to be getting speeds significantly faster than I am with similar hardware or not much better I have been trying to diagnose why mine are so slow.
I initially thought I had it cracked when I discovered the PCIE slot I had the M1015 card plugged into was x4 and not x8 so I moved it to the PCIE x16 slot. I expected big numbers when I booted it up again and kicked off another parity check only to find it was running at the same speed, zero performance improvement. Now that I think about it, I didnt really see any improvement moving my drives from 2 generic PCI SATA cards to the single M1015 card.
I checked the syslog for errors and nothing is appearing to indicate a fault with a particular drive that may slow things down, is there another log file I should be checking?
Is my hardware bottlenecked somewhere or are these speeds roughly what you would expect for the above hardware configuration?
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks!
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Make sure you don't have any telnet/ssh sessions open to the unraid box either, had the same issue despite stopping all of the addons, once I logged out of the CLI the array stopped successfully.
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Thanks guys for the info, I ended up downgrading to my previous version of unraid and everything is working fine again.
If there are write errors on the disk why does none of the SMART tests show a problem?
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