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Under 6.10.0-rc7 to enable quicksync GPU encoder for plex docker, is this the correct method now? - Make sure igpu enabled in bios - Install Intel GPU top from store - Open plex settings > go to transcoder > check boxes for both hardware transcoding No more manually enabling i915 driver given it is baked into unraid now?

I keep getting Unraid OS warnings for SMART attribute 197 on my unassigned drive (SSD). There is a known crucial firmware bug about this so I disabled monitoring of this attribute on the drive's smart setting page yet I still keep getting browser and email notifications about it. Is this an unassigned devices bug or unraid OS bug?

Understood, thank you for feedback and support

Yep, his template is little more setup for multi-server hosting (clustering) vs yours which is single server hosting. Maybe two ark docker versions templates? Clustering isn't a mod, it just allows you host multiple server maps and so that players can travel between the servers/maps. Ark official servers are setup that way.

I figured it out mostly. He posted the xml templates for the dockers on his github. He created a companion docker that handles server backups, allows server dynamic config (adjust in-game systems without shutting down the game server first), and most importantly automatically handles ark server updates and mod management. https://github.com/CydFSA/A3C He also posted the docker xml templates for your gameserver docker that is more tailored to ark server hosting, maybe you could add it to your default ark gamedocker template?

Can someone help with ark cluster setup (via Cyd's page 82 post). Basically trying to do this but I am a total noob at this thing. I have hosted before on ark server manager so I know the ark parameters but not sure how to setup the dockers/duckdns/config files properly in unraid. Willing to venmo someone like $20 bucks? Discord chat/screen share. I already have server files, just trying to transfer them from a windows VM to docker setup because windows VM unstable as shiz.

Do you have tips and tweaks enabled with power saving turned on?

That Xeon is coffee lake (9th gen intel) which Unraid is certified for. The issue is on 11/12th gen intel chips which technically Unraid is not certified for, at least not until 6.10 release.

I have no files in my boot/config/modprobe.d folder. I have plex installed but using software transcoding for now, no GPU monitoring tools/plugins (did have some in the past) and still getting crashes on 6.9.2 with i5-11600k.

Is there an official fix or keep waiting for 6.10 release?

Is this a permanent or temporary fix. Should we wait for linux driver updates to the intel drivers or unraid server update as the official fix? Can you plex hardware transcode?

My server locks up randomly after awhile even with plex hardware transcoding off (doing software transcoding for now). My iGPU basically does nothing right now but still causes the occasional lockup. i5-11600K

I know windows hypervisor handles it pretty well when the host OS is window based (windows server on the bare metal). Mixing host linux OS with windows VM is probably going to have quirks like this. I have enough unraid RAM in reserve for now, so I will just set the VM initial and max RAM to the same value to prevent windows OS VM from thinking it is out of RAM in the meantime.

I noticed if I set initial RAM and max RAM to different values Unraid will use dynamic memory for the VM. However the Win 10 VM reports in the task manager almost full RAM usage 100% of the time and seems to be caching constantly to drives. If I set initial RAM and max RAM to the same value, windows 10 VM reports normal ram usage via the task manager, eg 10% of Max value during idle. The issue is the Unraid now allocates all the RAM to the VM and isn't dynamic. Is there a way to have my cake and eat it too? Dynamic memory allocation for the VM and for Win 10 VM to not think it is out of memory? I am not passing through any PCIE devices so I want to use dynamic memory.

Server has been running fine for a 5 days now without issue now that I disabled HW transcoding on plex for now. Still not sure if igpu driver or plex related.