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    Compiled Info: unRAID as Guest on ESXi

    in Virtualizing Unraid

    Posted

    6 hours ago, DragonParoxysm said:

     

    This accurately describes my issues.

     

    I did some troubleshooting and I've noticed that my unRAID USB disappears from my unRAID VM. I would have to physically unplug it then plug it back in to the server. After that I would have to run a "Rescan All..." and a "Refresh" on the Storage Adapters section in ESXi for the USB to show back up. After that I can then boot it back up fine.

     

    When the USB fails, the minute I navigate to unRAID's Web UI it crashes (because it tries to load information from the USB thats not present anymore)

     

    I have it described in a separate thread below:

    I've tried researching the error but am unable to find a solution. I'm still unsure if the problem is ESXi or unRAID.

    Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.

    what ESXi version are you using?

    [Support] Linuxserver.io - Plex Media Server

    in Docker Containers

    Posted

    11 hours ago, saarg said:

    You could build it yourself for Linux. See here.

    Thanks, i tried it some days ago already with no luck. just tied it again with precise other software versions, and success.. looks like everything working now, happy days :)

     

    11 hours ago, saarg said:

    There is also a Plex plugin for kodi.

    yes, but you need plex pass to get it working..

    Compiled Info: unRAID as Guest on ESXi

    in Virtualizing Unraid

    Posted

    5 hours ago, itsrumsey said:

    Question for those using ESXi. I understand the free version only support 8 vCPUs.  If I am running a dual processor configuration, with 8 cores and 16 threads each, for a total of 32 threads and 16 cores... can I utilize all of these in one VM on the free edition?

    i think no, max 8 vCPU per VM.. but why you need all cores to one VM? if still you need them all, then you simply go bare-metal route..

    cache_dirs - an attempt to keep directory entries in RAM to prevent disk spin-up

    in User Customizations

    Posted

    Hi, and sorry if this was asked and answered before.

    i have all disk spin-ups with cache dirs enabled and massive read from one of the disks. for example, i have a cron job that backups some huge VM's files to my backup server. after some time all other disks spun up too. i think it's related to cache dirs, since when i disable it, all other disks spun down after 30 min. i tried RobJ's suggested vm.dirty* setting change mentioned here with no luck.. are there another suggestion's how to prevent disk spin-ups? i changed RAM size for unRAID to 8GB recently and still no joy.. 

    [Support] Linuxserver.io - Nextcloud

    in Docker Containers

    Posted

    On 3/29/2017 at 2:15 PM, uldise said:

     or are there another way to install Collabora on unRAID?

    Just quoting myself - just got it up and running..

    first, you can add Collabora docker from CA Applications with docker-hub search enabled. then just follow this instructions to see which ports/setting you need to add: https://www.collaboraoffice.com/code/

    for me it works only on with separate sub-domains for Nextcloud and Collabora. e.g. at first i installed NextCloud at for example mydomain.com/nextcloud, and tried install collabora with similar sheme with no luck. then i moved Nextcloud to nextcloud.mydomain.com and Collabora to office.mydomain.com. You need to activate Nextcloud Collabora application and point to Collabora URL to bind them together.  And then everything looks like working as expected.    

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    [Support] Linuxserver.io - Nextcloud

    in Docker Containers

    Posted

    Hi, just installed Nextcloud, and it seems to work ok..

    had some permission issues with data folder mounted with UD from another NFS server, so switched data folder to unRAID and looks like it works..

    Any chances to get Collabora Docker? just find another request, but looks like nobody answers it..

     or are there another way to install Collabora on unRAID?

    Anybody planning a Ryzen build?

    in Motherboards and CPUs

    Posted

    11 minutes ago, Pauven said:

    Hmmm, latest slackware is v14.2 (which apparently is what unRAID is based upon), but that release is 9 months old, and has kernel 4.4.14.  I guess Lime-Tech is doing some significant upgrades under the hood.

     

    If anyone would like to recommend a distro running 4.9.10 for me to test, I'm listening.

     

    -Paul

    i'm on Ubuntu, so you can install Ubuntu 16.04 for example and then update it to kernel 4.9. Instructions here: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2016/12/install-linux-kernel-4-9-ubuntu-linux-mint/

    i did it in my test environment many times to compare hardware compatibility to unRAID.. 

     

     

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    Seagate 8TB Shingled Drives in UnRAID

    in Storage Devices and Controllers

    Posted

    if you are talking about prices, can you compare these Seagates? (these prices are EUR in Latvia/Europe) :

    - Archive HDD ST8000AS0002 - 305 EUR

    - SkyHawk Surveillance HDD ST8000VX0022 - 305 EUR

    - IronWolf ST8000VN0022 - 310 EUR

    - Desktop HDD ST8000DM002 - 330 EUR

     

    Archive and Desktop are 5900RPM, while Skyhawk and Ironwolf are 7200RPM..

    if you wanna low rpm PMR, then Desktop only.. 

    Server Layout Plugin for unRAID v6

    in Plugin Support

    Posted

    On 8/1/2016 at 7:56 PM, uldise said:

    First, thanks TheOne for a great plugin.. seen this one long before, but installed it today for first time..

    looks like all devices are displayed ok.. some questions:

    - i'm running unRAID on top of ESXi. it will be cool to manage all server hdd's in this cool plugin - so, are there an easy way to add devices manually?

    - my cache drive is RAID1 array and occupies 2 slots. any ideas how to add one device to two slots or maybe another idea ?

     

    thanks again for plugin!

     

    Uldise

     

    Hi @theone, i'm quoting myself, may be you have and interest to develop something like that?

    Trouble getting Dual CPUs to Boot

    in Hardware

    Posted

    6 hours ago, keithwlandry said:

    I lied. I don't have two EPS-12V connections on my old PSU. Just one; so I can't test. 

    As Gary noted, you can test it with both PSU - one PSU to each CPU. Just place second PSU near your server outside for testing..

    Trouble getting Dual CPUs to Boot

    in Hardware

    Posted · Edited by uldise

    2 hours ago, garycase said:

     

    The keying is different on PCIe and  EPS-12v connectors -- there's NO chance of using the wrong ones :D

    thanks, if i remember correctly, i had some reading somewhere when people are bricked their boards when connecting PCIe to EPS..

     

    Edit: i'm talking about modular PSU - on the PSU side connectors are equal in most cases..

     

    But i have offsite backup computer with PSU that dont have dual EPS connector - and i used then a transition from PCIe to EPS and it works fine.

    Trouble getting Dual CPUs to Boot

    in Hardware

    Posted

    How do you connect power cables form your PSU to the motherboard?

    for dual CPU you usually need two separate cables - 24pin and another 8pin designed for CPU.

     

    another idea is RAM - try to boot with both CPU and one RAM stick for each one.

     

    on my Supermicro board i tried several ram slot combinations until it boots fine and sees all sticks..

    Open VM Tools for unRAID 6

    in Plugin Support

    Posted

    Bad place to ask, but now that I have the tools installed, I had chosen FreeBSD 64-bit as the OS in ESXI, and now it is telling me to select the correct one, any suggestions as to what to select?  It had said Linux 4.9.10-unRAID Slackware 14.2.

     

    After a restart, it doesn't seem to give me the same warning.  So maybe it's good now.

     

    i think, your choice "FreeBSD 64-bit" is OK. if everything works then no probs.

    unRAID is custom kernel build based on Slackware, so there will be no such option in ESXi to choose.

    ESXI: usb 1-1: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-pci

    in Virtualizing Unraid

    Posted

    @uldise - I'm not sure why yours works and mine doesnt. do you have the UPS passes thru to the vm also. I know that workaround was working for some. Have you checked your ESXI logs to verify no warnings/errors?

    i have UPS usb plugged in to host, but not pass thru to unRAID.

    looked at esxi logs, nothing obvious.. 

     

    Does anyone know what is in the "ldlinux.sys" file or how it works?

    it's part of the syslinux boot loader. see here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/puppy-71/ldlinux-sys-what-does-it-do-942097/

    according to this,

    "At boot, the computer loads the MBR (/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin). Then the MBR looks for the partition that is marked as active (boot flag). Once found, the volume boot record (VBR) will be executed. In the case of ext2/3/4 and fat12/16/32, the starting sector of ldlinux.sys is hard-coded into the VBR. "

     

    looks like something with your flash as it can't read this sector?

    Version 6.3.0-rc5 Release Notes

    in Prerelease 6.3 Support

    Posted

    That's not possible, I'm using 10GbE, but some disks, especially the WD can't get to gigabit max speed (~114MB/s) without Direct_IO enable (when copying from a user share).

    ok, thanks, got it..

    another option to overcome some network limitations is traffic compression..

    i'm using it with rsync when doing offsite backups - it almost doubles my 100Mbit internet connection speed..

    i never tested it with LAN.. is traffic compression available for plain samba/nfs?

    Version 6.3.0-rc5 Release Notes

    in Prerelease 6.3 Support

    Posted

    Forgot to add that in some circumstances Direct_IO can provide better performance even for gigabit users (only when copying from a user share), I've found that some disks won't deliver full gigabit speed with Direct_IO disable, some examples below (with SMB set to 2.0.2 due to the current issues with SMB3).

     

    disk1 - Toshiba DT01ACA100 (7200rpm)

    disk2 - Seagate ST1000DM003 (7200rpm)

    disk3 - Samsung HD204UI (5400rpm)

    disk4 - WD Purple WD10PURX (5400rpm)

    so, you say, you can overcome 1Gbit almost 1.5x with Direct_IO on? 200MB/s - it's about 1.6Gbit... 

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