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  1. So should it be cache "Yes"
  2. Yes, I meant I'll switch the "Media" share caching to No until I finish the big downloads, then switch it back to Prefer later.
  3. Doh! Thanks - I'll take the cache off while I'm doing these big downloads and reinstate it when things calm down. Wallis
  4. I have mover set for once a day operation - the Scheduler sets it at 1:00 AM. However, I'm currently pulling in a lot of downloads and my SSD cache disk is filling up quickly, so I thought I'd invoke an unscheduled Move to clear some space in the cache. When I press the Move button on the Main page, nothing happens. I recall the Array Start button used to be disabled with a warning that Mover was running - but that isn't happening now and the Mover is not running. Can anybody offer any suggestions of where to look to fix this. Thanks Wallis
  5. Thanks - but how would I delete it? I can find it in Krusader - it's in /Disks - and it is empty, but Crusader wont delete it? I'm not sure my terminal skills are up to deleting it. Is there another way?
  6. I've been struggling to sort out a mistake I made where I added a second drive to a pool, rather than creating a second pool. (I posted on here about it) The result was my pool went into RAID - I followed the very helpful comments on here and was able to sort things out and now have 2 separate pools with one name in each. However, in the process, I may have done something else wrong as I've got the 'Invalid folder cache_nvme contained within /mnt" warning from the Fix Common Problems plugin. It says that it may, or may not, cause problems for Unraid. Is there an easy way of getting rid of this folder, or should I just ignore the error message? Thanks Wallis
  7. Thanks Jorge - it says it was because of an unclean shutdown. so I'll let it finish. Don't know why it happened - it seemed to be overnight so I was in bed! Wallis
  8. Thanks for the suggestion - I don't know what is going on but Unraid has started a Parity check for some reason. I'm stuck waiting for that to finish before I can get back in and sort out the pool drive situation. Wallis
  9. I was running a 1tb Nvme drive as a cache pool. It handled thenapp data, isos, system etc as well as downloads. It got a lot of use and ran quite hot, so I thought I’d get a second 500gb Nvme to handle the downloads share and hope the temperatures dropped. Unfortunately, instead of adding the 500 gb Nvme as a separate pool, I accidentally added it as a second drive to the existing pool, where it was formatted as btrfs and went into raid configuration with the 1 tb drive. So I have 1 pool with 2 drives instead of what I wanted which was 2 pools with one drive each. Is there a way I can correct this and take both Nvmes out of raid? At present, both have exactly the same content, obviously, which is only 9 gig or so on each drive, with nothing in the downloads share, so this would be a good time to correct my mistake, if somebody can help me by telling me how to do it. thanks Wallis
  10. I've just had a Hard Drive fail in my array. There's enough space available on the array for the data to go elsewhere, so I know I won't lose any data, but the array will then be getting full and I'll need a replacement. When I set up the system, I had a 1TB NVME drive and a 1TD SSD, so I set them both up as Pool Drives. The NVME does all the work, and the SSD is hardly used. So I'm wondering if I could take the SSD out of the pool and then use it as a Data drive? Can anybody suggest how I'd do that? Thanks for your help Wallis PS, I checked in FAQ but the "How do I remove a cache pool disk?" question leads to a blank page for Unraid V. 6
  11. I run a media server with a 5 HDD array and 2 SSD cache pool and also have a USB 3.0 5-drive docking station with 2 more HDDs in it. I’d like to rationalise my array layout and move disks that are rarely used into the docking station and commonly used disks into the server where they can get the benefit of SATA speeds. That would require me to switch a disk out of the server and into the docking station, and put the one from the docking station into the server. Can I do this without triggering an array rebuild? I thought I could do a “New Config” with “Retain All” and then restart the array with “Parity Valid”. Can anybody please advise if this would work? Thanks Wallis
  12. I've just added a new tunnel and peer to Wireguard, and it is telling me I need a Peer Update. I can't work out how to do that - can anybody help? Thanks Wallis
  13. Thanks, Squid. I thought as much, but just wanted to check. By the way, what an amazing support network - it took all of 1 minute to answer the question! Superb service, and an amazing programme!
  14. Unraid recently reported my disk 6, of a 7 disk array, was failing, so I followed Space invaders' very helpful video and copied off the data using Unbalance and then used the script to write zeros on the drive to preserve parity. then powered down and removed the failing drive, which was by then listed as Unassigned. My question is - is it OK to have disk numbering go from Drive 5 to Drive 7, or should I move drive 7 up into the drive 6 location? Thanks Wallis
  15. I checked with the Security Co - it turns out this is a residual device installed by the previous company who ran the security system off copper and used the modem as a backup. I switched companies a year ago ass the new system is fiber which uses a cellular backup. So the modem is surplus and not in use - I asked why they left it there when they put the new system in and they said they were not allowed to touch another company's equipment, so just left it. So its now disconnected and on its way to their local store for return, and I'm down to 1 network. Thanks again for your help - I'm back up and running "on all cylinders" Wallis