Stormblessed21

So, unfortunately after changing both the PSU to an 850W that was used in another build for a short time with no problems as well as the graphics card, the problem persists. I'm having trouble getting consistent syslog server entries, though. I noticed that my syslog file wasn't updating for about a month despite it being enabled so I decided to create a syslog specific share and point the syslog server to that, but now nothing populates within that share at all, as if the syslog isn't saving whatsoever. I'm not sure how to fix that in order to get more information on what's causing the crashes. I suspect now that it may be a RAM issue or something else along those lines or if I have some sort of corruption in my server itself and need to start from scratch. **Edit on this - got it to work again by changing the remote syslog server to the IP address of my server. Will post if and when the server crashes again. The issue is the same, however, where someone who remote streams my Plex server alerts me to the fact that my server is off or unavailable and I find the PC shutdown with no clue as to why. unRAID starts a Parity Check when I restart however suggesting an unclean shutdown.

This was my suspicion as well. I should be able to upgrade the PSU shortly, thanks for the help! I'll update this if I continue to have trouble post-PSU change.

It took a minute to get the syslog working correctly but I have now attached the latest syslog report. I found this afternoon my PC was off, and when I started it again a Parity Check began, so I'm not sure exactly what caused it. Syslog is attached. Thanks! syslog-192.168.0.230.log

I did go ahead and enable that after this most recent crash so I'll revisit this thread whenever the next crash happens hopefully with the syslog server data. Thanks!

Hey all, I'm not familiar with the system logs and diagnostics and have been having issues with PC crashes as of late. The server will run just fine for a week or so then randomly shut off. I think it may be a hardware problem (possibly power supply) and I'm hoping the diagnostics points towards that, but I just need some assistance in deciphering them. Temps have been fine and there have been zero errors with any of the drives in my system. Thanks for the help in advance. plexserver-diagnostics-20221129-0529.zip

I have the appdata share set to cache pool prefer, however the binhex-plex docker was set to only save metadata to the cache pool via /mnt/cache/appdata/binhex-plex for the /config file. Diagnostics attached! I have noticed that the only real hiccup is when attempting to access "Home" and the "Recommended" tab on TV Shows. Otherwise, if I'm simply searching for the entire library, it loads no problem and very quickly. plexserver-diagnostics-20220304-2144.zip

Hey everyone, I just recently migrated to an unRAID server for Plex, so I'm still working out a lot of the kinks and learning every day more about the OS. However, I've been experiencing some significant performance issues with the Plex docker (binhex-plex) since I installed it. My specs on my rig are as follows: Ryzen 7 2700X 16GB DDR4 RAM 3200mHz GTX 970 Graphics Three 6TB HDD's (one for parity) and four 4TB HDD's installed on my array. 120GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD for Cache I have hardware transcoding enabled so that the GPU can transcode through the 970 (seems to be able to do 3-4 streams at a time, if not more) and have the /config AppData path set to - /mnt/cache/appdata/binhex-plex - after following some instructions on trying to achieve better performance. Unfortunately, I'm still finding that the server is having a lot of trouble. The "Movies" section seems to load pretty well within Plex, however the "TV Shows" more commonly fails to load and says that the server is offline when attempting to access it. Menus in general are extremely slow. I adjusted my media so that all the Movies and TV shows are under one "media" folder that the docker is pointing to (rather than the whole array as I had before) as well. Could this be a hardware issue? Do I potentially need more than 16GB of RAM or need to get an NVMe SDD in order to increase the read/write speeds of the cache? Or have I set something up wrong with the docker? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

Hey everyone, I just recently migrated to an unRAID server for Plex, so I'm still working out a lot of the kinks. However, I've been experiencing some significant performance issues with the Plex docker since I installed it. My specs on my rig are as follows: Ryzen 7 2700X 16GB DDR4 RAM 3200mHz GTX 970 Graphics Three 6TB HDD's (one for parity) and four 4TB HDD's installed on my array. 120GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD for Cache I have hardware transcoding enabled so that the GPU can transcode through the 970 (seems to be able to do 3-4 streams at a time, if not more) and have the /config AppData path set to - /mnt/cache/appdata/binhex-plex - after following some instructions on trying to achieve better performance. Unfortunately, I'm still finding that the server is having a lot of trouble. The "Movies" section seems to load pretty well within Plex, however the "TV Shows" more commonly fails to load and says that the server is offline when attempting to access it. Menus in general are extremely slow. I adjusted my media so that all the Movies and TV shows are under one "media" folder that the docker is pointing to (rather than the whole array as I had before) as well. Could this be a hardware issue? Do I potentially need more than 16GB of RAM or need to get an NVMe SDD in order to increase the read/write speeds of the cache? Or have I set something up wrong with the docker? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

Yes, as that's where the data that I am attempting to migrate is stored.

Here's what the syslog says: Feb 26 16:16:21 Tower unassigned.devices: Remote server 'ALEXDPS' cannot be found on the LAN. Feb 26 16:16:29 Tower unassigned.devices: Mounting Remote SMB/NFS Share '//ALEXDPS/D'... Feb 26 16:16:29 Tower unassigned.devices: Mount SMB share '//ALEXDPS/D$' using SMB default protocol. Feb 26 16:16:29 Tower unassigned.devices: Mount SMB command: /sbin/mount -t 'cifs' -o rw,noserverino,nounix,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,uid=99,gid=100,credentials='/tmp/unassigned.devices/credentials_D$' '//ALEXDPS/D$' '/mnt/remotes/ALEXDPS_D$' Feb 26 16:16:29 Tower kernel: CIFS: Attempting to mount //ALEXDPS/D$ Feb 26 16:16:29 Tower kernel: CIFS: VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -13 With "ALEXDPS" being the name of the server. I am not sure what it would mean by "cannot be found on the LAN" as it is hard-wired and set up to be shareable in Windows. EDIT - I do see one line of text saying "STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE" so that may mean that my credentials are incorrect. Are there any guides available on how to find what username/password the system requires from Windows?

Hello, I am brand new to Unraid and attempting to migrate data from my Windows machine via rsync following SpaceInvaderOne's YT video. However, I cannot get my Windows machine to mount properly as an SMB share. I can add it, put in the proper username and password, and then load the correct share, but it will not mount. The 'mount' button just re-appears. What are some troubleshooting steps for this? Thanks!

Hmm.. that's what I was worried about. I do have two PC's at home, one for Plex that I am looking to change to Unraid, and then just a normal desktop PC. Would a solution be to buy one additional 6TB HDD for 18TB total, mount those onto the desktop PC, then use the Unraid USB key on the desktop for the purpose of transferring the data via the network? Then, once that is complete, move the hardware back over to the Plex PC and use the same Unraid USB key there to complete the switch? Or would Unraid recognize that the hardware (motherboard, RAM, etc.) had changed and not allow that?

Hi there, I apologize if this is a repeated question but after hours/days of Googling and searching, I haven't really found a solid answer. I am planning to begin an Unraid server for Plex that is currently hosted on a Windows machine using Storage Spaces. I have been using Parity so the five drives I have in storage pool all show under one "drive" in File Explorer. In total, I am using roughly 17.5TB within this pool that I would like to transfer to Unraid. I currently have two 6TB HDD's that are new/fresh and are what I plan to utilize for transferring the data, but the "how" is where I am unsure. I've watched SpaceInvader One's videos on migrating data and think that this is the best course of action, however I want to confirm if it will work here: 1. Add new 6TB HDD's to array. 2. Add old individual HDD's to Unraid as an Unassigned Device using the plugin (one at a time from current Windows machine). 3. Use Krusader to then move the data from the Unassigned HDD's to the new 6TB's in the array. 4. Format the old HDD's once they are empty and add them to the array. 5. Repeat this process until all old HDD's are empty. I plan to use at least one of the 6TB HDD's as Parity so I think I may need to only add one of the two at first for the data transfer, then add the second and mark it as Parity in order to not lose data. Is that correct? Also, since my Storage Pool is currently recognized in Windows as just one large pool instead of five separate, will there be issues with Unraid recognizing what is on each individual disk and be able to move the data within Krusader? Is this feasible? Thanks for your time!