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Will do. Thank you

I am sorry for not replying previously due to personal reasons. Regarding how to access: I want to access the roms with my MiSTer FPGA setup ( https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Wiki_MiSTer/wiki ) via SMB ( https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Wiki_MiSTer/wiki/Samba ). The reason for me asking about a separate SMB share is that in order to funtion properly, MiSTer needs specific, case sensitive, folder names. However, since my Unraid server is more of a living archive, I need different folder names for the archive SMB share. So, my current takeaway from the previous posts is, that I need to figure out systemic links in Unraid, so that the Roms SMB share can utilize the files from the Archive SMB Share.

Hi guys, I'd like to ask for your recommendation regarding a PCIe3 HBA. The Hardware I currently have is: Core i3-7100 Supermicro X11SSL-F 32 GB Single-bit ECC Chenbro RM41416 16-bay rackmount case 2 parity disks 11 HDDs, some 3TB but most 4TB 2 Sata SSD as a redundant cache pool and what I am looking to replace: 2 LSI SAS2008 HBAs which connect to the chenbro backplane which has the 11 array HDDs and the 2 parity HDDs. The reason for wanting to replace the two PCIe2 HBAs for one PCIe3 HBA is mainly the attempt to optimize the HDD performance of the arrays. Also, which is a minor thing, is that the Chenbro case's drive LEDs only work for the first 8 HDDs, not the remaining 8. I suspect this is because of the two HBAs. So, I would love to hear your recommendations regarding which HBA to get. Thank you!

Hi guys, sorry for the noob question. I tried to search for answers but with the keywords of "shares", "smb" etc. I find everything just not my exact question. So, I have an unraid share for my retro gaming archive, which includes folders for all kinds of things like manuals and magazine PDFs, soundtracks and also for roms. Now, I would like to use the unraid server as a network drive for my MiSTer FPGA. For that matter, I would like to have a separate share of the roms only and with a somewhat different folder structure. Is this achievable within Unraid? Maybe is there a docker that can set up a separate SMB share? Thanks.

Interesting. Are you using one yourself?

Hey guys, maybe my setup is not that uncommon, given how widespread LSI HBAs are while Chenbro enclosures can be picked up cheap. So, I am using two LSI 9220-8i (both in IT mode, of course) in a 16-bay Chenbro RM-41616. It is a minor detail but I am missing the second card's drive activity LEDs on the front (drives 9 to 16). I know that the LEDs do work because prior to the dual 9220, I was using one 9220 in IT mode with a IBM 46M0997 16port SAS Expander. Here, all drive activity LEDs were working. Sadly the SAS expander cause read I/O errors, so I switched it for a second 9220. Does anyone have a similar setup and encountered the same problem and found a solution? Also, sort of off-topic but would a more modern, PCIe 3 16-port HBA give any performance benefits? If so, any recommendations on one? Cheers and thanks, Alex

Thank you very much for your assistance! Current: Parity1 Data1 Data2 - WD Green -> want to replace Data3 - WD Green -> want to replace Data4 Data5 . . . Data10 Desired end state: Paritiy1 Paritiy2 Data1 Data2 - WD Red Plus Data3 - WD Red Plus Data4 Data5 . . . Data10 Data11 Data12 I have enough space free to move the content of Data2 and Data3 to other disks completely. All important data is backed up. Last parity check this past Friday. 0 errors. All Smart readings are good.

Hey there, first post here ever. Been using Unraid for some time now but only now, that I am spending more time looking into it, that I get a better understanding of things. I plan to do a minor upgrade to the server by adding a couple of drives. While doing this, I want to further optimize things. The situation now: 1 parity drive 8 disks in the array - 6 of them in XFS, 2 in BTRFS 2 disks as a cache pool in BTRFS To explain / defend myself why I used BTRFS for array disks: I didn't know it any better when I started out. I read that BTRFS was a newer filesystem than XFS and in my mind, I associated new as being better. I now know that XFS is preferend for array disks, hence I want to change this. The next thing I want to do is replace two drives which are good but not purpose build. They are WD Green drives which I want to replace with WD Red Plus drives, like all other drives in the array. Finally, I want to add a second parity disk. Also, I want to add some more WD Red Plus disks to the array. However, I am unsure about the optimal route to do all of this. What I started with was that I added two new drives to the array. As a test, I moved the content from one of the BTRFS array disks to one of the new disks, stopped the array, changed the filesystem to XFS, started the array, formated and voila - one of the BTRFS disks is now XFS. Since this was a success, I am now moving the content from the remaining BTRFS array disk to the other new disk and will then change the filesystem aswell. But then what? Should I move the data from the WD Green to the other disks, then plug the WD greens, add the second parity drive and let parity rebuild? Or do you recommend a different approach? Thanks for your suggestions.