CRD

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  1. Thank you @Lolight and @mmagl. I've primarily used Seagates and WDs in the past 20 years and for the first ten years I've had significantly more issues with Seagate drives than WDs. I've been loyal to WDs for the past ten years and sticking to them I've had no regrets. I can't believe my ancient WD greens are actually still running well. I'll stick to the WD Reds (Plus and Pro only). The SMR CMR advice is very sound also, I will make sure they are CMR drives. Thank you also for teaching me about Shucking.
  2. Hi guys, My server is still running very strong and rock solid after all these years. Quite unbelievable actually. My hardware is as follows: M/B: Supermicro C2SEA Version 1234567890 - s/n: 1234567890 CPU: Intel® Celeron® CPU E3300 @ 2.50GHz Memory: 4 GiB SDRAM (max. installable capacity 4 GiB) My last upgrade was six years ago when I replaced 4x 1Tb - 2TB green drives with "WD Red 5TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD50EFRX" which have also been very rock solid. I still have 4 more 1TB - 2TB WD greens to replace. I can't believe they have not yet died after ten years. What are the go-to drives currently recommended by the UnRaid community? Thank you very much.
  3. Thanks. I can't see Advanced Buttons and also just removed Preclear plugin. Thank you.
  4. Upgraded with no major issues from 6.3.x, my preclear plugin no longer works. Will check out the preclear thread. Thank you all for the hard work.
  5. I had a similar issue where the calculate stops, I've had to force the plugin to terminate when it does this. It only happened though when I was calculating a location with a lot of small files, ie. my Plex App folder (I used unBalance to move files around to convert all my files to XFS). But, it had no issues when actually running it. On different shares, ie. Movies, music, TV Shows, etc, calculating was instantaneous and also had no problems moving files over.
  6. Thank you so much for your help. I've had PMs running beautifully, in fact, much better than I expected using Docker, in particular the Linuxserver container. It's been a long 1 month road to upgrade. I upgraded 4 of my disks, and only realised towards the end of that upgrade that I perhaps should move to XFS and that part took the longest, shortly after upgrading to v6. Happy chappy now.
  7. I'll try and correct the user share names and see if that works, thanks. Yeah, I've only been doing disk to disk moves also share (from specific disk, one disk at a time only, using unBalance) to disk moves and all went well.
  8. Edit: Funnily enough I can access them via explorer.... I've messed up my shares somehow....
  9. I've just finished changing over to XFS on all drives which involved moving. I did 1 disk move at any given time and verified (reading, opening, etc) them each time before I proceed to the next did, everything seemed to go OK. Then I swapped Disk 3 and 5 slots as per this link: http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ#What_is_the_safe_way_to_rearrange_disk_numbers.2C_assignments.2C_slots.2C_etc.3F because I wanted them organised in a certain way. And now my Disk 3 (now disk 5) shares are lost and I cannot access the disk, it prompts me for a username/password in Windows. The main page is showing that, based on size stats, that my files are still there. It sounds like a permission issue. I've attached a screenshot of the shares from before my previous move with all my shares at the time, including Disk 3 (Now Disk 5). And also added a screenshot of what it looks like now. I'm currently running a parity check even though on the disk slot swap parity was valid. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. monkey-diagnostics-20160213-0939.zip
  10. Cheers, much appreciated. I think that's enough to narrow down which docker to choose. Thanks again.
  11. Thanks for that. What's your reason why you went from needo's to Linuxserver? What are your thoughts on Limetech's docker? I suppose I could always start from scratch, I haven't found any guides on how to "upgrade" from plugin to any other docker apart from Needo's docker but I'll keep hunting around. So apart from segregating PMS, are there any impact on performance with Plugin vs Docker?
  12. Hi all. I'm confused as to which Docker I should be using. I understand the concept and I don't see any reports of any major performance issues. I've read through this good thread here: https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=41562.0 But I'm still confused. Background: I recently upgraded unRAID from version 5 to 6. At the same time I replaced 4 of 6 drives and I'm nearly done re-formatting (after much time spent moving files in and out of disks) all my disks to XFS. I've just got to re-finalize my new user share structure and from there PMS is the one thing I have left to do before I can sit down and just relax. I previously had the Phaze plugin installed with zero transcode, only Direct Play. I've configured the server perfectly and ran beautifully over a few years. I want to be able to transition to the Docker without losing these settings if possible and I don't have Plex Pass, just the standard Plex App. Based on that, what's the recommended path for me, which Docker do I use? Thank you so much.
  13. No point in using remove-source-files if you are planning on formatting the disk anyway. Copying vs moving is much faster. I have: Parity Disk1 - XFS Disk2 - RFS Disk3 - RFS Disk4 - RFS Disk5 - XFS (New drive, no user shares) I've just done Disk1, my plan is to use Disk 5 as a placeholder while I empty RFS drives followed by reformatting. So I'm using unBalance to move files from the RFS disk to my placeholder. Then I reformat it to XFS. Since there are no user shares on the placeholder, I can't use unBalance. I have a specific requirement for having a certain type of file/shares on certain disks, otherwise I wouldn't be moving them back. Should I use the diskmv script diskmv -f "" disk1 disk2 instead or maybe just mv mv /mnt/disk1/ /mnt/disk2 ? Hi CRD, If you're copying disk to disk, which means you have available space on the target disk, I would suggest doing a straight rsync copy .... there's a thread somewhere in the forums about this same topic (rfs to xfs transfer) Thank you, I've re-read many posts from that thread, I've got one final disk left! *phew* Thank you so much, I'm using your plugin to do 1 part of the move and it has worked well for me. Thank you again.
  14. No point in using remove-source-files if you are planning on formatting the disk anyway. Copying vs moving is much faster. I have: Parity Disk1 - XFS Disk2 - RFS Disk3 - RFS Disk4 - RFS Disk5 - XFS (New drive, no user shares) I've just done Disk1, my plan is to use Disk 5 as a placeholder while I empty RFS drives followed by reformatting. So I'm using unBalance to move files from the RFS disk to my placeholder. Then I reformat it to XFS. Since there are no user shares on the placeholder, I can't use unBalance. I have a specific requirement for having a certain type of file/shares on certain disks, otherwise I wouldn't be moving them back. Should I use the diskmv script diskmv -f "" disk1 disk2 instead or maybe just mv mv /mnt/disk1/ /mnt/disk2 ?
  15. This seems to be working well, thank you! Currently moving all files from one disk at a time. I originally thought that I could move multiple shares from multiple disks to one disks but it wouldn't let me. For example I have a share called "Movies" on Disk 1, 2, and 3", another share called "Backup" on Disk 1 and 4, and "Anime" on Disk 2 and Disk 3. All of which can fit in Disk 5, the intention is to then format Disk 1 and 2 to XFS, then for the remaining drives I don't have to move as much but it would let me. But at least it allows me to move the shares from one disk, so I'll stick with that. Question: I just realised this moves user shares to Disk. So in order to move files back to the original drives (in this case, one at a time is probably safest), could I just create a "Temp" share on my "Destination" disk and move my files inside this share after every "Move" so that when I want to move them back to their original and newly formatted XFS disks, I could select this "Temp" share and move to "Original Disk"? And in order to retain it's share structure, could I just move all files and folders from the way "Temp" share had created them to retain their original structure from their original disk? Thank you. Update: I used rsync instead to move over my files back: rsync -av --progress --remove-source-files /mnt/diskX/ /mnt/diskY
  16. I still haven't started my move because the new drive is still preclearing. Just reading around including the several suggestions here, it looks like the plugin unBalance might be a good tool to use moving drive contents.
  17. This is VERY simple. Simply Stop the array; go to the Main tab; click on the disk you want to change; and then change the "File System Type" to what you want. (e.g. XFS) NOTE: This will result in this disk being formatted when you then Start the array, which will DESTROY all data currently on the disk ... so be sure you are only doing it to a disk that's either empty or that you've already copied all the data off of and don't need anymore. You can change multiple disks at once before starting the array (e.g. if you've copied all the data from two disks and are ready to format them both). Thank you so much! I'll quadruple check before each step! Works fine, but more copying than you really need. You could simply do this: (a) Copy all of disk1 and disk2 to disk5 (& verify) (b) Reformat disk1 and disk2 to XFS © Copy disk3 to disk1 and disk4 to disk2 (& verify) (d) Reformat disk3 and disk4 to XFS Done Unless you have some reason you want your data on specific disks, that's all you need to do. I prefer to keep my movies (5GB - 25GB) on the faster and larger disks, they will be doing Direct Play through Plex. Disk 4, for Apps and Backup, while more media on Disk 5 that don't get used as often, ie. Anime and Sport.
  18. Hi guys, this is a pretty daunting task. I've just spent the last week replacing most drives (including parity) from the array only to realize that when I finally added a new drive it was formatted to XFS. Then on search came here. Anyway, this is my scenario. Parity - 5TB Disk 1 - 5TB - RFS Disk 2 - 5TB - RFS Disk 3 - 2TB - RFS Disk 4 - 2TB - RFS Disk 5 - 5TB - XFS (brand new) The contents on Disk 1 and 2 could fit in Disk 5, so the plan is: Round 1: Disk 1 & 2 copy & verify to Disk 5 (already XFS) - Format Disk 1 & 2 to XFS - Copy back from Disk 5 to Disk 1 and 2, verify - Empty Disk 5 Round 2: Disk 3 and 4 copy and verify to Disk 5 - Format Disk 3 and 4 to XFS - Copy back from Disk 5 to Disk 3 and 4, verify Does that seem acceptable? Also, forgive me, I've tried to search and it's been a while since I payed attention to unRAID, I'm confused about how to format an existing drive RFS drive to XFS. Once I've copied all the files from the source to dest, do I then stop the array then unmount the source drives followed by formatting to XFS, then copy the data back (after verify)? Thank you.
  19. I'm quite confused. I'v got a LSI 9211-8i card and I'm trying to prepare it so I can install it in my unRAID box. I've downloaded 9211-8i_Package_P20_IR_IT_Firmware_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows.zip and UEFI_BSD_P20.zip. Do I just need to update BIOS and flash it to IT mode with the firmware, and make sure boot support is disabled in the BIOS and I should be ready to go? Thank you. Edit: OK I think I'm good I'm following the instructions from here. File names appear to be the same but I'm using the P20 (20.00.04) version. http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=34081.0 Edit 2: OK I'm set.
  20. My apologies, it's midnight, not thinking right. But yes I did things the long way around for sure. Update: My bigger drives at the time (2TBs) were strictly media files that I allocated to handle Movies, TV, and Anime. The smaller drives I designated as "data" drives that held things like my documents, files, photos, and apps (ie. plex). My intention was to ensure that the media focused drives were replaced with bigger and faster drives (direct play 1080 content via PMS), then the plan was to re-instate the now smaller drives (previously bigger) to act as storage holders for the non-media drives, ie. data backups, apps, etc. Since I my Supermicro C2SEE motherboard only accommodates 6 SATA devices, the temporary plan was to keep my array up and running with less devices. Until I get my LSI 9211-8i up and running, pending arrival of SFF-8087 cables, I can re-instate the smaller drives. I am thinking now of getting more 5TB drivse instead of re-instating these 1TB drives.
  21. In the end I kept them all, I just wanted to have them in certain sata ports (I know weird). The intention was to slowly replace the rest of the smaller drives with 5TBs also, so I would only work down the sata ports. No I didn't, I will next time though appreciate the suggestion. I was considering using one of the 1TB as cache, but decided I wont.
  22. Thank you very much lads! I think I'll use the pre-clear via the web-gui as I'm more comfortable in doing it that way. I'll install the plugin and run it. So from here: http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Configuration_Tutorial#Preclearing_via_Web_GUI_with_unRAID_v6 I can get it from here: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=39985.0
  23. Hi all, I've had a total of 5 drives in the array, parity, disk 1, and disk 2 were 2TB drives and disk 3 and 4 were 1TB files. I've replaced the Parity, Disk 1, and Disk 2 drives successfully with their new and bigger replacements, it took a while since I did them one by one, doublechecking disk slots (I moved a couple around), and doing a non-write parity check after each change to make sure every change was A-OK. My last recent actions were replacing disk 3 1TB drive with the old previous parity drive which was a 2TB drive, no problems. Checked parity, all good. I then replaced disk 4 1TB with a previous disk 1, which was a 2TB drive, I somewhat knew unRAID can handle replacing the drives, it was straight forward, shares OK and parity check A-OK again. Now, I am left with 2 1TB drives. They currently have data on it. The data is irrelevant to me, I can format these drives or lose them and have no concern since my array as they currently stand are up and functional again. My question is (sorry it took so long), if I now re-instate these old drives to a new slot, will unRAID automatically clear them and make them available as fresh drives? Technically I am thinking they will, because even though unRAID recognises these as older disks, I have already gone through the replace data drive process (https://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Replacing_a_Data_Drive) and now unRAID should make them new disks ready for use. Thank you for your time.