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Really?? What do you mean "write issue"? I just tried again on my Backup Server. Files in 10GB increments from 10GB up to 200GB via MC on the console. Disk to disk copy. No material speed variance what so ever!? Same as I asked Interwebtech, can you describe exactly what you do to get this "issue". Like I mentioned above I cannot replicate it. No matter what size file I use (as my previous results have indicated), there seems to be no performance impact at all. I really want to replicate this. There is nothing special about my setup at all.

Am i off ignore? lol.. no sense in typing an actual reply if i am. @superderpbro While I appreciate your right to an opinion (however much I disagree with it - as well as your attitude to towards my friend who was just trying to help you) what I don't appreciate is you spamming the thread.. I (like many others) have this thread on "notify" so I can help those with issues (if it's in my ability to do so). Receiving that notification and taking the time to open up the thread to read / respond only to see 1 emoticon is ..... frustrating.

I'm inclined to agree with this.

Perhaps this issue has something to do with the dir's perhaps don't have the right permissions. Can you do a ls -l On your directories and post the output.

That makes sense, thanks for posting a clarification.

In what scanario have you experienced the speed bumps? Size of file(s), Array configuration etc? I ask only because, no matter what I do I cannot replicate it.

Are you both confirming that following testing of the drive for infant mortality things were fine and then a Parity Check killed the drive? Can you post the evidence to support these claims we can view? I only ask as I assume you would have collected this to support your RMA claim and it is of benefit to the community. As for reliability I have empirical evidence that these drives in good health are indeed an excellent choice for use with unRAID. I have these running in my Backup Server - an all Seagate Shingled 8TB drive array (single Parity). Running alongside my Main Server - an all WD Red 3TB drive array + 1 x 8TB data and 1 8TB Data (Single Parity). This setup has been running PERFECT 24x7 now for ~: 1y, 3m, 24d, 8h In addition to the evidence I collected at the beginning of this journey (please read initial posts) here is some in life data: Parity History for Backup Server: 2016-10-01, 19:04:53 19 hr, 4 min, 52 sec 116.5 MB/s OK 2016-09-21, 01:07:39 23 hr, 14 min, 18 sec 95.6 MB/s OK Aug, 01, 16:25:46 16 hr, 25 min, 42 sec 135.3 MB/s OK Jul, 01, 15:51:40 15 hr, 51 min, 37 sec 140.1 MB/s OK Jun, 01, 17:47:45 17 hr, 47 min, 41 sec 124.9 MB/s OK May, 01, 18:53:44 18 hr, 53 min, 40 sec 117.6 MB/s OK Apr, 05, 12:47:54 16 hr, 15 min, 19 sec 136.7 MB/s OK Apr, 03, 08:02:32 16 hr, 39 min, 57 sec 133.4 MB/s OK Mar, 01, 15:55:59 15 hr, 55 min, 55 sec 139.5 MB/s OK Feb, 10, 01:36:07 1 day, 3 hr, 57 min, 1 sec Parity History for Main Server: 2016-10-01, 20:18:02 19 hr, 48 min, 1 sec 112.3 MB/s Aug, 01, 18:47:49 18 hr, 17 min, 47 sec 121.5 MB/s Jun, 01, 19:29:00 18 hr, 58 min, 56 sec 117.1 MB/s May, 01, 23:10:57 22 hr, 40 min, 52 sec 98.0 MB/s Apr, 05, 15:26:53 18 hr, 54 min, 20 sec 117.6 MB/s Apr, 01, 19:39:23 19 hr, 9 min, 19 sec 116.0 MB/s Mar, 01, 19:57:13 19 hr, 27 min, 9 sec 114.3 MB/s Feb, 01, 18:44:41 18 hr, 14 min, 36 sec There are a few spikes due to load. I run my daily backups at 3am (3 hours after a Parity Check has begun) and I don't stop the backups when this Check is running. My backup is going from Main -> Backup Server via a SyncBack managed compare, copy then verify. I have had 2 instances of a need for rebuilding a drive over the year in this setup: 3TB drive on Main Server: 9 hr, 24 min, 40 sec 8TB drive on Backup Server: 15 hr, 59 min, 10 sec Nothing wrong here.

I don't have the considerations where other devices have Plex already so for me it's a straight Emby vs Plex and for me Emby wins. So now I have a working setup, moving to Plex offers me nothing (that I can see) that I want. As for boxsets in Emby. There is a plugin to Emby server called "autoboxsets" which uses TMDB to get Collection data. Then creates the sets in Emby for you. Change Kodi to display sets (via simple switch in Video settings in KODI) and then do a one off manual sync. Done. 5 mins.

Point 1: I am implementing this now. Point 2: I give an option (albeit with a logging issue until now) to restart a vm after a backup. You can specify this in the options. But so I understand you want this: - if vm is started and option to restart is set then start - if vm is NOT started and option to restart is set then DONT start (because it wasn't started to begin with)? Yes, exactly: 1a - start VM after backup - yes/no 1b - if 1a is yes, only start VM if VM previously on - yes/no Thanks for looking into this NP. Easy to implement. Tested and seems to be working ok. Just working on getting the function to only keep backups of a certain age. Want to make sure I get this right as I am deleting files. For those who are keeping watch, am implementing system whereby backups of # days old are kept not # of backups. E.g.: If backup_days_to_keep = 3 then backups of 3 days and younger will be kept. Anything older will be deleted. Some restrictions: - Only works when timestamp switch is also enabled. - Only works with files which match script time stamping format. - Only executes on a successful backup. - Will ensure there is always at least 1 backup remaining. Meaning (as per example above) create as many #'s of backups and if they are younger than 3 days they will all be left alone. As soon as they are older they will all be deleted. I like this method better than just defining number of backups to keep.

Point 1: I am implementing this now. Point 2: I give an option (albeit with a logging issue until now) to restart a vm after a backup. You can specify this in the options. But so I understand you want this: - if vm is started and option to restart is set then start - if vm is NOT started and option to restart is set then DONT start (because it wasn't started to begin with)?

Captured this. This was a typo error in the logging.

I wanted to put some real thought into this reply, hence the delay. Not sure how that has worked though, given I am replying in the hotel bar I think what I have teased out here is a new requirement. I understand that access the webgui is seen as an administrative task. However, I access the webgui regularly for information only. I see this access as non administrative. As a result I don't want to store my server "root" credentials in my browser NOR do I want to type them in every time I want check some information in the webgui. I think what I am looking for is an unRAID webgui "Information View" - much like dd-wrt has (for those who are familiar) - without the raised privileges of root. I believe there is a usecase here that is not limited to just me. I have taken note of my behaviour over the last few days (which I think represents my typical behaviour) and the amount of times I access the webgui WITHOUT performing administrative tasks (i.e. for information / status only) is almost 95 (information)/5 (action)% split. This means that under the current design I am elevating myself to root when I really have no need to. Obviously this comes down to definitions of what information you consider to be "administrative only" but IMHO status of disks, reads/writes, docker status, vm status and the like etc is safe enough to expose without elevating to root OR at least give me an option to (like dd-wrt). I will think about this some more and will work on articulating this requirement (and now I read my dd-wrt comparison, I feel like I have mentioned this before - but can't remember the link) as per LT's guidance on doing so. P.S. Both replies so far have mentioned root access to shares. I am familiar with this design / restriction. This is not about shares.

Sorry for the delays guys. I've been working interstate past couple of weeks and am in Sydney now. I have a new version running on my servers at home. If they have run without error when I get back I shall upload. I think I've ironed out much of the remaining bugs.

Given the lack of search results I started to think that would be the case. Nice to have it confirmed. Guess I'll have to save the root user and password combo in Safari for quick access. Good note re root user and shares for others who stumble on the post and don't know. Thanks for the quick response, I appreciate it.

I'm sure this has been answered before but a few searches have not shown me any results. I've just had a significant security event which has led me to address my policy of "trusting" the LAN and clients on the LAN. As a result I am adding users, securing shares etc. One question I have relates to the root user. Principally I was always taught never to use root. I never bothered before because I only used it to telnet into the sever. However now I find myself typing it in to access the GUI and it just "feels" wrong. Anyway, my question is, can I grant WebGUI access to a different user account? If so, how is this achieved? Just adding that user to a group (didn't want to guess just in case I wreck something)? Thanks in advance! [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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There used to be. I am checking in for you now. It used to be a variable you selected at the time you pulled the Container e.g. PLEX = 1 or something similar. As a side note, the Maraschino application is quite old now and I don't even think it gets much with respect to development effort. The majority of us use HTPC-Manager. I personally think this is the way to go: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=43318.0 The best way to install this (and other Containers) is via the Community Applications Plugin. It basically gives you a tab which you could describe as an "App Store" for unRAID. This plugin will allow you to easily search for and add any of the unRaid docker or plugin applications, along with some related optional utilities (automatic updates of plugins, backup of appdata shares): https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=40262.0 If you're new to Dockers please read the FAQ's link in my signature as well as the LT wiki. Either way, no matter what you decide to do, ill get you an answer on the Maraschino Container .....

Yes, v2.0.3 is under the App Store submission process. Hopefully later today they will ready it for release Somehow I made a mistake in the initial submission, which distributed an older build, thus the issues. As soon as this release is stable, I will look into alternative update services (given the app is based on React Native) About the price, yes it seems expensive (7.99 AUD ~ 6.10 USD). The original price is 4.99 USD, which doesn't seem too unreasonable, but the App Store sets the price for other markets. I wonder if it's applying taxes ? It's 4.99 EUR as well Thanks for the quick reply. Bloody Australia! We always pay more for stuff "down under". Like I said, I've seen what you've done with developing and supporting unBalance and with that alone I was happy to pay for the app. Even now, when I haven't even been able to use it yet, I'm sure I am going to be happy!

I'd concur with this. From a user / usability perspective, the Emby plugin approach is much more manageable and friendly than setting up what's essentially a hack to use a single DB with Kodi. (I looked into it about 18 months ago and didn't take to the process too well). I use it extensively across several Kodi instances on Windows and OSX and it just works. My clients run mostly 24/7 but in cases where I have occasion to shut them down or restart for any reason, the sync speed is so reasonable as to be largely irrelevant. Only two things bug me; 1. Emby itself can take some time to recognise new media dropped into it's watched folders. Therefore it doesn't show up, even in Emby web UI, for a while 2. There doesn't seem to be auto-update of the Kodi plug-in. (maybe I've missed something?). Emby has a real time scan enabled by default and this is what you are saying can "take a while": I agree it is not always instantaneous, but I find that its always a matter of minutes rather than hours etc. I would suggest people think practically about how often they are sat in from of their TV waiting for a scan where by seconds / minutes matter that much! But hey-ho, each to their own! However, if you're not happy with the real time monitoring then you can enable scheduled tasks to scan your library on intervals of your choosing. Remembering that after the initial scan all future scans are incremental and fast. I personally however think if one was unhappy with the real time monitoring then there is a better way (so you don't have to do the scheduled incremental library scan) - IF you use an application to get your media for you. Often such applications have "notification settings" where in which you can set said application to "notify" Emby when a new file has been added to the folder structure and it is instantly added to the Emby library. You need the Emby API key for this and it is located (almost hidden in Emby settings) here: Emby>Manage Server> Scroll to bottom of main window>bottom of page link called "Api" Once Emby is updated, the KODI Add-On is that good that updates to KODI are almost instantaneous to my eyes. Furthermore, in LibreELEC (I don't know if this is in Vanilla KODI) under the Emby Add-on settings there is an option called "Auto-update". Tick this and then the add-on gets updated automatically just like any other add-on. Hope this helps!

I cannot say enough good things about Emby. It just works. You install the docker. Scan you library. Install the Plugin. Configure the plugin. Sync (VERY fast) with KODI. Done. Ongoing Sync is excellent and-pretty much instantaneous to my eyes. Issue I have with running MySQL is that every time there is a KODI upgrade you have to mess around with your MySQL library too. Plus you have to run another docker for this. Emby is all in, server and library sync. I have the Emby plugin running on LibreELEC and it is flawless. Flawless. I don't use that term lightly. I have tried all the options that you are considering and I have landed on Emby. I love it!

Cool. Just voted!

"Your path is clear ...." => I love that quote! Community Applications: https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=40262.0 Then ... Linuxserver.io Deluge docker: https://www.linuxserver.io/index.php/2015/10/16/docker-deluge/

iOS v: 9.3.5 Phone: iPhone 6 App v: 2.02 I read the thread 5 mins ago over my morning coffee and without skipping a beat I went to the App Store and purchased the app. $7.99 (AUD) is usually more than I care to pay for apps but I figure I owe you as a contribution to unBalanace anyway! Saying that, I can't get the app to work. I cannot add a server. I tried automated discovery first. It scans each IP until it gets to my first unRAID server and then hangs. See pic. Then I tried manually adding the server. Unfortunately that doesn't work either. The keyboard eventually raises (after a few taps) but then I can't enter anything in any box. All that happens is that an error comes up asking me to enter a valid IP address. Which given nothing is entering into the text box, I can't. See pic. For each issue I've tried to kill the app and restart. Even tried a fresh install. Nothing is working. I thought I had to stay on iOS v9.3.5 because of a compatibility issue with a work app but a fix is coming out today for that so I'm upgrading to iOS10 now. Don't know if that will fix it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Just re-read the post I replied to initially. v2.03 is the fix. It must not be in the AppStore yet. Will wait. Sorry for jumping the gun with a defect report. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

iOS v: 9.3.5 Phone: iPhone 6 App v: 2.02 I read the thread 5 mins ago over my morning coffee and without skipping a beat I went to the App Store and purchased the app. $7.99 (AUD) is usually more than I care to pay for apps but I figure I owe you as a contribution to unBalanace anyway! Saying that, I can't get the app to work. I cannot add a server. I tried automated discovery first. It scans each IP until it gets to my first unRAID server and then hangs. See pic. Then I tried manually adding the server. Unfortunately that doesn't work either. The keyboard eventually raises (after a few taps) but then I can't enter anything in any box. All that happens is that an error comes up asking me to enter a valid IP address. Which given nothing is entering into the text box, I can't. See pic. For each issue I've tried to kill the app and restart. Even tried a fresh install. Nothing is working. I thought I had to stay on iOS v9.3.5 because of a compatibility issue with a work app but a fix is coming out today for that so I'm upgrading to iOS10 now. Don't know if that will fix it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I spoke with @Sparklyballs and while he hasn't done much with either container for some time, the linuxserver.io version is the one that is going to be maintained going forward. First and foremost, can you initially try and install that container and see if you have the same issue? If so, post back on that support thread and we shall see if we can help you!