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  1. that sounds exactly like what I'm looking at. I haven't come across something with those specs yet. I just upgraded my mobo, cpu, ram, psu and found all the media automation apps that are available in docker. Now I'm burning through disk space like never before. I'm overflowing my Meshify 2 case. I'm debating on going with the meshify 2 xl or just going rack mount 24 bay.
  2. Ok sounds good I'll probably go the lsi hba cars route and pick one up from the art of server on ebay
  3. Hello, I just built a new server and with that discovered some automation tools that I didn't even knew existed 6 months ago. Long story short I'm burning through more storage than I've anticipated and will need a way to expand past my mobo's 8 sata ports. I've read about using a HBA card flashed to IT mode. I'll probably end up going that route with something from ebay... But I came across this in newegg. https://www.newegg.com/p/17Z-00SW-00030?item=9SIAMKHJRZ6973&source=region&nm_mc=knc-googlemkp-pc&cm_mmc=knc-googlemkp-pc-_-pla-glotrends-_-add-on+cards-_-9SIAMKHJRZ6973&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid+shopping&utm_campaign=knc-googlemkp-pc-_-pla-glotrends-_-add-on+cards-_-9SIAMKHJRZ6973&id0=Google&id1=17926835888&id2=153909840911&id3=&id4=&id5=pla-2129239786725&id6=&id7=9019795&id8=&id9=g&id10=c&id11=&id12=CjwKCAjwyNSoBhA9EiwA5aYlb0n8QsKHS71IMUjy_XkjEpxmLNgn11WIUxWf-lTTceFLn-nIqu1KiBoC6DsQAvD_BwE&id13=&id14=Y&id15=&id16=664915854147&id17=&id18=&id19=&id20=&id21=pla&id22=147550576&id23=online&id24=9SIAMKHJRZ6973&id25=US&id26=2129239786725&id27=Y&id28=&id29=&id30=12149498352225981873&id31=en&id32=&id33=DA&id34=US&gclid=CjwKCAjwyNSoBhA9EiwA5aYlb0n8QsKHS71IMUjy_XkjEpxmLNgn11WIUxWf-lTTceFLn-nIqu1KiBoC6DsQAvD_BwE 16 sata connections from a PCIe 3.0 x 1 slot? I see that it says I can't read from all 16 ports at 6Gbps because of the speed limitations on the PCIe 3.0 x1 slot. Is that why most people favor an HBA over a sata adapter card like this? Here is my mobo: https://pg.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z790 PG Riptide/index.asp Thanks!
  4. Just wanted to close the loop on this. I've been up on new hardware for about a week now. No issues. I was able to swamp out the drives and reformat to xfs without loosing any data. I'm using one of the drives that kept getting errors on the old hardware. I think it must have been my controller or something on the old system but not the disks themselves. The new hardware is running so much quitter than my old system and seems to draw less than 1/2 the power. Pretty happy with unraid on the new hardware. Thanks for the help before.
  5. Thanks, backed up the flash, deleted the Music.cfg file and unraid recreated it.
  6. Hello, Just discovered this "Fix Common Issues" app and ran it. It reported this: So I've attached my diagnostics. Is there something I should do to address this? Thanks! tower-diagnostics-20230901-1105.zip
  7. Hello, I'm going through the process of reformatting my array disks off of reiserfs. I'm watching some tutorials and I came across this video where space invader is able to select and delete share folders directly in the unraid web gui. I don't have those options when I browse my share contents. How do I enable this functionality?
  8. I tried to check the server again this AM and now it's not seeing another 3 drives. I checked in the bios and the bios isn't seeing the missing drives either so I think maybe this is a flaky sata controller. I ordered the parts on my list, can't wait to get my new system built.
  9. Sounds good. Any feedback on the wish list? https://newegg.io/00a2a3d I want something that is a little future proof as I don't update hardware frequently ;). I'd like to run a few containers (vpn / torrenting and try streaming 4k with plex). I'd like the potential of running a VM in the future if need be. Anything stick out with that wish list?
  10. Thanks for all your help! I'm making some progress but have another setback. I was able to replace the 3TB disk1 that was reporting errors with a new 3TB disk. I then upgraded my parity disk to a new 4TB disk. I then started to replace my existing smaller data disks with other 4TB disks but I keep getting errors on disk1 reported while attempting to rebuild disk3 onto a newer larger disk. I'm pretty frustrated with this and am tempted to purchase a new mobo/cpu/ram and just try to do the rebuild on it. Is there something else I should try before just building a new server? Is there anyway to confirm the issue is the onboard sata controller? I've replaced the cable and this is now the 2nd disk that is consistently reporting errors as disk1. I'm thinking of purchasing this as my next server https://newegg.io/00a2a3d Thanks! tower-diagnostics-20230820-1240.zip
  11. Hello, My current unraid system I built 14 years ago. It's showing it's age. I only use it currently to stream to Kodi devices. I want to upgrade so that I can run deluge and plex in containers. I've been doing some research and it seems like 12th gen intel CPUs with the 770 integrated graphics should be able to transcode a few simultaneous 4k streams. Does that sound about right? I'd also be using a cache disk (1 TB nvme drive). I've never used a nvme or unraid cache disk but it seems like that should work well for storing appdata for docker and serve as a landing place for deluge downloads. Can you please take a look at this newegg wish list. I haven't built a computer since I built my current unraid. So I know very little about this CPU socket and chipset. I have a 650w thermaltake PSU that I was planning on moving to the new system, but if that doesn't make sense or if I'd be better severed with a newer PSU I can add that to the list. I would be moving over my 4 - 4TB HGST disks from my current system so there aren't any disks in the wishlist. Also if I could have my cake and eat it too, it would be great to have a low power consumption at idle. My understanding is that is facilitated with C States in the intel chipset. Do I need to look for C State compatibility on each device I add to the machine? For instance the nvme drive, are some of those better at C States than others? Thanks! https://newegg.io/00a2a3d
  12. Thanks that's what I'm hoping. I have 1 - 3TB and 4 - 4TB disks enroute. This is what I plan to do. 1. rebuild disk1 on new 3TB disk. 2. run parity check 3. upgrade parity disk to 4TB 4. replace existing an existing 1TB data disk with a new 4TB disk. 5. copy as much data as possible onto new 4TB disk. 6. replace another 1TB disk with 4TB disk. 7. copy remaining data from other disks onto it. 8 remove old empty data disks. 9 perform xfs upgrade per discussion below. 10 update cpu/mobo/ram if needed. Does this sound about right?
  13. I replaced the cable a month ago when this same issue with disk1 popped up.
  14. I tried to rebuild on disk1 and it disabled the disk again. It says it's doing a read check, should I stop it and power it off? I ordered new 4tb disks and one 3tb disk. I will rebuild disk1 on the 3tb disk and then shuffle the disks again once I have a 4tb parity disk in place. tower-diagnostics-20230816-1040.zip
  15. Ok thanks for that information. I will look at replacing the disk. One last question. This server is aging and I know I need to do several updates. 1. I need to change the file system from RFS to XFS on all my data disks. 2. I need to update the hardware. I'm noticing slowness when mounting the shares, the dashboard shows my CPU ram maxing out at times, and several of my disks run hot. So I'm looking to update the mobo/cpu/ram in the near future. How would you recommend proceeding with these upgrades in mind? I'm considering buying 3 4TB HDs 1 parity, 2 data disks and consolidate my server from a 6 disk array down to 3. I currently have a 3tb parity disk... Should I try to rebuild ontop the existing disk and if it works update the parity disk to a 4TB and then consolidate on the old mobo/cpu/ram? Or should I just update the mobo/cpu/ram and rebuild on that and then update the disks and then do the FS update?