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  1. I have looked at other threads with this challenge and found the link to the official documentation on this issue, but it does not seem to apply with either my situation or maybe how I have configured. For it says to click on the drive, go down to "Check Filesystem Status" and check check and possibly some additional settings, but my Check button is grayed out. At the some it does say BTFS - encrypted, so it apparently sees something referencing the File System. Or the other posts were dealing with XFS and I am using BTFS encrypted. This is my first unRaid build, so after official documentation directions were not able to help, can anyone here share what I should do? I have attached screenshots of my some of what I thought were important settings to see and my diagnostics. hobbes-diagnostics-20230626-1147.zip
  2. I will buy renewed hard drives and I have had pretty good luck, with only few easy to confirm out of the box opportunities that were swapped out easily with the seller. They are upfront that these are enterprise level drives that have cycled out of use from a business or datacenter. They scrub them, test them, and then they sell the used drives with their own 5 year warranty from the date of sale to me, no matter when the actual manufacturer warranty expires. So I will get 10TB spinners for $60 to $79 this way. Then I always make sure my dual parity drives are "new" drives, and I also buy new drives on Prime Day / Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales too. Then I spread out the used drives as efficiently as possible so that if I make an XFS pool of drives, I only put 1 used drive and try to make sure majority are new ones along with RAIDs for extra protection, etc... This time the drive appeared to work with a brief overlook, could format / partition it, create folders, delete files, in both Windows and Unraid, etc... But then as always I run 3 cycles of PreClear on these to make sure all is good. But this one has failed every attempt. Attached is the log of the last PreClear failed test. Can you offer any suggestions if it is something I can fix or do we simply need to replace it with another one? I have already reached out to the seller with this issue and logs, but just wanted to see if anyone has experience with these similar errors. Here are some examples of the failures in the attached last PreClear log..,.. Jun 23 07:12:46 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Zeroing: progress - 50% zeroed @ 209 MB/s Jun 23 07:29:24 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Pause (smartctl run time: 26s) Jun 23 07:29:24 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Paused Jun 23 07:29:45 preclear_disk_20230130_817: killing smartctl with pid 10681 - probably stalled ... Jun 23 07:30:06 preclear_disk_20230130_817: killing smartctl with pid 10681 - probably stalled ... Jun 23 07:30:27 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Resumed Jun 23 10:50:03 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Zeroing: progress - 75% zeroed @ 183 MB/s Jun 23 15:28:52 preclear_disk_20230130_817: killing smartctl with pid 11261 - probably stalled ... Jun 23 15:28:52 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Pause (smartctl run time: 34s) Jun 23 15:28:52 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Paused Jun 23 15:29:13 preclear_disk_20230130_817: killing smartctl with pid 11261 - probably stalled ... Jun 23 15:29:35 preclear_disk_20230130_817: killing smartctl with pid 11261 - probably stalled ... Jun 23 15:29:56 preclear_disk_20230130_817: killing smartctl with pid 11261 - probably stalled ... Jun 23 15:30:17 preclear_disk_20230130_817: killing smartctl with pid 11261 - probably stalled ... Jun 23 15:30:38 preclear_disk_20230130_817: killing smartctl with pid 11261 - probably stalled ... Jun 23 15:30:59 preclear_disk_20230130_817: killing smartctl with pid 11261 - probably stalled ... Jun 23 15:31:21 preclear_disk_20230130_817: killing smartctl with pid 11261 - probably stalled ... Jun 23 15:31:42 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Resumed Jun 23 15:31:46 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Post-Read: post-read verification started 1 of 5 retries... Jun 23 15:31:46 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Post-Read: verifying the beginning of the disk. Jun 23 15:31:47 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Post-Read: verifying the rest of the disk. Jun 23 16:02:32 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Post-Read: cmp command failed - disk not zeroed Jun 23 16:02:32 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Post-Read: elapsed time - 0:30:43 Jun 23 16:02:32 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Post-Read: dd command failed, exit code [141]. Jun 23 16:02:32 preclear_disk_20230130_817: Post-Read: post-read verification failed! Jun 23 16:02:33 preclear_disk_20230130_817: ssmtp: Authorization failed (534 5.7.9 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=InvalidSecondFactor i9-20020aa78b49000000b00666e883757fsm50049pfd.123 - gsmtp) Jun 23 16:02:33 preclear_disk_20230130_817: error encountered, exiting ... preclear_disk_20230130_817.txt
  3. I wanted to move some things around in the file manager. But when I click on anything, it says "Job Running" and stops me from selecting any folders or files. But it does say WHAT job is running. How do I find what job is running and if it is a scheduled one that I don't care about running at the moment, how do I stop it. Should I be thinking along the lines of Task Manager in Windows (if so what app / plugin / docker should I install)? Or totally change my mindset on how to find and stop jobs that are running. BTW.... Running Version: 6.12.0-rc8. New Array ( 2 disks 1x 12TB and 1x10TB) where I am just trying to copy data to it, and will add my Parity as soon as that is done (so no parity ATM). Raid 1 cache with 2 NVMe 1TB. Have the usual SpaceInvader setup plugins / dockers / tools / apps installed.I have stopped all dockers, no VMs set up.
  4. ya, I know and that is really only what I was expecting. I was just looking where to set it in unRaid and sure enough 5 minutes after posting I found it and set it. I know it may not help, but hopefully won't hurt either to set..... unless other plugins / VMS / Apps look at the static setting in Network settings and see I sit it a static IP and they never bother to look at whether that is the real one or not assigned to the server.
  5. I know the first and obvious answer to the question of this thread is.....ditch the iSP modem / router and get your own better one. Yup that will be the plan, but I just spent a few thousand on building a brand new server that will be dedicated to unRaid (my first time using unRaid....I am tech savy and learning fast, but there is a learning curve that first time around), so dropping another couple hundred on top of the line DOCSIS 4.0 modem and Quad-Band WiFi 6E with 10Gbps router is down the road a little bit. I have Xfinity (Comcast) 1.2 Gps plan. I am using Unraid 6.12.0-rc6. And just like Comcast denies me the freedom of using own VPN in their router (because heaven forbid to give their customer a choice that is not their own inferior product) they will not allow "home user" accounts to set a static IP for any device INSIDE my own network. You have to pay to upgrade a "Business Plan" if I want my Nintendo Switch to always have the same IP address. At the moment I am still building my server (and learn from mistakes as a first time user) so I do have reboot time to time. And everytime of course I get a different IP address assigned to my Server. Is there anywhere unRaid can request an IP address from the DNS?
  6. I just installed unRaid for the first time this last weekend. Bitflips is a concern of mine. Considering the warning at the top of the first post, is this safe to use with Btrfs encrypted? I did read through at least a 1/3 of the 47 pages of this thread, but I am just want to make sure before I use it.
  7. I buying my first home server and it will be my first time using unRaid. So is the challenge with Bluetooth with only USB dongles? It is also with chipsets that have WiFi that is plugged directly into the motherboard?
  8. So.....my thoughts are, use ECC memory with the Plex server it will be reading / writing / encoding / transcoding a lot. Plus it will have 6-8 drives NAS and playing games. Then I plan on piecing together a second server with old parts of of old computers for a NAS only for colder storage. That one I was thinking not doing ECC. Since I am IT minded, my natural impulse is always safer than sorry (maybe it is IT redundancy OCD LOL)
  9. You guys have opened my eyes. Okay.....Well, that makes the decision just a little easier. I know the X690 made some huge steps in connecting the CPU and iGPU working together.... but I think that seals it for me. I am going to use a w680 based motherboard, ECC memory, and the i9-13900K 13th Gen (with 770 iGPU). The rest till be filled in and upgraded or downgraded to budget. ECC was at the core of my eternal mental debate.
  10. WOW.....I did NOT know this. Everyone has been saying ONLY the XEON supports ECC. I have to look if the Z690 chipset supports ECC too???? Either way, I think I am strongly leaning to consumer core. Easier to get, I can overboard for the budget to future proof it. and probably have a little left in the budget for some colorful bling.
  11. I am building my first Unraid server from the ground up. I did a list all my specs I thought through below.... but my main two questions are about the CPU (core vs Xeon) and RAM (ECC or no ECC). I have my goals of use in mind, some hardware I THOUGHT I was ready to buy. So I wanted share my thoughts and a few questions to clarify what I should focus on hardware wise. What I am Doing Here is what I am going to use it for (in order of priorities): Plex server. I currently have about 15 people on Plex. Some use it all the time some haven't in months. But if I had a better system, I would love about another 15 or so family / friends. I would be running ARRs / Tautulli. Encoding original and library movies. Obviously Transcoding live streaming. 95% of my library are currently 1080p for movies and 720p for TV. But I am going to start to include 4k movies and 1080p TV. I will also be starting to have H.265 (vs H.264) encoded videos. So I will need a dedicated iGPU / GPU for just transcoding and a CPU with lots of Cores & Threads NAS I already already have 6 WD Red Plus drives (4x10GB and 2x14TB). The two 14TB will be parity, leaving me with 40TB usable.... minus the 15 TB of movies and TV shows I already have will leave 25 TB free. I plan adding another 2 WD Reds by the end of year.....so my total NAS will be a (minimum) of 8 spinning drives. Gaming I have a large collection on Steam. VM Due to Adobe / Microsoft suites I will be using one Windows VM. This is where I will also be using Steam. Will need a second discrete GPG. Something decent but does not need to top of the line. I want to play FPS, but don't care if every individual strand of hair and blade of grass move independently at 60FPS. So Nvidia 3060 to 4060. And I am sure once I start getting playing around with Unraid, some other fun plugins / dockers. Original Hardware Thoughts With Plex server / transcoding in mind, I know he goes off on a few tangents, but this video really does a good job in explaining how the Intel Core i9-13900K 13th Gen (with 770 iGPU) works for a Plex server doing 4k TRANSCODING can be pushed to now: For hardware here is my initial list I was going to go with.... Intel Core i9-13900K 13th Gen (with 770 iGPU) Motherboard (still looking into) Z790 chipset As many SATA ports and PCI slots (and channels for PCI to support the next bullet point) as possible Supports bifurcation. I do plan on adding PCI cards that will have multiple NVMe SSD / SATA expanded ports. Without bifurcation, it will only be able to see only 1 of the X number of SSDs attached to the PCI SSD expansion card 64 GB DDR5 5200Mhz (or faster) --- please see my ECC question in the last section Nvidia 3060 to 4060 (left over budget will decide) 1000 to 1350 power supply (fully modular) Liquid cooling (that includes cooling to the CPU) Lots of HD bays... it will be a NAS. I have 6 SATA WD Red drives ready to be installed right now, plus at least 1 or 2 more by the EOY (usually from Black Friday deals)....so ideally supporting 8 SATA drives Multiple NVMe SSD slots would be very handy in the motherboard (at least two) I will start with only 1 NVMe SSD for initial purchase (budget wise) I will eventually have a total of 5 NVMe SSDs. Two for Plex cache and two for Unraid cache (both of these will be parity so total of 4 NVMe) plus one more NVMe SSD for download / file transfer to the spinning disks 2 in the Motherboard ports and the others will need to be visible and available via a PCI expansion card, so lanes and bifurcation on the motherboard is important. Two NICs (10GbE speed ideally...this coud be a PCI add on later if there was enough slots available) Questions Memory ECC Question Due to Plex server, this will be on 24/7. Since the OS resides in the RAM.... how important / vital is ECC? So I didn't realize that apparently ECC memory is only available with Xeon CPU? CPU I am not familiar with Xeon line of CPUs as much but they seem a LOT more expensive and not sure how they compare to the new Intel Core i9-13900K 13th Gen (with 770 iGPU). Which Xeon CPU would be equivalent to the Intel Core i9-13900K 13th Gen? Dell shared a quote with me that price wise they they offered a Intel Xeon W-2295. But looking at PassMark... it does NOT even come close to the i9-13900K https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/3701vs5022/Intel-Xeon-W-2295-vs-Intel-i9-13900K It seems on several of the you-built-it sites the specs seem very reasonable / reachable with a i9-13900K setup above within a $3,000 budget. But I have a $3,000 credit at Dell (basically as a payment for a job I did for friend's company) and believe it or not after consulting with their sales consultants, Dell cannot meet my needs until maybe AFTER their Spring releases (which they have not even announced to their internal teams yet). They surprisingly do NOT have many (or any) i9-13900K options that have more than 2 SATA ports with very few (or no) PCI slot options after adding an Nvidia card. As a whole.... Am I on the right track?....totally off base?.... anything major I am overlooking or missing or misunderstanding?
  12. I will try it WHEN I can get my last two hard drives. I ordered 4 x 10TB WD Red Plus drives from Best Buy for only $159 each. Two arrived but the last 2 were delays then canceled by Best Buy. Now just waiting for them to come back in stock. I guess I can screw around just a 2 drives in the PR4100 and see if I can get Unraid to work on it. How big of a USB stick should I use....giving enough room for cache, add on's, etc....?
  13. I currently have a WD PR4100 NAS box with 4 x 4TB running Raid 10 using the WD OS 5 operating system. I have had this box for years with no issues running a Plex server and hosting files and used for backups. Since my first box has run out of space, I just ordered a new (second box) WD PR4100 NAS box that will have 4 x 10TB. Can I use Unraid on my new second PR4100 instead of the WD OS 5? If so would unraid be installed via a USB stick into the box or virtually via a Windows laptop (wired)? Basically since I am setting up a new box from scratch, I like the idea of more plugin options than WD OS 5 has. But I also want to know how Unraid compares to swapability and data integration to like Raid 10?