paqman

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I'm having this same issue, and trying to find this Pushover.sh file. Is this on the unRAID server somewhere? I mean I get the issue, and I trust it, just wanted to test it out. So sorry, finally found it! Hope this helps any dummies like me. Found it in /boot/config/plugins/dynamix/notifications/agents

Thanks, yes, I will make sure to set my minimum free space appropriately. I do understand the problems that split level can create if I don't set it up right. Just trying to decide if it's worth it for me on at least TV shows. We tend to go from one episdoe to another, and while it wouldn't be a big deal if there were a few seconds of wait time inbetween episodes, I am trying to keep the wife acceptance factor fairly good lol. Thanks for the warning though. I was leaning towards using split levels for movies and TV shows, but I will think more about it and decide if the possible problems are really worth it. For what it's worth, I don't do a ton of downloading, and my library doesn't grow super fast. I will have a 16TB parity drive, with data drives, 14TB, 6TB, 3TB, 2TB, and 2TB. I'm thinking high water would be ideal for this setup, as it will start utilizing my 14TB drive mostly and won't touch the others for a while. So maybe with the size of my TV show library (pretty small), maybe split levels won't be needed anyway, as they'll mostly go into that 14TB drive up front. Good thoughts.

Thanks! Yeah I am not going to start with any passed through hardware or VM's or anything fancy. It's going to have plex, transmission, home assistant, S3 sync, and maybe one other simple docker container. But there shouldn't be anything hardware specific that I'll be doing.

Sorry if this has been discussed to death. I do see that it looks pretty easy and simple to migrate an unRAID installation to new hardware. With a few small exceptions, just plug the hard drives into the new server, boot up to the USB, and everything should move over fine. My question is, is it wise to do this on purpose? I am trying to minimize downtime on my current file server, so I would like to build my unRAID array on an old Dell Poweredge server, get it all set up and working the way I'd like, and then move it all to my current hardware. But I realize that just because I can, does not necessarily mean I should. Are there drawbacks to standing up my new server this way?

Thanks, that was a good doc. Not entirely sure if I want to use split levels for my plex library or not, but I do like the explanations of the allocation methods. Kind of like High Water mark for my mixed bag of disks.

Thanks, yeah I guess I really just don't know how it affects performance if they were to all get spread out on the array. If one episode of a show were on one disk, but the next one were on another, would there be noticeable lag trying to load up the next show or something? I like the idea of containing them all together, but I also like the idea of not having to manage space, and letting it just put them wherever. If I were to limit it to one drive, what do I do if I fill up that drive? Do I have to re-organize or something?

I'm in the process of planning the migration of my Plex server/file server from an Ubuntu machine to unRAID. (utilizing the same hardware, just rebuilding). I do plan on migrating my plex library as it is, so I can migrate the metadata and stuff with it, but if I find that a different layout will be optimal, I am willing to rebuild it. Currently I just have it layed out as: /plex/media/Movies /plex/media/TV Shows /plex/config... etc. I like this layout, and it works well for me. But my question isn't really about how to layout plex in general, it more has to do with how it uses the different drives in my array. Currently my Plex library is only about 5TB. It grows slowly, but it does grow. I have probably twice that much data in home videos, pictures, and VHS transfers. I host a lot of my family's home videos for sharing with other family members. I will have a 16TB parity drive, with a 14TB, 6TB, and a couple 3TB drives to start out. I have a 256GB SSD that I am planning to use as a cache drive, but may spring for a 1TB nvme drive for that if I'm feeling spry. Do I just put the whole library in /mnt/user share somewhere and let unRAID decide how to balance out the data? Or do I limit my Plex library to specific drives for performance or power saving reasons? I do plan on putting the metadata on my cache drive. (does your cache drive get protection from the parity drive like the regular drives?) Anyway, that's my main question, is it best to let unRAID decide where to put my data? Or should I control it? Thanks, any suggestions for this would be great. I'm trying to spend time planning this out before jumping right in and building the thing.

I installed the transmission_vpn docker container on my unRAID test server. I wanted to verify that my PIA creds were working and everything, so I got a bash shell inside the container, ran "curl icanhazip.com" and I indeed got an IP that was not my home external IP. Great. However, when I exited the docker container, I did the same curl on icanhazip.com, and I got that same VPN ip address. Mind you, I was at my regular unRAID root prompt, I was not in the container. It wasn't until I stopped the transmission_vpn container that I returned my normal IP address. I was kind of under the impression that the vpn would only be running inside the transmission container. Is that not the case? When I'm running tansmission_vpn, does it run my entire unRAID server through my PIA VPN? Edit: Maybe I was looking at the wrong place, I've rebuild the container, and it seems to be behaving now.

Right this is just for the test box I'm setting up. I would eventually build with some large disks if I decide to go live with it.

I've found an old poweredge server that I'm going to build my test box on. Is there a limit to the smallest hard drives we can use in unRAID? I've got access to a bunch of 256GB and 512GB hard drives. Could I use those in my test box, or do they need to be bigger? If my parity drive was 512GB, could I use a bunch of other 512 and 256GB drives in my array?

Ha yeah after sleeping in it I decided against it for that reason. Trying to scrounge up an x86 pc to test on.

I have an old chromebook with a celeron processor on it. Anyone ever installed unRaid on a chromebook? Thinking I could use it as a test to play with unRaid for a bit before I decide to go all Rambo on my home server.

Ah I see, that is good to know. That changes things a bit. Now I need to do some thinking. I mean technically since it can run docker I could rebuild my server as an unRaid server and then just run my docker containers from inside there. But I do have other customizations and things running that I would need to think about as well. Thanks for that info.

I am brand new to unRAID, and trying to research the best way to run it in my environment. I am running a personal file server/plex server on Ubuntu. I have a bunch of disparate disks that I would like to consolidate into an unRAID array if possible. I understand the basics of how unRAID works, and am planning on purchasing a very large disk to start out as my parity disk. I'm assuming I don't need a dedicated unRAID server to run unRAID? Can I run it as a service on my Ubuntu server? I also am running some docker containers, would it be easier to just run it in a docker container? Just looking for some advice as to the best way to run it. I'd prefer not to set up a separate dedicated piece of hardware for this if possible. Thanks in advance for any ideas/advice!