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This 15-bay eSATA enclosure looks really nice: http://www.istarusa.com/raidage/products.php?model=DAGE1540-PM#.VPTh4_nF98E And their 10-bay eSATA version: http://www.istarusa.com/raidage/products.php?model=DAGE1040-PM#.VPThy_nF98E Nice small / compact cabinets to house additional drives. I may go this route when I build my 2nd unRAID system. Easier to move 2 or 3 smaller chassis than 1 large tower with 25 drives.

Everything seems to be working 100% now. Thanks, PhAzE for your help. I think my problem was not having the packages directory. I know I had tried to start with only your plugin and the edited go file before but I don't know what went wrong. Anyway, once the PMS finished scraping everything, I'll pull the USB boot drive and back it up. Again, thanks for your help.

OK, I don't have a packages folder. Where exactly does that need to reside? \flash\packages\ ? OK, I thought I had only the plugin installed before. I will try that again. I'll double check my go file to make sure it has the correct paths too. Yes, I'll be using my cache drive for all the library and metadata so it will stay put upon reboot.

OK, I removed all Plex related plugins and rebooted. I started the array From a Putty console, I ran "mkdir /boot/extra" I placed the "PlexMediaServer-0.9.11.5.774-760cb52-x64-UnRAID.txz" file in the "extra" directory. I placed the "plexmediaserver.64bit.plg" in the config/plugins folder. I changed into the boot/extra directory. From the command line, I ran "installpkg PlexMediaServer-0.9.11.5.774-760cb52-x64-UnRAID.txz" I stopped the array I rebooted Once the system came back up, I started the array Went to the Settings page and saw that the Plex icon was now under Network Services Entered the Plex add-on and configured it. Plex is now up and running and streaming media. I do have a subgroup called "PhAzE Plugins" but there isn't an icon under that area.

I removed the txz file from the "\config\plugins\" folder and rebooted. I brought the array on-line and then went to the settings page then to the Plex plugin page. I get the same error message when I press the Install button. Side note: I've never been able to get any farther than this with unRAID v6.0. Using unRAID v5.0.5, I can get plex installed but I have to re-enter and re-share the media sever every time it gets rebooted.

ok, 1 step closer..... Plugin's configuration is now accessible via GUI. However, I have some other issues. 1. On the left side under "Status" it states that it isn't installed. When I click the Install button, I get an error message saying "Failed to download Plex install file. Aborting installation." 2. Any changes to the configuration on the right side will not stay after I hit Apply or Done. I have a Plex Pass and that login info won't stay either.

Yep, that's in there. I inserted it right below whatever was there by default. Do I need the "PlexMediaServer-0.9.11.5.774-760cb52-x64-UnRAID.txz" file to stay in my plugins folder? My Go file: #!/bin/bash # Start the Management Utility /usr/local/sbin/emhttp & cp -r /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/webGui/phaze.page /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix echo "" >> /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/(plexmediaserver)/(plexmediaserver).page echo "---" >> /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/(plexmediaserver)/(plexmediaserver).page echo "" >> /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/(plexmediaserver)/(plexmediaserver).page cat /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/(plexmediaserver)/(plexmediaserver).php >> /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/(plexmediaserver)/(plexmediaserver).page rm -f /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/(plexmediaserver)/(plexmediaserver).php sed -i 's!\r!!g' /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/(plexmediaserver)/(plexmediaserver).page EDIT: OMG, I see my error..... Dang "(" and ")" in my go file. Lemme fix and see what happens.

ok, I'm a little confused.... So many threads and forums explaining how to install the Plex plugins, etc... Not sure if I've got this working correctly or not. I've run unRAID v5.0.5 Pro for a while now without any problems. I upgraded to v6.0 Beta 12 tonight. Downloaded the Plex 64-bit from their site. I placed "PlexMediaServer-0.9.11.5.774-760cb52-x64-UnRAID.txz" in the "\flash\config\plugins\" folder on my USB flash drive. Downloaded Phaze's v1.5.3 Plugin and placed "plexmediaserver.64bit.plg" in the "\flash\config\plugins\" folder on my flash drive. Rebooted server and started array. I see the Phazer-Plex icon under Settings. I know the GUI is broken but I don't know any command lines to either check to see if the plugin is working or if the plugin is started. Any advice or help is greatly appreciated.

Yes, I too like the locking cables. I have 100% locking cables in this system. I even pulled all cables off 1 at a time and re-seated them just to make sure. I think I will try another parity check and if the same drive "fails" again, I will replace the cable. The cable is a SAS to 4x SATA and I do have a spare.

I think I am in the same situation here. I removed an empty drive from the array (not physically) and started a parity check overnight. Checked on it this morning and saw errors. Parity never finished and has an Orange ball on the Parity drive. First drive has a red ball. I have not written to any data drive since I started the Parity check and I know drive 1 is OK. I just need to tell the system that the drive is fine and that parity needs to be rebuilt, right? I shut down, checked all controller cards seating, checked all cables, checked all power cables. Verified nothing was overheating, etc.. Rebooted and put the array in maint mode. Ran SMART test on Disk 1 and no problems found or noticed in the numbers. Ran file system check on Disk 1 and no problems found or noticed in the numbers. What should I do next? Re-init the config and let parity rebuild again? Drive_sdb_FSCHECK.txt Drive_sdb_SMART.txt

Parity has been running for at least 24 hrs now and is at 40%. I was getting about 157 MB/s and then it hit where it needed to recalc parity and has fallen down to about 11 MB/s. I don't remember it going that low in the throughput but I'm going to let it continue to the end. I'll run some drive speed checks, smart tests, and reiserfs checks once everything settles down. Well, at one time I removed the controllers, verified no debris in PCIe slots, no damage to card edges, etc. I've checked / wiggled to ensure they have been seated several times... and each time they have. That was one of my initial concerns.

I updated the Firmware then updated the BIOS without problems. unRAID started up just fine and now parity is being rebuilt. It has been going for about 3 hours without problems. One thing I did notice is that the LSI controllers were getting HOT. Just in the short amount of time that I did the firmware/bios upgrade. Afterwards, I powered off and ensured the cards were seated. They felt hot. So, I moved a 120mm fan so it blows directly down on the two controllers. I've got good airflow in the case but I think they may have needed a little more help. I'm wondering if this could have been the problem all along. However, I just moved 18 TB of data so you would think they would have overheated during those transfers. Once parity finishes, I have 2 more drives to preclear and add to the array. I'll give it a week and multiple reboots before I feel comfortable.

I always backup my array config file and print the list of HDD's before making changes (add or remove drives). I'll generally backup the whole USB stick too since I have to power off the machine to add / remove drives. It doesn't take very long and it will save a lot of headaches if things go wrong.

I verified that my motherboard BIOS is up-to-date. I have downloaded the latest BIOS and FW files for my controllers. I'll need to create a USB boot disk of some sort or move the controllers to a Windowz machine with a PCIe slot to perform the updates. Funny how laptops and SFF machines have now dominated my house, thus eliminating PCIe slots.

Running unRAID v5.0 Pro Controllers: 2 X LSI SAS 9207-8i (MPT2BIOS v7.29.00.00 - 2012-11-12 / FW Rev 15.00.00.00-IT) I think the main problem is this: "kernel: mpt2sas0: _base_fault_reset_work : SAS host is non-operational !!!!" Please note that the attached syslog has been truncated. I hacked off a LOT of repeated lines at the end that won't be necessary (repeated disk read error). I removed 6 x 3 TB drives from my array, re-init array and re-assigned drives. Started array and it started parity check. Ran for a few mins just fine and I came back an hour or so to check on the status. Main status window shows huge read/write/error numbers. Main status also says that parity is valid. It is not. I need to recalculate the parity. All data on all 8 x 4 TB drives is valid and present. - I think there is a FW v17 available for the SAS controllers, but I don't know how to flash them (I haven't researched yet). Nor do I know if I *need* to upgrade the FW. - I replaced ALL cables including the SAS-to-SATA cables with brand new ones. - Parity drive and Cache drive are connected to motherboard via SATA cables; not to the SAS controllers. - I reseated all power cables to all drives. All drives show up in BIOS and are accessible if I manually mount to them. - The 6 x 3 TB drives were empty. I moved the data to another server. They were removed from the main share, but not from the array until I did the re-init of the array. My gut feeling is that I have a controller either not configured correctly, it is going bad, or that it isn't compatible with unRAID. Or I have a bad motherboard or bad PCIe slot on the motherboard. Since I'm down to only 8 data drives, I could swap all drives over to the other controller that was used with the 3 TB drives and see if I get this same problem. I have another controller new in the box that I could swap out too. I've had this problem before but I've always shut down, open the case, ensure all cables are pushed in and secure, reboot, and re-run parity without problems. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks! syslog.zip