Nirin

I'm having this same issue, where both my fans are showing up in the bottom info bar, and showing the correct tpm, but says 0% next to them. Functionally seems to be working fine, it's just a bug. Did you manage to find a fix?

Ok so I know the trash guides setup has folder structures which put TV/Movies/Downloads folders all on a single share, so that hardlinks and atomic moves work. This seems mostly to be a benefit to torrents (which I don't use much) but is also the simplest setup method so probably the one I'll go for (still considering it though, as having different shares for TV and Movies would allow for better split levels, but thats another topic). However I use fileflows to re-encode some files (depending on source codec, and existing files size etc). And I've realised that if sonar downloads and moves the TV show onto the array, and then fileflows (or tdarr or whatever, I use fileflows) re-encodes the files, it would create new files and delete the old ones. Which would move the nicely-contiguous files onto new parts of the disks, eventually scattering them all over the place (I'm talking months/years of this happening with various folders of stuff and updated files and such). I know one solution is to have the files download to one download folder, then be encoded and moved to -another- post-download folder by sonarr, which fileflows uses as a watch folder, and is then encoded and moved to the final destination. However this means sonarr loses the file (you can set it to unmonitor so it doesn't download again at least) but will mean sonarr will no longer have an up-to-date catalogue of all files. Is there a better solution? I did think that most of the issue comes from the files being re-encoded after being put on the array. Doing the encode while still in cache would avoid this. However I don't think there's any way I can force this to happen? Sure most of the time the encoded might happen within a couple hours, but sometimes maybe it will take longer (if there's a queue). And also there might be existing files on the array that need to be re-encoded to make them more efficient (though the only solution there is probably unbalance, or manual moves, I guess). Figured I'd ask the question and hope there's a simple solution! Edit: I don't mean fragmentation in the old 'run defrag drives' sense, as I think unraid deals with that anyway... I just don't know the right term for files being scattered around randomly.

Ahh I see, that makes sense. Interesting. So there's not really any point in using it over a raid0.

I want two SSDs to be merged into a single pool. I don't care about parity, and they are backed up separately. The only ways to do this seems to be either Raid0 (faster, but if one dies the data on both is lost), or having them both balanced as 'single' which (from what I can tell) is a JBOD setup. But there seems to be some ambiguity... I've seen some say the data fills up the drives like two separate volumes, and so if one dies the data on the other is still readable, while others say the spanning happens in such a way that if one drive dies, the data on the other is gone, making it no different from a raid0 (except maybe by using special recovery services). As in either case it's probably easier to recover from the backup anyway, it's mostly an academic question (I got curious and went down a rabbit hole). But if there's zero benefit to using the 'single' option then it seems Raid0 might as well be used (even though I generally steer clear of 0).

Interesting, what's the benefit of using the pci ports over the ones on the board? I hadn't ever heard there were issues with using on board sata ports..

I guess its just that using a gen5 pci-e just for 2 sata ports, which is like.... a fraction of a fraction of the bandwidth the x16 slot can handle, seems a bit of a waste. I'm sure I could find a better use for the x16 slot, such as double NVME or a GPU. However as the primary purpose is as a NAS, and I have space for 6 sata drives in the case, I will prioritise that. I'll try the alternatives first, but if that fails I'll pick up an ASM1166

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind, though it would mean also finding a pci-e to nvme card to replace the nvme slot. Probably the only real solution though.

I've heard people getting these down to a few watts on idle. The cpus will be less efficient than an n305 but will also be more powerful (so takes will get done faster) so I'm not sure how it will work out in the long run.

Oh I see, there's a few. Asus b760-i, msi Edge, asrock z790, all have 2 m.2 and 4 sata

So I have a need for 6 sata ports, but unfortunately itx boards only have 4 (at least the ones compatible with my setup do, that weren't hideously expensive). I have two nvme slots, but I use them both for nvme drives. I have several usb internal headers, but I hear they aren't a good idea to use because of being unreliable connections for sata drives. I have a pcie gen 5 x16 slot, but using that for two sata connections seems a massive waste of resources. I may have an m.2 key-e slot I could use an adapter in, as I don't need WiFi on this board, but I'm yet to figure out if it's accessible as it's under the io shroud. Current considerations (Other than the key-e) is to find some kind of splitter board for the pci slot, or maybe turn it into a couple more nvme slots, and then use an nvme slot to add more sata.... but I figured I'd ask the question in case I was missing a trick somewhere!

Sorry I'm not sure what you're asking... the n305 boards are on aliexpress, if that's what you mean. However I have since decided to go the route of a full itx build with a proper cpu. Less efficient I'm sure but easier to tinker with and upgrade later.

Ahh yeh sorry, ambiguously worded I guess. I meant self-hosted game servers. Or, more specifically, self-hosting a server when there are free dedicated servers available on steam (I know several games that no longer have public servers, so having the ability to spin up a private server for those is of course very important). Good point. I personal have run a Minecraft server, so that people could log in even when I wasn't around. I just didn't think a lot of the listed games had that kind of persistence (however I am only familiar with a handful!). I also thought that the games with persistence (like Valheim, I believe?) saved your progress locally... but I may be totally wrong on that! Thanks, I'll be keeping an eye on this list and seeing what games might take my game-groups fancy. Thanks again for the reply!

I'm curious... what is the point of this? From my (completely uneducated) understanding, this runs a steamCMD dedicated server for X game on your local hardware. Which is fine... but why bother, when you can just play on the steam servers (which would likely be a better experience, unless your home setup is $$$$$) ... I'm sure I'm missing some killer feature, I'm just not seeing it (and so am hoping to get educated!)

Have been doing a bunch if research on this lately, to the point where I had thought I had reached a conclusion of getting a Topton N305 board and cpu, as that gives me a pretty powerful (possibly overkill) and low power cpu and a board with two nvme slots and 6 sata connections, which is pretty ideal. However it has the issue of being a slow-boat only option, with a 6 week wait time before even getting the chance to test if it's D.O.A lol. Alternatively there is of course the cheaper (and possibly easier to attain) n100 version, which is otherwise the same just lower power. Also fine. Both would use a laptop-style dc power supply and not need to spend ££ on an atx psu (which also takes up a lot of space in a chassis), though this isn't really a requirement other than saving money. So before I start buying, I figured I'd see if there were any options available out there I'm missing out on! Old platforms are probably all out, simply because their power consumption will be higher and they'll probably mostly need constantly running noisy cooling solutions. Though if there is something I'm happy to entertain it. Plex hardware transcoding is one thing I'll be using, so i need a compatible igpu (which I think takes AMD out of the running?) The one that catches my eye as a possibility is an i3-13100, which I know has a higher tdp when going full speed but is pretty efficient at idle and can be set to be more efficient with an appropriate motherboard bios... anything similar along those lines would be useful. However the ITX boards I've seen for them seem limited to a single nvme and only two sata connectors, so I'd be using the pci (I guess) to add extra sata and still be losing out on nvme slots (?) Though I may be missing out on the good itx options for a NAS setup! The topton board has great pci lane setup for storage (2x nvme and 6x sata) but also has 4x 2.5gbe ethernets which is a waste for me as I'd only need one ethernet (it would definitely need to be 2.5gbe or more though). Hoping someone will advise me! Am new here but I've heard great things about the friendliness of the unraid community haha Edit Update: Ok so I am not sure what I was adding to my search queries yesterday, but today I tried again and now I'm finding ITX boards with 2x nvme and 4x sata, which is fine to be going on with (and potentially, with some surgery, the WiFi module could be swapped out for two more sata ports, though using the 16x pci slot is probably a better solution lol.) So now I'm looking at the 12100/13100 and the 13400/13500 chips, and while the 100 variants are probably the 'sensible' option, the stack of extra efficiency cores is a temptation, along with the better igpu, that I may not 'need' but as the difference in price is so small is probably worth considering for futureproofing on docker/VMs usage. (I've run Minecraft servers on my j-class celeron synology before, but having a proper cpu would be pretty nice).