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thanks @JorgeB, just standard SSD ok rather than a NVME?

Hello fellow Unraiders. Im still a n00b with all things unraid but I am getting there slowly. So at the moment Im running my server with a 8TB parity drive with further 6 drives of 1 x 4TB then 5 x 2TB. I have just ordered 2 x 16TB drives as I want to upgrade before I get desperate for room. I also have a 512gb NVME that I use for downloading. I found that I had alot of I/O issues when downloading from usenet directly to the mechanical HDD as I am lucky enough to have a 1 gig download connection. I run all my arrs from usenet and very happy with the way it runs, However I also have a few private torrent sites where i like to help out seeding linux isos. With the seeding requirements I dont have a lot of wiggleroom to keep the isos on my NVME. Downloading from torrents behind a VPN going via GlutenVPN I am getting about 50MB/s downloads, because I'm relying on torrents as my main goto for getting data im not as bothered about speed. Soooo sorry about the drivvel........ 1) What/ How is the best way for me to swap the 8TB parity for one of the 16TB when I get it....... plus would you add any of the other smaller drives to parity also? 2) For downloads can I just take the bottom 2TB Samsung out of my array and would it be ok for a torrent download seeder drive..... it is only a 5400rpm drive with SATA 2.6, 3.0 Gb/s. further question to that, is If i was to buy a cheap second hand 1-2TB SSD would i get the I/O wait issues using a bigger SSD instead of the smaller NVME. thanks.

Argh, thanks for the reply, I was under the impression that USB-C had faster transfer speeds.

Hello Unraiders!!!! I had a quick search using the search function, so apologies if I missed anything. I have just ordered a new motherboard for my Unraid servers, this comes with two USB-C ports in the back. I have read that people advise on using USB 2 appose to USB 3 due to reliability and heat issues, I was wondering does that go the same for USB-C? Would there be any advantage running the flash drive on a -C stick? Thanks.

I am running Unraid 7.1.2 on a HP small form factor, i7, 16gb RAM, with an added 2.5gb NIC and added SATA and just have all the SATA and power cables hanging out the back with my HDD on top Of the machine (I was going to get a 3D printed mount but have not as of yet). The last few weeks have been warm and I had a few warning about HDD temps, I found a cheap USB fan that actually worked, and even as the weather got hotter I had no heat warnings. I was looking to move my CPU into a new motherboard, recycling the RAM and popping everything into a Rack mounted case, with actual pc fans. I was wanting it to run like it would as a windows PC, fans kick in when needed, then when no longer required the fans turn off automatically. From reading a few (older posts) around here and Reddit this doesn’t seem achievable? Has this changed in Unraid 7? Pictures of Frankenstein NAS and cheap upgrade parts for ref. Thanks.

THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU LEGEND!!!!!!! Im only new to Unraid but its bloody fantastic....... what I cant figure out myself......... people in here can....... So I couldnt find exactly what you suggested in the above post..... but I changed two settings, one was Configure storage controller for RAID, the other was Configure storage controller for Intel so I disabled both. Whilst googling how to RAID to AHCI on the HP Bios I also managed to update my bios (the HP has two options F9 and ESC) F9 always says no network adaptor but Via ESC it somehow sees the network connection so updated...... also via google it shows people changing RAID in windows. I took my Unraid usb out and it booted into windows..... I then managed to find a setting in my BIOS that said M.2 Secure erase so I wiped it, USB back in and boom its there!!!! Thanks.

Sorry JorgeB tower-diagnostics-20250130-1833.zip

As title says, Im a newby around these parts so may need things explained really really easy. So I have a HP ProDesk 400 G7, this has a onboard M.2 drive (500gb) but I cannot find it in Unraid. When i got the machine I loaded windows onto it so I know that its not faulty, however before putting Unraid onto my G7 I used the teo PCIE slots, one for a 2.5gb NIC and the other for a SATA card to add my extra disks. I'm not sure if the M.2 now isn't visible due to it sharing lanes as I cant find much info about the machine. BIOS can see the drive also. any ideas on how to see it? thanks.

Thanks for this @twistable_deer this has just helped me, nothing in my SABNZB would open, I could get into my complete folder, but any sub folder from there wouldnt open, exact same error, same on iphone too...... it would let me move things via the unraid GUI but then I had to move it to another directory I did have windows access too..... thanks very much!!!!!

Thanks for all your efforts @bmartino1. I think I have semi sorted this....... it seems that the curl command on the containers is just sending it somewhere else, using you curl ifconfig.me works a treat and points it in the correct ip address. I already have a wireguard running on my router, this is for all my internal devices, The wireguard is controlled by my ASUS router, I have a No-IP account setup for DDNS for if my WAN ip address changes so i do always have access to my internal devices, all I have to do is open the wireguard app, turn on that config and then i can connect to any of my devices in the house..... (only have two, my pc that is 192.168.10.64 and my Unraid NAS is 192.168.10.22.... I suppose 3 as i can also connect to the router). I am only running a handfull of docker containers, all I want to do is have some VPN on my NAS that I can conseal a little bit of usage/ help stop blocks..... I have SABNZB...... I dont feel I need a vpn as it has a "ssl" option so I should be safe with that... QBit Torrent.... obvious reasons..... NextPVR is a IPTV app that I use to record F1 content in 4k and then it saves to a folder I have on my NAS called Recordings, then I can view that from my jellyfin. I have found that due to ISP blocks in the UK I have less issues behind a VPN. I have tried installing a wireguard app and also uploading the wg0.conf to the built in vpn under settings. these obviously then stop me being able to access the dockers WebUI as it blocks the inbound traffic. I have installed a wireguard docker container installed the wg0.conf and cound see in the docker terminal that its pointing to the vpn ip address, I then tried running the other dockers through this one via the drop down "container" option and also by adding it via the extra perameters option.

thanks for all the help, I was looking at the wrong part where to log out. thanks again.

thanks for your help @JorgeB, took two attempts but it work. just before this can be closed can you answer if the cache drives count towards the drive count? thanks

thanks for your reply @JorgeB, I have just tried to log out, it presented me with a message that reads "unregister your server" i clicked on confirm unregistration and now i am presented with a new error "Error attempting to Unregister your server from Unraid Connect" what are the sugested steps from here please? thanks.

My trial just ran out yesterday, due to other commitments of work and blah blah im still playing around. Im in a bit of a confusion what to do as looking at the lifetime version as all my drives are small, 8Tb, 4Tb then 4 2xTB, IM running in a limited unit (SFF) that i cant add much too and looking to go lifetime, but its also a January the longest month of the year as we got paid early and had to cover xtra bills with wifey buying all the kids stuff. So im torn.......with the amount of drives ive got I cant get the starter...... or do i drop a drive (is that possible) but ive also been looking at dropping a drive for now, get the starter and that would hopfully cover me until a sale is on to upgrade to lifetime. Im nowhere near my data being full on my drives either. so ive tried to extend my trial today afer 30 days but i get "Error: Trial extend" is this because i have started my trial on V6 and upgraded to V7? now i cant get my array started and use anything. also I have 2 M2 drives handy (one in a m2 slot on my motherboard that unuraid doesnt detect) 500gb and a 128Gb one (or similar) if i was to get a SATA to M.2 dual converter would i be able to use these as cache drives and do cache drives count towards the overall total of drives? Sorry im trying to NAS on a budget but the two dont seem to go hand in hand ha ha thanks.

OK, so ive had a bit more of a look this morning, I have installed a WG client again, placed a WG file into the folder. Before starting WG i have run Ifconfig.me and i got my home WAN address, then started WG and ran the curl ifconfig.me and got the same IP that i am getting from the wireguard docker after pushing NextPVR through the WG container with extra parameter of --net=container:Wireguard-Client. This now wont let me log into the program via my web browser but im guessing thats because the vpn has no open ports. I think im going to put off a fresh reinstall at the moment (just if i was to now would be the best time due to days off) but i cant find any WG.conf file remaining on system (other than the new one i just installed this morning). using the ifconfig.me on my other docker containers reviels my home WAN ip so guess the other command is something different.

@bmartino1 How do I run Terminal ip a? I tried typing that in the docker terminal and it gave me a error. my LAN network is different again and my Unraid IP is 192.168.10.22 figured out that was a command for the actual docker, not the containers (sorry treat me like a 5 year old) 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: tunl0@NONE: <NOARP> mtu 1480 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ipip 0.0.0.0 brd 0.0.0.0 3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,SLAVE,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq master bond0 state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 34:7d:e4:4c:f0:78 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 4: bond0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,MASTER,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master br0 state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 34:7d:e4:4c:f0:78 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 5: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 34:7d:e4:4c:f0:78 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.10.22/24 metric 1 scope global br0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 6: docker0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default link/ether 02:42:27:6f:09:58 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 172.17.0.1/16 brd 172.17.255.255 scope global docker0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 7: br-9b71f7acaaa8: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1420 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default link/ether 02:42:25:bc:39:88 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 172.31.200.1/24 brd 172.31.200.255 scope global br-9b71f7acaaa8 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::42:25ff:febc:3988/64 scope link proto kernel_ll valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 9: veth84d400b@if8: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master docker0 state UP group default link/ether e6:9f:df:12:eb:43 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 0 inet6 fe80::e49f:dfff:fe12:eb43/64 scope link proto kernel_ll valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 10: virbr0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:3a:f3:72 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.122.1/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global virbr0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 12: veth710c2bb@if11: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master docker0 state UP group default link/ether 9e:f3:08:16:ac:94 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 1 inet6 fe80::9cf3:8ff:fe16:ac94/64 scope link proto kernel_ll valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

to check that you would need to connect to your wiregurad vpn and check its endpoint public ip. that’s what I can’t do as I can’t find my WG file 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣 running curl ifconfig.me is giving me my home physical ip. im not sure what to do now, being new to the OS I’ve installed several different apps to run a VPN through and I can’t see any WireGuard files anywhere. I put on a binhex qbit and wanted that and Next PVR only run through a vpn, but everything else not to be. Watched a YouTube video about how to run Next PVR through binhex Qbit to reuse the vpn didn’t work. I’ve got 4 days off now and today is the last day of my trial, might wipe the drives and start again. Save what config files I can from my apps and start again. Or….. am I beinh stupid and there is nothing wrong with my setup and that the curl ipconfig.io isn’t working correct or I’m using the wrong command?

@bmartino1 Continuing from last night, here are the random addresses i get. Possibly a incorrect setting somewhere but as Im still in my first month trial, im still drowining in deep waters. Current Home IP: 8X.1XX.183.15 Docker containers Binhex-Sab (Bridge) Test 1: 212.127.1.69 Test 2: 212.127.1.106 Test 3: 212.127.0.95 IPTV Boss (Host) Test 1: 212.127.0.68 Test 2: 212.127.0.81 Test 3: 212.127.0.91 Jellyfin (Host) Test 1: 212.127.0.117 Test 2: 212.217.1.107 Test 3: 212.217.1.109 Next PVR (Host) Test 1: 212.217.0.125 Test 2: 212.217.1.75 Test 3: 212.217.0.98 Sonarr (host) Command not found Speedtest Tracker (br0) Test 1: 212.217.1.67 Test 2: 212.217.0.118 Test 3: 212.217.0.77 All commands ran are "curl ipconfig.io"

Thanks again for your reply @bmartino1. I don’t believe that I have a CGNAT issue, I am running a dynamic dns via my router. I have WireGuard turned on and a config on my phone so if I want to access anything inside I’m the house I just WireGuard in. Im running on a BT FTTP service so I doubt it’s a static ip and I believe CGNAT is mostly mobile connections?! I am also relatively new to docker but I’m getting the hang of it slowly. When I run a ip test on my home BB it comes up as One IP address and when running via curl ipconfig.io via the terminal screen the ip is always similar but never identical. I only have about 6 apps I’m currently running but I can do it twice in 10 minutes and get a different but similar result (same docker ip changes)…… again it differs from my home IP address. I have a busy day at work tomorrow but I will try running some tests and post the ip addresses here (apart from home ip but I will give a rough idea of what the home Is compared to ip via the docker terminal. also a FYI as I’ve not seen this before, I have a uk WireGuard VPN that I run my shield, and two smart tvs on, using a Surfshark WG conf, when I was doing this the other day, I connected 1 tv, checked IP address and it come back in uk, the 2nd tv said it was in Germany….. I turned off the function of the 2nd tv being routed via the vpn (on my router) and turned the function back on….. and it said Sweden….. however this is the EXACT same WireGuard conf file that the other tv runs through but two different countries. I found that strange. Both the exact same tv delivered on the same day. Both connected by a Ethernet cable with static IP on TV and MAC/IP bound in the router. Very very different.

Thanks for the reply @bmartino1 I have already cleared that folder and rebooted and stil having the same issue. I do have an ASUS router with inbuilt VNP, I have also made sure it isn’t routed through that.

Hi all, I’m very very new to unraid and most things NAS/ docker. I have been playing around with unraid for nearly a month, managed most things or if not a google has helped. This one I’m really struggling with…. I want to run SabNZB and Qbit torrent via a vpn. K e watched several videos and I’ve downloaded several apps….. binhex qbit, Binhex Sab, 2 WireGuard and also tried the inbuilt von manager. Now comes the strange bit…… I have searched all over my machine, deleted docker containers and old left over files, yet I still seem to be behind some Kind of VPN, when I go into the terminal of my docker apps, (either host or bridge) I Always get a different ip to the WAN of my home. All similar but slightly different. I CANNOT find any other .conf file on my system. Is there anything I can do to correct this or do I have to start again? When running curl ipconfig from the terminal I’m getting an ip that when I look it ip is Amsterdam and I did put a wg0.conf from Amsterdam on so I think it’s still lurking somewhere. I have just upgraded to Version 7 too. any ideas or advice welcome. thanks.

Thanks for this, I will have a look when I am home. Is there any documentation on how to do it incase I have any others in the future. thanks.

Hi everyone, I'm new to unraid so please be gentle, Im new to docker and pretty much all things NAS. I am wanting to download and run an app on the NAS called IPTVBoss, there is a docker file that I would like to run. I have got no idea how to make the template from a repo file or it would be amazing if there is a way I can download the zip and upload it to unraid and deploy it. after googling the closest result I can get is to copy it from the repo....... i cant even find that ha ha. this is the gethub url for the file. thanks in advance. https://github.com/groenator/iptvboss-docker