JakeFK

If your use case is mostly write-once and 24/7 storage (like media or backups), these drives should work well with Unraid. They're great for cold storage, and as long as you’re not doing constant write-heavy tasks, they’ll hold up fine. I’d recommend shucking them and connecting via SATA rather than relying on USB as it is much more stable long term. Just double check if they’re CMR (ideal) vs SMR (not great for parity or frequent writes). Also, try to minimize frequent spin-up/down cycles to extend their lifespan.

Hey everyone, I’ve run into a frustrating networking issue and could use some help from the community. My Setup: Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4 CPU: Ryzen 5 1600AF Unraid Version: 7.0.1 NICs: Onboard Realtek NIC Intel 10GbE NIC (using PCIe) The Issue: Unraid boots and works perfectly when only the onboard NIC is installed. It gets an IP, shows up as eth0, and everything behaves as expected. However, the moment I shut down, install the 10GbE Intel NIC, and reboot: Unraid fails to detect eth0 at all ip addr shows only lo, tun10@, bond0, and br0, all marked as down On boot, it throws errors like "eth0 does not exist" The WebUI doesn’t load (since the system has no usable IP) What I've already tried: Deleting network.cfg from /boot/config/ to force reconfiguration Using different PCIe slots Swapping cables and ports Disabling everything in BIOS that might interfere (though there's no visible “Onboard LAN” toggle on this board) Reinstalling Unraid cleanly — onboard works again until the Intel NIC is added back My Thoughts: Could Unraid be prioritizing the faster NIC and leaving the onboard out of the config? Is there a way to manually bind or prioritize which NIC becomes eth0? Or is there something I missed in terms of kernel modules or driver assignment? TL;DR, Ultimately, I want to: Use the onboard NIC for LAN access Use the 10GbE NIC for a direct point-to-point connection to my PC If anyone has suggestions on how to fix this or properly assign the NICs in Unraid, I’d really appreciate it. I’ve been wrestling with this for days now. Thanks in advance!