draakko

So first I boot into safe mode, remove a plugin, boot back to normal mode, and then try again? Will I be able to restore the plugin with my settings by renaming it back to .plg? Just making sure I dont mess up anything

Tried stopping the array immediately after rebooting into normal mode and disabling VMs and Docker. Did not work.

I disabled Docker and VM Manger Tried stopping the array. Did not work. Rebooted into safe mode. Started the array. Stopped the array. Succesfully. Started the array. Enabled Docker and VM manager. Stopped the array. Succesfully.

I rebooted into safe mode, started the array, stopped it and it did stop without issues

Ah ok, thanks. Is there anything in my diagnostics file which helps find the issue or are they not useful here? Regarding compose manager, Immich official installation steps use it, is it really not recommended?

I have now removed that. What about my user scripts do you want to know?

Thanks. I am not using movers since I prefer to just move the files around myself. My plex and cache pools are separated but also sometimes I might want to use either for whatever else I am doing since these are my only SSDs. Can there be problems because of this?

Thanks for the tip. I will try this as the next step, sounds like it will take quite a long time. What do you mean by "start the array and see if it stops"?

Here is my diagnostics file from after reboot koti-diagnostics-20260427-1631.zip

I am a bit of a newbie so please be patient. I have read many threads about this issue but have not found a solution. I set up my Unraid server the first time late last year and I have never managed to cleanly shut this down, the issue has been the same from the start. I have tried killing all processes, no ssh or terminal is open when trying to shut down etc. My diagnostics file is attached, if someone is willing to have a look. let me know what next diagnostics steps I should do, this is all still new to me and I will probably only learn by guidance. Thanks koti-diagnostics-20260427-1609.zip

I am now almost ready with my plan, just one more question remains. What filesystem would you recommend for my NVME pools? My HDD array will be xfs. I have 1x1TB and 1x2TB NVME, but not sure which file system to choose for these. Two different pools One for cache & VMs One for Plex cache & downloads, torrents etc I think

Thanks for your reply, very helpful! So the 2x1TB NVME as a cache pool, I guess I can use this as cache for Plex and other services I am running as well? This should be BTRFS unless I have 3 drives and then I could go ZFS 2x12TB + 2X4TB Yeah, parity is not enough for a good data security setup, I plan on addressing this in my future upgrades. I currently have no backups and no parity so this is already a step forward, if not optimal. I was thinking of maybe keeping one of the 4TB drives as a backup/mirror so I would have the highest security priority data as mirrored/backed up. I wonder if this is something I could set up in Unraid itself? 12 TB parity 12 TB data 4 TB data 4 TB mirrored with above I am planning on first adding the 2x12TB and then copying my data over. The current file system on those is XFS. Or could I just leave them as is? Somehow I feel like copying the data to the 12TB, formatting and then copying the data back, but maybe there is no benefit from formatting if I stay with XFS unless I have to. Not sure if I should go with BTRFS. My HDDS will be mostly composed of Media library folder with a folder structure for all different types of data, then a similar media folder where all the downloads will go, with a similar structure. If I go with the 4TB <-> 4TB mirror, I will have my music collection in there separated from the rest of my media as I have spent countless hours and currency to get that where it is now! Also any personal data, photo cloud etc would be probably stored here. Some of the links you shared might already address some of my current doubts, I will study these better during the weekend! So some of what I wrote above might be already answered or cleared up when I get through them lol, just wanted to say thanks and clarify my intentions

I am looking for pre-build guidance to be most effective in my new home server setup. Trying to gauge what decisions I still need to make and if there are things I havent thought about I need to know before starting with the build. Hardware: Preordered (will be here in a month earliest) an AOOSTAR WTR MAX Also have 2x12TB HDDs coming my way I already have 2x4TB HDDs in my old NAS (Buffalo Linkstation, cant wait to migrate from this one!) Planning on using UNRAID due to different drive sizes and possibility to add more drives to the pool later. Still need to get: RAM and NVME. Use case: Plex server with maybe 5 users at the moment, but only 2 use it often. Nextcloud/Immich/Photoprism, other degooglifying containers. Will try to use it as a game server as well. Setup: HDDs - set up a pool with one 12tb as a parity drive and the others making up the usable pool. NVME - thinking of getting one or two 1TB WD Reds or Firecuda 530Rs. I see most setups use 2xNVME in a pool, is the best way for reliability? Thinking of using the NVME for vms, containers and cache for Plex etc Memory - 2x16GB DDR5 should be enough unless I really get into running VMs, if I really want to use it for gaming server stuff maybe 2x32. Worst case scenarios make me think side band ECC but probably be fine without. Kingston Fury Impact seems to be well priced. Now, how should I go about figuring which file system works for me in this situation? Anything about my hardware setup I should note before purchasing SSDs/Memory? Other noteworthy things I should study before building the setup? I would like to get the system up and running without having to do much back and forth, even though some downtime is definitely going to be experienced. Thanks a lot! I have spent hours and hours researching the topic, it is a lot for a new user especially since I dont really have an environment where I could practice and prep, just have to go with a lot of forum posts to build knowledge!