anthropoidape

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  1. ergh, webgui has died. I am now tracking the progress of the rebuild with grep -i "resyncpos" /proc/mdcmd
  2. Currently rebuilding disk4 on a brand new drive. Watch this space, I may have some questions. The removed drive is not failing WD tools diagnostics as expected, and is giving different smart readings. I may need some help interpreting it... I will just see what happens with the extended test. Thanks again to all who replied.
  3. Thanks Gary. Currently all are nice and green. If it weren't for the smart reports I wouldn't suspect a thing.
  4. Definitely what I'd do ... but I also wouldn't wait for an RMA to process -- I'd order the new drive immediately (or pick one up locally). Gary, you are really annoying me... because I know you're right, but I don't want to spend the $$$$. I'll just get one tomorrow. And then after I replace/rebuild disk4, how do I clear that pending sector on the parity drive?
  5. Thanks for the replies guys. I am thinking that the "shut it down till you have a new drive" position is correct. I see that there is indeed no easy answer here - every path involves some risk. That's okay! I think I've decided to move the files I'd most hate to lose and leave those that are easily replaced, then sit tight and not stress the server (or myself).
  6. That is a blank file. Empty. As Dora would say, nada. What may be interesting is the page source of the Shares page. The page source itself actually includes references to the "missing" shares, but they do not display. I assume PHP is mishandling apostrophes, but in a way that generates unintended HTML output rather than generating a PHP error. Anyway it will make more sense to you. Here is the segment of page source: <tr class="tr_row1"> <td><a href='#' class='info' onClick='return false'> <img src='/plugins/webGui/images/green-on.png' class='icon'><span> <img src='/plugins/webGui/images/green-on.png' class='icon'>All files on array<br> <img src='/plugins/webGui/images/yellow-on.png' class='icon'>Cache contains files<br> </span></a><a href="Shares/Share?name=Anas+storage%5D%0Aname%3D%22Anas+storage%0AnameOrig%3DAnas+storage%22%0Acomment%3D%22%22%0Aallocator%3D%22highwater%22%0AsplitLevel%3D%22%22%0Afloor%3D%220%22%0Ainclude%3D%22disk5%22%0Aexclude%3D%22%22%0AuseCache%3D%22no%22%0Acolor%3D%22green-on%22%0Afree%3D%22518238736%22%0Asize%3D%220%22%0A%5BApps%5D%0Aname%3D%22Apps%22%0AnameOrig%3D%22Apps%22%0Acomment%3D%22%22%0Aallocator%3D%22highwater%22%0AsplitLevel%3D%22%22%0Afloor%3D%220%22%0Ainclude%3D%22%22%0Aexclude%3D%22%22%0AuseCache%3D%22only%22%0Acolor%3D%22yellow-on%22%0Afree%3D%22680026208%22%0Asize%3D%220%22%0A%5BJasons+storage">Jason's storage</a></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/update.htm?cmd=/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/webGui/scripts/share_size 'Anas storage] name="Anas storage nameOrig=Anas storage" comment="" allocator="highwater" splitLevel="" floor="0" include="disk5" exclude="" useCache="no" color="green-on" free="518238736" size="0" [Apps] name="Apps" nameOrig="Apps" comment="" allocator="highwater" splitLevel="" floor="0" include="" exclude="" useCache="only" color="yellow-on" free="680026208" size="0" [Jasons storage' /var/local/emhttp/plugins/webGui/'Anas storage] name="Anas storage nameOrig=Anas storage" comment="" allocator="highwater" splitLevel="" floor="0" include="disk5" exclude="" useCache="no" color="green-on" free="518238736" size="0" [Apps] name="Apps" nameOrig="Apps" comment="" allocator="highwater" splitLevel="" floor="0" include="" exclude="" useCache="only" color="yellow-on" free="680026208" size="0" [Jasons storage.ssz'&runCmd=Start" target="progressFrame">Compute...</a></td> <td>1.15 TB</td> <td><a href="Shares/Browse?dir=/mnt/user/Jason%27s+storage"><img src="/plugins/webGui/images/explore.png" title="Browse /mnt/user/Jason%27s+storage"></a></td> </tr> <tr class="tr_row0"> <td><a href='#' class='info' onClick='return false'> <img src='/plugins/webGui/images/green-on.png' class='icon'><span> <img src='/plugins/webGui/images/green-on.png' class='icon'>All files on array<br> <img src='/plugins/webGui/images/yellow-on.png' class='icon'>Cache contains files<br> </span></a><a href="Shares/Share?name=Media">Media</a></td> Let me know if you want the whole page source instead. Where it refers to "Anas storage"... that is a share called "Ana's storage". Same for "Jason's storage". "Jason's storage" is displayed but it links to "Ana's storage" settings. "Media" works as it should. I suspect your PHP is picking up "Ana's storage" and processing the ' at the line where it outputs <a href="/update.htm?cmd=/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/webGui/scripts/share_size Then when it hits the same line again for "Jason's storage", it closes it up again and continues on. I would guess that if you created three new shares, called AAA'A, AAAB, and AAB'A you could reproduce the problem.
  7. Thanks Gary. I think you are probably right. On backups - the "my life is screwed if I lose these files" stuff is all backed up separately. But the 15TB or so of other stuff is not. That is why it would be annoying but not catastrophic to lose it; I would lose time more than I would lose data. I suppose I could shut the NAS down for a few weeks but I am leaning towards the middle ground of leaving it running but not putting it under any strain. If I thought it were really crucial to shut it down, I would sooner blow another $100 on yet another a 2TB drive. Fingers crossed! Supposing I did have a good spare disk here, what would be the correct course? Would the first disk to replace and rebuild be D4, or parity?
  8. Thanks Lionel. I have started emptying disk 4 while leaving it in the array. I will RMA the two "spare" pieces of junk and then start rebuilding the array properly when their replacements arrive. With luck nothing else fails in the meantime. Just thinking more though... is there an argument for not moving the 1.7TB of files from D4 for now, and just avoiding putting stress on any disks in the array until the replacement drives arrive? My thinking is that failure is more likely to result from working the drives than just from time passing. 99% of the time this system is just reading to stream video and even then it's not that much. I could keep write operations (and hence use of the parity disk?) to a minimum.
  9. You have to turn on shares first - Settings - Share Settings. Then you will have a Shares tab.
  10. Hi guys, I have a bit of trouble. It has come to light when upgrading to 5.04, but that's probably not that relevant. I had a few read errors and current pending sectors on my array disk 4, and then some on disk 8 as well, and 1 current pending sector on the parity drive. My unraid is made of 9x2TB drives including parity plus a 750gb cache drive. I had a spare 2TB drive in case of failure but it turned out to be faulty when I swapped it in for the questionable disk 4. I just bought a new drive because of some current pending sectors on other drives, and have swapped it into the system. Here is the current situation after some juggling around of drives and data rebuilding: Spare drive #1: dead, in warranty, to be RMA'd. Spare drive #2: appears functional but is reporting 65535 current pending sectors. Haven't run WD tools on it yet but it should RMA. So far so good. On the array: D1: good D2: good D3: good D4: reporting 65535 current pending sectors. Two days ago, as an array drive, it was reporting only 2 current pending sectors, so I thought it would be okay to use as a replacement for the failed previous D4. Rebuilding D4 onto it seems to have caused/revealed this pending sector avalanche. D5: good D6: good D7: good D8: good - this is the brand new drive. Parity: 1 current pending sector. Appears to work fine though. They are all WD "green" drives. Clearly I have three drives that need RMA. But I have no spares and will have an array that is one disk down. The 1 pending sector on the parity drive makes me nervous based on the last few days' failures. RMA is going to take a few weeks no matter what as it is via post. 2TB of data loss would be very annoying but not completely catastrophic. I would prefer not to have to buy ANOTHER drive and then end up with three spares sitting there ageing. So do I: (a) RMA the two spare drives, leave the dubious D4 in, and then RMA it later (probably slightly more expensive due to postage). (b) RMA all three dodgy drives and run unprotected for a few weeks © preclear and rebuild the parity drive now, while I still have a working (but untrustworthy) D4, to clear that current pending sector? (d) something else? Also, is it better in general to leave all drives permanently spun up, or spun down, to minimise failure risk in the interim? I considered condensing my data and shrinking the array by one drive, which I could proably just about manage the space for, but the process involves working the drives fairly hard and that seems to invite failure of the current D4 and/or P. Any suggestions for me?
  11. Both. After it happened I started in safe mode and added plugins manually. Dynamix webgui didn't cause the problem. The webserver did, once installed. However... setting webserver to disabled did NOT restore visibility to the shares. I can't reboot right now to test more as the NAS is streaming Dora the Explorer to my kids
  12. Hi Bonienl, I have found a problem with the webserver. My first two shares disappear from the Shares administration page when the plug-in is installed. They work fine with the stock GUI or with your webgui with the stock webserver. The issue is probably caused by the fact that my first share has an apostrophe (') in it. It is called Aaaaaa's storage. The next one is called Apps and it is also not displayed. The third one is called Jjjjjj's storage and it is displayed, but the link doesn't work properly. I am just guessing but I think the stock webserver must handle apostrophes differently to your webserver. I think all of the first three shares get garbled together in the page source because of the 's... the first one breaks it and the second one fixes it. I can probably fix it by changing the names of my shares... no problem really. I thought you would like to know about it though. I say "probably fix it" because I don't want to try right now as I am in the middle of repairing a drive and just want to let my server do its thing. Cheers, Jason
  13. Thanks guys! I am totally unfamiliar with plex so I guess I'll learn as I go.
  14. Guys, is my reasoning correct? I am setting up my unRAID 5.0 NAS. I have had a few hiccups, mainly since the upgrade process seems to have uncovered TWO failing HDDs. But all is well overall. I am just starting with a clean unRAID stick, so I am loading on any add-ons from scratch. Mainly I will just be running a couple of VMs (I have vbox working, w00t!), and maybe plex and a few other things. Anyhoo, I like the idea of, rather than the old "." directories, setting up an "Apps" share that is "cache drive only" for various add-on files like VMs. Most of the guides I've seen suggest then referring to the location as /mnt/cache/Apps. Is it correct however that /mnt/user/Apps will always point to the same place anyway? It seems to me that this is a better designation to use, because it means that IF for some reason you should need to ditch your cache drive, you can simply relocate everything to a protected drive temporarily. You could also manually move some of your /Apps/ files to a protected drive if you wanted to. My thinking is that I would then use a full-size drive as my cache, and in the event that I have a hard drive failure, I can turn the cache drive into a protected drive, after manually moving the Apps folder to the protected space. Does this make any sense at all? I am no unRAID expert.
  15. I am sorry if this comes across the wrong way, but I am just wondering if there is a way to install the optional Dynamix plug-ins without the Dynamix Web GUI. I encountered a particular problem which I think is unsafe - when you have an unformatted disk/disks in the system, the webgui prompts you to start the array and format unformatted disks. However, with the tabs-in-tabs arrangement, you can't see which disks are coming up as unformatted on the same screen. I fear this could cause an accident sooner or later and wipe a whole disk. On the other hand, my system NEEDS the other Dynamix plug-ins. I definitely appreciate the work that has gone into these. How dependent are the optional plug-ins on the webgui? Could they be installed in such a way that you had the stock/upgraded GUI but with a Dynamix tab for the Dynamix plug-ins?
  16. What a great plug-in. It has made quite a few things much easier for me. Thanks.
  17. I just upgraded from 4.7. 5.0 seems great so far. I did make an error in my upgrade, in that after setting up the disks I added users and set up shares. Then, after doing that, I realised that I was meant to run the "set new permissions" utility as an earlier step. In other words, I did step 5 before step 4 on this how-to: http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Upgrade_Instructions Do I need to delete the users and create them again, or will this function okay? It seems to be working okay on the one disk that has had newperms run on it so far. Just checking! Cheers, Jason
  18. Thanks for the reply Russell. The reason I mentioned the cache drive is that this was where I was planning to store the files for various plug-ins etc, rather than on the array. It turns out my laptop is too old to play nicely with unraid anyway, so I am going to have to hold off on my plan for a bit!
  19. Hi, I have the pro version of Unraid with two USB sticks. One stick is running my server, the other is in my desk drawer. The server (4.7, unmenu, a few plugins, a few years of my ignorant, hamfisted screwing around with it) has been acting up quite a lot lately. What I want to do is swap my spare stick into the server, and just run 4.7 on it in a very vanilla form for a while. I think I should be able to do this without trouble. THEN what I want to do is use wipe the existing stick, reinstall a clean unraid 4.7, and use it in on a spare laptop to set up unraid plus a lot of other things I've been meaning to install for a while such as plex, newznab, virtualbox, and some other stuff. Can I do this: - run the stick on the laptop with just a cache drive and no array while I get everything working - copy the cache drive contents to the "working" server - swap the newly set up stick over and add the existing array ? I think this should be doable but it would help to have some reassurance before I start. Or is there a better approach? Jason
  20. Just a query - by all accounts Sickbeard is pretty much unaffected by the death of nzbmatrix, since it works fine using its own indexing sources (womble?). Is there a reason to use newznab for sickbeard? (I understand that "because it's there" may be a good enough reason, just wondering that's all )
  21. Great thread, thank you guys. Question - if I install the non-paid version just to satisfy myself I can get it working, is upgrading to the donate version a simple tweak, or does it involve reinstalling from scratch?
  22. Thanks for this. Forgive me as I don't currently use a cache drive (but have one ready to install)... will that file location stay on the cache drive or would "mover" shift it to the array overnight?
  23. It's an Athlon XP 3000+. I will post some results when I get a chance to do the upgrade; it's hard to find a time when the NAS isn't in use I think it's a testament to the quality of Unraid that it has been serving us pretty well for a couple of years now with a motherboard and CPU that are nearly a decade old. As the NAS mainly serves up media files I guess it is a use case where write speed is not very critical.
  24. Thanks for the reply. I think you are overestimating my hardware; I have (other than those seagates) all 2TB WD green drives, and I've never seen anything like 20-30MB/s for writes. Admittedly it's nearly all about reads for me, not writes, so it doesn't matter, but for the record I usually see anywhere from 5-13 MB/s when transferring files internally, and slower when writing from the network. I think I once hit 16MB/s when transferring between disks internally. I'm not complaining; I have found it to be a really good NAS system for my purposes. But the new hardware will have more RAM and run faster and I hope to run virtualbox as well as shifting sabnzbd etc over to it, so it is the only system in the house that gets left on 24/7 (and hence does all the automated/overnight sort of jobs). However, I am also hoping for faster write speeds. It's not crucial but it would be nice. I am thinking I might just try some basic speed tests - maybe: 1. transfer of a big file internally 2. transfer of a folder full of small files internally 3. as above but over the network As said it's just out of curiosity, I will live with it regardless.
  25. Hi all, I could use some advice. First topic: a hard drive issue. I had two Seagate 1.5TB drives in my unraid system. I have removed one and replaced it with a 2TB, mainly because it was showing a very high end-to-end error count in its SMART report. Initially, reading suggested that this was a serious hard drive issue. Further searching has led to a few posts online saying that it is common for Seagate drives to have a high count on this property and that it isn't meaningful. Seatools says the drive "passes". It's still within warranty (but not for that much longer). The other drive - same model - does not show any problem in its end-to-end error count. I am not sure whether I should put the drive back in or not. I would like to RMA it so I don't have to worry about it. So, questions - do you think I can RMA it even though Seatools passes it? Or, do you think it is fine to just keep using it? Second topic: I have an opportunity to upgrade my unraid hardware due to an upgrade of my main working desktop machine. I believe the upgrade should deliver some improved performance as the hardware I am currently using is fairly basic. I am wondering if there is some benchmarking I could do before and after the upgrade. This is purely for curiosity and to report on the results. Are there any suggested performance tests that are reasonably reflective of real-world performance for a NAS like this? Thanks for any tips on either of these topics. Jason