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Sorry, perhaps not really a docker question, but I saw some odd behaviour when I used this docker to copy files from a Samba share to the array. I copied a folder with 10 files in it and on the array, four of the files had the "Modified" timestamp updated to the time of copying, while the others retained their original timestamp (all from the year 2002). The files are all photos or videos, and the biggest file is 1.1 MB. I would have thought that either every file or no file gets the timestamp modified. I'd prefer to keep the original timestamps. Is there any way of ensuring this?

To answer my own question from a few posts ago, I needed to use "abc" instead of "www-data". The occ command needs to be run from the /config/www/nextcloud directory, and I needed to add the username as a parameter for files:scan. (I initially got a message saying "The current PHP memory limit is below the recommended value of 512MB". Some quick googling and appending "memory_limit = 512M" to php-local.ini fixed this.)

I've installed this Nextcloud docker with the intention of replacing OneDrive. (Nextcloud doesn't have the same functionality, but it seems to be close enough for my purposes.) However, copying data from my Windows PC is taking forever because the PC first has to download many of the files and then they get copied to my unRAID server, and I'm doing this through the NC Windows client, which is also a little slow. I do have the OneDrive files backed up on a Synology NAS and I thought it would be easy enough to copy those files to the NC folders on the unRAID server and then use the Windows NC client to sync for the latest changes. However, it's now clear to me that NC doesn't just "see" those files and they have to somehow be made visible (which they would be if they were copied via the client). Digging around, there seems to be an NC command "occ" that would allow NC to scan the relevant unRAID folder and make the copied file visible to NC. Unfortunately I can't invoke the occ command. I went into the terminal for the NC docker, and tried to run "sudo -u www-data php occ files:scan", where www-data is the "HTTP user and group", according to the NC documentation, for certain Linux distros. My problem is I don't know what I should use instead of www-data for the NC docker (assuming I'm even on the right track). If I use www-data I get an "unknown user" error message. Can anyone help? (Plan B is to copy the files from the Synology NAS to the NC folders on the unRAID server, and then reinstall the MariaDB docker. But this is a one-time solution, if it even works.)

Same problem with my new MX500. Returned to normal after 30 minutes.

OK, I think I get it now. I took a look at various N-gamers 1-CPU videos and I need to have the physical connections for the "real" VM, and not the remote desktop one, if that makes sense.

Thanks for the very useful videos. I'm not sure if this was addressed in the videos, but for the gaming VM, what are the physical connections? The second video still seems to show the VM running under Splashtop. Would the gaming be done via Splashtop? This seems unlikely to produce near bare metal performance. The way I'm thinking about it, for Splashtop or, say, RDP, I just need a PC that is on the same network as the unRAID server (or can "see" it over the Internet). But the monitor of the PC I'm using would be connected to whatever graphics device I use on the PC, and is therefore totally independent of any graphics card I have on the server. So if I want to use the VM for gaming, would I need a separate monitor, mouse and keyboard (both connected directly to the server via passed through devices)? I'm sure I'm missing something quite fundamental here, but I hope someone can explain what needs to be done.

I saw from the Web UI that a new version of PMS was available, although it said "Please install manually". I'd read somewhere that the docker installs PMS updates automatically when it restarts, so I went ahead and restarted, after which I couldn't get to the Web UI. After a few restarts and searching around, I checked the Plex log from the unRAID GUI Docker tab and saw that the log ended with a message about trying to install the latest version. I tried restarting and waiting a few minutes, but the log never seemed to go beyond that message. In the end I deleted the VERSION variable, and now PMS is working as before. Anyone else having a problem with the update? On the other hand, it's not impossible that I borked something...

In the end I went with a Corsair RM650X. One thing that I hadn't thought about was the number of SATA connectors that provided on the cables. There are 3 cables x 3 connectors, so I'm just OK for 5 data disks, 2 parity and in future 2 SSDs for cache/VM. But because of cable routing, it would have been nice to have another cable for more flexibility. I could do something with splitters or molex-to-SATA connectors, but the tidier solution would have been another SATA power cable. I was tempted to grab one of many (unlabelled) old cables from old PSUs that all seem pretty similar, but fortunately I read the thread here: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=53341.0. Looking back, I realise now that smaller PSUs may well be more efficient (in terms of power provided to power needed), but they often come with fewer SATA connectors. How do other users connect their drives to the PSUs once they exceed the connectors provided with the PSU cables? I've read reports of poor quality splitters - are there any recommended brands?

Yes, it's been done before, though different Qnap model. https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=50432.msg484485#msg484485

I'm finally close to upgrading my unRAID setup to a Supermicro X10SDV-TLN4F with 32GB ECC RAM. The board is limited to 6 SATA slots, so I'm planning on getting a Perc H310 controller, and in total using 7 hard disks and 1 or 2 SSDs. No GPU (no spare slot anyway, after the Perc). I'm guessing a 450W PSU would be enough? Unfortunately I'm not in the USA and I can't get many 450W PSUs that are Gold rated. I'm looking at a Seasonic G-450 (5 year warranty) or Corsair RM650i (10 year warranty). Although 650W is probably much more than I need, unfortunately the only bad PSU I've had to replace was the most expensive one I've bought so far, a Seasonic X-Series, so I'm tempted to look at another brand. Yes, I'm probably just unfortunate, but still... Any suggestions/comments would be appreciated.