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Got back in - thanks guys. Funny thing is once I deleted the network.cnf file off the usb stick and booted back up I got the static IP back in my router. Perhaps I had the setting in the unraid configured to static too. Anyways..... V6... I will. Right now I have so many other priorities I just haven't played with this thing or home theater at all for a long time. I use the server from time to time for picture storage so that's why I access it still. I built it for .ISO storage. That's where all the TB of storage is.

I'm so out of touch with this thing. Been a long time since I played with it. It's just been working. I've also neglected to update the daily email updates since they quit working so long ago. *sigh*... life. So... Can I take the USB drive out of the back of the server, plug in in my computer, delete the file, then plug into the unraid and boot it up, or do I have to run an HDMI from server to my monitor? The server is in another room..

A while back I had to re-arrange my router's IP address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.1. I just tried to access my unraid server and can't. I think I had the server setup with a static IP address of 192.168.1.xxx (can't remember the last three). I never accessed it via the IP address because I'd always just type the name of the server in the web browsers address bar. This no longer works either. How can I fix this?

Can anyone chime in on a lightweight utility, basically a scheduler, that will copy specified folders on my PC to a specified location on my unraid server? I'd like to back up once a night, and keep 7 complete backups before looping back to re-write backup 1 again working up to the 7th. Repeat over and over.

Good idea! I'll grab my daughters!

Well I just did all the Windows updates, including from 8 to 8.1 and still the same deal. That leaves the fact I went from a USB hub straight to the computer OR The fact I changed some of the USB settings to get some Apple iPad/iPhones working (if there has ever been a love/hate relationship of a device it's gotta be the iPHone). I am going to grab another hub, the exact same one I was using previously that broke. If that doesn't work I'll try to dive into the USB settings in device manager. It's all about the "WHY" now...... stuff doesn't happen for no reason. And I didn't spend good money to get the fastest transfers over the network to just let it go! UGGGGG!!!!!

Has to be a network setting, but then i think if it were the network it wouldn't go from pc to server at giga speeds. That leads me to believe it is something between entering through usb and exiting through the network on the fly. This is where I get lost and have no idea how to troubleshoot.

I certainly am. Someone suggested I try another ripping software. While I don't see how on earth that could make a difference I'm desperate.........and completely baffled.

Any suggestion for a free app?

So........... Anyone have any ideas here? I'm so baffled!!! The ONLY other difference is I used to have a USB 3.0 HUB and the drive went through it, but now the drive just goes straight to the computer. Any chance that would have something to do with it?

Smart status in unmenu will request the results of the check from the drive. Smart isn't a program that runs on the machine, it's built in to the hard drive. So, you ask the drive to perform the check, and make sure unraid doesn't spin down the drive while it runs. Then after a period of time (typically a couple hours or more) you ask the drive to return the results by getting a smart status. The results of any tests will be in the smart status report. Thanks. I now see that there is a smart status button right there in unmenu, just as you say. Thanks! Here is the results. You can see I ran a few tests not understanding why I wasn't getting any results. lol.. SMART status Info for /dev/sdb smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build) Copyright © 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: WDC WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 Serial Number: WD-WCC3F0696062 Firmware Version: 01.01A01 User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 9 ATA Standard is: Not recognized. Minor revision code: 0x001f Local Time is: Sat Sep 13 12:23:22 2014 PDT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: (11280) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 117) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 5) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x3035) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 172 171 021 Pre-fail Always - 2366 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 151 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 094 094 000 Old_age Always - 4895 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 21 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 4 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 147 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 111 106 000 Old_age Always - 32 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 4884 - # 2 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 4880 - # 3 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 4860 - # 4 Extended offline Aborted by host 40% 4858 - # 5 Extended offline Aborted by host 50% 4857 - SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

Let me ask you this. If I can copy from the computer to the server at gigabit speeds, wouldn't that automatically rule out a problem with the cache disk? Therefor there is no reason to even attempt to bypass it?

So.... How the heck do I do a SMART check? I thought I had it started in the unmenu screen, but I got no results after 24 hours.

Just started a long test via unmenu. Will report back. Anything specific I should post here regarding the results?

I could disable the cache drive easily and give it a go. That doesn't cost any money or much time. I normally write directly to the cache drive, but that's where my speeds have gone to crap. I can write to the PC at fast speeds, then transfer from the PC to the server at gigabit speeds. I did tons of research and chose .ISOs. I like to have the original disc format. I can't watch 3D either, I'm using Dune players that don't support 3D but fully support .ISO.