DaniloSilva

After moving to 5.0-rc16c my SMB performance has dropped by around 50%, is there anything I can change to restore its former glory? Using SMB on 5.0rc4 I was able to upload files at around 60MB/s and download at 90MB/s (without a cache disk), since the upgrade I'm uploading at around 30MB/s and downloading at 45MB/s. To verify that this wasn't a general performance issue I tested using FTP and NFS, FTP is stellar (64MB/s up and 120MB/s down), and NFS (using a Mac) is also great (60MB/s up and 95MB/s down). Update: I installed a cache disk to see if that would improve write performance. SMB remains the same at around 30MB/s, NFS is now uploading as around 100MB/s, so this is definitely a bottleneck in the SMB functionality.

Hi I've had great success using the unmenu p910nd package to setup my printer, now I'd like to add a second printer onto my unraid server - has anyone managed to do this already? Cheers, Dan

Hi I want to setup cron to run a job every day at 5am that deletes all of the Thumbs.db files on my unraid, the command that works on the command line in telnet is: find /mnt/disk[1-9]*/ /boot -name "Thumbs.db" -depth -exec rm -r "{}" ';'>/dev/null 2>&1 Can someone tell me how I would add that to a cron job? Thanks, Dan

That makes perfect sense, thanks.

I had a strange and scary thing happen today. I was trying to copy some data from my unRAID server over the network but it just kept timing out. Eventually I looked at the unRAID web interface and everything was green and reported as OK with no errors. I reboot the unRAID server anyway (it had been since the day beta13 was released) to see if it was some kind of a networking problem. After the reboot I checked the unRAID menu and everything was still green, then I looked at the syslog via unMenu and it was full of red lines (mini heart attack), but still the array was all green and reported as working. From the logs I managed to determine which drive was causing the errors, I took the array off-line (this took ages) and removed the problem drive, I tested the drive in another machine and determined that it has indeed failed. I had a pre-cleared drive (waiting patiently in a draw for 2 years) so installed it, re-started the array and it's now rebuilding at 115 MB/sec with 204 minutes to go (which I assume is normal). The question that I have is why didn't unRAID detect the failed drive and report it to the web interface? Log file attached. syslog-2012-04-16.txt.zip

I took time out today and updated from 4.5.6 -> 4.7 -> 5.0b6 Everything went smoothly with a clean log and all devices detected as expected. Only thing I can't figure out is how to prevent all the disks from being shared, I remember doing this way back when I setup 4.5.6 but have since forgotten - surely a testament to unraid's stability as well as my forgetfulness! :-) Found it on the drives page - which is logical I guess.

+1 For Acer Revo. I have 2 Acer Revo's running XBMC Darma Final but have setup 15 or so for friends and family. Installed to the internal HDD using the XBMC Live! CD. The Revo supports 1080p with audio directly to my AMP via HDMI. Microsoft MCE remote controls work perfectly. I've got a long history with XBMC and have been running it since the first release hit Xbox1. I had a brief affair with the Popcorn-Hour but ditched it when XBMC achieved hardware playback via VDPAU and have never looked back.

Succinct list: Road map showing planned development with approximate time scales Opt-in mailing list for critical bugs / software update availability Bug tracker Built-in system event notifications by email (and/or SNMP) Built-in UPS support Paid for, per-incident support Verbose Explanation: Road map: Shows business users that the software is under active development Opt-in mailing list: You cannot expect business customers to check your forum daily for critical bugs Bug tracker: Let's people know what bugs exist and shows Lime Tech's response time System event notifications: This is a storage appliance, any business will expect notification of disk and power failures as a given UPS support: Also a given for a storage appliance Per-incident support: In my experience businesses are more than happy to pay for direct support when they need it. Availability is a pre-requisite for many DR teams (think $100 per hour for parity with other vendors).

OK well it's good to know LimeTech are at least considering this stuff. I'll wait patiently and see how things develop. I was planning to deploying unRAID servers at some of my clients as they have huge storage needs, however the disaster recovery team are going to ask these questions and won't allow me to proceed without positive answers. I think my exuberance for unRAID in own deployment (home and office) has me thinking beyond the product's current scope. It's just soooo cool :-)

OK so Tom has 'act of God' covered - which is great (phew!) What about the other points? Road map, mailing list and bug tracker?

Well that's not much comfort! Surely I'm not alone in having these concerns? I get the impression unRAID started off as a small project but has subsequently experienced great success and growth over a small period of time. With so many users reliant on the platform now might be a good time to deal with the points raised above. A road map, mailing list and bug tracker are easy and cheap to to implement and will be pre-requites for larger customers. The issue of 'one developer' on a closed source product is more difficult to resolve, at the very least the software could be open sourced in the event of a catastrophe (sorry Tom - I personally hope to buy you a drink on your 100th birthday).

Really? That strikes me as quite an omission for a project of unRAID's scale. On a related note is there any kind of notification mechanism (email list etc) in case critical security/stability bugs are discovered and I need to update? Also does anyone know approximately how many developers there are working on unRAID? I keep hearing about Tom but just wondered what happens if Tom gets ill / bored / run over by a bus.

Is there are development road map for unRAID? I'm probably just blind but couldn't find on the main website, forum or Wiki.

The CPU is not fancy at all, it's a dual core AMD Athlon II X2 240e 2.8GHz: http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=694 I built my unRAID for efficiency but wanted enough grunt to enable SABnzb and Sickbeard at some point in the future when those plugins have matured a little.

OK I'll take that as A-OK then :-)

Can someone check my syslog to make sure all is ok? I've tested unRAID on my hardware for a week and all seems perfect but I'd like be be as sure as possible before I start trusting with my data. File attached but also pasted here: http://paste-bin.com/view/9d98ef7b Thanks, Dan syslog-2010-12-17.txt

Does anyone have any comments or experience of using this board? I had one to hand and set it up with components I had laying about: 4GB DDR3 RAM AMD Athlon II X2 240e 5 x 160GB drives (attached to on-board SATA sockets) Pros: Has HPA disabled by default 8 SATA 3 sockets 2 x PCIe x16 slots GB NIC Cons: No onboard video (I used an old PCI card so as to not use the PCI-E x16 slots) UnRAID 4.6 detects everything fine so far as I can see, is there a way to be sure? Spec are here: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3423#ov I pre-cleared all of the 160GB drives simultaneously and averages around 90MB/s which I suspect is the drives maxing out. On the face of it this board seems idea,l but before I go nuts and build it into my rack case and load it with 2TB drives I though I better run it past you guys. Thanks, Dan

Thanks for the great advice guys. Seven: I purchased the drives from different suppliers over a period of 6 weeks, they all have different date codes. I see your point about using multiple manufacturers though - wish I'd considered this. That said I've managed to pre-clear all of the drives (6 of them) using the Adaptec controller - it took around 23 hours doing 3 at once. prostuff1: I've ordered a Supermicro SASLP card + cables as suggested - should be here tomorrow. Joe L: Thanks for pointing that out. I need this server to be completely reliable and don't want to risk stability because of a crappy motherboard. I'll look for something more suitable on the HCL. ohlwiler: They all have the jumper set - took a while to find 6 jumpers though, the drives shipped bare!

Apologies if I've posted this in the wrong place, I couldn't find a dedicated area for new system questions. Could you guys take at look at my proposed plan and tell me where I might improve/change things before I press ahead. I'm inexperienced in Unraid and would really appreciate some feedback. Overview I work as a small business IT specialist and my wife as a commercial photographer, we both work from home (separate offices to maintain sanity) and share one heavily loaded server running several roles and nearing it's disk space and CPU capacity. Backup is currently taken care of via CrashPlan, this backs-up the critical business and personal data to an office a few miles away and works great. I intend to keep the current server as it runs our CCTV security software (BlueIris) for our IP-cams and allows fast (90Mbps/sec) file access that is ideal for my wife's photography work and the Virtual machines that I use. The goal is to offload the video,music,backups and non-business roles such as SabNZB,Sickbeard,CrashPlan and webserving to Unraid . This should free up the server disk space and CPU cycles for business use and CCTV. I would also like to make the Unraid server a CrashPlan receiver so we can backup locally in addition to our off-site backup. Does this all sound reasonable? I've been lurking in these forums for a couple weeks formulating my plans but wanted someone to give me an "all clear"' or "don't do X because ..." Hope that all makes sense and appreciate any feedback, Dan Current Server roles on Windows Server 2008 (RAID5 4.5TB) DHCP server with static mappings CCTV software for 6 IP cameras SabNZB + SickBeard -> Move to Unraid AirVideo (for sharing video to our Ipads and Iphones) -> Move to Unraid (or too processor intensive?) VPN endpoint (we both access the server remotely for work) Abyss Web Server (with PHP) -> Move to Unraid VMWare server CrashPlan (initiator and reciever) -> Move to Unraid Lots of shares - Biz1(600GB) Biz2(1.1TB) User1(150Gb) User2(200GB) TV(900GB) Movies(>1TB) Music(40GB) Abyss-Web(2GB) -> Move Video, Music and backups to Unraid freeing up fast storage for business use Proposed Unraid server roles Unraid Plus version 4.6 Setup Shares (TV / Movies / Music / CrashPlan-BACKUPS / DiskImages) Install Crashplan as a reciever Install SabNZB + Sickbeard Install Web-Server (LAMP) ? Proposed Unraid Server Spec <- Any show stoppers here? MB: Abit NF-M2S (recycled) CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ (recycled) RAM: 4GB (recycled) SATA interface: Adaptec 1430SA (need to disable runtime BIOS) 5 x 2TB WD Green EARS drives (Need to set jumper across pins 7-8 before pre-clear) 1 x 2TB WD Green EARS drive for Parity USB: Sandisk 1GB Cruzer CACHE DRIVE: 150GB WD RAPTOR 10000RPM (recycled) <- may not be necessary as we don't need fast access 4u Rackmount case 2 x IcyDock 5-in-3 enclosures LAN: RealTek GB