Jay89

Just wanted to let everyone know I got my 7dtd server up and running. After a lot of troubleshooting I realized that if I changed the container back to the default serverconfig file my server worked. Turns out there was a typo in the new serverconfig file I made under the "GameWorld" value. Can't believe it was something that minor. I am just glad I figured it out. Thanks everyone!

Hey all. I apologize if this is not in the right location, but I am looking for help setting up a 7 Days to Die server on my unraid server. I have done everything I can think of and I am still getting a "Could Not Retrieve Server Information" error. I have set this server up once before and got it to work so I am no stranger to this. It took me a few days last time, but eventually port forwarding the range 26900-26905 fixed the problem. That is not the case this time. I used the guide located here.. I have left most of the container defaults as normal. I did change the serverconfig file to match the name of the one that I made with all the settings I want for my server. Other than that, I made no changes to the container. I also did not change any of the default networking settings within the serverconfig file. If that matters. See the images below. Lastly, I set up port forwarding to my unraid server using the range of 26900 - 26905 and the protocol TCP/UDP. I have also attached my output log as well, which as far as I can tell is showing no errors. This leads me to believe this is a port forwarding issue or some networking issue. I have set up port forwarding before for both my VPN and Plex server that are on my unraid server and those appear to be working well so I am unsure why it wouldn't be working for this. Thank you and hopefully I have provided all the necessary information. If not let me know and I will add what is needed. output_log.txt

I probably will just go ahead and buy 4TB drives. There is no since in buying 3TB now and then down the road buy a 4TB. It will definitely be cheaper to just go ahead and buy the 4TB drives now. Thanks again guys!

Okay guys after all your great advice I have finalized my build. Here it is. Case: LIAN LI PC-Q2B http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112339 Motherboard: ASUS H87I-PLUS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132032 PSU: Silverstone ST455F http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256063 CPU: Intel i3 4330 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116945 Hard Drives: Western Digital Red Drives (The parity drive will be 4TB) I am not sure yet if the data drives will be 3TB or 4TB seems smarter to just go ahead and spend the extra money now and just get the 4TB drives Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB DDR3 1600 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104262 I realized I have an extra 120GB SSD drive laying around so I am going to use that exclusively for an app drive and eliminate having 2 drives spinning 24/7. It will also make my writes fault tolerant immediately like you guys were talking about. Thank you so much guys can't wait to start buying the stuff to build this!

So this was kind of a stupid question on my part. I just read the wiki and the size really depends on how much data you plan to write. If you try to write more data than you have cache it will fail. I guess this is because it is going to cache the data. Thus, theoretically giving you faster writes. At least I think that is how it works. So a 120GB ssd should be more then plenty right? Or maybe 320GB?

Let me just say awesome feedback guys! Ironically, you hit on every issue I have been struggling with over the last few days. So here is what I have decided. My original build was actually using an i3-3240 CPU, but I thought that would be overkill so I downgraded. However, now I know it isn't and I am loving the suggestions you all made. I also love the suggestions by garycase so I think I am going to take his advice and use the ASUS board with the i3-4330. As for the power supply, I originally went with the power supply I did because I read multiple times that people have gotten it to fit in the case I am using. Again, this is my first build so I am going to take the advice here and use the Silverstone one that was suggested. I was also originally thinking about WD Red drives, but switched to green drives because they were cheaper and a few people say they would work for storage, but may not be the best for a parity (why I went with the Seagate for parity). I am going to go back to my original plan and use them in my array and upgrade to the 4TB version. I also am going to upgrade to DDR3 1600 for my memory. Probably to this Kingston HyperX Blu. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104262 This brings me to the cache drive. I have done a lot of research on a cache drive for this build and I will admit I still don't really understand cache drives completely and how they work (Probably why I can't decide if I want one). So forgive me if I make a fool of myself in these coming sentences. I was originally leaning on getting one for the same reason dirtysanchez has one. I am not so much worried about the increased write speeds as I am not having drives spinning 24/7. I understand that it won't be protected from drive failure, but this is easily solved by rsyncing the drive regularly. I just like the idea of not having 2 drives spinning 24/7. So if I do decide to do a cache drive does it matter on the size? Again guys thank you so much for all the feedback!!

Yeah I was thinking the same thing should I ever need more space down the road all I got to do is pop a drive out and put in the new one.

Hey Everyone! So I am wanting to build my first unRAID server. I recently built an HTPC and I am slowly building up my media collection so I think a medium size unRAID server would be a perfect addition. I have been doing a lot of research the last few days and this is what I have came up with. Since this is my first build I was hoping you all could give me some feedback and make sure there isn't any glaring issues. First, this is primarily going to be used as a Plex Media Server. It will have to be able to stream HD video and provide media to 2-3 clients concurrently. I will also probably use some other apps down the road as I become more familiar with unRAID. Case: LIAN LI PC-Q2B http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112339 Motherboard: AsRock B75m-ITX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157310 PSU: Corsair CX430M http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139049 CPU: Intel Celeron G1620 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116888 Hard Drives: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM (Parity) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834 Western Digital 2TB Green (Storage Drives) http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=western+digital+2tb+green&N=-1&isNodeId=1 Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB DDR3 1333 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231275 I am thinking maybe going 3TB for the parity just so if in the future I want to upgrade it will be a little easier. I am also up in the air with getting a cache drive. I know it will improve performance, but my main focus is storage and streaming video and I don't think it is necessary in my case. I think I will benefit with more storage. I don't know what do you all think? I have struggled with this. I was just going to leave a drive bay open for now and see if I thought I would need it down the line. If not just fill it with another drive. Also, I am aware this board only has 4 on board SATA connections and will require an expansion card. So overall is there any glaring issues with this build and do you all think this will do everything I have described? Thanks!