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Just to clarify, to update to 4.0.1 I will stop the old emby docker and then co to CA and install the new version? I do regular backups of the server via the backup plugin as well, so I guess if anything goes wrong I will restore the backup.

Well spotted Squid. There was a dynamix.plg inside the plugins folder within Config. Deleted, rebooted, back in business. Upon reboot I received the following message: udma crc error count is 4, for drive 6. Diagnostics attached tower-diagnostics-20181221-0644.zip

Done that. On three different browsers, no change. Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

Copied the bz* files across: bzfirmware bzimage bzmodules bzroot bzroot-gui Rebooted Now all I have is the top banner, with an indication of the % disk used. Any suggestions?

Thank you! Just double checking...[emoji1] Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

I don't have enough space on the flash to perform an upgrade via the GUI from 6.4. Which files do I need to copy across to perform the upgrade manually? Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk

Thanks, I'm not experiencing issues once disks are all spun up, so I'll keep 95% as my rule of thumb. I also rip bluray movies full quality and create smaller bdrips for movies I don't care so much to save some space. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

I'm on reiserfs, never switched the disks across, long time user of unraid. I manually write files to the latest added disk to the array, filled disks (to 95%) never get touched again, as I only use the drives as repositories for video and music files, I use the cloud for documents backups. Should I have 90% free on the disks instead? what is the limit where reiserfs performance starts degrading?

I remember reading somewhere that if you fill more than 95% of the drive, it will result in performance issues in unraid. Is that accurate still? (or was it ever?)

Love the icydock design. I used to have the coolermaster caddies, similar large front fan design, and the cooling and noise combo was ideal. Now using the Norco, and temps do to 50C plus during parity check, so I have to stick a big house fan in front of the case during parity. If I saw those before I bought my 4 Norcos, they would have been mine.

Thanks for the confirmation. I am using the latest version of Unraid, v5.0.5. Do you still have to download the smartctl missing library separately?

Quick question about preclearing a drive which will be used to replace an existing smaller drive (basically an upgrade from 350GB to 4TB). If I preclear the 4TB drive, will the rebuild phase be quicker compared to rebuilding immediately with no pre-clearing phase?

I received the last swif2 fan installed it in the remaining caddies. I also swapped hard disk around between top and bottom caddies to place all the cooler drives together in the top caddie (circled in green). I used the NFr8 fan for the top caddie, and slowed it down to 1300 rpms. For the other drives circled in black (the hottest ones), I used the swif2 fan I used previously, in the same caddie, with the same drives. Interestingly temps with the same setup in that caddie are higher after two hours parity calc. The other drives not circled are in the bottom caddie with the new swif2 fan. I must say it's real quiet now and I can live with this extreme temps for parity calculation which will only happen when I replace the parity drive next. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

Thats a bit odd.. I've had excellent results with the NF-R8 with the LNA which only spinning at 1300 RPM instead of stock 1800. Granted I only have 11 out of the 15 drives populated... What drives are you using? 5900 rpm ones?

I didn't use either adaptors, just plugged the fan in with its stock cable. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

So installed the NF-R8 in the same setup, in the same middle caddy where I previously installed the SWiF2 (black square in the temps pic). I moved the SWIf2 in the top caddy (red squares around the drives in the temp pic). I am getting a couple of degrees hotter drives with the NF-R8 in comparison to the SWIf2 when calculating parity. So far the winners are the SWiF2 for hot drives cooling it seems. Interestingly the cooler drives are getting 5 degrees hotter during parity with the SWIf2, whilst the hotter drives were only getting 2-3C hotter (might also have to do with airflow for the upper caddy). I am going to buy another one and then I am going to put it back on the hotter drives. In the new setup temps will stay below 45C, which I am happy with, when calculating parity (once in a blue moon), and below 35C when watching movies.

A quick pic showing hard disk temps in my current setup during parity calculation. I will switch around the drives so all the yellows (less than 32C) are together in the same enclosure, and focus on reducing the temperatures or the reds (40+) with the NF-R8.

could just buy a 2x2tb or a 3tb drive and get rid of most of those drives and reduce the heat+power... but anyways which Noctua you going to try now? The NF-R8? I have just bought this http://www.quietpc.com/nf-r8 Will keep the Coolink SWiF2-801 for the cooler drives, swap things around once I carried out more testing with the NF-R8

I am not going to replace any hard disks unless they fail, or I run out of space. Right now I have 1.75 TB free in my setup, which will last me for yonks. I am simply trying to get the best airflow possible. My hard disks spin down, and I never really run parity calculations, unless I am replacing the parity drive, so heat is not really a problem in my setup, I am trying to reduce noise and keep noise down as much as possible.

Finally tested the swif2 fan on the middle caddy, drives circled in the picture, temps are 2c or 3c up compared to stock fans. Test was parity calculated for two hours. I shall treat the Noctua next and see if I can get even better cooling. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

I can see you are running in your system the following drives 3 Samsung HD204UI @ 5400 RPM 2 Samsung HD154UI @ 5400 RPM 6 Samsubg HD103UJ @ 7200 RPM How hot do your 7200RPM after 2Hrs parity calculation? -

So I did reinstall the old fans, which to be fair are fairly quiet, so I can stay with them even in the movie room. Performed parity calculation for more than two hours, and now temperatures even of the hottest disks are 7C less than with the Effizio. I put my hand behind them after restarting the server and boy I can feel double the air being shifted by the fans. I will test a SWIF2 fan tomorrow, as it didn't arrive on Saturday. I am also toying with testing the Noctua's, they should move a fair amount of air http://www.quietpc.com/80mmfans Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

Just ordered a single SWIF2 fan for testing http://www.quietpc.com/cl-swif2-801 Recommended by Greenleaf for use with older 7200rpm hot drives in the old Norco ss500 model. Will test and report.

I think you hit the nail on the head. Other ppl with new drives are fine using the Effizio fans, cause their drives have a slower spin, so they don't get hot. I have many older 7200rpm drives, and those are much hotter due to the higher spin rate, so the fan is struggling to keep temps down.

Comparison between the two fans: http://www.pc-cooling.de/Silent+PC/Cooler/Temp.+geregelt/200100245/SilenX+Effizio+80+x+25+mm+-+15+dBa+-+Thermistor+-+L%FCfter.html?language=en http://zhanyu.manufacturer.globalsources.com/si/6008839870006/pdtl/Cooling-fan/1061332860/Cooling-Fan.htm Effizio ZY8025 RPM 1700 2000+10% Output max. 54.4 m³/h 25.6 CFM (43.49 m³/h) Noise max 15dB 20+2dB I wonder if the problems is the thermistor part of it. In theory (Effizio's site does not actually publish output figures, I found them on the german site I bough them from) the Effizio move more air in an hour. In reality, this is a max measurament, and when I put the hand near the back of the case, the fans feel like they are not moving much air at all.. RPM is almost 23% less than the ZY8025 at the maximum Effizio setting. Thermistor means that they are supposed to spin up as heat increases. I inserted the thermistor cable right in the drive cage, near the hard disks and yet, if I reboot the server, the fans won't start up for over a minute.