JonathanM
-
Posts
16,650 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
65
Community Answers
-
JonathanM's post in New UnRAID Server and 18 TB WD Disks won't show up was marked as the answer
Have you masked off or disabled the 3.3V reset pins on the drives?
-
JonathanM's post in Remote Shutdown of unraid was marked as the answer
Try this
plink.exe -batch -ssh -pw passwordhere useridhere@serveriphere powerdown
-
-
-
JonathanM's post in How will the forum linked registration process work for unRAID systems that have no internet access? was marked as the answer
All offline licensing will need to be handled by emailing Limetech.
-
JonathanM's post in writing to cache keeps array spinning was marked as the answer
If the container is referencing or writing to any files that have already been moved to the array, the array will stay spun up. Cache: yes means NEW files written to the share will be on the cache, then when mover runs they will be transferred to the array if they aren't being held open by something.
Cache: prefer will attempt to move the entire contents of the share to the cache drive, assuming there is enough free space. Once again, any files that are open will fail to move.
-
JonathanM's post in Add a 2 new drives as data and parity was marked as the answer
Each parity must be as large or larger than any data drive.
-
JonathanM's post in Factory Reset of Unraid Server was marked as the answer
Try completely redoing the flash drive, the same way you set it up to begin with, and copy the license key file into the config folder.
-
JonathanM's post in encrypted and unencrypted volumes on same disk was marked as the answer
Each data disk can only have one volume, but different disks can be different formats.
With 3 HDD's, you could have
1 Parity
1 XFS
1 XFS-encrypted
-
JonathanM's post in Is there a way to create a VPN connection that can be used by a docker of my choice? was marked as the answer
You need to correct the LAN Network.
-
JonathanM's post in Discount on additional licenses? was marked as the answer
That second license thing was from an era when having a USB key die meant you could be down several days waiting on a replacement license file from Limetech. It was meant to allow you to keep a ready backup so you could be up and running instantly vs. waiting.
Now that key replacement is online and automated, having a second license unused on standby is no longer really needed.
The discounted license was never really MEANT to run a second server, but of course you could.
Now, I'm not a Limetech employee, and they surprised EVERYONE with a black friday / cyber monday license sale last year, so anything is possible in the future, but for right now, it's just posted prices.
-
JonathanM's post in Replacing 2 drives, avoiding parity swap was marked as the answer
Unclear if you understand this, so I'll just say it. You can't have 18TB data drives with a 12TB parity.
So, I'll outline what is possible with the drives you listed.
1. Replace parity with one of the new 18TB, rebuild parity and do a subsequent parity check.
2. Rebuild one of the 6TB drives with the old 12TB parity drive, do a non-correcting parity check.
3. Rebuild the other 6TB drive with the other new 18TB drive, do a non-correcting parity check.
What I've outlined keeps the array data shares and applications available the entire time, albeit at reduced performance which is unavoidable.
If at any point there are errors, those need to be resolved before moving on to the next step.
-
JonathanM's post in File to large to copy was marked as the answer
It would probably be faster to attach the drive to the windows machine and copy to it across the network.
-
JonathanM's post in Upgrading 2 Parity Drives to bigger sizes - Not sure how to do it. - Need advice please was marked as the answer
No. The only restriction is no data drive can be larger than either parity drive.
Having a 12TB and a 10TB parity at the same time is not a problem, you are just limited to 10TB data drives until you upgrade the second parity.
-
JonathanM's post in No good disk management? was marked as the answer
You've got the wrong end of the stick.
Unraid must manage array disk partitions itself, so it can keep the novel parity protection scheme it uses in sync.
For devices not in the array or pools, you can use the Unassigned Disks plugin with the companion destructive mode plugin.
-
JonathanM's post in Can I Upgrade My 1 Parity Drive Temporarily Using The Unused "Parity 2" Slot? was marked as the answer
Not even close. The drive assigned to slot parity1 is a simple parity sum, the drive assigned to slot parity2 is a complex calculation that includes slot number of the included data drives.
Sure. As long as you leave the disks all in their assigned slots parity2 will remain valid, no need to have a drive in parity1.
-
JonathanM's post in Open ports & Installing Java 17 was marked as the answer
Since there are a bazillion containers, each one has it's own support thread where you can research issues that others have had with it, and post if your issue hasn't already been addressed. You can find the support thread by clicking on the container in the GUI, and selecting the support option in the dropdown.
-
JonathanM's post in Open ports & Installing Java 17 was marked as the answer
Since there are a bazillion containers, each one has it's own support thread where you can research issues that others have had with it, and post if your issue hasn't already been addressed. You can find the support thread by clicking on the container in the GUI, and selecting the support option in the dropdown.
-
JonathanM's post in USB Array Converted To SATA, Now Drives Not Found was marked as the answer
Not easily. Since you aren't concerned about rebuilding a drive, it would be easiest just to make your best guess and build parity fresh.
If you are interested in the nitty gritty details, the short answer is that parity1 is valid as long as all data drives are present, parity2 is a different much more complex set of equations that is valid if all data drives are present AND in their proper slot numbers.
