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@1812I thought High Sierra was the cutoff before they ruined everything. I cant install High sierra on my setup, so i wasnt 100% sorry for the false info

PSA: Use NFS on macOS Catalina/Mojave/HighSierra for 10gbe, smb is still broken #skip_this_part I know I saw this before, and its been discussed a lot, but I just want to reiterate for those that are not aware: DO NOT use SMB for macOS using Unraid if you are on 10gbe (1gb actually works great/ok). After days of testing and losing my mind over why my 10gbe isnt working to its potential (9gbytes-10gbytes) transfer rates that I was getting on Windows. SMB just doesnt work on macOS as it should (especially for 10gbe, I get less than 5MBytes/sec write and 50-60 on read) After switching to NFS I now get proper 800mbytes write and 1.1gbytes write (slows down gradually to 700-900mbytes) using my SSD shares I wish there was a way to manually update SMB on macOS like in the old days (see: http://eduo.info/apps/smbup) or better yet, a proper SMB configuration natively. But thats not an option at this time. So for now, if you're coming here from google or just saw this thread on the forum because you searched for 'macos slow 10gbe unraid' there is nothing wrong with unraid, your setup (probably) its Apple's fault. Unfortunately, as of now, Unraid does not allow you to specify a lot of settings through the gui for NFS (restrict to ip, enabling rw, insecure connections, proper permissions...etc) so you have to do it manually, which sucks a lot, but its your only option if you're running 10gbe. #read_this_part Below are my extra options that I added to the NFS Unraid settings, but please chime in if you know any better as I am not exactly an expert on the subject. note: add these to your shares with the private security turned on. *(sec=sys,rw,no_root_squash,insecure) or if you want specific clients: 192.168.1.10(sec=sys,rw,no_root_squash,insecure) 192.168.1.12(sec=sys,rw,no_root_squash,insecure) or maybe a specific range: 192.168.1.0/24(sec=sys,rw,no_root_squash,insecure) if you're confused about the options, the first one is the one you should use. Also, you need to change 192.168.x.x part to your local network.

lboregard thank you! thats exactly what I am looking for.

I think you may be right, I cant downgrade now. Will have to wait for the new beta perhaps? Because I remember reading that Unraid 6 is using a 'new' version of Samba, so that could be it. I had less issues before on 5 for Samba, thats for sure. But this is a beta software, so this is to be expected. I just thought I could make NFS work.

I've exhausted hours on google, and its just not working. At all. I can get it to manually mount .. sometimes. But if you're a Mac user, you'll know this doesnt work. As with every boot you'll have to create the folders in /Volumes/ all over again and its not something that can be easily automated. Here is what I've done so far: - This guide fixes illustrates a fix to the /volumes/ creations problem, and a fix. Except, the folders are very unresponsive and they dont show anywhere (desktop, sidebar) unless you manually try to activate them, which often means running the automount command manually ... like every 2-3 hours. - Manually mounting using 'http://www.bresink.com/osx/NFSManager.html' is great! it works, its fast, its on the desktop, its everywhere and I get 100mb read/write easy .. every single time. Its just the volumes dont survive reboots. - Automatically mounting using the same tool (NFS Manager) says that I (the admin user) do not have access to /local/default is restricted and broken in Mavericks .. and that I should upgrade to another OS or downgrade. Which is not an option for me. Why arent I using SMB or AFP? - SMB2 and CIF is basically broken on mac and with the new service pack, its even more so. Finder hangs every time I try to mount anything and results in me having to restart my array to make it responsive again. - AFP is horrible, slow reads/writes, creates like 3-4 types of useless folders everywhere .appledouble..etc) What I hope to accomplish So what I learned so far, is that I need to run an Active directory .. somewhere .. that way I can auto mount everything, and everyone will be happy. So far, from what I've seen, this can only be done on Windows Server (is this true? can I not run an active directory on unraid? sorry if that sounds stupid). Not even sure if this is the best thing to do, but any help or guidance would be really appreciated. Thanks, I am running unraid v6b5a, but the problem existed even on latest stable build.

can you mount a folder in a share? or do you have to mount the whole share? also, does the WOL act as a spin up for all the drivers? also, thanks for this!