Dougy

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  1. not that i feel entitled too it, but it's sad to see the community support is not what it once was..... If anybody else finds themselves in a similar situation, I am in the process of recovering my files now. I purchased Raise Data Recovery for ReiserFS for about $30. As there was no real issues with the drives, just unraid stopped liking them, I seem have no issue copying most of the files from the drive using my windows machine. I have saved all my family photos and videos. A couple of my MP3's have become corrupted but at least they are replaceable. Looking at options to backup my photo's and videos. SmugMug looks like a good option at $40 a year for unlimited storage. They appear to have been around for a very long time and are family run meaning they are not about to sell out tomorrow.... does anybody here have any experience with it or other recommendations?
  2. running 5.0 as per photo syslog attached syslog.zip
  3. smartctl did not show any problems with the drives.... even if someone could tell me how to make unraid trust drive 6, ie get rid of the red ball so I can start it up and pull the data of drive 5 under emulation it would be extremely appreciated. I just released that drive 5 contains my family photos and videos that are only partially backed up elsewhere..... any help would be greatly appreciated
  4. Hi, I initially posted this is the wrong section by mistake so have reposted here: after a brown out this morning that my cheap UPS doesn't seem to have helped with I was showing errors on drive 5 & 6. 5 red balled but a smartctl didn't show any error on either drive. I decided to remove drive 5 start the array, then stop the array, then re-add the drive (I have done this to repair this type of issue in the past). However approx 20% of the way through the rebuild it bombed out and now drive 6 is red.... when I restart the array it shows 5 as orange and 6 as red and says both are unformatted!!! I've never been good with linux and can't remember a lot of what I once knew about unraid..... was a challenge to telnet in and run smartctl..... please can somebody help with completely noob step by step instructions on what I should do to proceed.
  5. looks like I posted this in the wrong section, sorry, unable to delete
  6. the problem with that is that the license file has already been granted and as previously mentioned not all unraid servers have internet access so that means there no way to invalid the license file that is in use.....
  7. It seems clear that lionelhutz can't take a hint. perhaps a temp forum ban and a third attempt at this thread would be a good idea?
  8. I just wanted to say thanks for all the work that has been done here. I ran this util a few months back and my supermicro X7SPA build went from an average read speed of 15megs a second I have experienced for the last few years up to 50! I just came looking for this thread to check for any updates and found it on page 3. It really should be stickied!
  9. I'm sorry if this has already been said.... I have a basic understanding of how parity works, but I don't understand all the details discussed. Anyway.... if one drive is removed.... the parity for that section would simple be reversed from it's current state? so rather than rewriting that entire section why not just have a 'flag' that indicates that the way that section of parity is treated should be in reverse? sorry if that makes no sense... It's kinda hard to explain what I'm thinking!
  10. 6 months ago servers had not been presold advertised as shipping with 5 final at a date that has now past.... The situation now is very different and warrants discussion.
  11. These "paying customer" comments get brought up every now and then and I find it interesting that people feel the need to flame/whinge/complain like you haven't got an awesome product for the amount of money you spent. Free or $70-$120 for a LIFETIME license is pennies for what unRAID delivers on a daily basis. At the end of the day is renaming rc16c to final really going to change anything? No. The product stays the same. I understand that RC as a label has an impact on impression from a commercial point of view (people who re-sell/manage unRAID servers for customers) and feature creep is definitely frustrating but for the majority of users it isn't going to make any difference to the end result when 5.0 goes "live." Sent from my SGH-I747M using Tapatalk 4 Beta Like I said I have come to accept my situation. What I can't believe that anybody is OK with is that Servers were pre-sold on the main webpage advertised as shipping with 5 final. When the advertised date came and went a thread was made were these people requested that the servers be shipped with the RC so that they didn't have to wait. This is wrong on so many levels, not just morally but I would suspect legally. I'm not saying that there wasn't a good reason but this needs to be handled better. The priority needs to be to give these people what they paid for in the shortest time possible (you did state that rc16c final is ready) without trying to please people who haven't purchased yet. The pretty UI interface can always be added to 5a or 5.01. At the end of the day even if the people who were directly effected are not overly concerned it still is going to scare of potential customers and make Lime Technologies appear to be untrustworthy....
  12. not only has a committed date been given but servers were sold and advertised as shipping with 5 final on that date.... that has long past...... While it was mentioned at one point that documentation was what was holding up the final release, the other various threads about new features that are being added to make unraid more attractive to potential customers would seem be holding things up somewhat further...... As a customer that made a purchase some time ago this is what I have come to expect. The people whose first purchase was one of the servers advertised as shipping with 5 final must consider Lime Technology has having 0 cred by this stage.....
  13. I think the #1 thing folks want is a rock-solid, stable NAS. Many people never even look at the GUI after they've initially configured it (set up shares, etc.) ... except to perhaps occasionally run a parity check (and many don't do that either). I have no problem with a newer, SF-like GUI, being an OPTIONAL component with v5 => but I hate to see Tom's energy being expended on this before he completes v5.0 I'd prefer unraid to be financially viable for Tom so he keeps developing it. If a new modern GUI attracts more sales then I'm all for him getting it in as soon as he feels he can. You need to keep in mind that servers have already been sold with 5 final....... Have they been sold me delivered or just pre-ordered ? I'm not aware of any statement from Tom saying 5 final has gone RTM unless I am mistaken they were advertised as shipping with 5 final at a date that has long past and payment was being taken....
  14. I think the #1 thing folks want is a rock-solid, stable NAS. Many people never even look at the GUI after they've initially configured it (set up shares, etc.) ... except to perhaps occasionally run a parity check (and many don't do that either). I have no problem with a newer, SF-like GUI, being an OPTIONAL component with v5 => but I hate to see Tom's energy being expended on this before he completes v5.0 I'd prefer unraid to be financially viable for Tom so he keeps developing it. If a new modern GUI attracts more sales then I'm all for him getting it in as soon as he feels he can. You need to keep in mind that servers have already been sold with 5 final.......
  15. not too long ago it was announced that there would be a new RC in a week and then final a week later...... I think we should know by now that any change may result in a product that is not fit for final. Going straight to final without testing as an RC is not wise.....
  16. That is expected as that plugin as been withdrawn. so why hasn't the first post been updated to explain this and why hasn't it been removed from the download? You seriously expect us to read 175 pages of posts to know this?
  17. it's great that a safe mode now exits as it can be difficult to know or remember how to disable all plugins. We just need to make it clear now that it must be invoked before posting problems in the release thread. Can it be determined from the syslog if it has been invoked? It would be good if there was a clear indicator in the syslog
  18. Do you have a link to it, or do you remember any specific keywords. Apparently my googling skills have not pulled it up yet. I can't seem to find it either. Sorry to be so vague but I recall a discussion about free services, that Techdirt is big on, and the argument that google code had been in competition with other free services so if they couldn't be bothered competing any more then why should we make do with an alternative that was not was not optimized and a hassle when other free services exist that will do a better job.
  19. I read about this on Techdirt a while ago. It was suggested that using sourceforge was a much more sensible option then google drive
  20. You just have to pick up a fight about everything, don't you? Very well then, here are some facts: - He started working on v.5 in March 2009. - The first v.5 beta was due out for Christmas 2009. - v.5-beta1 was out in July 2010. - We are having this discussion in June 1013. So yes, it has been four years of work on v.5. Come on, what do you want from a guy who posts how every release has been rock solid, yet won't even reboot since booting up RC13 in fear for his array, then waits until RC14 gets released and asks Tom, how he can minimize screwing something up shutting down RC13 in order to go to RC14. "release" => Official release (i.e. v4.7). My v4.7 media server has been booted precisely 5 times since I installed it in Jan 2011 ... initially; twice to add drives; and twice when it was shut down by the APC UPS package due to extended power failures. I'd call that "rock solid" (Current UpTime is 187 days and counting). But even my v5 system has been very solid, although the uptime has never been more than 45 days due to fairly constant releases (current uptime is only a bit over 7 hrs, as I tested the shutdown after it finished my initial post-load parity check. Yes, I was very cautious r.e. RC13, as there were already LOTS of notes about how it was messing up flash drives and causing a variety of issues when you shut down before I had even finished my initial parity check [first thing I always do after loading a new version]. Didn't see any reason to mess up the system if I didn't need to, as it was obvious a new release would be out very quickly to resolve that significant issue (THAT is one thing Tom is quite good at -- note the number of "a" releases due to him forgetting Realtek drivers). As for working on v5 for over 4 years ... of course he has; but that's not what you said. In fact he's been working on UnRAID for over 7 years. Your criticism, however, was "... He can't bring one kernel to final in over four years, " ==> implying he hadn't made a final release in that time. But the last "official" final release was in Jan 2011. I'd call THAT the "clock" when you start counting for the next release. We had four children over a span of 17 years, but I'd hardly say we worked on making on our youngest one for 17 years While I have to agree that what Garycase is saying is a fairer view, we need to keep in mind that the promised 4.7.1 was never forthcoming. Whilst the problems that this was going to address did not effect Garycase, it does not change the fact that the last time there was a supported stable was two years ago..... Having said all that, it's obvious that a great effort is being put into finalizing 5 at present. Regardless if is this is being driven by the desire of hardware sales or whether there are different kernels being tried, it does appear that we are advancing and that Tom is trying his best with frequent communication. Now is not the time to complain about how long things are taking. If Tom goes silent again for weeks or months again then I will be pissed off too... but while he he working on it and communicating regularly, what more can you ask?
  21. why not run the test with power to the drives but the data cable disconnected. That will identify if there is an overhead for the SAS backplane connectivity as you have suggested.
  22. tom #1 has responded briefly that he is working on it.... while this is the best communication we would ever expect from tom #1, what about tom #2. He showed up, made the announcements about the new releases and also said his role was to b) provide more regular updates (yeah, I know this has been a big issue for many of you). Tom #2 time to provide an update.
  23. Based on what the web site promises for the new server, it's fairly obvious that the long-promised btrfs cache pool is going to be included in v5.0. Can you confirm that this will be in RC13? [i presume that's the reason for the intervening RC before "final" -- to get some quick feedback on that feature (and perhaps confirm that various fixes work okay) ] 5.0-rc13 will include fix for "slow write" along with some code suggestions from others (e.g., JoeL). It will not include the btrfs pool. The btfs pool will be included in 5.0 "final" as an "experimental" feature. More on this in the 5.0 announcement. even if the experimental feature is not utilized, how can you be 100% sure that the changes to the code won't introduce unforeseen problems with the core functioning?