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[fast pool] Got it. I can just mount my UD as a pool, right? Pool is basically what used to be called cache pre-6.9, right? Is the XFS format still an issue for the cache/pool drive? This would be drive that holds my docker container and also one of my VMs. [cache pool] I will separately look into this. Somehow thought this was a thing of the past, but let me look into it once I have my docker "issue" sorted out.

Thanks. Is there a setting to set default location to make sure that I don't again run into the same problem? I can make the manual change for all dockers. I believe the only one that caused trouble was the macinabox docker. I am not sure I am following (and also didn't figure it out from the link). What would be the advantage of having a dedicated pool vs. a NVME UD drive for dockers?

Sorry, would love to have it on the UD (Samsung disk, folder Docker). Thanks!

Here we go with diagnostic. I'd prefer not to have it on a usershare and - most importantly - not to clutter it over many different disks. tower-diagnostics-20211006-1646.zip

I must have somehow did a mistake to set up dockers to install appdata files on a user share instead of my diskshare. I now have an appdata folder on many of my drives, which obviously is not what it is meant to be. Any advice where the setting is and how to change this? Also any idea how I can fix this for existing dockers and how to consolidate the appdata again to my disk share? Thanks in advance!!!

Thanks for your replies. Will replace the drive. What concern do you have about the temperatures of the devices? Does it hurt to run them rather hot?

Disk 8 is seeing errors. Any insights whether the disk is failing or whether there could be some form of cable / connectivity / other error. I know that developers advice against using USB connected disks in the array, but it has been working for me for quite a while now... tower-diagnostics-20211003-0805.zip

Not supported? This would be a huge deal to have the latest Intel generation not working with Unraid... Was this the case for prior hybrid CPUs?

What does Intel's new hybrid CPU mean for us Unraiders? Could I use the "fast cores" for a gaming vm and the "slow cores" for Unraid OS? Is this intended use case?

This does read exciting, but indeed not clear what it actually brings us and what makes it exciting Do we still need to passthrough a vbios? If so, what’s different?

Thanks for your thoughts, these are very helpful. Does a usb attached storage hub (with 8 disk) only qualify as one device for the unraid license? I’m thinking of the folllwing mobos. Are they consumer, workstation or enterprise grade? * Asus Strix B560-I * Asus Strix Z590-I Interesting that both of you have concerns on water cooling. I indeed thought if it primarily for the looks. What is the risk you’re describing? The cpu to die or a fire that sets my house on fire? The gpu situation now is indeed a nightmare. No idea what to do, but i may indeed end up with an insanely overpriced 3070. Not sure prices will come down anytime soon… Any thoughts on iGPU? Any use in unraid context? My real gpu will be passed through to a VM, so anything for the iGPU to do?

Fully aware. I'm good without parity, so that will be fine. Any thoughts on my built-related questions?

I've been a passionate Unraid sure for many years. My current built is stable and I am very satisfied with it (i9-10980XE, 2 GPUs, several VMs and dockers). I am planning to build a second Unraid server, which will be more "light". Not to replace, but to add. I am thinking to have a mini-ITX Mobo, which would allow me to use an open-frame case. I am quite inclined to go with Thermaltake Core P1 (https://www.thermaltake.com/core-p1-tg-mini-itx.html), which looks stunning to me. Let me describe a bit what I am trying to do: I still like to use the second built for gaming within a Windows VM (i.e.., need GPU passthrough). I am undecided whether this will be my only VM or whether I will run a second VM with low requirements (no GPU passthrough). Plex will be an important docker and I will stream 4K movies from it. Maybe some other dockers, but nothing crazy. It's the first time I am looking into a new built in a long time, so there are various questions that I'd like to pick the collective brain of this forum. 1) CPU - I am inclined to go with Intel rather than AMD as it still feels much better supported by Unraid. Also, the price difference has come down, so not that much reason for AMD anyways. Intel 11500, 11700 or 11900 look like the right candidates? Probably more one of the latter 2 as I'd benefit from the additional cores? Not sure whether K or KF? Is there any use of the integrated GPU for any of it? 2) GPU - I haven't looked into GPUs for a long while, so very keen to hear advice. Will need to be Nvidia as I will be using Gamestream/Moonlight. 3) Mobo, Ram & PSU - Similar to GPU 4) Water cooling - Pictures for the case look interesting and there seem to be plenty of opportunities. So, also like to get some thoughts 5) Unraid license - I will have 1 or 2 NVME drives plus a HD bay (connected via USB-C). What Unraid license will this require? Would love to get thoughts! Particularly given the use cases for Plex Docker and Gaming-VM. Thanks in advance!

I have a user share folder "/Music" (cache pool=no, copy-on-write=auto, allocation=high-water, split-level=manual, included=all, excluded=none). I am using AMA docker and have mapped the /music file: "/downloads" -> "/mnt/user/Music/Music (AMA)/". The docker creates folders within the /downloads folder. Unfortunately, it does not respect the "manual setting". There are folders that already exists within "/Music/Music (AMA)" on one disk, but it creates yet another folder with same name on another disks. Any thoughts?

Any plans to add Lidarr and Readarr?

Somehow, the docker doesn't run "smooth" for me. It seems to download within the docker rather than updating the docker. I got a lot of spinning balls. I see the following in the log: "compressed frame too big: 11298 vs. 11280" (this and similar ones dozens of times in the log). After a few reboots or restarts, it works and is fine. But as said, doesn't feel fully smooth. Any thoughts?

Does it work for you to automatically pick up newly added music? This doesn't seem to work for me without manually selecting "force rescan".

Instead of an actual monitor, you can also attach a hdmi plug. I’m not certain, but believes this will get you 4k over vnc with the right dongle. I do have a separate issue. I can no longer get audio to work. I’ve tried splashtop as suggested in this group. In fact, it shows splashtop as audio output, but i cannot hear any audio. Any idea?

The disadvantage of Apple Screen Sharing is that it doesn't support audio. Wanted to give Splashtop a try, but seems there is no free version available, but just a trial followed by a subscription?

Not sure plugin related, but also facing issues to connect with my UDs over the network. Opened a separate thread as it may well be unrelated to UD?

Everything used to work well until a few weeks ago. There are a number of recent issues. One specific issue is that I can no longer access Unraid files over my home network. What is working: * Unraid UI ("my-IP") * Individual disks ('\\my-IP\disk1") What is not working * Unraid home folder ("\\my-IP") * UDs ("\\my-IP/disks") Error message "... is not accessible. you might not have permission to use this network resource..." Log attached tower-diagnostics-20210215-0806.zip

Cool, it works! Thanks!

Anything I can do? How can I change it not to be passthrough? And any way to avoid the timeout?

Sorry for that. Issue is with "sdt" (unassigned disk connected via USB). It used to work very well, but now stopped for some days. tower-diagnostics-20210215-0806.zip

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