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HI Jo Just figured out why my files do move. They are all actually under a top level directory called Media. I copy to the cache drive using the user share media so they automatically are created under a directory one level down and hence move. A subtle point that I had failed to appreciate earlier.

exactly. It also appears as if it will ignore any files at the very top level, regardless of their name. In other words, a file at /mnt/cache/ignored_file.txt will be ignored because the mover pattern is only looking at files one level below the top, and only if they are not in a top level directory whose name does not start with a period. You can run these commands and it will print the files the mover WILL move. cd /mnt/cache find -depth -type f -regex '[.]/[^.].*/.*' ! -exec fuser -s {} \; -print I am a little confused. By top level do you mean "root" because all the files I place in the root of the cache drive are moved, yet you said that mover ignores any files at the top level implying that files to be moved have to be one directory down.

This exact script works fine for me

Hi Tyrindor Just to clarify. Do you mean that the file is there but won't actually play at all, or that you just can't see it in the directory listing on the Popcorn. Not wishing to teach Grandmothers to suck eggs etc but you obviously refreshed the PopcornHour directory, beacuse they don't auto refresh.

Anything done from the linux command line when logged in as "root" will require re-running the permissions script. Hi Joe I am a little mystified by this as you made the same claim in another post (which I responded to but you didn't respond to me). I use MC from a root command logon (via Putty) to copy files around my unRaid box. I also use a PopCornHour to play these files and I have never once had to run the permissions utility. The files have always been instatntly visible to the Popcorn (once of course you refresh the PopCorn directory if you happen to be sitting in it at the time.

It does for the most part, though stuff does happen. On powering back up a parity check will start. The reiser fs will probably have to replay any journaled transactions and that can cause the drives to take forever to mount. Ok thanks for that

Ok I am not running any security. I wonder if that is the difference

Excuse the ignorance of a novice, but just what does unRaid do if the power suddenly stops to the box. I would have thought that the data on the drives would remain intact, unless of course a write happened to be occurring at that instant.

That's strange. I run the same version and have no problems with my Popcorn Hour (A200). Are you adding files direct to the drives or through a user share

Using 5.0 beta 6 my discs would not spin down when set to default. Changed the setting on each individual drive to 15 mins (the default setting) and they worked fine after that. Should have probably reported it but just fixed the problem and moved on.

Almost true... It is ALSO needed if you log in as "root" and move or copy any files between disks using native command line commands or "mc" That is because they would end up owned by "root" and not visible to the LAN which is logging in as "nobody" Joe L. Hi Joe I am intriqued that you said that. I log into the unraid box as root using putty, and have copied numerous files using MC (but always using the user share paths and not the mnts direct) and the copied files have always been seen on the network without using the permissions utility. So why? Wayne

Then you have people like me who built a system from scratch, with no linux knowledge, using all WD 2 TB EARS drives and it has been running for well over a month now with only one reboot when I added a cache drive in and hasn't missed a beat.

The difference in performance and flexibilty using a cache drive is such that I can't believe anyone not wanting to use one. I can move files to the unraid box very quickly (up to 70mBytes/sec from one of my computers) and the moved files are immediately available to other users in their appropriate share. The system moves the cached files to the array every 12 hours. Admittedly I am using a Pro licence so that using a valuable drive slot for the cache is not an issue, but the performance gains would be worth it even on the plus version. IMHO

Forgive if this is a naieve question, but is there a way to put the box running unRaid and its flavour of Linux into standby and have it wake on network access.

Please excuse my noviceness, but this (midnight commander?) will be a command line won't it? What parameters will be needed

Thanks Peter understand for a move but what about a copy

Being a complete Linux virgin is there a way (possibly using putty) to copy/move files internally on the unraid box (not over the network) but using user shares not direct disk to disk. I am basically saying I want to copy a file from one directory to another without having to know which disk it is on or will be going to and not have the overhead of a Windows gui copy and 2 network passes.

Yep did that

Thanks Joe Now I can write to the disk. My next problem is that I thought that if I copied a file to my user share then if I accessed after the copy the cache disk directly then I should be able to see the file on it. But I can't. The file seems to be being written to the raid and bypassing the cache drive. Mover is set to move every two hours so shouldn't have got to it. (The copy speed was the same as before I implemented the cache drive)

Could someone point me to the right information for installing a cache drive. I have added a 250gB Seagate as a cahe drive in my Pro array. The system sees it ago but when I try and copy to either the cache drive itself or the share that it is part of I get an accessed denied error. Take off the cache drive and all is well. It was a spare drive that was formatted as ntfs. I am using V5.0b6 of unraid. Should I have done something to it first. I have seen references to a format button, but this must be in 4.7 as I can't find it in V5

I am fairly sure this problem has been resolved. While investigating high upload internet data found that Google search bots were interrogating the box regularly. I had opened up a port on the ADSL modem way back in early March (about the time the problem started)for a colleague to have a look at the unraid settings, and had forgotten to close it. Having now shut this, the web interface hasn't missed a beat. (Also my high upload data has disappeared).

you probably have a networking issue. Please describe your router/switch, etc. It almost sounds as if you are first sending the request out to the internet, and when it is not found there, the local LAN is searched. I am currently running a 3 Com 5 port gigabit switch. Computers, PopCorn Hour and NAS box are on this switch with a 5 th line going to a TP Link 16 port gig switch which connects to other computers, ADSL etc. The computers on the 3 Com are used to interface to unRaid. Pinging unRaid (NAS) consistently returns <1ms. Responses from unRaid Web Gui are sometimes good but mostly very slow. UnMenu responses never miss a beat each and every time. I tried unRaid Web briefly (it clashed with V5.b6 gui) and that seemed to work okay as well. I have also tried all 3 main browsers (IE, Chrome, Firefox). All do the same though interestingly Chrome displays the main page layout differently from the other two. I would like to resolve it as it is annoying. The file transfer does not ever seem to have any response problems. I have also tried a PCI NIC as distinct from the onboard one (on the NAS box) with similar results. The NAS box is running 4gig ram. Thanks for your interest Wayne PS to the above. The thought has crossed my mind that it might be graphic image server related. Just noted that the unMenu returns all its textual stuff quickly but whenever the unRaid gui is not responding the graphics on UnMenu (like the spin up/down arrows) don't display for quite awhile either. Does that give any clues

you probably have a networking issue. Please describe your router/switch, etc. It almost sounds as if you are first sending the request out to the internet, and when it is not found there, the local LAN is searched. I am currently running a 3 Com 5 port gigabit switch. Computers, PopCorn Hour and NAS box are on this switch with a 5 th line going to a TP Link 16 port gig switch which connects to other computers, ADSL etc. The computers on the 3 Com are used to interface to unRaid. Pinging unRaid (NAS) consistently returns <1ms. Responses from unRaid Web Gui are sometimes good but mostly very slow. UnMenu responses never miss a beat each and every time. I tried unRaid Web briefly (it clashed with V5.b6 gui) and that seemed to work okay as well. I have also tried all 3 main browsers (IE, Chrome, Firefox). All do the same though interestingly Chrome displays the main page layout differently from the other two. I would like to resolve it as it is annoying. The file transfer does not ever seem to have any response problems. I have also tried a PCI NIC as distinct from the onboard one (on the NAS box) with similar results. The NAS box is running 4gig ram. Thanks for your interest Wayne

You are fine if you are already up and running on 5.0beta6/6a. The only issue reported so far is when initially converting from 4.7 to 5.0beta6. I say stay where you are unless something is not working for you that you know is functional in 4.7. Thanks Joe. The only issue I have which also occurred on 4.7 is the slow web gui. When it works I much prefer it to 4.7 so think I will stay where I am.

Hi I have a system running on 5.b6. Various peoples comments are making me nervous as to whether I should revert to v4.7. Could someone please advise me as to the correct procedure to do this. Thanks