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Thank you both for the info. I had suspected as much based on not finding any information on people doing that in my research. @Frank1940 There's plenty of room to put an SSD in there (or maybe 2). I'll probably wind up reusing the DVD SATA and power connector and see if I can find the correct cable to hook up to the "tape backup unit" SATA and power connector for the 2nd one. I just need to do some research and see which SATA spec the onboard connections use. Cheers to you both. Dan

Question for anyone who has a Dell R720 as their unRAID server: can you use the internal dual SD card module as a cache pool? I have a new (to me) R720 that I am going to be configuring unRAID on and thought I might grab a couple of 256GB SD cards and use that as the cache drive pool to save a 3.5" drive slot on the front. Thought I'd ask here if anyone has done that before I spend the time and money buying the SD cards and the module. Thanks in advance! Dan

I'm having an issue getting this container configured correctly. It runs fine when I disable the VPN option, but I cannot seem to get it to start up correctly with VPN enabled. I'm using a custom VPN provider and have followed the instructions in Q3 here (http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=45811.msg437674#msg437674). The container seems to start, because when tailing the supervisord.log file, I can see where the OpenVPN process is starting is the last thing in the log. However, I'm unable to browse to the WebUI as Chrome keeps saying "ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED". I have the ca.crt file and Wdc.key files referenced in the OVPN config file copied to the /config/openvpn folder alongside the OVPN config file, but I wasn't sure if these were needed or not with the STRONG_CERTS environment variable set to "no". I've attached my OVPN config file as well as the output captured in the supervisord.log file. Any help would be appreciated. I'm switching ISPs next week and would like to have this in place before getting on the new ISP. Thanks, Dan client # Disabled, as we pass this value via env var ;dev tun # Disabled, as we pass this value via env var ;proto udp # Disabled, as we pass this value via env var ;remote ge1-ovpn-udp.pointtoserver.com 53 persist-key ca ca.crt tls-auth Wdc.key 1 cipher AES-256-CBC comp-lzo verb 1 mute 20 route-method exe route-delay 2 route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 auth-user-pass credentials.conf auth-retry interact explicit-exit-notify 2 ifconfig-nowarn auth-nocache 2017-01-29 21:47:24.985655 [info] Host is running unRAID 2017-01-29 21:47:25.062146 [info] System information Linux dc4ef101b35c 4.4.30-unRAID #2 SMP PREEMPT Sat Nov 5 12:09:05 PDT 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux 2017-01-29 21:47:25.147296 [info] PUID defined as '99' 2017-01-29 21:47:25.235500 [info] PGID defined as '100' 2017-01-29 21:47:25.508916 [info] Permissions already set for volume mappings 2017-01-29 21:47:25.602171 [info] VPN_ENABLED defined as 'yes' 2017-01-29 21:47:25.687990 [info] VPN_PROV defined as 'custom' 2017-01-29 21:47:25.773275 [info] VPN_REMOTE defined as 'ge1-ovpn-udp.pointtoserver.com' 2017-01-29 21:47:25.857282 [info] VPN_PORT defined as '53' 2017-01-29 21:47:25.941624 [info] VPN_PROTOCOL defined as 'udp' 2017-01-29 21:47:26.026166 [info] LAN_NETWORK defined as '172.16.125.0/24' 2017-01-29 21:47:26.111106 [info] ADDITIONAL_PORTS defined as '8581' 2017-01-29 21:47:26.196295 [info] NAME_SERVERS defined as '8.8.8.8,37.235.1.174,8.8.4.4,37.235.1.177' 2017-01-29 21:47:26.280197 [info] VPN_USER defined as '<snip>' 2017-01-29 21:47:26.364340 [info] VPN_PASS defined as '<snip>' 2017-01-29 22:04:53.226430 [info] VPN_DEVICE_TYPE defined as 'tun' 2017-01-29 22:04:53.310577 [info] STRONG_CERTS defined as 'no' 2017-01-29 22:04:53.394274 [info] ENABLE_PRIVOXY defined as 'yes' 2017-01-29 22:04:54,189 CRIT Set uid to user 0 2017-01-29 22:04:54,190 INFO Included extra file "/etc/supervisor/conf.d/sabnzbdvpn.conf" during parsing 2017-01-29 22:04:54,194 INFO supervisord started with pid 12 2017-01-29 22:04:55,197 INFO spawned: 'checkproc-script' with pid 110 2017-01-29 22:04:55,201 INFO spawned: 'start-script' with pid 111 2017-01-29 22:04:55,204 INFO spawned: 'sabnzbd-script' with pid 112 2017-01-29 22:04:55,206 INFO spawned: 'privoxy-script' with pid 113 2017-01-29 22:04:55,219 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] VPN is enabled, beginning configuration of VPN 2017-01-29 22:04:55,219 INFO success: checkproc-script entered RUNNING state, process has stayed up for > than 0 seconds (startsecs) 2017-01-29 22:04:55,219 INFO success: start-script entered RUNNING state, process has stayed up for > than 0 seconds (startsecs) 2017-01-29 22:04:55,220 INFO success: sabnzbd-script entered RUNNING state, process has stayed up for > than 0 seconds (startsecs) 2017-01-29 22:04:55,220 INFO success: privoxy-script entered RUNNING state, process has stayed up for > than 0 seconds (startsecs) 2017-01-29 22:04:55,221 DEBG 'sabnzbd-script' stdout output: [info] VPN is enabled, checking VPN tunnel local ip is valid 2017-01-29 22:04:55,235 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] VPN config file (ovpn extension) is located at /config/openvpn/Georgia-udp.ovpn 2017-01-29 22:04:55,357 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] Default route for container is 172.17.0.1 2017-01-29 22:04:55,365 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] Adding 8.8.8.8 to /etc/resolv.conf 2017-01-29 22:04:55,372 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] Adding 37.235.1.174 to /etc/resolv.conf 2017-01-29 22:04:55,379 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] Adding 8.8.4.4 to /etc/resolv.conf 2017-01-29 22:04:55,386 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] Adding 37.235.1.177 to /etc/resolv.conf 2017-01-29 22:04:55,401 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] Adding 172.16.125.0/24 as route via docker eth0 2017-01-29 22:04:55,402 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] ip route defined as follows... -------------------- 2017-01-29 22:04:55,404 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: default via 172.17.0.1 dev eth0 172.16.125.0/24 via 172.17.0.1 dev eth0 172.17.0.0/16 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 172.17.0.6 2017-01-29 22:04:55,404 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: -------------------- 2017-01-29 22:04:55,411 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] iptable_mangle support detected, adding fwmark for tables 2017-01-29 22:04:55,442 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] Adding additional incoming port 8581 for eth0 2017-01-29 22:04:55,501 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] Adding additional outgoing port 8581 for eth0 2017-01-29 22:04:55,522 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] iptables defined as follows... -------------------- 2017-01-29 22:04:55,524 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: -P INPUT DROP -P FORWARD ACCEPT -P OUTPUT DROP -A INPUT -i tun0 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 172.17.0.0/16 -d 172.17.0.0/16 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth0 -p udp -m udp --sport 53 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --sport 8080 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8090 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --sport 8090 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8581 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --sport 8581 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 172.16.125.0/24 -d 172.17.0.0/16 -i eth0 -p tcp -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p udp -m udp --sport 53 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 0 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -o tun0 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -s 172.17.0.0/16 -d 172.17.0.0/16 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --sport 8080 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8090 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --sport 8090 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8581 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --sport 8581 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -s 172.17.0.0/16 -d 172.16.125.0/24 -o eth0 -p tcp -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 8 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT 2017-01-29 22:04:55,525 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: -------------------- [info] Starting OpenVPN... 2017-01-29 22:04:55,540 DEBG 'start-script' stdout output: [info] OpenVPN started

Thanks for the info on where the data lives. I can write something up to import the data from XML into MongoDB. Cheers for a super useful plugin! Dan

Apologies if I missed the answer to this question as I skimmed the backlog on this thread, but would it be possible to add a "Download" button to get the test history in (preferably) a JSON format? Like others here I have the plugin set to run on a schedule and I'd love to pour this data into MongoDB and do some longer-term trend charts with it. Thanks! Dan

Just to circle back around to this for anyone that might find this later, I went ahead and bought the PowerEdge R410 and the MD1000 enclosure. The R410 has a standard, non-RAID controller inside it supporting 5 SATA connections (1 currently used for the DVD drive). I have it populated right now with a 2TB and a 4TB drive for data and a 4TB drive for parity. Another 4TB drive is enroute and when the 2TB drive needs replacing I'll put a 4TB in its place. unRAID is installed on a Sandisk Cruzer USB drive. The Dell folks thoughtfully put a couple of standard USB ports inside the top of the case so the Sandisk is installed there. The R410 is running a 30-day trial of unRAID 6 now with no issues. The MD1000 wasn't as productive. The BIOS on the LSI card will detect and configure SATA drives I put in it, but unRAID doesn't see the drives. I'm going to keep researching and see if there's another controller I can get to use with the enclosure. If not, I'm not out that much money and I'll eventually have 12TB of storage in the server natively.

Good points both...I'm gonna go ahead and pick up one of their dual quad core R410s and the storage array. If unRAID doesn't work, I'll have an excuse to play with the free VSphere product or just put FreeNas on it and call it a day. Too much hardware at too good a price to pass up IMO. Thanks everyone for your input. Dan

That was kind of what I was worried about honestly. I'm mainly looking at it b/c I can get the whole setup for about $300. I was mainly looking at it because of the massive amounts of disks that are supported. Does unRAID support adding additional drivers that aren't bundled with the main distro? Noise isn't an issue as I have a separate room on the other end of the basement for stuff like this. I honestly may buy the thing anyway and do some other kind of installation on it besides unRAID. The systems were used for virtualization lab testing in this company that is getting rid of them so I have some options. Thanks, Dan

I've been reading about and researching unRAID for several months waiting for the right time to do a build for my house. I've just run across a smashing deal on some Dell server equipment that I'm thinking about picking up to use for my build but wanted to make sure that it will work before I drop the money on them. My use case is that I want to build a central storage location but also run several VMs on the system as well to virtualize things in my house that are currently on stand-alone machines. If any of you could look over these specs and give me an idea if unRAID will support this I'd appreciate it. I guess I'm mostly concerned about the DAS unit as the server itself should be fine since it'll run pretty much any of the latest versions of Linux. Server: Dell PowerEdge R410 2x Intel Xeon 5500 Quad Core 2.13GHz Processors 32GB RAM Storage: Dell PowerVault MD1000 15-bay DAS Controller card (more info unknown on the card)