tom k.

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  1. So, I tried the other two backplanes but no dice. At this point either the cables are both dead or the entire backplane setup is dead.

     

    I tested each backplane against a drive just using the SAS-SATA forward breakout cable and the controller shows the forward breakout drive but not the backplane drive.

     

    I guess I’ll try some different 8087-8087 cables as they’re relatively cheap to replace, and if not return this chassis for a replacement.

  2. I'm a little confused on what cables to use with my HBA.

     

    Basically, I've had my UnRAID machine up for about 2 years now, but was running out of space for new drives. I decided to grab one of there:

     

    https://www.servercase.co.uk/shop/server-cases/rackmount/4u-chassis/4u-short-length-server-case-w-16-x-35-hot-swappable-satasas-drive-bays-6gbs-minisas-+-2-x-525-bays-sc-4316s/

     

    This has 16 hotswap bays, with 8087 connectors on the backplane.

     

    Now, I have a SuperMicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 HBA which was working great with a breakout cable back when I was using 8087 SAS to 4x SATA connectors. If I pull a drive out of my backplane and connect with that cable the drive is recognised jsut fine (so my controller isn't dead). But when I use these cables: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B076VNM1JY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

     

    None of my drives are recognised. I can only think that either these cables are dead or (more likely) these are not the correct cables. The only thing that could be the case following that is that the backplane itself is dead. The reason I don't think its the backplane is all the drive LED's light up on the front (the drive sleds have fibre optic pass throughs and they light up so the drives are at least getting power!)

     

    Thanks in advance

     

    Tom

  3. Hi,

     

    Posting these at the request of CHBMB. My MariaDB doesn't seem to want to set its binlog_format to mixed, which is presenting problems for NextCloud. My custom.cnf is basically the default just with changed binlog_format.

     

    ## custom configuration file, please be aware that changing options here may break things
    
    [mysqld_safe]
    nice		= 0
    
    [mysqld]
    max_connections		= 100
    connect_timeout		= 5
    wait_timeout		= 600
    max_allowed_packet	= 16M
    thread_cache_size       = 128
    sort_buffer_size	= 4M
    bulk_insert_buffer_size	= 16M
    tmp_table_size		= 32M
    max_heap_table_size	= 32M
    #
    # * MyISAM
    #
    # This replaces the startup script and checks MyISAM tables if needed
    # the first time they are touched. On error, make copy and try a repair.
    myisam_recover_options = BACKUP
    key_buffer_size		= 128M
    #open-files-limit	= 2000
    table_open_cache	= 400
    myisam_sort_buffer_size	= 512M
    concurrent_insert	= 2
    read_buffer_size	= 2M
    read_rnd_buffer_size	= 1M
    #
    # * Query Cache Configuration
    #
    # Cache only tiny result sets, so we can fit more in the query cache.
    query_cache_limit		= 128K
    query_cache_size		= 64M
    # for more write intensive setups, set to DEMAND or OFF
    #query_cache_type		= DEMAND
    #
    # * Logging and Replication
    #
    # Both location gets rotated by the cronjob.
    # Be aware that this log type is a performance killer.
    # As of 5.1 you can enable the log at runtime!
    #general_log_file        = /config/log/mysql/mysql.log
    #general_log             = 1
    #
    # Error logging goes to syslog due to /etc/mysql/conf.d/mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf.
    #
    # we do want to know about network errors and such
    log_warnings		= 2
    #
    # Enable the slow query log to see queries with especially long duration
    #slow_query_log[={0|1}]
    slow_query_log_file	= /config/log/mysql/mariadb-slow.log
    long_query_time = 10
    #log_slow_rate_limit	= 1000
    log_slow_verbosity	= query_plan
    
    #log-queries-not-using-indexes
    #log_slow_admin_statements
    #
    # The following can be used as easy to replay backup logs or for replication.
    # note: if you are setting up a replication slave, see README.Debian about
    #       other settings you may need to change.
    #server-id		= 1
    #report_host		= master1
    #auto_increment_increment = 2
    #auto_increment_offset	= 1
    log_bin			= /config/log/mysql/mariadb-bin
    log_bin_index		= /config/log/mysql/mariadb-bin.index
    # not fab for performance, but safer
    #sync_binlog		= 1
    expire_logs_days	= 10
    max_binlog_size         = 100M
    # slaves
    #relay_log		= /config/log/mysql/relay-bin
    #relay_log_index	= /config/log/mysql/relay-bin.index
    #relay_log_info_file	= /config/log/mysql/relay-bin.info
    #log_slave_updates
    #read_only
    #
    # If applications support it, this stricter sql_mode prevents some
    # mistakes like inserting invalid dates etc.
    #sql_mode		= NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION,TRADITIONAL
    #
    # * InnoDB
    #
    # InnoDB is enabled by default with a 10MB datafile in /var/lib/mysql/.
    # Read the manual for more InnoDB related options. There are many!
    default_storage_engine	= InnoDB
    # you can't just change log file size, requires special procedure
    #innodb_log_file_size	= 50M
    innodb_buffer_pool_size	= 256M
    innodb_log_buffer_size	= 8M
    innodb_file_per_table	= 1
    innodb_open_files	= 400
    innodb_io_capacity	= 400
    innodb_flush_method	= O_DIRECT
    #
    # * Security Features
    #
    # Read the manual, too, if you want chroot!
    # chroot = /var/lib/mysql/
    #
    # For generating SSL certificates I recommend the OpenSSL GUI "tinyca".
    #
    # ssl-ca=/etc/mysql/cacert.pem
    # ssl-cert=/etc/mysql/server-cert.pem
    # ssl-key=/etc/mysql/server-key.pem
    
    #
    # * Galera-related settings
    #
    [galera]
    # Mandatory settings
    #wsrep_on=ON
    #wsrep_provider=
    #wsrep_cluster_address=
    binlog_format=mixed
    #default_storage_engine=InnoDB
    #innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=2
    #
    # Allow server to accept connections on all interfaces.
    #
    #bind-address=0.0.0.0
    #
    # Optional setting
    #wsrep_slave_threads=1
    #innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=0
    
    [mysqldump]
    quick
    quote-names
    max_allowed_packet	= 16M
    
    [mysql]
    #no-auto-rehash	# faster start of mysql but no tab completion
    
    [isamchk]
    key_buffer_size		= 16M
    

     

    If I run:

     

    show variables like "binlog_format";

     

    I get a binlog_format of STATEMENT (IE: default)

     

    Thanks for the help!

    Screen_Shot_2016-09-10_at_20_05_24.png.292cf156022a7075aa9548a33bcc8213.png

  4. Hi,

     

    Having read through this thread I still can't get MariaDB (LSIO container) to keep mixed binlog mode. I've changed the custom.cnf file both from within the container, and externally using NP++ but when MariaDB starts up it just switches back to statement mode. At the moment, I'm having to use an SQL query to set the global binlog mode every time my server is rebooted.

     

    Any help would be appreciated!

     

    Thanks

    Tom

  5. Hi,

     

    I'm not sure whether this docker is still running ok but when I start it I get the following:

     

    [93m22:41:18:WARNING:WU05:FS05:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.45:8080': Failed to connect to 171.67.108.45:8080: Connection refused[0m
    22:41:18:WU05:FS05:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
    [93m22:41:18:WARNING:WU05:FS05:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.204:80': 10001: Server responded: HTTP_FOUND[0m
    [91m22:41:18:ERROR:WU05:FS05:Exception: Could not get an assignment ID[0m
    22:41:18:WU06:FS06:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
    [93m22:41:19:WARNING:WU06:FS06:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.45:8080': Failed to connect to 171.67.108.45:8080: Connection refused[0m
    22:41:19:WU06:FS06:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
    [93m22:41:19:WARNING:WU06:FS06:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.204:80': 10001: Server responded: HTTP_FOUND[0m
    [91m22:41:19:ERROR:WU06:FS06:Exception: Could not get an assignment ID[0m
    [93m22:41:23:WARNING:WU07:FS07:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.45:8080': Failed to connect to 171.67.108.45:8080: Connection refused[0m
    22:41:23:WU07:FS07:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
    [93m22:41:23:WARNING:WU07:FS07:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.204:80': 10001: Server responded: HTTP_FOUND[0m
    [91m22:41:23:ERROR:WU07:FS07:Exception: Could not get an assignment ID[0m
    22:41:23:WU07:FS07:Connecting to 171.67.108.45:8080
    [93m22:41:23:WARNING:WU07:FS07:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.45:8080': Failed to connect to 171.67.108.45:8080: Connection refused[0m
    22:41:23:WU07:FS07:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
    [93m22:41:23:WARNING:WU07:FS07:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.204:80': 10001: Server responded: HTTP_FOUND[0m
    [91m22:41:23:ERROR:WU07:FS07:Exception: Could not get an assignment ID[0m
    [93m22:41:23:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.45:8080': Failed to connect to 171.67.108.45:8080: Connection refused[0m
    22:41:23:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
    [93m22:41:23:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.204:80': 10001: Server responded: HTTP_FOUND[0m
    [91m22:41:23:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment ID[0m
    [93m22:41:24:WARNING:WU04:FS04:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.45:8080': Failed to connect to 171.67.108.45:8080: Connection refused[0m
    22:41:24:WU04:FS04:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
    [93m22:41:24:WARNING:WU04:FS04:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.204:80': 10001: Server responded: HTTP_FOUND[0m
    [91m22:41:24:ERROR:WU04:FS04:Exception: Could not get an assignment ID[0m
    [93m22:41:31:WARNING:WU01:FS01:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.45:8080': Failed to connect to 171.67.108.45:8080: Connection refused[0m
    22:41:31:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
    [93m22:41:31:WARNING:WU01:FS01:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.204:80': 10001: Server responded: HTTP_FOUND[0m
    [91m22:41:31:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment ID[0m
    [93m22:41:31:WARNING:WU02:FS02:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.45:8080': Failed to connect to 171.67.108.45:8080: Connection refused[0m
    22:41:31:WU02:FS02:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
    [93m22:41:32:WARNING:WU02:FS02:Failed to get ID from '171.67.108.204:80': 10001: Server responded: HTTP_FOUND[0m
    [91m22:41:32:ERROR:WU02:FS02:Exception: Could not get an assignment ID[0m

  6. Hi,

     

    I just got my new unRAID box up and running and I am having issues accessing it from outside my network. Basically, I live in a managed accommodation who use Ask4 as their ISP. We have to setup MAC addresses in their system, but that allows me to also set a static IP for that single machine. This is great BUT all ports are closed. They refuse to open them on demand.

     

    In the past I've used Hamachi to get around this. I'm not sure how or why hamachi works but it does. However, unRAID doesnt appear to have a hamachi docker/plugin and I've read a lot about OpenVPN. My only issue being: does OpenVPN require any open ports to function?

     

    Thanks

    Tom

  7. Hi,

     

    I'm building an UnRaid server and I'm moving my current setup over. I currently use Flexget to get tv shows and movies via deluge (which should be fine running in a separate container?) but I also download YouTube videos using youtube-dl and ffmpeg/avconv. Now, these will have to be local (ie: within the container). Can I just modify the Flexget container to also install ffmpeg/avconv and youtube-dl?

     

    Thanks

  8. Ok, when I went to purchase the parts I realised something - the CPU is an engineering sample ("if the price is too good to be true - it probably is" springs to mind) so back to the drawing board. Retail the CPU is wayyyyyy to expensive (£1000).

     

    For the motherboard I'm looking at this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FREE-SHIP-Supermicro-X9SRL-F-O-LGA2011-Intel-C602-DDR3-SATA3-V-2GbE-ATX-/191731287879?hash=item2ca4134747:g:QSIAAOSw~bFWOXre

    And then CPU: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/INTEL-XEON-E5-2660-2-2GHz-20M-OCT-CORE-SR0KK-CPU-PROCESSOR-12-AVAILABE-/161925390301?hash=item25b3815fdd:g:mhgAAOSw5ZBWHOHy

     

    Now, I lose out on about 4000 passmark score, and lose 2 physical (4 virtual) cores. However, the processor still stands up pretty well. Its 32nm, so a bit of extra heat, but its the best config I can come up with for around £500. I looked at things like the Opteron 6380, but tis expensive. I also looked at other E5-2600 V2 series on ebay and they're either a) engineering samples, or b) $$$$.

     

    If anyone can think of a better config for around £500/$700 with shipping to the UK I'm all ears!