[Unraid OS version 6.8.0-rc6 available]

There's some kind of bug that doesn't show your VM list, I've got one and it doesn't show up there.

 

[Unraid OS version 6.7.0-rc6 available]

Updated successfully from rc5.

[Unraid OS version 6.7.0-rc5 available]

I've also tried downloading from internet the 10GB.bin file I mentioned earlier as follows

Bare-metal pfSense

- Download from pfSense

- Download from iMac

 

unRaid server (so pfSense is virtualised)

- Download from iMac 

- Download from pfSense

- Download from unRaid

 

As you can see in this image where I put together all the graphs, only one that is not steady is unRaid https://d.pr/i/wva5Rv

[Unraid OS version 6.7.0-rc5 available]

Alright, I've installed pfSense on the unRaid server but as a bare-metal. Then I run the iperf3 server on the pfSense bare-metal box and run the client in another PC. Both tests

```iperf3 -c 10.0.1.1 -i 1 -t 3600 -V -R``` 

and

```iperf3 -c 10.0.1.1 -i 1 -t 3600 -V``` 

shows steady speeds, sometimes drops from 112 MBytes/sec to 111 MB/sec but that's about it.

 

NOTE: I made this test both testing the integrated NIC (the one unRaid uses to connect) and the external PCIe Intel PRO/1000, the one pfSense VM uses on unRaid (passthrough). Both are working good speed-wise.

[Unraid OS version 6.7.0-rc5 available]

1 hour ago, zoggy said:

 

you can just ssh to your unraid box and do "ifconfig eth0" for the info.

also the unraid gui dashboard says the info as well but just more tedious as you have to change the drop down from general info > counters > errors to see everything.

Gotcha! I don't see any errors, all are at 0.

 

I've now tried running the iperf3 server on unRaid and connected with another computer.

 

If I run iperf3 -c 10.0.1.38 -i 1 -t 3600 -V I get no issues

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[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   113 MBytes   949 Mbits/sec  143    215 KBytes       

[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   112 MBytes   941 Mbits/sec  219    307 KBytes       

[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   112 MBytes   943 Mbits/sec   67    153 KBytes       

[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   111 MBytes   935 Mbits/sec  132    184 KBytes       

[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   112 MBytes   939 Mbits/sec  132    184 KBytes       

[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   112 MBytes   942 Mbits/sec  132    205 KBytes       

[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   112 MBytes   940 Mbits/sec  132    141 KBytes       

[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   112 MBytes   938 Mbits/sec  154    273 KBytes       

[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   112 MBytes   936 Mbits/sec  110    140 KBytes       

[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   112 MBytes   939 Mbits/sec  121    205 KBytes       

[  4]  10.00-11.00  sec   112 MBytes   944 Mbits/sec  121    208 KBytes       

[  4]  11.00-12.00  sec   112 MBytes   939 Mbits/sec  143   73.5 KBytes       

[  4]  12.00-13.00  sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec  186    240 KBytes       

[  4]  13.00-14.00  sec   112 MBytes   942 Mbits/sec  143   72.1 KBytes       

[  4]  14.00-15.00  sec   112 MBytes   939 Mbits/sec  110    209 KBytes       

[  4]  15.00-16.00  sec   112 MBytes   936 Mbits/sec  121    156 KBytes       

[  4]  16.00-17.00  sec   112 MBytes   938 Mbits/sec  177    307 KBytes       

[  4]  17.00-18.00  sec   112 MBytes   941 Mbits/sec  187   82.0 KBytes       

[  4]  18.00-19.00  sec   112 MBytes   938 Mbits/sec  176    148 KBytes       

[  4]  19.00-20.00  sec   112 MBytes   940 Mbits/sec  107    116 KBytes       

[  4]  20.00-21.00  sec   112 MBytes   942 Mbits/sec  143    154 KBytes       

[  4]  21.00-22.00  sec   112 MBytes   936 Mbits/sec  198    143 KBytes       

[  4]  22.00-23.00  sec   111 MBytes   929 Mbits/sec   88    253 KBytes       

[  4]  23.00-24.00  sec   112 MBytes   938 Mbits/sec  243   73.5 KBytes       

[  4]  24.00-25.00  sec   112 MBytes   938 Mbits/sec   77    249 KBytes       

[  4]  25.00-26.00  sec   112 MBytes   939 Mbits/sec  242    201 KBytes       

[  4]  26.00-27.00  sec   112 MBytes   942 Mbits/sec  110    204 KBytes       

[  4]  27.00-28.00  sec   111 MBytes   934 Mbits/sec  110    204 KBytes 

 

but if I run iperf3 -c 10.0.1.38 -i 1 -t 3600 -V -R (with -R for reversing) I get drops from time to time

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[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   106 MBytes   886 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   105 MBytes   884 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   108 MBytes   907 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   105 MBytes   882 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   108 MBytes   906 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   106 MBytes   892 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   105 MBytes   881 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   107 MBytes   896 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   104 MBytes   870 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   103 MBytes   864 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  10.00-11.00  sec  93.8 MBytes   786 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  11.00-12.00  sec   105 MBytes   882 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  12.00-13.00  sec   108 MBytes   907 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  13.00-14.00  sec   105 MBytes   879 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  14.00-15.00  sec   106 MBytes   889 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  15.00-16.00  sec   108 MBytes   904 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  16.00-17.00  sec   107 MBytes   895 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  17.00-18.00  sec   103 MBytes   867 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  18.00-19.00  sec   108 MBytes   910 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  19.00-20.00  sec   105 MBytes   882 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  20.00-21.00  sec   107 MBytes   896 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  21.00-22.00  sec   104 MBytes   875 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  22.00-23.00  sec   104 MBytes   876 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  23.00-24.00  sec   104 MBytes   872 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  24.00-25.00  sec   108 MBytes   903 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  25.00-26.00  sec   103 MBytes   864 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  26.00-27.00  sec   106 MBytes   887 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  27.00-28.00  sec   107 MBytes   898 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  28.00-29.00  sec   103 MBytes   866 Mbits/sec                  

[  4]  29.00-30.00  sec  88.0 MBytes   738 Mbits/sec   

 

I think I'm going to install pfSense on the unRaid server computer as bare-metal and test. This is driving me crazy haha

[Unraid OS version 6.7.0-rc5 available]

5 hours ago, zoggy said:

 

from your test, looks like you did tcp testing and see the problem.

 

 

so now you could try udp and see if it also has an issue. but regardless now you should packet capture and see what happens at the dips. you can use wireshark and do an io graph to make it easy to align and search.

 

example:

 

side question, what mtu are you using and have you checked your nic stats to make sure you dont have runts/giants and/or errors?

Hey, thanks for your reply. 

 

I've tried UDP and it seems to not drop. Wondering why is this happening tho, my server NIC is the Intel 210.

 

MTU I believe is default 1500. As for the NIC stats I checked it on pfSense because it's easy to see collisions, errors, etc but not sure how to check it on unRaid (searched for plugins but the one I found doesn't provide that info)

 

What I think I’m going to do is put another computer in the network and do the iperf3 with my iMac. That should hopefully show some light if it’s related to the server or if it’s maybe a switch problem

[Unraid OS version 6.7.0-rc5 available]

11 hours ago, zoggy said:

 

you should load up iperf3 / ethr and test internally from within your own network.

eliminate as many networking elements and unknown variables you can.

 

may find out your isp just has bad peering.. or your firewall rules are the cause.. etc

 

Yes! just tried with iperf3 and here's the results

 

Run iperf3 as a server on both the unRaid machine (xserver) and the pfSense machine (fw). Connected as a client my iMac

 

Here's the video for the unRaid machine https://d.pr/v/y0fI6b

Here's the video for the pfSense machine https://d.pr/v/CZk9YG

 

As you can see the unRaid machine drops the speed every X seconds while the pfSense machine keeps it stable

[Unraid OS version 6.7.0-rc5 available]

Hello!

 

I've been using 6.7.0-rc5 almost since launch and I've noticed the network speed drops quite a bit. Mostly I noticed it on torrents but it's hard to tell as the connection is not as stable.

 

So I setup a little experiment. I've tried to download a 10GB file from Internet using the following command: wget https://speed.hetzner.de/10GB.bin

 

- Test using unRaid, and here's the download graph https://d.pr/i/DM9R7q

- Test using a VM (pfSense) which is running inside unRaid but with a 4 port NIC on passthrough https://d.pr/i/2P5FZn

 

As you can see the connection is much more stable with the pfSense VM. I've also tried it using my iMac and got the same result, stable and steady download speed.

 

 

 

[Unraid OS version 6.7.0-rc5 available]

5 minutes ago, wgstarks said:

Why don’t you post a screenshot of your share configuration.

You are right!. I've now removed the time machine volume on my iMac and added it again so it's creating the first backup again.

 

 

[Unraid OS version 6.7.0-rc5 available]

Hello!

Just wanted to report back. I was able to configure everything and add a time machine volume to my iMac. I was even able to create a first backup. 

 

However now I'm unable to do more, always get the same error (see image).

 

The share config is the same as when I successfully finished the first backup, so I'm not entirely sure what's going on. I've tried restarting my iMac just in case but still no luck.

 

Any ideas on what I should look at?

 

Thanks!

[Unraid OS version 6.7.0-rc5 available]

Any guide on how we can configure Time Machine backups using SMB? This is the reason why I installed 6.7, hoping that it finally works

 

I'm referring to this tweet 

 

 

If I create a share and export it on the SMB protocol I don't get any "Yes (TimeMachine)" as I do on the AFP export settings. So not sure how to enable it.

 

EDIT: I found this on the forum

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Time Machine support via SMB.  To enable this feature it is necessary to first turn on Enhanced OS X interoperability on the Settings/SMB page.  Next, select a share to Export for Time Machine in the share SMB Security Settings section.  AFP support is deprecated.

Will test it out once I finish the parity sync!