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My first and only server has been online for just under a year and it's doing so many things, I still find it amazing to think one machine can do so much. Specs are in my signature and it's currently delivering (it's the only PC in my household): File Server Windows 10 VM which is my daily driver 2x W10 VMs for my two kids so we can all go online at the same time pfsense VM (although I'm considering a dedicated box as I'm running out of storage so will need the slot to put a SATA card in) Movies, tv, music, ebooks library via sonarr, CP, Sabnzbd etc served to various clients in the home Plex for my family when out and about and a few friends and family. My parents live overseas and just purchased a samsung smart TV and they are now my biggest users! MineOS server for my kids and their friends Kodi & musicbrainz database VPN Server TV Server with tvheadend Unifi controller Bridge for some my smart plugs so they work with Smartthings It just works so well considering how much it does - best software purchase ever!

thanks for the fast reply and the explanation - makes sense, and clears up my confusion about the incoming port as I thought you had to add ports to containers for them to be contactable on that port. I guess for this app all traffic goes down the container VPN port - neat.

I'm up and running now with airvpn - looks good! I have a question about ports. In this guide https://airvpn.org/faq/p2p/ it says to use a airvpn forwarded port to get the best performance. Is it safe to change the incoming 58946 port hardcoded into the app e..g. to 19192 by adding an extra port to the docker so it can accept incoming data on the new port? I'm assuming it's definitely safe to change the outgoing as the default sets this to use a random port. Thanks in advance

Overcooking isn't recommended for unraid, so personally I would just get the cheapest that's compatible as you'll probably not even notice if you shell out for faster ram IMHO

thanks - will do. Perfect solution for me as hopefully it will help my pfsense VM start sooner and also stop some of the problems I have with devices trying to do stuff online prematurely.

I agree with getting more memory. I know it doesn't help with budget creep as it adds another $70, but I'd get 2x this and add 32GB https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231892&cm_re=F4-2666C15D-16GVR-_-20-231-892-_-Product

Can I check I'm setting this up correctly please. I have a pfSense VM and I'm hoping this will speed up/smooth my start-up times by making dockers wait until the VM is running before trying to start. What I'm trying to achieve here is: Don't start beets for 5 mins unless internet is up - does't need net until I use it If internet still not up, wait another 5 mins before starting maria db - doesn't need the net. Otherwise, start immediately??? If internet still not up, wait another 5 mins before starting minos. Otherwise, start immediately??? If internet still not up, wait another 5 mins before starting maria db. Otherwise, start immediately??? Ditto with sabnzbd After all these potential delays have played out, my unifi docker will come online so my wifi devices can start picking up IPs Thanks

If all you were doing is building a gaming machine I would say 1151. But given you want a machine that will wear many hats, I would go 2011v3. Your gaming performance will be 'worse' as not many games will utilise the extra cores and per core speeds will be lower, but for multi-tasking i.e. unraid I'd go for the cores.

The Ryzen gaming guide looks interesting https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/

A lot of people on this forum wouldn't buy anything other than ECC ram. It's a personal choice as to whether you really need it. RDIMM is registered memory. The Asus is a nice mobo and I have no complaints, but I've lost 2 of my rear usbs as the 3.1 controller doesn't work when the 2.0 slot runs at x4 - trivial. What do you plan to do with the dual nics?

I have the same CPU - check my signature. Love it and I haven't managed to stress it yet, despite running 4 VMs, Plex streams, unifi controller, mineos, sabnzbd,deluge, multiple TV tuners recording etc all concurrently Good mobo. What kind of VMs are you going to run? It's a bit light on rear usb ports and you do know you can't use the WiFi with unraid? Re memory, check out pcpartfinder for parts eg memory. I started out with 4x8GB and then doubled up - I wish I'd gone 2x16GB as I've exhausted my upgrade path. Worth considering when you buy your ram.

I think before you dismantle the old system, make sure you set the array to not autostart. That way you can deal with potential problems like discs not connected properly or recognised in the new system

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Great tip - thanks. Once complete, do the drives need optimising on a schedule?

I've just realised I have a solution for you. I do something similar already just the other way around. I have my appdata set to cache only, but I don't want my background plex transcodes (when syncing to cloud sync or to a device) to be on my cache drive as they can take up a lot of space e.g. a cloud sync run could create 1TB of files that would sit on my cache drive (too small) until uploaded. What I've done to fix this is create a new share called Plex Sync which is set to array only and created a bind mount from the offending appdata folder to the Plex Sync share on the array. This allows plex docker etc to access the files as though they are still stored in appdata on my cache drive, when in fact they are on my array in Plex Sync. mount --bind /mnt/user/plex_sync/ "/mnt/cache/appdata/plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache/Transcode/Sync+" I run this at the startup of the array via the user scripts plugin: #!/bin/bash mount --bind /mnt/user/plex_sync/ "/mnt/cache/appdata/plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache/Transcode/Sync+" If you flip this, you can do the same for your scenario: mount --bind /mnt/user/CACHE_ONLY_SHARE/ "/mnt/cache/appdata/DIRECTORY_ON_CACHE_I_DONT_WANT_MOVER_TO_MOVE i.e create a new 'virtual' share that is set to cache only and then link files from cache shares that you don't want the mover to move

For 6.4 RC and above, click on Advanced View and then a new field pops up Fixed IP address (optional) for the IP address. Not sure how to do pre 6.4. Works brilliantly for me - I've setup a rule in my pfsense firewall so that all traffic to my deluge docker on a unique IP goes via my VPN

google the model to check the max temp, but SSDs are usually good for 70C

Thanks - I had to rollback to RC6 ad RC7 was a dud for me

Thanks gridrunner - that helped me decide what to do. My 4 VMs are: VM1&2: Used by my young kids. They don't do much heavy duty, but their gaming is increasing. Probably could get away with less than 3 cores, but my overall CPU usage rarely goes >50%, so for now I'm indulging them VM3: My daily driver. Giving myself 4 cores because I'm a bloke, even though I probably don't need them VM4: pfsense. At the moment the CPU usage is also low, but might pick up as my linespeed goes up (hopefully soon as I'm on 19/1) I've adjusted my cores to: cpu 0 <===> cpu 14 . Unraid cpu 1 <===> cpu 15 . Emulator Pin for VMs cpu 2 <===> cpu 16 vm1 cpu 3 <===> cpu 17 vm1 cpu 4 <===> cpu 18 . vm1 cpu 5 <===> cpu 19 . vm2 cpu 6 <===> cpu 20 . vm2 cpu 7 <===> cpu 21 vm2 cpu 8 <===> cpu 22 . vm3 cpu 9 <===> cpu 23 . vm3 cpu 10 <===> cpu 24 .vm3 cpu 11 <===> cpu 25 vm3 cpu 12 <===> cpu 26 vm4 cpu 13 <===> cpu 27 vm4 I think you're right and I was taxing Core 0 too hard, so moving the emulators to another core will hopefully help. I've pinned all as the usage on core 1 never seems to max out, so I don't think there's a lot of overhead My docker usage can get high thanks to mainly Plex, but even when transcoding, unraid seems to intelligently spread the usage across a number of cores. It seems to touch the higher cores last, so that's why I've put VMs 3&4 on the higher cores. In the future I might pin dockers, but I honestly think unraid does a good job of spreading the load and I don't want to restrict it's options. I haven't really had a situation where a docker has impacted VM usage yet, although I do occasionally get a blip on video playback that could be down to sabnzbd activity - hopefully having two cores that aren't used by VMs will help unRAID better balance docker usage.

Can I get a link to download the TBS Open Source 6.4RC6 build please - thanks! UPDATE: Found build links

how do I turn debugging on for a docker? Never done that before. Thanks

That is my lan network

I'm trying to get this docker working with airvpn, but I can't access the webui. Help please Thanks in advance supervisord.log

Thanks for the videos. Quick question re emulator pinning. I have a 14 core CPU and I have 4 VMs running pretty much 247 spread between 13 of the cores, with each one pinned to the first core (pinned 0, vm1 cores 1,2 vm2 3,4,5,6 vm3 7,8,9,10 vm4 11,12,13) In your video you suggest pinning all free cores. Do you think I should pin 0,3-13 for vm1, 0-2,7-13 for vm2 etc etc?

Thanks. I think I'll investigate building a pfsense box to free up a x4 slot so I can add more drives including esata. I'm sure I can do this for less then the 300+ pounds it'll cost to update my mobile and case.