MisterWolfe

There is no parity check running. No network load either.

I'd done testing to/from the 'download' share I use to copy files to my array (cache drive since I use a cache drive), and from dish shares to PC's. I hadn't done any copies to/from the disks themselves. This is where I was getting 5-7MB/s I just ran tests to disks 1-5 and again to/from the cache drive. Copy to/from PC & disks 1-5 - 52MB/s Copy to/from PC & cache drive - 53MB/s I also tried copying to/from my shares (cache drive) again, and now I'm getting 52MB/s. Nothing has changed in the 48 mins since I disabled plugins/unmenu & rebooted the server and in the 35 mins since I last ran the tests where I was still getting the slow transfer speed. I'm at a loss. I'm going to run more transfers and see what happens, and start re-enabling plugins to see if that was the issue or not. Edit: still getting mixed transfer rates. Putting together a test list.

Yeah, I disabled unmenu and rebooted after I had copied the syslog. The syslog was dumped after I did a file transfer.

I have not downgraded as of yet. It will be one of the last steps I take once I'm sure it's not an issue with hardware. Edit: I will need to download a copy of beta10a, however. I can't seem to find the copy I downloaded.

Alright.. I'm only getting 5-7 MB/s transfer speed instead of my usual 30-40 ish MB/s write to cache and 40-50ish MB's read to and from my unRAID box after upgrading to beta12 from beta 10a. These are the steps I've taken to diagnose the issue so far. I've checked to make sure nothing changed on the onboard NIC. It hasn't. Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full Supported pause frame use: No Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 1000baseT/Full Advertised pause frame use: No Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 1000Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: Twisted Pair PHYAD: 0 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on MDI-X: Unknown Supports Wake-on: pg Wake-on: d Current message level: 0x00000000 (0) Link detected: yes eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 192.168.30.27 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.30.255 ether 00:23:54:90:d8:75 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 619510 bytes 47944553 (45.7 MiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 3426000 bytes 5115630026 (4.7 GiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 1 collisions 0 lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback) RX packets 170 bytes 32393 (31.6 KiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 170 bytes 32393 (31.6 KiB) I replaced the network cable and tested speeds with 4 different, brand new, cat 6 cables. No change. I've tried connecting the unRAID box directly to my n66u GB router, and also through a GB switch. No change in speed. I tested disk Read speed. /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 12622 MB in 2.00 seconds = 6318.71 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 60 MB in 3.00 seconds = 20.00 MB/sec /dev/sdb: Timing cached reads: 13836 MB in 2.00 seconds = 6926.65 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 366 MB in 3.00 seconds = 121.91 MB/sec /dev/sdc: Timing cached reads: 13838 MB in 2.00 seconds = 6927.92 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 354 MB in 3.01 seconds = 117.58 MB/sec /dev/sdd: Timing cached reads: 13556 MB in 2.00 seconds = 6786.11 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 440 MB in 3.01 seconds = 146.09 MB/sec /dev/sde: Timing cached reads: 13794 MB in 2.00 seconds = 6905.92 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 340 MB in 3.00 seconds = 113.30 MB/sec /dev/sdf: Timing cached reads: 13768 MB in 2.00 seconds = 6892.62 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 384 MB in 3.00 seconds = 127.92 MB/sec It all looks fine. I've also transferred files on my network to and from different PC's to eliminate an issue with my router or switch. I'm getting 50+ MB/s when transferring large files between wired computers (1.5GB files). So the issue is definitely not my network. I've removed all my plugins and gone to stock, including setting go file to stock. Still no change in transfer speed. I'm still getting between 5 and 7 MB/s to/from my unRAID box. I've attached dmesg output and the syslog. At this point I'm tempted to try a new NIC. Anything that I'm missing? dmesg.txt syslog.txt

Do you have the gcc unmenu package installed? Plex didn't work for me when this package was installed.

Upgraded from 5-16c to 5.0 with no issues. Runs beautifully, as I expected.

Just upgraded from 5beta8 to 5.0-rc10 with no issues. I really like how smooth these updates are. Thanks Tom!

I just installed Plex on my unRAID box following these instructions. Unfortunately, none of my DLNA devices(VLC 2, wmp) can see the Plex Media Server. There is an error in the log file, which I've included below. Does anyone have any knowledge of this? Thanks! May 22, 2012 11:12:15 [0xb0d6fb70] WARN - The plug-in /mnt/disk1/plex/Plex Media Server/Plug-ins/Media-Flags.bundle is not runnable. May 22, 2012 11:12:15 [0xb105db70] DEBUG - Done waiting for all plug-ins to start. May 22, 2012 11:12:15 [0xb105db70] ERROR - Couldn't create group: Bad state May 22, 2012 11:12:15 [0xb422bb70] DEBUG - HTTP request to: http://127.0.0.1:502...mRpY3QKMApyMAo_ May 22, 2012 11:12:15 [0xb422bb70] DEBUG - [com.plexapp.system] HTTP reply status 200, with 70056 bytes of content.

Ok, after some digging, it appears there is an erroneous entry in the crontab. crontab -e shows this: #Scheduled Parity Check cron="" Which is directly above the proper entry for the Monthly parity check. I've commented the cron="" out and will see if this fixes the issue. Still a mystery as to how it got there.

I looked in /var/spool/cron/crontabs and there was an file there for the user root- in addition to a file called root. I do not have a user created called root-, just the standard root user. The files were identical, so I removed the file called root- from the cron location since there was no user account to associate it with. I don't know why the cron job was added for a non existent user, though.

I have the following packages running. bwm-ng htop iftop ssmtp unraid status email monthy parity check overtemp shutdown Clean powerdown unrar I also installed the unraid SF: .9g menu mod. These errors popped up after a power outage. I could just remove the cronjobs for root, but I'd rather figure out why it happened.

I am having this as well. Jan 30 06:57:01 Tower crond[999]: failed parsing crontab for user root: cron="" Jan 30 06:57:01 Tower crond[999]: ignoring /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root- (non-existent user) Jan 30 07:57:01 Tower crond[999]: failed parsing crontab for user root: cron="" Jan 30 07:57:01 Tower crond[999]: ignoring /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root- (non-existent user) Has anyone else experienced this or have a solution?

I really like bonienl's package. Very nice!

Ok.. Simple mistake on my part. I'd forgotten to Go into the Share Settings on the Settings page and make sure that disk was included as available to shares. *sigh*

I just added a 2TD drive to my array as Disk3. It precleared file and formatted fine. Disk 3 settings show up as Partition format: MBR: 4K-aligned File sytem type: reiserfs. Disk 1 and 2 have under 375GB free on each. All my shares are set to high water. Included disks is blank for all shares so that all disks in the array are included in each share. Free space is not showing up under my Shares, nor can I add a new share to Disk3, even if I include Disk3 as the only disk in the share.

Thanks for all the input. I stuck with the celeron processor since it has been working like a charm for the last 6 months. I don't use the unRAID array for anything other than serving files so the switch didn't make sense in that way either.

Hola, So... I've got two CPUs available to me that will work with my pl5d2-vm mobo: a celeron D331 and a P4 SL7PN. The celeron is 2.66Ghz, single core, no HT, 32&64bit. The P4 SL7PN is 3.2ghz, single core, HT (2 threads), 32 bit. I'm leaning towards the P4 due to the HT and the 2 logical cores. Thoughts?

Just wanted to say I upgraded from 5.0 beta 6a to 5.0 beta 8d with no issues whatsoever. Very straight forward. The blinking green status lights gave me a puzzle until I figured it was just indicating spun down disks. Thanks!

Worked like a charm. Thanks

That is a relief to know. As far as setting up my shares again, I can set them up to conform to my existing data structure without any issues?

I came home after a few days out of town to find the usb stick with the unraid OS on it snapped off the tower case of my unraid box. I have about 2 TB of data stored between 2 data drives. Is it possible to load a new stick, plug it in, and set the drives and have the data accessible, or will I have to copy the data off the drives, preclear, and go through the entire set up again? Thanks

Yes, it would essentially be data striping across the data drives, with the exclusion of the parity drive. So there is still redundancy from single disk failure.

I work with enterprise Storage systems like NetApp where disk storage is pooled into an aggregate and you can create volumes and LUNs from the aggregate. Not having experience with unRAID before, I had expected more of a storage pooling system rather than the user share/split levels that are being used. While I think it would be a neat feature to have in unRAID, I am not sure an aggregate style system would work with SATA drives. ISCSI seems to be the default for more enterprise level systems do better I/O performance and disk seek/write operations. I was wondering if aggregate style storage had ever been considered, and why it was/was not adopted or perhaps if this is a goal for the future. Thanks, D

I am planning my split level and I think I mostly get it. If I want the level 3 folders split between disks but the files inside those folders only on one disk, I would choose split level 3. Am I correct, given my folder structure? - Backups 1 - user1 2 - various folders 3 - user2 2 - various folders 3 - Video 1 - anime 2 - show folder 3 -.mkv - tv 2 - show folder 3 -.mkv - movies 2 - show folder 3 -.mkv