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    Solved: Corrupted USB

    in General Support

    Posted · Edited by Bogardo

    @Frank1940 
     

    I'm missing:

    - /extra (optional)

    - /packages (optional)

    - /config/smart-all.cfg

    - /config/secrets

     

    All other files seem to be ok.

    The only things I'm worried about are the bzroot and bzimage files in de /previous/ directory because these gave errors during the copy process.

     

    I've manually checked most of the files to see if I was able to read them and I haven't noticed any issues with any of the files.

     

    There is 1 cache drive in the array.

     

    From: /config/DISK_ASSIGNMENTS.txt 

    Disk Assignments
Disk: parity  Device: WDC_WD40EFRX-68N32N0_WD-WCC7K3FSH59A  Status: DISK_OK
Disk: disk1  Device: WDC_WD40EFRX-68N32N0_WD-WCC7K3UR1EL1  Status: DISK_OK
Disk: disk2  Device: WDC_WD20EARS-00MVWB0_WD-WCAZA6738343  Status: DISK_OK
Disk: disk3  Device: WDC_WD20EARS-00MVWB0_WD-WCAZA5728174  Status: DISK_OK
Disk: parity2  Device:   Status: DISK_NP_DSBL
Disk: cache  Device: Samsung_SSD_840_PRO_Series_S12PNEAD130049R  Status: DISK_OK
Disk: cache2  Device:   Status: DISK_NP
Disk: flash  Device: Ultra_Fit  Status: DISK_OK

     

    Solved: Corrupted USB

    in General Support

    Posted · Edited by Bogardo
    Problem has been solved

    Yesterday I rebooted my unRAID server but it wouldn't boot up again.

    I connected a monitor and keyboard and noticed the following error during boot: 

    PXE-E53: No boot filename received

    I checked the boot devices in the BIOS and couldn't find my USB device.

    To verify if the USB drive worked at all, I pulled the drive from the server and connected it to my computer and I was able to read (most of?) the files on it. I immediately copied the contents of the USB drive to my computer but got read errors on a (large-ish) file in the `/previous/` directory (can't remember the name of the file at the moment).

    I've read some posts about similar issues and understood that I could use a new USB drive and copy the contents of the old drive to the new one.
    Before copying the files over I used the USB creator tool from unRAID to format the drive (and load a version of unRAID on it). After that I copied all files I recovered from the old USB drive to the new one I tried booting from that drive.

     

    I was able to boot the the unRAID OS but noticed the server name was still the default 'tower' and after logging in I could not find any of my shares.
    Did I do something wrong with the creation of the new USB drive? Did I miss any configuration files?
    What are my options here? I've got a lot of data on the 4 disks and have a lot of docker containers running which I would hate to reinstall/configure.

     

    Edit:

    I'm running unRAID 6.6.6 currently

    First unRaid server, might need some suggestions

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Thank you @tdallen for the suggestions.

    So after about a year... I've finally decided that I am going to build myself an Unraid server.

     

    I came up with the following CPU and Motherboard.

    - Intel Xeon E3-1245 v6 (link)

    - ASUS P10S WS (link)

     

    Which would cost me around €525 (~$630).

     

    I went for this Xeon mainly because of the integrated graphics with H.265 support.

    The purchase probably won't happen for another 2-3 months, would this still be a decent combo or am I better of with something else?

    First unRaid server, might need some suggestions

    in Hardware

    Posted · Edited by Bogardo

    Thank you @tdallen for your quick reply and warm welcome.

     

    24 minutes ago, tdallen said:

    - The R4 is a well known case, lot of people are using it successfully.

    That is good to hear. :)

     

    24 minutes ago, tdallen said:

    The memory you have is regular DDR3, does that mean you're willing to limit your CPU and motherboard search to ones that support it?  Current gen is DDR4 and there are more motherboards that support Virtualization in current gen products.  There are also some problems with current gen products, hopefully they will be solved soon.

    Whoops, didn't catch that. DDR4 it is then.

     

    24 minutes ago, tdallen said:

    I think you'll want more than an i5.  People have been happiest under unRAID/KVM when giving performance sensitive VMs their own cores.  So, one or two cores for unRAID, two cores for Windows VM... and you're out of cores on an i5.  The i7 or Xeon make a better platform for serious virtualization.

    Could you give some examples for decent processors for which I don't have to get a second mortgage.

     

    24 minutes ago, tdallen said:

    The BeQuiet power supply you've selected has 2 +12v rails.  Life is easier under unRAID with single 12v rail, that way you don't have to worry about having too many hard drives on either one of the rails.

    It's a modular power supply, wouldn't it be enough to split the 'load' over the two separate cables. Or isn't that how it works? 

     

     

    Please note, all the parts I mentioned are parts that I already have laying around from an older system (on which the motherboard and/or CPU died), not what I intend to purchase.

    First unRaid server, might need some suggestions

    in Hardware

    Posted

    My Planned Setup
     
    1. Windows 10 VM
                   Connected to TV (4K) for day to day use, mostly media consumption (Plex Client)
    1. NAS
    2. Torrent/Usenet client
    3. Plex Server
    4. Linux Server VM
                   Mainly for playing around with webservers and docker containers

     

    Let's start with what I have laying around

    Do you have any spare parts laying around that you would like to apply towards your build?  This includes drives. 

    Case:          Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl
Motherboard:   TBD
CPU:           TBD
Cooler (CPU):  TBD
Memory:        Corair Vengeance CML8GX3M2A1866C9B (2x4GB)
Graphics:      TBD
Power:         Be Quiet Pure Power L8-CM-430W
Drives:        2x 2TB   Western Digital WD20EARS
               1x 2TB   Western Digital WD20EFRX
               1x 1TB   Western Digital WD10EADS
               1x 2TB   Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001
               1x 128GB Samsung SSD 840 PRO
    So the parts I'm looking for are:
     
    CPU:
         Preferably Intel, probably some i5
     
    Motherboard:
         Minimum of 8 SATA III ports.
         The case has 6 harddrive slots and I would probably like to add 2 more SSD's for caching.
         Support for Virtualization
         4 RAM slots
     
    Graphics Card:
         The Windows VM will be connected to a 4K TV on which I would like to be able to stream 4K content.
         I'm not planning to run any games on the VM. Mostly media consumption like with the Plex Client and browser.
     
    What is your budget?  Even if you don't have a strict budget set out, at least give us an idea if you are pinching pennies or splurging on your build.

    Probably something around € 400,00 for the basic parts to get the system up and running.
    I'll probably add extra memory and more and/or larger SSD's and HDD's in the future.

     

    How many drives do you want your server to be able to support and how much capacity do you need?

    The case I'll be using had room for a maximum of 6 drives, I don't think I need more than that.

     

    Is expandability important to you?  If so, what's your long term goal?

    Not very important, like I mentioned under budget, I'll probably expand on RAM and Disk size in the future. I'm not planning to have a 80 disk array running in the (near) future.

     

    Are you interested in running any unRAID Add Ons (see here)?  If so, which ones?  Be specific.

    Docker: Plex Media Server, openVPN, nginx proxy+letsencrypt
    VMs: Windows 10; Linux (Ubuntu) Server
    Plugins: Speedtest, Community Applications, Unassigned Devices

     

    Do you want to run green/low power drives or faster 7200 rpm drives?  If you don't have a specific need for 7200 rpm drives, then choose green drives.

    Most of the drives I already have are 'green' drives.

     

    If you already have parts in mind, please oh pretty please post links to them so that we don't have to look them up.

    Here is a list of links of all the parts I have laying around:

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