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Awesome, thank you so much Hoopster. I was not searching for the right terms. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Looking for a recommendation or best practice to reduce the number of hard drives in unRAID. Right now, I have 7 disks with 68TB of storage plus a 16TB parity drive. I have purchased and not installed 4 additional 16TB drives. I would like to get back down to five total drives, all 16TB for 64TB of storage with a parity drive. I understand the process to switch out let’s say one of my 8TB drives and have the server rebuild that data onto the 16TB drive I will replace it with. What is the best way to move all the data on a disk that will not have a one-one swap and will be permanently removed to the other drives across the array? Ideally I would like to move all of the data from drives 5-7 to drives 1-4, and then start to swap out my 8TB drives. I have already added one 16TB drive to make sure I have enough space to move everything around. 1. Do I go to my share settings and exclude the disks that I wish to remove? 2. Do I use the CMD line or Krusader Docker to manually move all the files off a drive and onto another one? 3. Do I remove the drive from the system and let unRAID rebuild the data onto the other drives? 4. Is there another way that is more particle? Thank you for your help in advance.

I have tried to troubleshoot my issue for a few days now and have also tried Reddit with no solution yet. I think I have read most threads out there and watched a lot of YouTube videos. Issue: I cannot get my Intel i5-12600 CPUs iGPU to HW transcode Plex movies. My unRAID box was working with my GTX 1080, but I wanted to give that to my nephew for his gaming rig and figured I would upgrade my unRAID box with a modern Intel CPU to handle my transcode needs for PLEX. I have removed everything Nvidia-related from my unRAID box (Scripts, plugins, ect.) My System: UnRAID version 6.11.5 CPU: i5-12600 MB: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 BIOS-24MAR2023 Memory: G.Skill 64GB DDR4 3600 Plex-Media-Server Settings: Repository: plexinc/pms-docker:plexpass Host Path 2(/transcode): /tmp (and /tmp in the PLEX GUI) Host Path 3(/data): /mnt/user/Media/ Key 4 (Version): latest I added Container Device: /dev/dri/renderD128 AppData Config Path: /mnt/cache/appdata/Plex-Media-Server Extra Parameters: --device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri --mount type=tmpfs,destination=/tmp,tmpfs-size=20000000000 --no-healthcheck I have downloaded the Intel GPU TOP and the GPU Statistics plugin. I have also enabled transcoding in Plex. lspci -vnn gives me this: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 770] [8086:4690] (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) DeviceName: Onboard - Video Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:7d25] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 160, IOMMU group 2 Memory at 6001000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) Memory at 4000000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) I/O ports at 5000 Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?> Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit- Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [100] Process Address Space ID (PASID) Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS) Capabilities: [300] Page Request Interface (PRI) Capabilities: [320] Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Kernel driver in use: i915 Kernel modules: i915 To me this shows that unRAID recognizes the iGPU (I may be wrong), I know the iGPU works because I have a monitor hooked up to the PC to check the BIOS while I troubleshoot this issue. I can direct stream my movies when I am on my network. Plex will software transcode if I watch on a device outside my network, but it taxes my CPU hard. When watching some videos of others installing the GPU statistics plugin, I noticed that the IMC Bus Utilization fluctuates a little right away. My receive and transmit are both at N/A. Does anyone have any thoughts on what else I might try to troubleshoot my issue? EDIT ***********Solved - 27APR2023 - Solved I switched from the official Plex docker to the Linux server docker. I reinstalled the Intel_GPU_Top and GPU Statistics. My extra parameters are (for RAM transcode too): --device=/dev/dri:/dev/dri --mount type=tmpfs,destination=/tmp,tmpfs-size=20000000000 --no-healthcheck I added Device: /dev/dri/card0 I added Container Path: /tmp/ (and also the same way in plex) I went into the plex container preferences and manually changed HardwareDevicePath="/dev/dri/renderD128" to force the Intel QSV vaapi For those having issues to force your iGPU, I would check this first. Mine was set to renderD129. My Intel Alder Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 770] works as it should now. I hope that this can help someone else.

Thanks for everyone that contributed to this thread recently with the PIA issues and feedback. I just changed my files over to France with the nextgen file from PIA. I had to restart unraid, but I can now get into the webUI and the speeds are great. I have not changed any other setting.

I just moved back to the states from Japan. Upon setting everything back up I was unable to access my unRAID server through Win10 Network discovery. I used the solution above and it also worked for me. Win10, v1903. UnRAID 6.7.2 Hope that this can help others.

Happy New Year everyone. I just wanted to provide a quick update. One year has past since I started my Unraid adventure. I do not post here much but use the community and archive on this forum to solve any issues that come up. Thank you for that. With Unraid, I have not had many issues at all. Everything is running smooth for the past year. I have some dockers and Plug-ins installed that I never new existed, making my life easier. I mainly use Plex on my Roku Ultra, and have backups of my main computer and phones. I almost maxed out my 16TB (2x8TB) I originally had in the system. I decided to add another 16TB (2x8TB), and a second cache drive. I was able to get my PCI-E SATA card working that enabled me to expand. Photos below show the slight increase in wires and drives, and my 2x8TB drives going through the clearing process. I also changed out my CPU cooler to a much quieter setup. With all the fans running I still put my hand over the top to see if air is coming out. (I know I need to clean the dust filter on the front)

Turns out that the USB Drive I was using was not operating correctly. I picked up a ScanDisk 16GB from the store, reloaded 6.0, and everything booted up. The drives are formatting right now and the parity sync is taking place. Estimated speed: 177.1 MB/sec Estimated finish: 12 hours, 25 minutes Looks like I will be able to set everything up in about 12 hours. Thank you to everyone that helped me get this far.

Trying to load up the unRAID OS and I get hung at " ata12: hard resetting link." Let the troubleshooting begin. I will try to attach all of my SATA cables to the MB and see if that helps.

@mrbilky I ended up going the Intel route getting an I7 8700k, ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero (Wi-Fi AC), and G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB). I changed the case to a DB700 as well. Build Below of my gaming rig:

@CHBMB Good point. I did not think about that. I am going to reset everything in BIOS back to stock settings. Thanks for the tip.

Update on my build. Yesterday I finally had some time to put my new box together. I noted the changes below. I hope to spend this coming week setting up the unRAID program. @SSD I ended up using some "hammer love" to will the tabs into place. New unRAID build: Case: HAF 912 CPU: i5 3570K (O.C. 4.2Ghz) Still puting in work. Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V RAM: 4x4GB G. Skillz DDR3 816MHz (16GB) PSU: EVGA Supernova 550 G2 (ECO Mode) Cache Drive: Samsung 840 PRO - 256GB Parity Drive: WD 8TB Red (CHANGE) HDD 1: WD 8 TB Red HDD 2: WD 8TB Red Boot Drive: USB 16GB x 2 SuperMicro CSE-M35T-1B SATA 6G PCI Express Card 8 x Fans. Should stay cool

I got the parts in that I was waiting for to convert my old computer to an unRAID box. I am really impressed with the Super Micro hot swap bay. It is built very well. Based on some recommendations, I order a different fan for the back to keep the noise down.

bjp999, again, thank you for the recommendation. I picked up the SuperMicro CSE-M35T-1B from amazon. I ended up going with 3 x WD 8TB Reds. The promo code on new egg until the 27th along with the already more affordable $ per GB just made more sense economically. I meet my storage requirements with this configuration while being able to pickup an additional 8TB in the future, giving me 4TB more then if I had gone with my original storage plan. I was looking at doubling my cache drive (Samsung 840 PRO - 256GB) after reading many of the forum post but I was surprised to see that an SSD that I bought back in 2012 is about $40 more expensive.

Thank you for the response. This is exactly what I was looking for. I had always planned on using the 3.5" internal drive slots and never considered the front 5.25" bays. The 5.25" hot swap drive bays at the front of the case looks like a much better option. Thank you for the recommendation, I am looking at them now.

Sorry for the poor wording. Thank you. You answered my question.