cholzer

Hi there! I just installed the plugin an noticed that "Folder caching function:" is set to "disabled". I guess I have to enable that for the plugin to work, right? Or is that some additional feature to let the system cache "more" folders / deeper into the folder tree?

Thank you!

Everything looking good so far, copying my data onto the array now! I do have a question though, why does unRAID say that there 6.6Gb used on these 2 disks when there are no files on them?

@dlandon I just want to tank you for this incredibly helpful plugin! =)

Yup, I did run pre-clear on all 6TB disks, including the one that is now the parity disk.

So pre-clear finished on all my drives and I was about to start the array when I saw this checkbox. " Parity is already valid. " I supposed I can check that as all my drives have been pre cleared and zero'ed ?

That is indeed unfortunate, but thanks for the info!

Does this also apply to creating a new array out of precleared drives? Or does it only apply to expanding an array?

Found it. So this guy is wrong then? He says that preclearing my drivers saves me time when expanding my array (adding more drives). https://youtu.be/csGYrd5G0ik?t=2m19s

Thanks your your reply! I might be wrong (most likely), but I thought that when I preclear the drives then parity creation is much faster when I create the array. Or is that only when I add a new drive to an existing array?

I am currently building my first unRAID system and I need a little help with what is the best practice to move my data to that new NAS system So right now I've got the following drives in the system which are getting pre cleared at the moment 1x 120GB SSD 3x Seagate Iron Wolf 6TB All drives are connected to my Dell Perc H310 (LSI 9240-8i crossflashed to 9211-8i IT-Mode) - should I connect the SSD to a SATA port of my mainboard instead since it's going to be my cache drive? Now, my plan is to setup the unRAID array and then move my data from the old NAS to unRAID. After I moved my data to unRAID I want to move my 2x 6TB drives from the old NAS to unRAID. So how should I do that? Here is what I though I should do (please correct me if I am wrong): wait for the preclear to finish create a new array in unRAID setup shares etc. in unRAID move files from my old NAS to unRAID install the old HDDs in my unRAID box and preclear them add the old HDDs to the unRAID array add the SSD as cache to the unRAID array (I am not sure if I should to that before I start moving data to the array or if I should do that last!?) Thanks in advance!

Thanks! I would ofc do a backup of the drive, but it's still good to know how a worst case is handled.

I am considering to use unraid. One key question I have is how does unraid handle a catastrophic OS/USB stick or mainboard failure? Is a fresh installation of unraid, on a new mainboard able to find and use an array of a previous installation on the harddrives of the old system?