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thanks heaps for this.. i've followed the guide here: https://unraid.net/de/blog/deploying-an-unraid-nfs-server, updated the script with the changes above and forwarded the ports required between my vlans in opnsense but i can see the client trying to access NFS on the unraid server via other ports outside the specified range (38983, 34691 etc) any tips or advice?

Noticed over the weekend that transcoding 4k content was not utilising hardware acceleration on our i5-11400. If i disabled tone mapping in the plex options, it would work but who wants transcoded hdr content without tone mapping? We use the linuxserver release and rolled back from 1.32.5.7349-8f4248874 to 1.32.5.7328-2632c9d3a which fixed it immediately.

Hi guys, Noticed that i couldn't connect to one of my dockers, went to check it out and unraid was in a weird state. "quick reboot should fix it!" now 2 x nvme cache mirror has the status "Unmountable: No file system" Had a read around but don't want to be a cowboy and try a bunch of commands without someone with some experience having a look at the diags first :) If anyone would be able to lend some assistance, it would be greatly appreciated! Cheers! nas-diagnostics-20230725-1537.zip

Hi @JonathanM, Thanks for the reply. The disks are still readable but I'm just a little cautious as Disk 3 has an error: edit: i made use of the parity swap feature! at first it wouldn't let me do it with a "too many disks missing" error but i realised i needed to start the array once with the erroring drive removed/unassigned. After that, I: stopped the array disabled array autostart, vms and docker shutdown the server took out the erroring 4tb drive installed one new 8tb started up the server set the new 8tb disk as parity set the old parity disk as an array member the "start" button confirmed that it would copy the parity from the old 4tb parity disk to the new 8tb after that completed (10 hours?), the array was started and the old parity disk was being rebuilt to replace the original erroring disk Once the old parity disk was rebuilt as an array member, i shutdown the server again and replaced another one of the 4tb drives (which had a few smart errors but was still working) with the second brand new 8tb drive. Thats ticking away now.. gotta say i really do love unraid

Hi guys, My current unraid array consists of 6x 4TB hard drives. I've bought two new 8TB drives and my plan was to replace the 4TB parity with one of the 8TB, wait for it to build, and then upgrade the next oldest 4TB drive. Before I had a chance to do anything, one of the non-parity 4TB drives has flagged errors - so I'm not sure my plan above is the best way forward. Am i able to swap out the failing 4TB drive with one of the new 8TB drives, let it rebuild. Once that's complete, replace the 4TB parity with the other 8TB and have all the space available? Or is there another way that would be better? Thanks

Hey thanks for the reply. Nah I don’t have any android devices and I don’t think I’ve logged into the interface for a few days. Is there anything I can do to prevent it?

oh. its working now i didn't do anything. im wondering if my browser is trying to force it to https...

Hi there, I've been having an issue where our unraid server will work fine for a while but at some point, the GUI dies. It's currently in this state so I ran the diagnostic command via SSH and attached for a better set of eyes to check out. Everything seems to be working as expected, it's just the damn gui! If there is a way to kick it back into action without restarting, that would be awesome. I tried a number of commands I found scattered through the forums last time it happened but I feel it made it worse and I had to force shutdown. Cheers! nas-diagnostics-20221104-2103.zip

Perfecto! Thanks mate. I was thinking I’d have to move everything off the cache and rebuild the whole thing again. did exactly what you said, it balanced and it’s now happy (so am I 😁) thanks again!

hey there, so i remember trying out unraid back in 2018 but wasn't set on it. looking at it again and it seems its come a long way! i've just installed a fresh copy on the following hardware: - core i5 11400 - gigabyte b560m aorus pro - 16gb ram - 6 x 4TB hard drives - 2 x 500GB nvme The array has the 6 x 4TB drives with a single parity and the 2 x nvme drives are configured in the same cache pool. Currently the parity is syncing but i'm curious about the cache pool - should i see writes happening on both nvmes? I've been clicking around in the interface to try find a "status" of the array but I'm not sure what I'm looking for. Cheers! Edit: clicked the “cache” and noticed this: Data, single: total=46.01GiB, used=44.78GiB System, DUP: total=8.00MiB, used=16.00KiB Metadata, DUP: total=1.00GiB, used=35.36MiB GlobalReserve, single: total=25.34MiB, used=0.00B tried selecting the “switch to raid 1” but still no writes on the second ssd nas-diagnostics-20220908-2259.zip

Hi guys, Still in my trial period (8 days to go!) and was pretty happy with my setup until this morning. I've got a core i5 system hidden away in our TV cabinet that used to run synology (hacked) and a seperate HTPC. After looking at all the benefits of unraid, i decided to jump in and consolodate the two. So the box consists of: - z77 motherboard - i5 3550 cpu - 16gb ram I configured unraid to only use cores 0+1 while the windows VM is using cores 2+3 along with 4gb ram. The VM's main virtual disk is on the SSD cache, then i've got an unassigned USB3 drive formatted as EXT4 with a large virtual drive for MCE recordings. I chose to go this way as the recordings don't need to be protected and I didn't want any drives in the array spinning if they didn't need to be. The Windows VM also has an amd 6540 and two hauppauge 2200 tuners passed through. My wife noticed that the audio was playing up a little last week but stumbled upon the "MSI" fix for the audio which sorted it out. So up until this morning it's been perfect. HTPC has been off and the unraid box has been doing both unraid-ing and HTPC-ing without any probs. However this morning while downloading some stuff through a sabnzbd docker and watching TV through MCE, the video was stuttering just a little but audio kept cutting out. The two cores for unraid weren't going above 20% and the VM cores were hovering around 2-3% each. Just wondering where i should be looking? My guess is either: - the USB3 drive for the recordings virtual drive (as this is where media center actually plays the media from) as it's still on the "unraid side" - the pcie tuners being passed through (these both say they are MSI capable but neither have the + next to them in lspci. i've tried enabling it like i did for the HDMI audio controller but they never so the +) I'm on the verge of swapping back to synology before the trial runs out but if i can get past this i'll stick with it! Cheers edit: nevermind! switched back to synology.

Yeah I discovered the hard way. Can't start a new trial and use an old config. The only way to swap sticks is to transfer the config over to the new stick and purchase a full license. I've had multiple problems with the btrfs cache pool so I'm holding off but that's an issue for another thread

yeah it was the same pc. i don't get the same raw disk performance on unraid that i was getting on synology but that was expected (ie 4 drive RAID5 vs single disks) plus i get other benefits like VMs

woh the VNC upgrade has made a massive difference! thanks

thanks @BillClinton, looks like they're around $108 each at the moment @whipdancer yeah i have a stack of docker containers running and am hoping for some VMs too. I did have them running on the array in the synology but noticed vast improvements on the SSDs. Every other PC / laptop in the house has SSD so why stop at the server

Hi there, I'm currently on the trail period with a crappy, falling apart usb stick but have purchased a new micro one and was wondering what the process was to switch over to the new stick before buying a license? Cheers

Hi guys, I've just moved over from Synology to unRAID (still have 26 days of trail left ) but only had a couple of 60GB SSDs on hand. After a day or two it sent me an alert about one of the SSDs missing so chucked in a spare 128gb. Having run with a only 60gb cache pool (60gb & 120gb) for a few days i know both the value of having a larger one and was looking into buying a couple of new drives. From what we have available to us in Australia - here is the list of drives from cheapest to most expensive. I know there's only ~$35 difference between least/most expensive but was wondering if any of the cheaper options are worth it or whether i just bite the bullet and get the samsungs? $190.24AUD - 2 x Kingston SSDNow A400 240GB $191.20AUD - 2 x Western Digital WD Green 240GB $198.24AUD - 2 x SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB $216.00AUD - 2 x Crucial MX500 Series 250GB $220.80AUD - 2 x Intel 545S Series 256GB $222.40AUD - 2 x Western Digital WD Blue 250GB $225.60AUD - 2 x Samsung 850 EVO Series 250GB Any advice or recommendations would be great! Cheers