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I have had the case for 5 years and have never had an issue with the backplane connections. The Molex connectors that supply power to the HDD cages fit tightly. The SATA cables for each drive do stick out a bit as do some capacitors on the back of the cages. Just be careful when working in the case and there are no issues. As far as the hot swap connections for the HDDs inside the HDD cages, they seem solid and secure and I have never had a probem when inserting or removing an HDD in the hot swap bays.

I have this case and don't think this would be easily possible. There is not much room between the top of the 8 HDD hot-swap cages and the existing 5.25" bays. if you cut everything out above the HDDs to the top of the case and made your own bracket for a 3x3.5" it might just fit. Depends on what 3x3.5" (or even 5x3.5") unit you choose. I measure about 5.125" of space between the top of the HHD bays and the top lip of the case.

That means Unraid is booting properly and it is giving you the command line prompt when you log in. Generally, you access the server GUI via a browser on another computer on the local network. Just open a browser and enter the IP address of the Unraid server or http://Tower. IP address should always work. If you do not know the server IP address, type' ifconfig' (no quotes) at the "root@Tower:~#" command line prompt. You will need to login to the GUI with the root user. If you currently have no password for the root user you should set one.

In Shares, Plex is a disk share (name of SSD): In Plex docker container plex appdata is on the mnt/plex disk share View of Plex SSD in Windows:

Are you saying you just want to boot Unraid on a different machine? If so, just insert the licensed USB flash drive into that machine, boot and reconfigure as needed for that new machine. The license is associated with the USB flash drive, not any particular computer. A license transfer is needed only if you need to change the USB flash drive for the license and not when you want to boot Unraid on a different server.

Historically that has been a forbidden topic in these forums. Unless something has changed you are not likely to find any assistance here.

Dynamix File Manager is a plugin, not a Docker container. There is no edit page for this plugin. There is nothing to edit/configure and no template associated with it. Docker concepts do not apply to this plugin. Both plugins and docker containers are installed from the Apps tab but they do not behave the same way.

The should not cause any issues. I take it one step further. I have a share for each media type so my host paths are mnt/user/movies, mount/user/photos, mount/user/tv, etc. Of course, this requires a host path --> container path mapping for each share/media type. In the case you presented, you could have just one host--->container mapping like /mnt/user/media-->/media and then in Plex your library mappings would be /media/[media type folder name] e.g. /media/movies for movie content.

In addition to Spaceinvader One videos, there is a lot of good info in the Unraid manual now. See Manual link in the bottom right corner of the Unraid GUI. Here is a link directly to the Docker section.

I don't know about recommended but I also have Plex appdata folder on a dedicated SSD. I separated it from other Docker container appdata because Plex appdata can get large and backing it up and restoring it is easier with dedicated storage. This is certainly not a necessity. It is just a personal preference.

Microsoft has been getting rid of support for SMB1 for years now due to security concerns. Each subsequent version of Windows and major updates moves further away from SMB1. SMB2 is better but what they really want you to use is WSD (WS Discovery). Unraid 5 relies heavily on SMB1. It is not surprising that Windows 10/11 access with Unraid 5 is problematic for you. In a 6.x version of Unraid (can't remember which one), WSD was implemented. SMB is still supported but you have the option of choosing which you want to use for visibility in Windows. Under SMB Setting in Unraid 6.12.4 (and some previous versions) more control over SMB and WSD is possible. I personally have disabled NetBIOS/SMB1 all together and rely on WSD as much as possible. I have also disabled SMB1 from the Windows side (all my Windows clients are now running Windows 11) This has resulted in more reliable Unraid visibility in Windows. Here are my settings:

Have you seen this forum post? You can upgrade to version 6 on current hardware if the CPU is 64-bit. If that is the case, you can upgrade Unraid first and then worry about changing the disk format to XFS, BTRFS or ZFS depending upon your needs and migrating the data. If your old hardware has a 32-bit only CPU, you would need new hardware before upgrading to version 6.x of Unraid. At least 4GB RAM is recommended for version 6 and if you want to use docker applications and/or VMs more (16GB+) is better. Changing/converting to a new file system type is covered here.

The parity drive contains no data. There is really nothing to back up. It is just a "bucket of bits" that contains a zero or a one in every sector which represents the calculated values of all the data in the same sector on all the data drives. In a "catastrophic failure" situation, it is highly unlikely that any parity drive snapshot would be valid. You would want to rebuild the parity drive. You have to get the data drives back in order before parity is built again. Backup the data drives and let parity be rebuilt after data is all in order again.

Welcome Adam. I am sure you already know this but this forum has a "top-10 list" of Unraid users who are doing great work supporting other users. I often wonder if they have any other "job." 😀 You at least ought to get them an "official Unraid uniform" shirt although @Squid already has one. Just to be clear, I am not on this "top-10" list (top 500, maybe) so this is not a self-serving suggestion.

Updated this morning to controller version 7.5.187 from 7.3.83. Fast update and all went well. No problems noted so far. Also updated to latest firmware on five APs and three switches. No issues other than a couple of WiFi clients taking a long time to reconnect to an AP which they eventually did after a device restart. Now it looks l need to follow progress on the new controller solution from @PeteAsking

I am still on 7.3.83. It has been running so well so long that I have not kept up with controller updates or even thought about upgrading. I'm not sure 7.5.187 would give me anything I don't have but upgrading from time to time is a good idea (as long as it does not break something) so I don't get too far behind. I'll have to read up on 7.5.187.

Did not notice the request was specific to Unraid Connect - just read OP title and text. Sorry for the confusion.

Yes. I gave you an incomplete answer. Unraid Connect still provides remote access. I have just never used it because I had Wireguard setup and working perfectly for me before Unraid Connect remote access was an option. I have just never had a reason to use that feature of Unraid Connect.

Accessing an Unraid server remotely by forwarding ports 80, 443, etc. is not the recommended way of doing this. That potentially opens you up to hackers. The preferred method is to use Wireguard which is built into Unraid or some other sort of VPN. Here are some security best practices.

Your experience is not the norm, although, admittedly, GPU pass through is often more art than science. There are clearly some underlying configuration/hardware problems if you are seeing so many issues. My Unraid configuration has been mostly stable for 12 years. Yes, every once in a while an issue pops up that requires a workaround until a more permanent solution is available. I can count on one hand how many times that has happened for me. I do not do hardware pass through on any of my Unraid servers so I have never needed to wrestle with that and can't help you with that issue. Download and setup of docker containers is not necessary if you installed them via the Apps tab. You can just reinstall them through the Previous Apps function in Apps and they come back with prior configuration intact. I have not reviewed your posting history so I do not know if you have posted diagnostics and asked for help with the issues you have experienced. If not, that is a good idea but it is usually better to work on one issue at a time if you have multiple issues. I sincerely hope you can get things resolved to your satisfaction.

They are saved to whatever the Plex Library location is for TV Shows. Sure you can move them after they are recorded.

It's worked great for me. I have a 4x 2.5" SSD adapter (similar to this) in one of the 5.25" bays and a Blu ray/DVD optical disk in the other for ripping discs with MakeMKV.

I use the Silverstone CS-380 I have an mATX board in it although a full ATX would also fit (tight fit) Dimensions: 215.3mm (W) x 426.5mm (H) x 487.5mm (D) , 44.7 Liters 8.46" (W) x 16.77" (H) x 19.17" (D) , 44.7 Liters

I use this. It is a more expensive solution because it requires a Raspberry Pi 4 in addition to the KVM unit but it does a lot more than just power on/off the server. It also allows you to monitor startup/shutdown, enter the BIOS, etc. from any other computer on the network.

No, ECC is not required. It's a personal choice. I have three Unraid servers; one with ECC RAM and two with non-ECC RAM. In the one with ECC, I chose to use it because the motherboard and CPU are server grade and support ECC, so I decided to install ECC RAM in that server.