Hoopster

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. They are saved to whatever the Plex Library location is for TV Shows. Sure you can move them after they are recorded.
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Yes Yes No No. However, if you want to go crazy you can configure a separate cache disk/pool per Unraid user share. Of course, you can have just one cache disk/pool for the entire array if you wish (or no cache at all).
  9. Unraid supports XFS, BTRFS and ZFS. Since each drive is formatted with its own filesystem and their is no data striping across drives, a drive can be mounted on a Linux OS outside of Unraid. The USB stick contains only the license and array configuration information. It has no impact on the data stored on the drives. A bad USB stick can be replaced with another using a USB stick backup (should be done frequently) and the system keeps working without interruption. Drives added to an Unraid array must be formatted by Unraid. Any data already on the drives will, of course, be lost in a format. However, disks can be mounted using the Unassigned Devices plugin (includes support for many different formats including NTFS and ext4) and data transferred from them to the Unraid formatted disks in the array.
  10. You have export in share security settings set to No. This hides the share from Windows. You need to set it to public or another setting with secure access if you want a share visible in Windows.
  11. Perhaps. I have no idea what the cooling requirements are on the EPYC CPUs. I do know there is a 146mm height limit on the CPU cooler in the Silverstone CS380 case. Here is the Noctua cooler compatibility list for the EPYC 7532 (it is very limited):
  12. As long as you have i915.conf in the config/modprobe.d folder on the boot flash and that file contains the line "options i915 enable_dc=0" you should be good to go with 6.12.3. The iGPU of the i5-11600 in my server works without issue for transcoding and no longer crashes the server on boot.
  13. That case has a maximum cooler height of 146mm. I have the same case. Ultimately, I settled on the Noctua NH-D12L as it was the biggest cooler I could fit in the case. Nothing with a 140mm fan (unless it is a C-style cooler) will fit in the CS380.
  14. I cannot give you personal experience as I have yet to use ZFS for anything, but, for a single PCIe M.2 drive (is this a cache/pool disk?) , I would use XFS. Others may see it differently.
  15. He means what he said. The code is good for a new Basic license or an upgrade (your screenshot) of an existing license from one license level to the next. it is not good for new Plus or Pro license.
  16. That depends on how you have the VLAN settings defined in Network Settings. In my case, I have the Dockers VLAN assigned to VLAN number 3 on br0 so the custom network that appears in the docker container is Custom: br0.3 --Dockers I followed this guide to get the VLAN setup in Unraid, the switch and the router. I have a Ubiquiti Unifi switch and router but the principles are the same for other switches and routers that support VLANs.
  17. It does a lot more than that. https://unraid.net/connect Have you provisioned a myunraid.net certificate? https://docs.unraid.net/connect/help/#manage-your-server-from-within-the-connect-ui
  18. In the settings for the drive in Unassigned Devices, did you enable sharing?
  19. I have never tried this method with the public BIOS. i have always used the BIOS provided by ASRock (latest is L2.35) to enable the iGPU with IPMI. I would do this only of your system locks up if Turbo Boost is enabled. Disabling it makes my system much more stable. Some have no problems with Turbo Boost enabled. It may depend on the CPU paired with the board. In my case, the E-2288G behaves much better with Turbo Boost disabled. Nothing needed here as far as I know. The IPMI plugin seems to detect the sensors without issue. Be sure to let the sensors populate in the BIOS (visit the sensors page in BIOS) before booting into Unraid and all should be well.
  20. With the USG, the controller needs to run somewhere (like this docker container) as it is not built in.. The Dream Router has the controller built in and cannot be controlled by an external controller.
  21. That depends on your needs. I have been using my E3C246D4U-based system since early 2020 and have found no compelling reason to upgrade. It handles everything I throw at it with power to spare. You don't always need the latest and greatest and often that is just overkill anyway. Your i5-9500 will be fine for Plex, HandBrake, etc. and is supported by the board. Maybe a little under-powered if you want to run VMs but for primarily Plex and a NAS, it is more than sufficient.
  22. You have macvlan call traces. Try switching the docker network type to ipvlan. Settings --> Docker --> docker custom network type Prior to Unraid 6.12.x (don't know what version you are running since you did not include full diagnostics) usually macvlan issues only occurred on systems where custom IP addresses were assigned on br0. Now, (6.12.0+ as mentioned in the release notes) with some hardware, macvlan problems can appear even without custom docker container IP addresses.
  23. Of course, the choice is yours but liquid cooling on a server is not generally a good idea. I am sure there are some that do it and perhaps they will share their experiences with you. It is very much discouraged especially if you have a server that runs 24/7. Liquid cooling failures can be very damaging to your server (depending on what type of failure it is) especially if they happen at a time when the server is not being monitored. Air cooling failures are much easier to diagnose and fix and are less likely to happen. Usually, liquid cooling is for the overclockers who want to squeeze every last bit of power/speed out of their CPU, RAM, GPU, etc. None of these should be overclocked in a server.
  24. The issue seems to be somewhat hardware specific although specific problematic hardware has not been identified. Some have zero issue with macvlan on br0 and others have issues while running the same version of Unraid. The only differences appear to be hardware. I did have macvlan call traces (started for me with Unraid 6.8.x) and I also have a Unifi LAN infrastructure. The solution for me was to put all docker containers with custom IP addresses on a VLAN (br0.3). Fortunately my Unifi USG and switches support that. This was done before ipvlan was an option. Even on ipvlan I do not have the issues others have reported with the Unifi gear getting confused with mac addresses. You will not be forced to switch to ipvlan if you have no problems with br0/macvlan.
  25. Have you tried the System Temp plugin?