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    [6.9.2] smbd keeps file open, resulting in "Device or resource busy"

    in General Support

    Posted

    I've had this issue for a while now. Basically, I have a single share mounted on my server with smb. After a large enough copy (and sporadically, not always), if I try to mutate the file (move, delete etc), I get "Device or resource busy". Today, I was able to find out what on the unraid box is keeping the file busy:

      

    lsof $FILENAME
COMMAND   PID  USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE   SIZE/OFF               NODE NAME
smbd    25896 howbowz  443w   REG   0,45 7039913529 648799827760513201 $FILENAME

     

    To be clear, I ran the above in unraid's terminal.

     

    So now my questions:

     

    • What's going on here with smbd keeping the file open for a long, long time?
    • How do I prevent it?

    Hardlinks with split level?

    in General Support

    Posted · Edited by Howboys

    This is my directory structure:


    * Movies:
      * `Media/Movies/Movie_Name/movie_file.mp4`
      * `Media/Movies/Movie_Name/movie_file.nfo`
      * `Media/Movies/Movie_Name/movie_file.srt`
      * `Media/Movies/Different_Movie_Name/movie_file.mp4`
      * `Media/Movies/Different_Movie_Name/movie_file.srt`
    * qbittorrent

      * `Media/qbittorrent/incomplete/Show0/Season X/episode1.mp4`
      * `Media/qbittorrent/incomplete/Movie2/movie_file.mp4`

      * `Media/qbittorrent/Show1/Season X/episode1.mp4`
      * `Media/qbittorrent/Movie3/movie_file.mp4`

     

    With a split level of 2, `Movie_Name` and `Different_Movie_Name` directories may be on different disks but each movies entire contents will be on the same disk.

     

    What happens is that Sonarr/Radarr send a torrent to qbit to download to `Media/qbittorrent`. Qbit downloads to `Media/qbittorrent/incomplete` and then moves the completed download to `Media/qbittorrent`.

     

    Now, with radarr and sonarr, they "copy" files from download client to my actual share using hard-links (not actual copy). How would that split work with this hard link? Will the split at the time of directory/file creation in qbittorrent be the permanent one? In other words, if the initial download happens in `Media/qbittorrent/incomplete`, does that means that the entire `Media/qbittorrent/incomplete` will be on the same disk, and any hardlinks created to that will not actually move the file to another (more appropriate disk)?

    Hardware question for SATA expansion (data and cache)

    in Storage Devices and Controllers

    Posted · Edited by Howboys

    So I have a X8SIL-F mobo and have maxed all 6 existing SATA ports. I want to add another data drive, and start using a SSD for a cache.

     

    The board has 2 (x8) PCI-Express 2.0, 1 (x4) PCI-Express (using x8 slot). So I'm thinking of getting a pcie expansion card to add more SATA ports. Would something like https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SZDK6CZ/ or https://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-Controller-Non-Raid-SI-PEX40064/dp/B00AZ9T3OU work? Is there a cheaper+better option elsewhere? I'm a PCIE newbie so any general tips would be welcome.

     

    As for SSDs, I know I need to look for a decent size and TLC+DRAM is okay. For my needs, 120-250GB would suffice. Is something like https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K8A29BE/ a decent option? I might even go for two and run in a mirrored pool. Thoughts on that?

    Parity disk in error state. Tried re-doing connections

    in General Support

    Posted

    Here' what I've done:

     

    1. Stopped the array and unassigned the parity drive.

    2. Start the array, then stop and shutdown.

    3. Checked disk connections again

    4. Power on, add the same disk back as parity (no preclear - I forgot)

     

    Now it's doing a parity sync. Hopefully this works.

     

    If not, what else can I try? Repeat above with new SATA cable? New HDD?

    Parity disk in error state. Tried re-doing connections

    in General Support

    Posted

    My party check came up fine. I have no idea if this is a real issue or not.

     

    Thanks for the link, but I don't know if replacing disks is the first step i should follow here? How can I just get unraid to try the existing disk again?

     

    I can perhaps try a new Sata cable but I would like to know how to clear the disabled bit without replacing the disk.

    Why is high water not working as I expect it to?

    in General Support

    Posted · Edited by Howboys

    Seems like it's still not working consistently:

     

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    Disk 1 is getting everything!

     

    Here's my share settings again

     

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    When I `cp` something on to the share, it always goes to disk1. However when radarr copied completed downloads, it went to disk2. What the difference here? I'm using smb. Radarr runs in docker and mounts the same smb share that I cp files to.

     

    EDIT: Nvm I think that's because the existing directories don't get moved, only new ones do. Still odd.

    Why is high water not working as I expect it to?

    in General Support

    Posted

    I have 3 disks and a share with all 3 (called Media). My file structure is this:

     

    /Media/Movies/Movie1/file.mkv

    /Media/Movies/Movie2/file.mkv

    /Media/Shows/Show1/S01/file.mkv

    /Media/Shows/Show2/S01/file.mkv

     

    You get the idea. Now, after reading a bunch, I figured a split level of 3 with high water allocation would spread out my media over disk. But in reality, this is what's happening:

     

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    Again, here's my share settings:

     

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    I have tried to experiment with split level of 2 as well but nothing seems to work. What do I need to do? Why does this not work?