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Oh crap. Ok time to find keyboard monitor. More to come

well must be another problem I added append iommu=pt initrd=/bzroot rebooted and still no joy... or do I need tio dig out a keyboard monitor and do it in bios?

Ah ha. Yet that thread says these is a fix/workaround? And/or it was supposed to be fixes in 6.0.1? Suggestions for a working eSata card?

all right, the journey into 4k continues.. now need more space I bought the following - Startech 2 port eSata 6gb/s PCI-E controller PEXESAT32 Mediasonic ProBox HF2-SU3S2 4 Bay 3.5” SATA HDD Enclosure – USB 3.0 & eSATA/SATA 3 6.0Gbps I have seen that people have uses the Startech before without issue. So I popped in 4x2tb drives I had from another server that since migrated to 4tb and hooked it all up. The ProBox (apparently) is in eSata mode the drives are being seen (apparently) by the box during startup (see it tick off the activity lights) however, it's a no show in Unraid. No 'un assigned devices' (they were actuve unraid drives) No drives to assign to slots when the array is stopped Nothing.. THis time its above my pay grade to fiture this one out, is the card even being seen? Diagnostics file attached. Halp? pinewood-diagnostics-20170530-1030.zip

RESOLVED Replaced all three TRENDnet switches with Netgear GS605NA Gigabit switches and ran the default network setup (with powerline adapters) Buttery smooth on all files Thank you all for the ideas (heads to porch with large hammer and the TRENDnet switches)

@bjp999 yes 100% sure that the FIRETV is hardwired not wireless.

The only constant in all the streaming from server tests has been the TRENDnet switch in the bedroom I'm going to get another switch today and swap that out and try the USB drive in the router suggested. With a new switch the path will be server > switch > FIRETV > TV

Both

Not transcoding, direct stream so the CPU is just shoveling the data over.

@garycase A) no the USB drive is on a USB port on the TV directly so it totally bypasses the network. Does it own reason of the drive with no network involved. B) I'll give that a try tomorrow. Good call I hadn't thought of that. @unrateable I've considered that, you can look back up and see it's an AMDAMD A6-6400K I would think it has the horsepower to do X265 video. Come to think of it, I've never been able to copy FROM th he servers to my windows machine at greater than 44mb/s which makes me think it's my NIC

Plays perfect from the USB, several of them

Streams perfectly well for Netflix and Amazon 4k over the Poweline adapter. But I said I took that out of the loop for this

yes, same result.. actually started with a normal MTU of 1500. went to jumbo on one server left the other at 1500 (identical hardware, identical problem)

As I said, Realte on the motherboard . sys info below normal network for this is cable modem > Netgear Nighthawk X4S router - TRENDnet 8-Port Gigabit GREENnet Switch TEG-S80G > TP-Link AV1000 2-Port Gigabit Powerline Adapter, to bedroom > another TRENDNet Switch (same one) that feeds the Samsung 4K TV and Amazon Fire TV in that room. a separate line from the router goes to another TRENDNet switch in the computer room that feeds two UNRaid boxes (both have the same issue with 4k streaming) another FIreTV. 'Bypassed = Unraid Server > 50 ft cat6 cable to bedroom switch. Tested = Trying to play 4k files from the server with Kodi and direct play from the server, no go.. Netflix, Amazon UHD plays great and smooth (100mb/s cable line from Spectrum, Speedtest averages 101.5 mb/s which is going thru the Powerline adapters) or play streams from a 2tb USB WD Password plugged in the TV Directly, Flawless Yes I'm double and tripled checked Cat 6 cables everywhere, replaced them all twice. what other info needed??? SysInfo from the System Profiler System Overview Title Information System Overview unRAID system: unRAID server Pro, version 6.3.5 Model: Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. - F2A85XM-D3H Processor: AMD A6-6400K APU with Radeon™ HD Graphics @ 3.9 GHz HVM: Enabled IOMMU: Enabled Cache: L1 CACHE = 96 kB (max. capacity 96 kB) L2 CACHE = 1024 kB (max. capacity 1024 kB) Memory: 8 GB (max. installable capacity 8 GB) Node0_Bank0 = 4096 MB, 1333 MHz Node0_Bank0 = 4096 MB, 1333 MHz Network: eth0: 1000Mb/s, full duplex, mtu 9000 Kernel: Linux 4.9.30-unRAID x86_64 OpenSSL: 1.0.2k P + Q algorithm: + 14488 MB/s Uptime: 0 days, 2 hours, 36 minutes, 47 seconds Motherboard Title Information Base Board Information Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Product Name: F2A85XM-D3H Version: x.x Serial Number: To be filled by O.E.M. Asset Tag: To be filled by O.E.M. Features: Board is a hosting board Board is replaceable Location In Chassis: To be filled by O.E.M. Type: Motherboard Processor Title Information Processor Information Socket Designation: P0 Type: Central Family: A-Series Manufacturer: AuthenticAMD ID: 31 0F 61 00 FF FB 8B 17 Signature: Family 21, Model 19, Stepping 1 Flags: FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip) VME (Virtual mode extension) DE (Debugging extension) PSE (Page size extension) TSC (Time stamp counter) MSR (Model specific registers) PAE (Physical address extension) MCE (Machine check exception) CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported) APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported) SEP (Fast system call) MTRR (Memory type range registers) PGE (Page global enable) MCA (Machine check architecture) CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported) PAT (Page attribute table) PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension) CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported) MMX (MMX technology supported) FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported) SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions) SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2) HTT (Multi-threading) Version: AMD A6-6400K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics Voltage: 1.3 V External Clock: 100 MHz Max Speed: 3900 MHz Current Speed: 3900 MHz Status: Populated, Enabled Upgrade: Socket FM2 Serial Number: Not Specified Asset Tag: Not Specified Part Number: Not Specified Core Count: 2 Core Enabled: 2 Thread Count: 2 Characteristics: 64-bit capable Memory Summary Title Information Physical Memory Array Location: System Board Or Motherboard Use: System Memory Error Correction Type: None Maximum Capacity: 8 GB Number Of Devices: 4 Ethernet Title Information Port eth0 Information Supported ports: [ TP MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Supported pause frame use: No Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 1000Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: MII PHYAD: Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports Wake-on: pumbg Wake-on: g Current message level: 0x00000033 (51) drv probe ifdown ifup Link detected: yes MTU size: 9000 bytes

Samsung 4k TV, can stream Amazon and Netflix 4k UHD flawlessly, can stream 4k 60gb/s 4k MKV from an attached USB3 drive perfectly\ Bypassed my entire network with a cat6 direct from my server to the gigabit stitch (TP-Link) on the TV, same results. tried with two different cat 6 cables So yeah, I'm 4k ready.. back to the problem... NIC issue?

Just jumped into the world of 4k and having issues trying to stream from Unraid to my TV (via an Amazon FireTV with Kodi, or straight from the share), Constant stuttering an buffering, really unusable. From the System Profiller Port eth0 Information Supported ports: [ TP MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Supported pause frame use: No Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 1000Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: MII PHYAD: Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports Wake-on: pumbg Wake-on: g Current message level: 0x00000033 (51) drv probe ifdown ifup Link detected: yes MTU size: 9000 bytes Should I try an INTEL NIC? This is a Realtek .

well THIS may be a problem in the future.... http://www.anandtech.com/show/11037/seagate-to-shut-down-one-of-its-largest-hdd-assembly-plants

Unified PreClear script? Well it handls all the scripts, assuming they have been patched. Pity it can't do the patch, save a patched copy (temporarly) and use that. One other note, if you start it up, then decide to kill it (red X), on the Unassigned Devices Tab it shows it stopped, but it you try to start it again, the actually plug in page shows it still running and you can't start it again, have to reboot the server to clear it.

No worries, I know the feeling, was just so rattling that it just was such an drastic change, like I said I got it running now... but that was a serious suggestion, revise the OP with the CURRENT information and links and tips, lot to search thru and gets frustrating at times good work none the less.

was patched was the only one I had finally wiped all traces of Preclear off the drive, rebooted, reinstalled (for like the 10th time ) kicked it off with a block size of 512 and it appears to be working with the beta script at a good speed (130mb/s)

ok frustration level rising sorry... started with your script.. kicked off but still slow, was showing 2mb/s read on the log, oh forgot to raise it. Click the red "X" to stop... wait .. wair.. wait... won't stop so I can restart it after changing values. reboot server start again, changed it to 2mb read size, kick it off... showing 28mb/s read speevs (ve what I guess an effective read speed of 165mb/s. kill it to try Joe L. version... wait wait wait... reboot server see the note about 08.29 version, load it get Joe.L script, first time hangs on "starting" got the 'Drive Busy' message, ok guess it still needs patching kill it.. wait.. wait... wait.. reboot ok patch the script after finally finding the thread... kick it off with Joe L version, /boot/config/plugins/preclear.disk/preclear_disk.sh -M 4 -o 2 -c 3 -J /dev/sdb sfdisk: invalid option -- 'R' Usage: sfdisk [options] [[-N] ] sfdisk [options] Display or manipulate a disk partition table. Commands: -A, --activate [ ...] list or set bootable MBR partitions -d, --dump dump partition table (usable for later input) -J, --json dump partition table in JSON format -g, --show-geometry [ ...] list geometry of all or specified devices -l, --list [ ...] list partitions of each device -F, --list-free [ ...] list unpartitions free areas of each device -s, --show-size [ ...] list sizes of all or specified devices -T, --list-types print the recognized types (see -X) -V, --verify [ ...] test whether partitions seem correct --part-label [] print or change partition label --part-type [] print or change partition type --part-uuid [] print or change partition uuid --part-attrs [] print or change partition attributes device (usually disk) path partition number partition type, GUID for GPT, hex for MBR Options: -a, --append append partitions to existing partition table -b, --backup backup partition table sectors (see -O) --bytes print SIZE in bytes rather than in human readable format -f, --force disable all consistency checking --color[=] colorize output (auto, always or never) colors are enabled by default -N, --partno specify partition number -n, --no-act do everything except write to device --no-reread do not check whether the device is in use -O, --backup-file override default backup file name -o, --output output columns -q, --quiet suppress extra info messages -X, --label specify label type (dos, gpt, ...) -Y, --label-nested specify nested label type (dos, bsd) -L, --Linux deprecated, only for backward compatibility -u, --unit S deprecated, only sector unit is supported -h, --help display this help and exit -v, --version output version information and exit Available columns (for -o): gpt: Device Start End Sectors Size Type Type-UUID Attrs Name UUID dos: Device Start End Sectors Cylinders Size Type Id Attrs Boot End-C/H/S Start-C/H/S bsd: Slice Start End Sectors Cylinders Size Type Bsize Cpg Fsize sgi: Device Start End Sectors Cylinders Size Type Id Attrs sun: Device Start End Sectors Cylinders Size Type Id Flags For more details see sfdisk(. Sorry: Device /dev/sdb is busy.: 1 what am I doing wrong? I've precleared a dozen drives on this machine pre-6.2

h, I understand, was just just such a glarring hit in performance, the way it's running right now (your script, default settings) it would be 500 hours per pass Also it still won't stop on it's own, when trying to cancel it. Have to reboot the server to get it clear to start again. Yes this has been with your script, not Joe or bjp999, do those STILL require modification to work under 6.2? What do you recommend the read size be set at to get performance back? Might I suggest a new OP bringing things up to date? Gather together all the info on one spot since this has gone thru so much changes and such, spread over 50+ pages it's confusing and things get missed when people are trying to set things up.

well the good new is the find error has gone away, the bad new is it's still runing like cold molasses been running about 15 minutes, peek at the preclear report says... # unRAID Server Pre-Clear of disk /dev/sdb # Cycle 1 of 3, partition start on sector 64 # Step 1 of 5 - Pre-read in progress: (0% Done) # ** Time elapsed: 0:16:28 | Current speed: 158 MB/s | Average speed: 2 MB/s same conditions as before, I dtopped the last one at 14 hours and 4% done of the 1st pass .... got a problem here somewhere

find out shortly

ADDENDUM: Restarted it this after the above was posted as of right now - Pre-Read: 1% @ 152 MB/s (7:51:46) pulled up the status page and get... \ unRAID Server Pre-Clear of disk /dev/sdb Cycle 1 of 1, partition start on sector 64. Step 1 of 5 - Pre-read in progress: (1% Done) ** Time elapsed: 7:52:29 | Current speed: 159 MB/s | Average speed: 2 MB/s and a constant stream of - find: '/tmp/.preclear/' : No such file or directory putty in and there IS '/tmp/.preclear/' directory which has 'sdb' folder which has ls -l total 32 -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 97 Aug 27 18:41 dd_output -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 3984 Aug 27 18:41 display_out -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 6 Aug 27 10:44 pid -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 187 Aug 27 10:44 smart_cycle_1_start -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 187 Aug 27 10:44 smart_cycle_initial_start -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 205 Aug 27 10:44 smart_final -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 226 Aug 27 10:44 smart_final_540484710986852980 -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 414 Aug 27 10:44 smart_out seeing no (obvious) errors in the log that would be repeating every 30 seconds oe ao (ie. find: '/tmp/.preclear/' : No such file or directory) diagnostics attached... this is definitely not good pinewood-diagnostics-20160827-1845.zip