snuffy1pro

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  1. Hello was there an update last night or this morining? I was watching till pretty late last night, 3am, then went to bed. This morning everything is gone. All libraries, everything. I tried to log in only to see the default set up page... I have had Emby running on my server for years with no issues, now everything is gone. Appdata shows nothing for libraries it seems like all the DB were deleted along with all settings... The docker setup is the only thing not missing, it is still correct. Is there a way to recover, and moreover what happened?
  2. The best thing about Unraid is its Accessibility for the masses via Secure Array storage, various Docker apps, or VM operation, Unraid enables users to make their server anything they need it to be. Not many systems can claim that and especially not at Limetechs price point... I have been running spinners for years, and use array drives as secondary for my VMs; OSes are unassigned SSD's. I'd like to start using SSD array storage, (ie speed) in 2020, this would render unassigned VM drive allocation moot and yield rather fast large "VM drives", great for running multiple 80GB+ games as well as better match my 10GB home network transfer read write speed negating the need for using the cache drive on a few of my shares.
  3. Hello all, I Used the Noctua fans without the cages, I also did not splice the fans but ran them to the main board for speed control.
  4. Hello, glad to hear you got started!! Link looks good same as I bought.. I just used slightly larger screws and “tapped” the HD enclosure fan mount holes for a tight fit.. Ask away I’ll answer as fast as I can... To Gary’s point the PC-80b was the case I was originally looking for... Just be patient and take your time, plan it out before fully zipping everything down. Cheers!!!
  5. Hello, the system is fine, just ensure you keep it dusted, normal maintenance. Running smooth no issues. Thanks good luck with your build.
  6. Thanks, she has been great about the whole thing, but after 12 years she kind of understands I just do... I tell people I ask for forgiveness not really permission... That being said when she came back from Japan in Aug. and saw a new Sony Projector hanging from the ceiling, all I got was a long hooneeey, to which I replied sorry but it was on sale!! Suffice to say its still hanging from the ceiling.. YMMV, CHEERS!
  7. Everything has been trucking along quite well with the server. Nothing really new to report. About 56% utilization of the storage space. I have been playing with WD Gold 10TB Drives on my gaming rig, not as slow as I thought they would be so I will go that route when I reach about 80%. XFS should have been done along time ago on my part. LVNW.
  8. The on board sata ports are not all the same speed, also, off loading the processing needed to move data is better served from the controllers on board processor.
  9. I honestly think it depends on what one is trying to achieve with their build. VM gaming go gaming board, 24/7 server, buy server class hardware. Not the best answer but it is my philosophy.
  10. So there were some issues bringing back up the VM's So I had to rebuild them. Two Windows 10, one runs as a Remote DVR, an Ubuntu instance, Fedora, ReactOS, and an old Windows 7 for testing. The other Win10 Runs my den HTPC, that was the painful one as it runs Kodi and Advanced Emulator Launcher so I had to reinstall and setup all of my games again, 65, plus hundreds of legacy emulated console Roms. I did have a backup of Kodi though so that was a small win. I actually finished last night since my prior post a while ago... On the server side it runs much better with XFS, No longer do I have the ReiserFS, WebUI hangs. In case you are wondering all of VMs and dockers have Pinned Cpu allocations. And I also pass through my front Usb bus and use Msi mode on, so I have no vm sound latency issues. The build so far has paid for itself in WAF, storage, and general nerd fun for myself.
  11. I too have an old 4220 v1 and will fit without issues. You can fit a house in the 4220.
  12. The copy finished this morning. I find the system much faster when browsing the shares. I also added the unassigned drive back, it was used as the swap drive. Tonight after work ill copy back over the VM image and XML then fire up the plugins and dockers. Since my box chews through parity checks I set it to run this morning. Why not... The mirror drive copy process retains parity but thats a lot of data transfered, and although im on a UPS, we did have a brown out. Might as well run the check. Cheers!!
  13. On the "main" tab with the Array started you will see the "FS" header. FS means file system. That will give you your file system info. ReiserFS, XFS, BTRFS. The last drive is 45% done roughly. Once completed Ill add it back as an unassigned drive, then copy back my VM image and fire back up my VMs again.
  14. UPDATE - ReiserFS to XFS conversion started last week, 14 Drives total, 22.9TB total array storage used. (Not too large) I have been showing the SHFS maxed out to 100% CPU usage when SSHed in and looking at TOP the last few weeks. Only way to access is a hard shutdown. Many forum posts suggest converting reiserFS drives to XFS as a possible fix. I think doing that along with changing my auto updates, plugins and Apps, to manual may alleviate the issue. Thanks for the archived fixes, I hope they work for me as I have a very dynamic media server which is always busy doing something. So far rsync has been working great and my speed is phenomenal. 6 drives completed as of now. 8 more to go. Prior to starting, I shutdown all client services that tap/hit the server and also informed the "Boss" she needs to hold off uploading her DSLR Raw pics to her picture share for the time being. All plugins, and dockers have been shutdown and also all VM's; which is making me a bit stir crazy but I did not want to risk anything writing to a drive while the copy is taking place. For those thinking about doing it, I am using the "mirror" method outlined here in the wiki. https://wiki.lime-technology.com/File_System_Conversion#Mirroring_procedure_to_convert_drives Yes, it is a bit convoluted and not so clear, (some missing steps need more detailed explaining, they generally inferred.) just make a spread sheet like I did and match/follow the disk name ie (sdi, sdl, sdo, may vary.) instead of disk numbers as they actually use the same and or change when swapping. Follow a spread sheet and you'll be fine Also, make sure you have "screen" installed and know how to use it. ~Cheat sheet below~ From bash command cd /boot screen -list screen -r (pid#)-0.(servername) ctrl+a d export TERM=linux (maybe needed if you cannot connect back to screen session .) Other than the 100% load from shfs the server has been a great tool. When this conversion is complete I'll update again. Cheers!!
  15. Yes, I went to my local BIG BOX home improvement store and bought longer screws. The screws were also a bit larger in Dia. So I slowly screwed them in tapping larger holes in the process. Much better fit IMHO, and of course quiet. Sorry no way to show pics to tight an angle and all the cables. Again, sorry. cheers, good luck.
  16. The board has more holes than the case did. All of the EE-ATX holes lined up fine but two were missing so I punched them in. BTW Sorry I missed this post, it been a while. I had to change emails and must have missed this.
  17. Very good point!! Nowadays things really do just work out for the most part. Cheers! But still, yeah, better safe than pulling your hair out. Cheers!
  18. I'd suggest looking at the M/B recommended or supported Ram and buy that regardless of if you can find a "deal" or not on the recommended units. Always go with the recommended parts. (Less of a headache later) Cheers,
  19. Hello, yeah most people dont raid unraid lol. Yes that is correct. I am using the two high speed Sata 3 ports on the board. All other ports are sata 2. Sata 3.0 = 6GBs Sata 2.0 = 3GBs Using all M/B sata ports would have caused speed issues with transfers and parity checks as some would be sata 2 others sata 3. This way all speeds are the same (more or less) and there is no PCI Bus overhead from Cache to array drives. (based on this board specs) YMMV depending on hardware. If you have not yet, post your build so we can all take a look...
  20. Hello thanks for your comments. 1.) I wanted to use fast reliable JBOD controllers as I knew I would be using a lot of disks. Most users dont really set hardware raid on the controllers then add unraid to a hardware raid configuration. I can think of two really good reasons I did not do this. It adds an additional point or points depending on setup, for failure. Depending on the hardware raid setup if a drive fails you will lose data. Also if the hardware fails unraid cannot see the drive to bebuild them and you will/may lose data. Unraid, in the lowest form, was designed to ensure data integrity in the case of drive/hardware failure. T The other reason is Unraids hardware agnostic nature. I can swap out stuff and it does not matter as long as the drives settings are unchanged. Shogun was a pull from older hardware and dropped in the new case with a few other addons. Fired up the system and all my old data from 10 years ago is there. Running a hardware raid config one cannot do this, you will lose whatever is on those drive if you swap out raid cards or switch mother boards set up with raid configs,(unless it's with the exact same M/B. (Some raid cards retain settings but those types are enterprise class and very costly. Even so they only retain info for a short time as they use battery backups on the cards. 2.) There are not enough ports for the amount of disks I wanted and using the cards gives me "clean speed" on a "single" controller, the cards. Using M/B sata one may find multiple controller types and speed differences between sata ports. This can make things slow and or bottle neck parity checks. Right now I run a parity check in 12-14 hours with average speed 106MBps on a 6TB parity disk. The data amount in total is 18TB on the 51TB array. Prior to this my old system using M/B sata would take 3-4 days to check like amounts of data. I hope this helps and or makes sense. Good luck with your build Cheers, LVNW
  21. Yes Gary, Shogun was very clear in that it needed my undivided attention and that it enjoyed my company... It also let me know that if I removed it from the "cave" it would KP irrecoverably. So it will remain in my sight. Cheers
  22. I can understand the attraction of the "playing" values with this setup -- both gaming and "messing around" with various hardware testing. ... but I have to wonder if this was just an "I changed my mind" move -- or perhaps a bit of influence from your "other half", who might not have been quite as enamored by the windowed case and the Japanese Katana - Oni Shogun Mask staring at her I do recall you had commented on her willingness to have this in the living room ... On the other hand, since the mask was a gift from her mother, perhaps she really was okay with it :) Good point Gary... Hmmm, she did seem all too "fine with" me deciding to move it upstairs LOL. On a side note, my 3y.o. son was not too pleased with the mask watching his every move...