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I've not seen another option for a bunch of bays in Australia that is more cost effective at this time. The only other route is a case like an Antec900/1200 which you can throw a bunch of 5 in 3 drive cages into if you want to get to a high drive count. When I weighed it up at the time, the Norco was cheaper, with the added win of less cables (most of the cages need a SAS to SATA forward breakout cable.) In terms of motherboards, there are plenty of options. We get quite a few Supermicro boards locally: http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=supermicro+motherboard&spos=3 Most other mainstream boards are available.

You'll find a lot of Seasonic fans here, including myself. Just do some searching on PSU's on this board. The general feel is the PSU is one of the most important parts of a PC, especially one that is going to be on 24x7, so don't skimp on it. My 24-bay server is running on a Seasonic X660 Gold, and it hasn't missed a beat in 6 years now.

Post your diagnostics like johnnie asked, we can take a look at that and might get a hint as to what is happening, then be able to direct you from there. Though it sounds like that other guy that flashed to IT mode wasn't able to get it to work either...

Actually I no longer do that - I use dockers for everything (much simpler!). The guys over at linuxserver.io maintain a bunch of great dockers, and have one for every application that I use. They'll be available once you get unRAID up and running, via the community applications plugin:

IT mode is basically JBOD, which is required for unRAID. The 1015's have two ports on them, each one can drive one of the 4 port backplanes (so basically 8 disks per card). Some of the stuff in my signature is a bit old (I built in 2012) so be aware of that The US dollar and shipping was way better back then! You can get the M1015's pretty cheap on eBay, and they are super reliable. My two have been in there for 6 years now... I actually bought 3 way back when (one as a spare/future expansion) but the third card has never left its static bag! The other main points I'd offer are: 1. Don't skimp on the PSU. Get gold-rated or better, Seasonic or similar. Make sure it's a single rail 12V unit. 2. Consider server-class boards like the Supermicro ones with IPMI so you can run it headless. Not super necessary, but once again, their reliability is second to none.

Hi mate, Check out Techbuy for Norco cases. Probably save a bit of cash over the above and that's where most of us in Aussie got ours: https://www.techbuy.com.au/search.asp?srchQuery=norco&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&what=BeginSearch&srchSortBy=1&cbSrchDesc=TitleOnly I have the 24-bay one.. true future proofing as I've moved to 8tb disks haha

All good now, disk 4 rebuilt onto a new disk. Now to do the parity upgrade! Thanks again.

Cheers Johnnie, will kick that off.

Ok so I've finished a non-correcting parity check (with no errors) and ran full smart tests on both drives again. Results are attached. The WD reported errors in the web GUI this time around (but didn't last time?). I've got a 3tb precleared and ready to replace it, but just want to check if the pending sectors are likely to cause any issues for me while I do that, or whether any problems with the Seagate disk might possibly contribute to more potential failure while rebuilding the WD onto the new disk. What would be the safest way forward? (I only have one parity disk at this stage.) Thanks! BQ ST32000542AS_5XW1PQ16-20180120-2033.txt WDC_WD30EZRX-00D8PB0_WD-WMC4N2092430-20180120-2032.txt

Thanks Johnnie - could have sworn I hit long on both. I'll do a long test on both post parity check and update the thread with the results. Will definitely replace the WD regardless - great news that the data there should be fine right now, as I'll start moving that off. Also, thanks pwm for the extended detail, interesting reading!

So I have two problematic disks in my array currently. I am looking to replace them - the data that is present on the shares that are on those disks is not critical and not backed up, however at the same time if I can avoid losing it, that'd be great. I've attached smart reports for both. Extended smart reports on both disks passed with no errors after running for several hours. I'm currently preclearing a 3tb disk, and would like to address whichever disk is more concerning by replacing that first. I then have 3x 8tb disks. With those, I intend to replace my current 3tb parity with 2x 8Tb dual parity, and then use the 3rd as a data disk. I don't currently have a handle on whether these values have been changing as at some point, I screwed up my notification configuration and haven't really had time to keep an eye on the array. I've been watching them for the past two days and there seems to be no change. With the WD disk - it has a bunch of pending sectors. My understanding based on reading a bunch of posts here which hurt my brain (!), is if those have data in them and I replace the disk, that data could be rewritten incorrectly, and corrupt the files. Is that correct? If so, is there a better method of handling that data? I noticed quite a few posts suggesting running a non-correcting parity check, so I've kicked that off. I'll check the smart attributes again when that completes. Also, is this the disk to be the most concerned about, as it has both pending sectors and offline uncorrectable? With the Seagate disk, I can't seem to find clear info on whether I should be concerned with the uncorrected error count? I get the impression it's not nearly as important as the pending sectors on the WD though. So, based on all of the above, and the fact that I'll soon have a 3tb disk precleared and ready to drop in, what would be my best way forward? Will I get corruption if I rebuild that disk while the sectors are still pending? Is there any way out of that conundrum? I am guessing it will be best to postpone the parity replacement until such time as the issues with this disk are resolved (?), but there are 3 8tb disks kicking around should I need those. The array itself is already quite full, so moving data around would be challenging - one of the reasons why I'm (finally) moving it to 8tb disks. Any feedback greatly appreciated! Cheers BQ ST32000542AS_5XW1PQ16-20180119-1821.txt WDC_WD30EZRX-00D8PB0_WD-WMC4N2092430-20180119-1820.txt

Any word on a different theme? Spending very little time on the forums as a result of the bright whiteness

From memory, they have a normal shipping option, which takes ~5-6 business days, and a priority shipping which takes 2-3. Something like that.. it's quite quick. The hard disk I ordered from them wasn't packed in anything more than a couple of air pillows, so surprise surprise, it arrived faulty. The RMA'ed drive was properly packaged though, so YMMV. Amazon is quite close to opening here I believe. I still find bargains ordering from the US site though - as long as it's direct shipped from Amazon US, the shipping is typically $12-$15, and the price difference works out cheaper than buying here. They don't have a local RMA centre though, and when you advise them how much it will cost to ship a faulty item back, they just tell you to keep it haha.

Good to see another Aussie on board! By the way, we can now order from Newegg. The shipping prices are (relatively) reasonable on some items that are cheaper with the exchange rate, and I can say from personal experience that their RMA process is very simple, they even have a local warehouse for shipping faulty goods back to, and they ship replacements out very quickly.

Have also been doing this for years. Back in the day, I used to transfer .avi files via FTP over to XBMC (Kodi) on my modified Xbox! Nowadays, Plex just works. I use the linuxserver.io docker and it has been solid for some time now. Previously, I used Phaze's Plex Plugin, and prior to that, my own build of Plex in a Ubuntu VM when I was running unRAID on ESXi. The metadata library has survived migration through each iteration of Plex, which is quite impressive as it is getting very large these days. It does everything I need. Streaming/syncing for when I travel (a lot for work), accurate matching and metadata (can't remember the last time I had to 'fix' a match), it's quick, robust, and the clients are solid. I also have an Emby docker running on my unRAID box, but rarely use it. It's more there to take a look at every now and then when I want to see what the competition is up to. It has yet to convince me to think about moving to it, although its Live TV integration got close! For front ends, I have 3 - an Apple TV and a PS4 Pro in the media room (ATV's lack of DTS via the plex client means I'll use the PS3 for movies.. hopefully that changes), and a Roku in the bedroom. All solid choices and they share the same look and feel.

Thanks Jon! Something like this would be amazing (just for reference!): https://www.ipsfocus.com/themes/engraved/

Agree with this!

So 2 years down the track, and almost 5 (!) years total with this server, and it is still kicking along like a champion. Kudos to the components, that's for sure. A couple of drives have died (to be expected) and I'm now on 6.3.2, and have migrated away from plugins completely to dockers where appropriate (and using linuxserver.io dockers wherever possible.) Next step is to get to dual parity - I've got a couple of 6Tb disks coming for that, so that I can also increase array disk sizes beyond the current 4tb. Other than that, not a great deal to report. This thing has been more reliable than just about any other PC-based device I've owned in the last 25 years or so!

Ok, thanks for the quick response!

Hi guys, Apologies if this has already been asked. I did do an in-topic search with this new forum for 'develop' but didn't get any relevant hits. Is there any way of forcing the container to download the 'develop' builds instead of the stables? i.e. via a variable or similar? I'm doing that inside Sonarr itself, but when the docker restarts or updates, it's taking me back to the stable build (to be expected of course!.

Do use the Linuxserver.io Plex docker rather than the Limetech one though!

The transcoding process (like all media transcoding) is heavily CPU-bound. You'd likely get a more detailed response over on the Plex forum, however in the first instance, I'd try changing the transcoder profile to 'prefer higher speed encoding'. That being said, I have never seen my CPU exceed 60C during transcoding, and I leave it on automatic. I wonder if there isn't something wrong with your CPU cooler, or perhaps some new thermal paste is required! Assuming you didn't choose 'make my CPU hurt' of course!

I'd like to see them have support for something like Backblaze B2, as it has extra features like encryption and two factor auth. Cross fingers it will come - I will not use Amazon Drive in its current state and based on its current TOS.

Everything you need appears to be in the OP - the link to the rclone docs (which then provides a breakdown of how to configure each cloud service) and then the command to execute to write the config file.

That Thermaltake case... might have to contain my next build!