Edvard_Grieg

I do see a 'Disk 2' which I can browse...by definition does that mean I'm accessing the disk directly and it isn't being emulated?

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Thank you for the insight, is there a way to validate if the drive is being emulated and backed by parity?

Thank you- so how would I tell if the drive is being emulated vs parity being corrupt? Presuming it is emulated correctly and I can just replace the disk, would I be able to format the the new disk as XFS given the failing drive is RFS?

Hi- I have a drive in my array that appears to be dying...there were 2 write errors (although syslog showed nothing to recover). The drive was redballed and is no longer included in the array. I don't believe the parity is currently valid and given the state I am reticent to have it recalculate. I have run short and long SMART scans and there appears to be only a single sector that might be problematic, but otherwise the drive is accessible and so is the content. The SMART scans passed, but there were a few areas that were shown as warnings. I've purchased a replacement drive and it is in the process of running the preclear script. I know logically I should be able to format the new drive, and copy the contents of the failing drive to the new drive and then completely remove the failing drive from my system (and hopefully get it replaced under warranty). What are the steps I should be taking from a specifics perspective for adding/removing drives, copying files, re configuring the array etc. Thank you

Well that was far simpler than I expected- didn't realize there was a total calculation for number of slots. That allowed me to create 2 slots, added both drives, they were seen as btrfs and seemed to autodetect as expected! I just got my docker container and image updates based on gfjardim's template repository (is there another that is more centralized, or is the one?) Relatively painless, thank you for the help! Edit: One follow-up question, for docker, it loks like 6b12 uses a different mechanism with a separate vm for docker- is that right? Is that converted automatically or do I need to effectively wipe out my docker setup and start over with new containers etc?

Hi- I've been using unRaid for quite a while at this point, and usually can find answers via searching, right now though I'm stumped. I was on 6beta6 where I had configured two 120GB SSDs into a BTRFS Cache pool per the directions on http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=33806.0 which has generally worked fine. On 6b6 only one cache drive was shown in the GUI, but the size was listed as 240GB which appeared to reflect the pooled drives. I have the go script updated per the guide to mount the other drive into the pool on each boot. My Cache drive currently houses my AppData and Docker images. So I upgraded to 6b12 (just copied xen, bzimage, bzroot over) and right now when I go to the Cache Devices tab I only see 1 slot, and can only select either 'none' or '1' for the number of slots. The available devices lists both SSD drives, but neither appears to be recognized initially as BTRFS. From a command line the go script appears to still be working as I can access /mnt/btrfs/ and all data is still there. How do I migrate over these disks (without data loss ideally) to the new format? If there is a guide I missed please post a link. Thank you

Any ideas?

Hi, So I've been going through the process of upgrading my Unraid/sab/sick/plex/xbmc setup. I originally was utilizing an old celeron d home built setup with a couple gigs of ram and a couple drives for storage. Unraid was generally fine, but when it came to sick/sab/plex it started showing some strain. So that has prompted me to try and improve everything- I've made some improvements, but I could use some suggestions on how to get to my target state: Current State: DELL T7400 with 2xQC 3Ghz Xeon 32GB ECC RAM A few random SATA drives 1-3TB in eSATA enclosure A 7200RPM Cache Drive OEM 950W PSU Unraid runs off USB drive, as do Plex/SAB/Sick/Couch Miscellaneous hardware: HP SAS Expander High HD capacity empty case Note missing: SAS Cables, MB, SAS Card for T7400, PSU Acronova Nimbie I have a few thousand CD/DVDs to archive which I intend to do with the Nimbie Target state: T7400 listed above running ESXi, with connected SAS drives via HP SAS Expander in spare case, separate VMs for Unraid vs Plex vs SAB/Sick/Couch I've seen some of the ESXi guides, and I know for the HP SAS Expander all I need is a random MB to power the card (don't need cpu/ram/etc). However, I could use some recommendations for PSU for the case (note only needs to power mobo with SAS Expander and HD Drives, already have PSU for T7400), MoBo, and a SAS card to place in the T7400 to connect to the HP SAS Expander. I'm trying to keep everything as inexpensive as possible. The extra case will hold ~12 drives (planning on 3TB for all future drives) which should be plenty. Please let me know what suggestions/recommendations you may have. Note, as some may be aware, the primary reason for going this direction is to start leveraging ESXi (for things other than Unraid too), and it does support eSATA at all. Thanks!

Thank you for the reply. For my ATV something Luke that could work except I don't use iphoto or aperature. The bigger issue is remote access e.g. from iPad and Android. Ideally it would be a common app on all platforms which seems Luke that may just end up being a web browser...thoughts? Sent from HTC Rezound

Any ideas? About the best solution I've been able to come up with is to set up a web server and run something like Piwigo to create Photo Galleries. Has anyone come up with any better solutions?

Hi, I've been progressively building out my Unraid box (a Dell 755 with an attached MediaSonic 4-bay) my ultimate goal is to effectively setup my own 'cloud' for serving/streaming my media. I've got SAB/Sick/Couch running with Plex and they're doing a great job handling the Video side of things. I'm using Roku/ATV2/Samsung Blu Ray as clients for Plex and they seem to work well. I've got SlimServer running for music to various devices, but in the process of obtaining a disc 'robot' to re-rip all my music to FLAC and may look at using Subsonic instead. The above obviously address the Video/Audio portions of the Media trinity, but it does expose a gap I'm trying to figure out. Specifically, how do I handle pictures? I'd like to effectively get away from Picasa/Facebook etc and find a similar mechanism for storing and viewing photos. I've done the simple portion of creating a share etc and transferring my photos to unraid, and for a typical Windows/Mac client I can obviously use an NFS/SMB share. My major gap is how can I view them on other devices, e.g. iPad, Android, AppleTV, Roku? I'd prefer to find a single 'server' platform, but I'm definitely open to different device clients. I've dismissed Plex as it appears to be very slow for caching/loading photos, and I'm hesitant to go the XBMC route due to the substantial overlap with Plex (and the opportunity for confusion with the SO) In terms of keeping everything together, my intent was to setup crashplan, just to clarify- can Crashplan for Unraid work as a server and a client? Thanks in advance!