Help with first time ZFS Unraid setup

[Sally-san]

Hi, so this is my first ever unraid setup and I spent a few months researching, deciding on my NAS os, how many HDDs I should get, watching tutorials etc etc.

 

I am currently running:
Unraid: 6.10.1 (trial licence)

ZFS plugin: 2.1.2

CPU: i5 4690k (to be upgraded)
Ram: 16gigs DDR3 (to be upgraded)

Raidz pool: 3 * 16tb Seagate exos

Cache drive: 1tb Sabrent pci-e3

Unraid array: 32gb USB3 flash drive

 

So followed the "Spaceinvader One" tutorial on creating the boot flash having the correct bios settings getting some started plugins then i followed ZFS tutorial (on the unraid forums) from creating pools to setting compression then setting up directories and docker settings. (I didnt want to bother with snapshots/backups until i had a working NAS). Then i added my flash drive to the array and the SSD to the cache pool, chose the filesystem and hit start array. I formatted the array and cache.

 

Issue 1:
The unraid default shares weren't automatically created and from the "Spaceinvader One" videos i watched it should.

Edit: I realised the default shares werent generate because i changed docker and vm folder directories

Troubleshooting:
- Checking drives are formatted
- Checking my global shares "user shares" are enabled
- Starting from scratch without ZFS. Going to tools -> New config. Removing all drives from zpools, arrays, cache pool and just having 1 HDD in the array. Start array. Format HDD. Still no default shares.

 

Issue 2:
Minor issue, when I'm install the Plex plugin where do I point "Host path 2" and "Host path 3". I watched a tutorial on it. But where would i point them with the context me trying to use ZFS.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've attached syslog where I attempted to start from scratch with ZFS. as well as screenshots of various things i think might be important

Installed Plugins:

syslog.txt

Edited May 26, 2022 by Sally-san

[gyto6]

Hi @Sally-san,

 

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Issue 1:
The unraid default shares weren't automatically created and from the "Spaceinvader One" videos i watched it should.

 

Didn't watch the SpaceInvader video. But what I can recommand you meanwhile is going to the Settings->SMB Settings and edit the smb configuration with something like that :

 

[*Share1*]
	path = /mnt/*YourPool*/*Share1*/
	browseable = yes
	guest ok = no
	writeable = yes
	read only = no
	create mask = 0775
	directory mask = 0775
        write list = *YourUser*
        valid users = *YourUser*	
	

 

For each share, copy past the template on a new line and edit *YourPool*, *Share1* and *YourUser*. Remove the * symbol which only used here for a better visibility.

 

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Issue 2:
Minor issue, when I'm install the Plex plugin where do I point "Host path 2" and "Host path 3". I watched a tutorial on it. But where would i point them with the context me trying to use ZFS.

 

Depends of your config, I'll take my configuration as an example. *YourPool* have a dataset that should be set with "-o recordsize=1M", "-o compression=none" and "-o primarycache=metadata" *Plex* with several subfolders (as recommends Plex) TV Shows, Movies and Transcode.

 

The Transcode should also be a dataset but set with "-o recordsize=128k". Don't know the exact value for the Transcode folder, but I can't recommand the 1M recordsize for every config. It's better for it to be located onto an SSD and you should then create the dataset on your SSD and create a symlink in the Plex folder.

So: 

*YourPool* -> Plex -> Movies
                   -> TV Shows
                   -> Transcode

 

Host 2 is relative to your Transcode Folder, so you must set the path of your transcode folder. In my case :

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/mnt/*YourPool*/Plex/Transcode

Host 3 is relative to your library folder, so you must set the path of your library folder. In my case :

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/mnt/*YourPool*/Plex

Edited May 26, 2022 by gyto6

[napootuning]

hey I'm really a noob and decided to take a stab at this... but I'm too noob and old to understand most of the lingo. is anyone willing to help me out via Remote Desktop? I'm trying to setup ZFS raid .   I don't mind paying a fair  fee.  you can reach me at  [email protected]