August 26, 20223 yr hey all im super super new to unraid and i dont even know exactly why i made an unraid box, it was more of a case of "i think i can do this and it looks fun" than a necessity i do have a lot of tv shows and movies that i want to figure out what cool stuff i can do with unraid but thats pretty much it - having fun learning what it can do i literally just got it running now parity stuff took about 4 hours my setup and prices... keep in mind these are australian dollar prices and $1au=$0.70us antec case with 12 drive bays (antec 1200 i think) second hand - $20 motherboard asus a520 m-k in computer shop bargain bin - $30 16gb DDR4 ECC second hand - $50 old silverstone PSU - free ryzen 3600 left over from main pc upgrade - free 12X OLD 2TB drives i have collected over the years - free 1TB crucial mx500 for cache and stuff recently on special for - $106 4 port asm1064 pcie sata card - $28 5 port m.2>sata jmb585 card - $24 6in1 sata cables X2 $38 for both about $300au dollars or $200us dollars for 22TB (1 parity) i know ZERO about unraid, any tips for cool stuff i can do with my tv shows and movies (sorting them / sharing them throughout the house / whatever) would be helpful... where should i start looking at what to do? Edited August 26, 20223 yr by f0d
August 28, 20223 yr On 8/26/2022 at 9:50 PM, f0d said: old silverstone PSU - free 12X OLD 2TB drives i have collected over the years - free Welcome! In general I don't have anything against older/outdated hardware that is still fully capable of performing new tasks. Except those two categories referenced above. 1. An old, lower quality PSU is a ticking time bomb. It might decide to go with a boom (flash) - bad news to everything electrically connected to it. 2. Every HDD is a potential failure point. You got a very vulnerable system with not much of useful space, considering the risk of a drive(s) failure. Edited August 28, 20223 yr by Lolight
August 28, 20223 yr Author I should have mentioned that this isn't my only copy of the files, I also have copies on my htpc and on external drives, I also mirror everything with my brother who lives nearby Also as I said it's just a fun project to play with not a necessity If I lose a drive it will be a learning process of how to rebuild the array how long it takes etc etc - fun! The Silverstone powersupply is still in fairly good condition, it's gold rated and I disassembled it and cleaned all the dust out of it - I think it's ok - I guess I could buy a brand new one eventually Thanks for the feedback
August 29, 20223 yr 18 hours ago, f0d said: Also as I said it's just a fun project to play with not a necessity If I lose a drive it will be a learning process of how to rebuild the array how long it takes etc etc - fun! OK, you're all good then. I'd be genuinely interested in the amount of time your current system setup lasts without experiencing hardware related setbacks. Please post if (when) you experience any hardware failures. Edited August 29, 20223 yr by Lolight
August 29, 20223 yr Setup Notifications to alert you immediately by email or other agent as soon as a problem is detected. If you want us to take a closer look at the way you have Unraid configured, attach diagnostics to your NEXT post in this thread.
August 29, 20223 yr Author 18 hours ago, trurl said: Setup Notifications to alert you immediately by email or other agent as soon as a problem is detected. If you want us to take a closer look at the way you have Unraid configured, attach diagnostics to your NEXT post in this thread. Will do That would be awesome Thank you edit: i answered that post with firstthinginthemorningbeforework brain and forgot to upload diagnostics diagnostics attached now marksunraid-diagnostics-20220830-1848.zip Edited August 30, 20223 yr by f0d upload diagnostics
August 30, 20223 yr You must have enabled Docker and VM Manager in Settings before installing cache, because the cache:prefer shares appdata, domains, system are on the array. Docker/VM performance will be impacted by slower array, and array disks can't spin down since these files are always open. Nothing can move open files so you will have to disable Docker and VM Manager in Settings before running mover to get these moved. Use CA Backup plugin to backup appdata to the array.
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