February 9, 201313 yr With the recent update, v0.9.7.12.407-db37d6d, my hard drives no longer spin down. I confirmed that my lib updates are set to daily, etc. When I check to see what files are open, thus preventing the hd's from spinning down, it's Plex. Anyone else having this issue? I did not have this issue with previous releases.
February 11, 201313 yr With the recent update, v0.9.7.12.407-db37d6d, my hard drives no longer spin down. I confirmed that my lib updates are set to daily, etc. When I check to see what files are open, thus preventing the hd's from spinning down, it's Plex. Anyone else having this issue? I did not have this issue with previous releases. I'm currently running with version: v0.9.7.12.407-db37d6d and currently my disks are showing as "spun down"
February 11, 201313 yr With the recent update, v0.9.7.12.407-db37d6d, my hard drives no longer spin down. I confirmed that my lib updates are set to daily, etc. When I check to see what files are open, thus preventing the hd's from spinning down, it's Plex. Anyone else having this issue? I did not have this issue with previous releases. I'm currently running with version: v0.9.7.12.407-db37d6d and currently my disks are showing as "spun down" Ok, thanks - that's good. So when I check for open files, it clearly shows it Plex and I have no clients running. Could there be a setting on the PMS that I missed that could prevent them from spinning down? I already changed the lib update to dailey. For most settings, I left everything at defaults, but perhaps something got changed. Thanks
February 12, 201313 yr With the recent update, v0.9.7.12.407-db37d6d, my hard drives no longer spin down. I confirmed that my lib updates are set to daily, etc. When I check to see what files are open, thus preventing the hd's from spinning down, it's Plex. Anyone else having this issue? I did not have this issue with previous releases. I'm currently running with version: v0.9.7.12.407-db37d6d and currently my disks are showing as "spun down" Ok, thanks - that's good. So when I check for open files, it clearly shows it Plex and I have no clients running. Could there be a setting on the PMS that I missed that could prevent them from spinning down? I already changed the lib update to dailey. For most settings, I left everything at defaults, but perhaps something got changed. Thanks Did you ever move your Plex library to your cache drive? If you did, that should be the only drive spun up.
February 12, 201313 yr yes I did, Lib dir: /mnt/cache/plugins/plex tmp dir is: /tmp next question? Can you post the results of "lsof /mnt/*"
February 12, 201313 yr Sure, here you go. This morning I found that only the parity drive was spun down., where as before this last update I would find all drives spun down. ******************************************************************************************************************************** root@Tower:/mnt# lsof /mnt/* COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME Plex 7201 unraid-plex 6w REG 8,97 197280644 469277 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Logs/Plex Media Server.log Plex 7201 unraid-plex 7u REG 8,97 32894976 469421 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db Plex 7201 unraid-plex 8u REG 8,97 32894976 469421 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db Plex 7201 unraid-plex 9u REG 8,97 32894976 469421 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db Plex 7201 unraid-plex 10u REG 8,97 32894976 469421 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db Plex 7201 unraid-plex 11u REG 8,97 32894976 469421 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db Plex 7201 unraid-plex 12u REG 8,97 32894976 469421 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db Plex 7201 unraid-plex 13u REG 8,97 32894976 469421 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db Plex 7201 unraid-plex 14u REG 8,97 32894976 469421 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db Plex 7201 unraid-plex 15u REG 8,97 32894976 469421 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db Plex 7201 unraid-plex 16u REG 8,97 32894976 469421 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db Plex 7388 unraid-plex 3u REG 8,97 0 548019 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Logs/Plex DLNA Server Neptune.log Plex 7388 unraid-plex 6w REG 8,97 197280644 469277 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Logs/Plex Media Server.log Plex 7388 unraid-plex 8w REG 8,97 171068 548021 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Logs/Plex DLNA Server.log Plex 7388 unraid-plex 9u REG 8,97 20480 548659 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.dlna.db smbd 7631 root cwd DIR 0,13 128 2190433320963 /mnt/user/movies smbd 7631 root 25r DIR 0,13 608 2190433320964 /mnt/user/Backup smbd 7631 root 30r DIR 0,13 128 2190433320963 /mnt/user/movies smbd 7631 root 32r DIR 0,13 96 2190433322934 /mnt/user/Kidmovies smbd 7631 root 33r DIR 0,13 160 2190433445031 /mnt/user/mac smbd 7631 root 34r DIR 0,13 128 8590076673 /mnt/user/pch1 smbd 7631 root 35r DIR 0,13 136 1219771055630 /mnt/user/pch2 smbd 7631 root 36r DIR 0,13 304 8590076674 /mnt/user/Win7 smbd 12892 root cwd DIR 0,13 128 2190433320963 /mnt/user/movies python 15253 unraid-plex cwd DIR 8,97 168 548638 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Data/com.plexapp.system python 15253 unraid-plex 3w REG 8,97 125315 476368 /mnt/cache/plugins/plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Logs/PMS Plugin Logs/com.plexapp.system.log find 32608 root cwd DIR 9,2 720 168354 /mnt/disk2/Backup/Temp/Music/Music Type/Holiday, Billie/Unknown Album root@Tower:/mnt# ********************************************************************************************************************************************** Thanks!
February 13, 201313 yr Plex looks like it should only be keeping your cache drive awake. Something is keeping a connection with those users shares alive and if those shares span all your disks that is why they are all not sleeping. What devices do you access your server from?
February 13, 201313 yr Ok, powered off every possible client in my house, yet I am unable to use the webgui to spin down all drives. Most will spin down, but they come back and with the same Plex entires in the "lsof /mnt/*" command. This must have something to do with the recent version upgrade. Is there a way to track down what is causing this?
February 13, 201313 yr What's keeping them spun up is this: smbd 7631 root cwd DIR 0,13 128 2190433320963 /mnt/user/movies smbd 7631 root 25r DIR 0,13 608 2190433320964 /mnt/user/Backup smbd 7631 root 30r DIR 0,13 128 2190433320963 /mnt/user/movies smbd 7631 root 32r DIR 0,13 96 2190433322934 /mnt/user/Kidmovies smbd 7631 root 33r DIR 0,13 160 2190433445031 /mnt/user/mac smbd 7631 root 34r DIR 0,13 128 8590076673 /mnt/user/pch1 smbd 7631 root 35r DIR 0,13 136 1219771055630 /mnt/user/pch2 smbd 7631 root 36r DIR 0,13 304 8590076674 /mnt/user/Win7 smbd 12892 root cwd DIR 0,13 128 2190433320963 /mnt/user/movies Something is using those user shares, thus keeping the disks those shares reside on spun up. I really don't think the issue is the most recent version of Plex because I'm running it and my drives are all spun down. Use fuser to determine what processes are using those shares. So for instance "fuser -mv /mnt/user/movies" will show you what processes are using the "movies" share. Then type "ps -ef | grep " and the proccess ID numbers (PID) of the processes that are using them. Ex: "ps -ef | grep 18833". The results will show you what processes are using those files.
February 13, 201313 yr well it looks like elan is thinking of stopping the unraid fork - We've seen numerous issues with unRAID systems over the years, crazy hanging stuff related to kernel bugs, network performance issues, etc., which tempt us to stop supporting the platform. not sure what he is talking about but find it weird
February 13, 201313 yr well it looks like elan is thinking of stopping the unraid fork - We've seen numerous issues with unRAID systems over the years, crazy hanging stuff related to kernel bugs, network performance issues, etc., which tempt us to stop supporting the platform. not sure what he is talking about but find it weird I just ordered a new processor so I could run Plex!
February 13, 201313 yr What's keeping them spun up is this: smbd 7631 root cwd DIR 0,13 128 2190433320963 /mnt/user/movies smbd 7631 root 25r DIR 0,13 608 2190433320964 /mnt/user/Backup smbd 7631 root 30r DIR 0,13 128 2190433320963 /mnt/user/movies smbd 7631 root 32r DIR 0,13 96 2190433322934 /mnt/user/Kidmovies smbd 7631 root 33r DIR 0,13 160 2190433445031 /mnt/user/mac smbd 7631 root 34r DIR 0,13 128 8590076673 /mnt/user/pch1 smbd 7631 root 35r DIR 0,13 136 1219771055630 /mnt/user/pch2 smbd 7631 root 36r DIR 0,13 304 8590076674 /mnt/user/Win7 smbd 12892 root cwd DIR 0,13 128 2190433320963 /mnt/user/movies Something is using those user shares, thus keeping the disks those shares reside on spun up. I really don't think the issue is the most recent version of Plex because I'm running it and my drives are all spun down. Use fuser to determine what processes are using those shares. So for instance "fuser -mv /mnt/user/movies" will show you what processes are using the "movies" share. Then type "ps -ef | grep " and the proccess ID numbers (PID) of the processes that are using them. Ex: "ps -ef | grep 18833". The results will show you what processes are using those files. Thanks! I will investigate further and determine if Plex related or not. If not, then I'll move this to another thread. Thanks again for all the help!
February 13, 201313 yr Can unraid Plex users please put a little note in following thread so Elan knows we wouldn't like to see the Plex unraid builds disappear : http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/60024-crap-new-interface/
February 13, 201313 yr Need some help with PMS on unRAID if anyone can. Have installed the latest tgz file in the boot/extra folder, rebooted and all up and running without a problem (using the standard settings). However upon reboot of unRAID PMS loses all settings and comes up with the user agreement page with no libraries or channels. Has anyone come across this?
February 13, 201313 yr Set 'library directory' and 'temp directory' to something else than your flash drive
February 14, 201313 yr What's keeping them spun up is this: smbd 7631 root cwd DIR 0,13 128 2190433320963 /mnt/user/movies smbd 7631 root 25r DIR 0,13 608 2190433320964 /mnt/user/Backup smbd 7631 root 30r DIR 0,13 128 2190433320963 /mnt/user/movies smbd 7631 root 32r DIR 0,13 96 2190433322934 /mnt/user/Kidmovies smbd 7631 root 33r DIR 0,13 160 2190433445031 /mnt/user/mac smbd 7631 root 34r DIR 0,13 128 8590076673 /mnt/user/pch1 smbd 7631 root 35r DIR 0,13 136 1219771055630 /mnt/user/pch2 smbd 7631 root 36r DIR 0,13 304 8590076674 /mnt/user/Win7 smbd 12892 root cwd DIR 0,13 128 2190433320963 /mnt/user/movies Something is using those user shares, thus keeping the disks those shares reside on spun up. I really don't think the issue is the most recent version of Plex because I'm running it and my drives are all spun down. Use fuser to determine what processes are using those shares. So for instance "fuser -mv /mnt/user/movies" will show you what processes are using the "movies" share. Then type "ps -ef | grep " and the proccess ID numbers (PID) of the processes that are using them. Ex: "ps -ef | grep 18833". The results will show you what processes are using those files. Ok, I need a little more help, in over my head here. Given I still think it is Plex, I'll post here. If we can confirm it's not Plex, I'll move to a more appropiate thread. Just to keep things simple, I first hit the "Spin Down" button on my unraid server webgui. Using Putty, I issued the following command; fuser -mv /mnt/user/movies The results were; root@Tower:~# fuser -mv /mnt/user/movies USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /mnt/user/movies: root 4102 ..c.. smbd root 24812 ..c.. smbd root 24815 ..c.. smbd I then issued the command; ps -ef | grep 4102 Results were; root 4102 7014 0 Feb13 ? 00:00:35 /usr/sbin/smbd -D root 18916 17951 0 13:00 pts/0 00:00:00 grep 4102 I tried another PID and got; root@Tower:~# ps -ef | grep 24815 root 19220 17951 0 13:01 pts/0 00:00:00 grep 24815 root 24815 7014 0 Feb12 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/smbd -D None of this tells me anything, LOL It would seem I need to drill deaper, but how? Oh, and after a few mintues, all drives but the parity spin back up. Thanks!
February 14, 201313 yr smbd is the samba daemon. Something on your network is trying to access those shares. Plex doesn't use samba to build it's library since it's on the same server. Disable the Plex service and see if you still have the issue.
February 15, 201313 yr smbd is the samba daemon. Something on your network is trying to access those shares. Plex doesn't use samba to build it's library since it's on the same server. Disable the Plex service and see if you still have the issue. Ok, I disabled the PMS on the Settings page, and the drives still do not spin down, or stay down. Perhaps this has something to do with the new updated samba (new version in v5 rc11). While not Plex specific, do you know how to tell which clients(what) are making these connections? Thanks!
February 15, 201313 yr I'm not sure if it's related, but I've noticed that one drive reports as spun up and in unmenu it's spun down with RC11 (I upgraded from 4.7). Here's the thread I posted about it. Could it be the same issue? Are you also running unmenu to check both? I doubt that it's plex related because doesn't it run as root:unraid-plex isn't it? Also with my issue one drive should not spin up, both should because that's how it's set up as shares, and Plex is using the shares, not the individual discs. Plex has been running great after sorting out the permissions issue, but that was associated with my upgrade from 4.7 and my apps drive. Love the interface, very easy to use. Just a shame that WDTV doesn't have a native app.
February 15, 201313 yr Most likely not related to Plex, but still working on it. I do not use unmenu and do not want to. I do run Simple Features, which really needs to be updated after rc11, so that could be part of it.
February 15, 201313 yr I setup a path for Transcoding to a folder in the cache drive and it helps the playback considerably. There is still some hiccups here and there ... but much better. Plex web interface > Settings > Transcoder > Transcoder temporary directory
February 15, 201313 yr I setup a path for Transcoding to a folder in the cache drive and it helps the playback considerably. There is still some hiccups here and there ... but much better. Plex web interface > Settings > Transcoder > Transcoder temporary directory cool, I just set mine to /tmp What did you set yours to?
February 15, 201313 yr .... cool, I just set mine to /tmp What did you set yours to? Don't know how much space it needs for this but /tmp is in RAM
February 16, 201313 yr How are people dealing with the issue of mtime not being updated? I want to be able to delete the media on the unraid server and have plex recognize that the file is deleted and update as such. I have my shows mount at /mnt/user/TV Shows When I want to get rid of a show I just go in and delete the file from my Windows box through a Samba share. However, Plex does not update when that happens. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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