So I have been on a mission to optimize my Unraid setup. Final action that I need to complete is moving my docker containers to the cache drive(as recommended by "Fix Common Issues").

 

I found this thread which I think is the right course of action for me...with some modified steps below:

 

1. Stop all running Dockers
2. Settings -> Docker: disable Docker and click apply
3. From the shares tab, click on the appdata share. Set Primary storage to by Cache. Set Secondary Storage to Array. Mover action set to: Array --> Cache.
4. Check that there's enough free space on the array and invoke the mover by clicking "Move Now" on the Main page
5. When the mover finishes check that your cache has all the data.
6. Start dockers
7. From the shares tab, click on the appdata share. Set Primary storage to by Cache. Set Secondary Storage to None.
   1. Running backups of my appdata folder on a schedule
8. (Optional) - Enabled Exclusive shares under Settings->Global Share settings (thanks to @itimpi for this info)

Edited October 3, 20232 yr by pologoalie8908
Added info

There is (optionally) a step 8 where the appdata share is set to use Exclusive mode to improve performance..

3 minutes ago, itimpi said:

There is (optionally) a step 8 where the appdata share is set to use Exclusive mode to improve performance..

Cool thanks! I just wanted to throw this together so hopefully some poor soul in the same situation has a solution. With the wording change of the Share options no longer saying "prefer" i figured a step by step with updated language might help

56 minutes ago, itimpi said:

There is (optionally) a step 8 where the appdata share is set to use Exclusive mode to improve performance..

Would you have any insight on how to accomplish this and what the benefits would be? I see the exclusive option but i cant change it:

 

5 minutes ago, pologoalie8908 said:

Would you have any insight on how to accomplish this and what the benefits would be? I see the exclusive option but i cant change it:

You have to have enabled Exclusive shares under Settings->Global Share settings, and addition there must be no remaining files and/or folders relating to the share on anything other than the pool set as Primary Storage. 

15 minutes ago, itimpi said:

You have to have enabled Exclusive shares under Settings->Global Share settings, and addition there must be no remaining files and/or folders relating to the share on anything other than the pool set as Primary Storage. 

Thanks got that done, Ill update my original post with your helpful info...

So what are the benefits to doing this?

12 minutes ago, pologoalie8908 said:

So what are the benefits to doing this

Exclusive mode bypasses the Fuse layer in User Shares to give the same performance you can expect from using Disk shares, but with the advantage of still being able to use User Share features.

I have an NVME cache pool (no raid) and an SSD cache pool Raid 1.

I had read that PLEX would run better on the NVME, and then stick my other docker containers on the ssd cache pool.

Unraid/Linux is not my biggest strength. Should I create a 2nd Appdata share, use the above and just move the plex docker to the 2nd appdata share?

Thanks for the help in both the above and if I get a reply it is appreciated.

2 hours ago, LukeTheGiant said:

Should I create a 2nd Appdata share

Linux is case-sensitive, so Appdata and appdata are not the same.

 

If you want to do this, I suggest making another share for the plex appdata, but name the share something else, such as plexdata. Be sure to configure this plexdata share to use the storage you want (and also your existing appdata to use the storage it should use). Move any existing plex appdata to that plexdata share, and make sure you reference that share in your plex container configuration.

 

And be sure to backup both of these shares.