I'm new to Unraid and now seeing i'm not doing things correctly so any help would be appreciated, first issue started here i think i fixed that issue by changing the docker install settings but i could be wrong but i don't have the error anymore.

I want to make sure the cache for appdata and system are correct as well as docker so i don't have issues in the future

Attached are screen shots that i think are needed to figure things out with someones help if anything else is needed please let me know. ill even start over if i have too.

Like i said im new to this so please bear with me

You have your mover direction for the Appdata and System shares set to move data off the cache to the array (Cache -> Array), but then you also have Docker and all applications looking only at the cache directory for it's image file (/mnt/cache/system/docker.img) and appdata location (/mnt/cache/appdata/)

This means that while it may have worked at first, the mover would have started pulling data away from where the system was expecting it to be and things would start to break quickly.

So the solution here is to disable docker temporarily (so we can move things freely), change your mover direction for the appdata and systemshares to pull files from array to cache (Array -> Cache), force run the mover and let it run, then ideally you should set the appdata and system shares to use cache only, no secondary storage, no mover, so that those files stay where they need to stay.

you can use the appdata backup plugin to regularly back up the appdata folder to the array for safe keeping.

Simply set secondary storage to "None" and continue to use /mnt/user/appdatafor best setup (you can also use /mnt/cache/appdata but there is no need to.)

You 100% do not want to move appdata to the array. (which you have configured do to so, this needs fixed)

It is also recommended to enable exclusive shares for a performance boost:

1. click settings

2. click global share settings

3. set permit exclusive share: yes

Edited August 18, 2025Aug 18 by MowMdown

OK so i did this for changes and permit exclusive shares

Should i change the docker /mnt/cache/system/docker.img back to /mnt/user/system/docker.img

Edit: updated images

Edited August 21, 2025Aug 21 by sekrits