June 25, 201214 yr Hello, I'm just setting up my first server and my drives are currently pre-clearing which will takes another 36 hours I reckon so lots of time to plan stuff before the data array gets built. I'll be installing sabnzbd, sickbeard, couchpotato and plex media server. I also plan to use a cache drive of 1TB because with my internet at full speed I can download easily 800GB in 24 hours. My question is where should I install these apps too? In my experiments I used the following approach: install dir = /usr/local/apps/sabnzbd data dir = /mnt/cache/.apps/sabnzbd Is this the best approach here? I'll be installing from the W-W github repo.
June 25, 201214 yr Apparently using a cache only share for app data is advised... Especially for plex. Ex: /mnt/cache/appdata/plex where appdata is a cache only share.
June 25, 201214 yr Yup you want to set up a cache only share. Create a new share and under cache select "only". In my opinion, you want install and data dirs to be the same, that's how they would be on Windows. I use: install dir = /mnt/cache/stationary/sabnzbd data dir = /mnt/cache/stationary/sabnzbd etc Stationary share is set to Cache only. There is no longer a need for ".apps" (assuming you are running uNRAID 5.0 Betas/RC, I don't believe 4.7 has this feature).
June 25, 201214 yr Author Ok the cache only share thing was new to me so thanks guys! With regard to the permissions of folders that Sabnzbd wants there's an option to set 755 on completed download. Is this required? I rely heavily on categories for auto sorting. I let sick beard sort the tv and couchpotato sort the movies. Would my files paths look like this assuming /mnt/cache/appdata/xxxx is a cache only share. /mnt/cache/appdata/downloads/complete/movies /mnt/cache/appdata/downloads/complete/tv I'd point sickbeard and couchpotato at these dirs? As for the incomplete downloads folder would this live in the cache share too?
June 25, 201214 yr You will want the finished files on the array itself rather than on a cache only share. So If you had a share set up called TV (cache only not selected) you would want your completed files for that share to be... /mnt/user/TV
June 25, 201214 yr Author So the data would, correct me if I'm wrong, flow like this. Sickbeard sends nzb to sab Sab downloads and puts into cache only share /mnt/cache/cacheonlyshare/downloads/tv Sickbeard post processes and moves into final destination on array. eg: /mnt/user/Media/TV Is there any benefit to having many shares? Ie separate for photos, music, tv etc?
June 25, 201214 yr You will want the finished files on the array itself rather than on a cache only share. So If you had a share set up called TV (cache only not selected) you would want your completed files for that share to be... /mnt/user/TV I'll quibble with that a tad. He wants his sorted stuff on the array, the finished downloads (not renamed and sorted) would be ok on the cache drive like he said. That way you only have the final move taking parity calculation cpu time. I have my completed folder on my cache, sickbeard scans it and moves / sorts / renames to my final destination drive on the array. It works out just fine for me. I even leave my unsorted stuff on the cache, I figure it's a fresh download, the worst that will happen is I have to fetch it again. I only put good / tested / sorted data on my array if I can help it.
June 25, 201214 yr So the data would, correct me if I'm wrong, flow like this. Sickbeard sends nzb to sab Sab downloads and puts into cache only share /mnt/cache/cacheonlyshare/downloads/tv Sickbeard post processes and moves into final destination on array. eg: /mnt/user/Media/TV Is there any benefit to having many shares? Ie separate for photos, music, tv etc? That data flow is exactly what I use, it works great. Share setup is totally dependent on the client you use to view the media. Some players want everything on one share, some want different shares for different categories. I wouldn't get too hung up on it, just do what feels logical to you. Samba is pretty flexible, you can force shares to contain whatever you want after the fact if you need to by manually writing your own configuration instead of taking unraid's defaults.
June 25, 201214 yr Author You will want the finished files on the array itself rather than on a cache only share. So If you had a share set up called TV (cache only not selected) you would want your completed files for that share to be... /mnt/user/TV I'll quibble with that a tad. He wants his sorted stuff on the array, the finished downloads (not renamed and sorted) would be ok on the cache drive like he said. That way you only have the final move taking parity calculation cpu time. I have my completed folder on my cache, sickbeard scans it and moves / sorts / renames to my final destination drive on the array. It works out just fine for me. I even leave my unsorted stuff on the cache, I figure it's a fresh download, the worst that will happen is I have to fetch it again. I only put good / tested / sorted data on my array if I can help it. Awesome. That's what I hoped. Only sorted data makes it onto the array. Do you do anything regarding the permissions in sab? The 755 options it gives you...?
June 25, 201214 yr You will want the finished files on the array itself rather than on a cache only share. So If you had a share set up called TV (cache only not selected) you would want your completed files for that share to be... /mnt/user/TV I'll quibble with that a tad. He wants his sorted stuff on the array, the finished downloads (not renamed and sorted) would be ok on the cache drive like he said. That way you only have the final move taking parity calculation cpu time. I have my completed folder on my cache, sickbeard scans it and moves / sorts / renames to my final destination drive on the array. It works out just fine for me. I even leave my unsorted stuff on the cache, I figure it's a fresh download, the worst that will happen is I have to fetch it again. I only put good / tested / sorted data on my array if I can help it. Ah yes, I see what you are saying. Sab does some of my sorting so I was thinking more along the lines of my setup. Cache for final is better if it's all being sorted post download.
June 25, 201214 yr Do you do anything regarding the permissions in sab? The 755 options it gives you...? I'm still on 4.7, so permissions aren't nearly as intrusive. The defaults worked fine for me. On 5+ versions, the running permissions of the application and such are critical. Check with the plugin creator's thread to see if there are any issues with running default permissions. There have been some teething problems with the new tighter security model, so the plugin authors have had an ongoing battle to make sure everything works correctly with all the possible variations.
June 26, 201214 yr I personally set up a "Downloads" share so that anything that does not get properly sorted or that I want to just download, watch and delete doesn't get stuck unprotected and taking up room on my cache drive.
September 17, 201213 yr So the data would, correct me if I'm wrong, flow like this. Sickbeard sends nzb to sab Sab downloads and puts into cache only share /mnt/cache/cacheonlyshare/downloads/tv Sickbeard post processes and moves into final destination on array. eg: /mnt/user/Media/TV What paths and settings do you use to get this working??? For some reason, my SB processed downloads are stuck in my .incompletedownloads/ directory but CouchPotato and HeadPhones works fine. SAB Settings: Temporary Download Folder = /mnt/cache/.incompletedownloads Completed Download Folder = /mnt/cache/CompletedDownloads Post-Processing Scripts Folder = (empty) Categories: Category "tv" Path /mnt/cache/CompletedDownloads/Unprocessed/tv Indexer tag "tv" Sorting: Enable TV Sorting (unchecked) SB Settings: SABnzbd Category "tv" TV Download Dir = /mnt/cache/CompletedDownloads/Unprocessed/tv Scan and Process (checked) Metadata Type: XBMC I'd like post-processed files to go into another directory = /mnt/cache/CompletedDownloads/Processed/tv
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