January 6, 201412 yr I've been doing a lot of reading lately about adding a cache drive, running plex, and getting the most out of ssd's used in this regard. While there is plenty of information available, I'm having a bit of trouble lining everything up in my head. I'd like to use a cache drive (Samsung 840 Pro 128) with mover script and also host Plex Media Server in an applications share (using method shown here: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=28868.0). Given that I literally just opened my ssd's box, I have a couple questions. [*]Do I format this drive prior to install, or does UNRAID take care of that bit as part of the add-to-array process? [*]How does the mover script know not to move over my Applications share when it kicks off at 3:40 every morning? I'm pretty new to this (just purchased my license around Christmas time). I've been running the freebie version for a couple years (2 + parity). And I'm looking to get my media pushed to a Roku 3 with minimal transcoding (single core CPU). I think Plex is the way to go, but the cache drive install has me hung up on the above. Any insight is apprecated.
January 6, 201412 yr [*]Do I format this drive prior to install, or does UNRAID take care of that bit as part of the add-to-array process? I can only answer this part... name the folder to store your application .Applications.... the period will make the folder hidden to the mover script.
January 6, 201412 yr Author [*]Do I format this drive prior to install, or does UNRAID take care of that bit as part of the add-to-array process? I can only answer this part... name the folder to store your application .Applications.... the period will make the folder hidden to the mover script. Thank you, this is very good to know. I appreciate your answer.
January 6, 201412 yr [*]Do I format this drive prior to install, or does UNRAID take care of that bit as part of the add-to-array process? [*]How does the mover script know not to move over my Applications share when it kicks off at 3:40 every morning? 1. UnRAID will format the drive when you add it. 2. What I did was create a new folder called "apps". Then you go to share settings and there is an option called "Use cache disk" which can be set to (yes. No. or Only). I set my apps folder to "only" meaning it will only be on the cache drive and the mover script will ignore the folder.
January 6, 201412 yr I don't like the '.dot' method. Dot files are hidden from the mover, but they also are 'hidden' to the normal PC finder/windows_explorer... I use archedraft's solution of a share that is set to 'cache' 'Only'. Picture is attached. This means that my 'applications' folder looks like any other share on my desktop...makes for easier management, IMHO.
January 7, 201412 yr Author Excellent responses, thank you very much. I think this answers everything; great!
January 10, 201412 yr Author I use archedraft's solution of a share that is set to 'cache' 'Only'. Picture is attached. I started the process of upgrading to 5.0.4, swapping my removable USB with my pro stick, and installing my ssd. Parity ran successfully and I finished formatting the ssd this morning via unraid. Everything seems good so far. I was curious though, what makes your screenshot so pretty? Is that an updated unmenu, the updated web gui I read about somewhere, or something similar? Sorry for the silly question, but it looks much more manageable than the stock gui I've got.
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