I have a synology nas that is full and I built my unraid to take over. I can mount the synology folders but this causes problems shutting down and doesn't always remount on boot up.

 

Is there a simple way to network map a drive and still shutdown normally and have it auto mount on boot?

 

Thanks for any help

Mount them in /tmp.  Works for me.  No problems shutting down.  You might want to make a script to check for network connectivity and then mount them.

I re-installed plex yesterday and put all of its files in a folder called APPS/Plex on the cache drive.

I created a folder on the cache drive called SYNOLOGY (where my old content is) and in this folder is TV Shows and Blu Rays.

 

I then mount these two folders to other NAS.

 

 

My thoughts are the cache drive is not part of the array so there should be no problem shutting down without unmounting. Having had a chance to shut down yesterday to test it. Will do today. Weird part is I put the mounting command lines in the GO file (in flash directory) and the drives dont mount on boot up. But I command line the exact command line after boot up and array started and all works. Did I put it in the wrong place and does the array have to be started first before mounting even though mounting is on cache?

 

Thanks

The cache drive is only available if the array is started.  Mounting an external drive against the cache drive may well stop the array from shutting down - I am not sure.

If this is true where should I place the SYNOLOGY folder, I dont think I want it on the usb drive, not sure if files coming from nas go straight to unraid or if read/writes for those are done on usb drive. The folder itself should not take up space as it doesnt have any content. it is mapped.

 

Just lost on the proper way to do this

 

 

thanks

The question is whether these mount points need to be visible via network shares (or just locally within the unRAID server)?

 

I do not require mounts visible via network shares from unRAID, so I create some mount points under /mnt in my 'go' file and then the necessary mount commands to use them.  I then also have a 'stop' file (in same location as 'go' file) to tidily umount them at system shutdown/reboot.

 

It is also possible to create scripts that are called on events such as array starting/stopping, but that is a more advanced topic.

See this for example