SERIOUSLY! PLEX, hosted on unRAID...is driving me #%&* NUTZ!!

[CHBMB]

R'uh R'oh; my peeps, aren't going to abandon me in the home s t r e t c h now....are they?

Give em a chance...

 

I haven't really been keeping up to date with this but I suspect they want to see this thread resolved as much as you.

[CDLehner]

R'uh R'oh; my peeps, aren't going to abandon me in the home s t r e t c h now....are they?

Give em a chance...

 

I haven't really been keeping up to date with this but I suspect they want to see this thread resolved as much as you.

 

K 

[trurl]

What is the current question?

[CDLehner]

What is the current question?

 

How do I go about...setting up this SSD, for Cache?

 

You know...do I need to pre-clear, etc?

 

Right now...I have it hooked up, and in my Unidentified Drives.

 

Thx

[CHBMB]

I wouldn't preclear a SSD and especially if it's going to be a cache drive.

 

To assign it just stop the array and assign it....  Assuming you're not setting up a pool of drives for your cache.

 

Then I guess you'll need to copy anything you have on your existing cache drive over.

 

For that I would use midnight commander via ssh. (Type mc)

[CDLehner]

I wouldn't preclear a SSD and especially if it's going to be a cache drive.

 

To assign it just stop the array and assign it....  Assuming you're not setting up a pool of drives for your cache.

 

Then I guess you'll need to copy anything you have on your existing cache drive over.

 

For that I would use midnight commander via ssh. (Type mc)

 

New to cache. So...just do it!

 

Unmountable?

[trurl]

Does Array Operations offer to format it?

[CDLehner]

Does Array Operations offer to format it?

 

OK; yes. Thanks.

 

Doing that now.

 

OK; all good, as far as Cache goes?

[CDLehner]

OK...so; now to do a FRESH install, of PLEX.

 

I think I have this; but I want to confirm steps, if that's OK. I mean...the last thing I want to do, after all this; is screw something silly up.

 

So...Step 1:

 

- Enable my Docker

- With a 240G Cache drive; suggest an image size?

- And create the image, on the Cache disk (and is that path just /mnt/cache/?)

 

YES?

[CHBMB]

- Enable my Docker

- With a 240G Cache drive; suggest an image size?

 

This is dependent on your cache drive size, more the amount of containers you want.  My docker.img is 30GB.  I have a lot of containers. (25 at last count)

 

- And create the image, on the Cache disk (and is that path just /mnt/cache/?)

 

/mnt/cache/docker.img will be fine.

[CHBMB]

One other thought, why did you choose btrfs instead of xfs as a format for your cache drive?

 

i may be wrong but I think there have been issues with btrfs here and there.  If you're running a cache pool then it needs to be btrfs, but for a single device XFS would be fine.

[CDLehner]

- Enable my Docker

- With a 240G Cache drive; suggest an image size?

 

This is dependent on your cache drive size, more the amount of containers you want.  My docker.img is 30GB.  I have a lot of containers. (25 at last count)

 

- And create the image, on the Cache disk (and is that path just /mnt/cache/?)

 

/mnt/cache/docker.img will be fine.

 

I'm not anticipating, a lot of containers; but is there any down-side really...in going "too big" (like 30G)?

[CDLehner]

One other thought, why did you choose btrfs instead of xfs as a format for your cache drive?

 

i may be wrong but I think there have been issues with btrfs here and there.  If you're running a cache pool then it needs to be btrfs, but for a single device XFS would be fine.

 

I didn't even see an option, honestly. Should I re-format...before moving forward?

[CHBMB]

One other thought, why did you choose btrfs instead of xfs as a format for your cache drive?

 

i may be wrong but I think there have been issues with btrfs here and there.  If you're running a cache pool then it needs to be btrfs, but for a single device XFS would be fine.

 

I didn't even see an option, honestly. Should I re-format...before moving forward?

 

Your screenshot here shows btrfs, so which one is it?!

[CDLehner]

One other thought, why did you choose btrfs instead of xfs as a format for your cache drive?

 

i may be wrong but I think there have been issues with btrfs here and there.  If you're running a cache pool then it needs to be btrfs, but for a single device XFS would be fine.

 

I didn't even see an option, honestly. Should I re-format...before moving forward?

 

Your screenshot here shows btrfs, so which one is it?!

 

I re-formatted.

[CHBMB]

I re-formatted.

 

Why ask the question after the fact then?!

 

Anyways, there's no problem having "too big" a docker.img other than it uses more space.

[CDLehner]

OK...I have my Docker. Set-up, a Container...before PLEX?

 

Considerations? Thx

[CHBMB]

You got Community Applications installed?

 

And what version of unRAID you running?

[CDLehner]

You got Community Applications installed?

 

And what version of unRAID you running?

 

[trurl]

Update unRAID before doing anything else. Always try to stay current unless you know you have some good reason not to.

[CHBMB]

Update unRAID before doing anything else. Always try to stay current unless you know you have some good reason not to.

 

Took the words right out of my mouth..

[CDLehner]

OK. Go ahead and get the next steps ready...lol

[CHBMB]

OK. Go ahead and get the next steps ready...lol

 

I'm afraid I'm off to bed, so perhaps someone else can take the baton...

[trurl]

After updating to the latest stable release of unRAID, you use Community Applications to choose the Plex docker you want. I recommend the one from linuxserver.io

[CDLehner]

After updating to the latest stable release of unRAID, you use Community Applications to choose the Plex docker you want. I recommend the one from linuxserver.io

 

Do I need to set-up a Container first?