If this feature already exists somewhere and I'm just blind, please point me in the right direction!

 

I would like to see a new column added to the GUI to display a disk's location. As it stands now, the GUI shows: Device and Identification then onto the temps, reads, writes..

 

What I am proposing is to add a section between Device and Identification called Location. I like the idea of it showing the drive serial number but I am not willing to put a label on every single hot swap bay with each drives serial number or keep a list/excel file showing what location each serial number resides in. With the improvements the GUI has made in recent past, I figured this would have been included as it's a logical step in the direction unRAID is heading with making things not only look better, but easier to use. Now I understand that not everyone runs a large unRAID server or even multiple unRAID servers, but some of us do. This could be a user defined field within Disk Settings.

 

For myself, I have multiple JBOD chassis running off their own unRAID box. So let's assume I have three 12 bay 2U JBOD chassis which have 3 rows with 4 drives in each row. I could see this field being used as C2R3B1 equating to Chassis 2, Row 3, Bay 1.I think this would be extremely helpful to those of us running 24 bay chassis as well.

 

Additionally I would like to see the Identification split into Model number and Serial number or Model & Serial. Right now it lists both sets of numbers but they are strung together as one number which they most certainly are not one number. It's more of an annoyance. It's the equivalent of me:  typingeverythingasoneword. I can't believe I'm the only one who is annoyed by that

 

Unless your using some ancient monitor to view your GUI, we have a ton of unused real estate within the GUI on the left and right side. So adding what I propose would still not require any scrolling.

Install the Server Layout plugin and see if that gives you all you want?

I'll have to read more about that. Just a quick skim of the forums it looks like it is way more than I need. That's not a bad thing, I just meant that what I was proposing is what I would assume is a fairly minor change to the GUI. And I have to be honest, I use my servers are pure data storage so I don't run any VM's, no dockers, and I really don't want to start installing plug ins. unRAID runs perfect for me as vanilla.

 

Not to be a prick but 99% of the issues, I'm going to say "we", all have is when it's something a user has done. Be it a docker, a VM or a plug in. Rarely are they long threads about vanilla unRAID screwing up. I hate to mess with that if I don't have to.

 

I hope that makes sense

 

 

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