Hi all,

 

I have a brand new unRAID build and i finished initial setup, parity check is all completed, all drives passed checks, so i am good to go.  I have 4x4TB HDD's (1 for parity), 2x 480GB SSDs for cache.

 

1.  I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the best way to setup folders for Docker/Apps.  I want the docker apps running from the SSD, but i am unclear how to configure the folders for apps such as sabnzb, couchpotato and sonnar.  What i mean is, for sabNZB where should /config be pointing to, and where should /data be pointing to.  in the crashplan app, it also wants to know where /UNRAID is and /unassigned.  Is /UNRAID refering to /mnt/flash?  I guess I just need to know best practice for shares, dockers and vm's.  I looked at the docker setup guides, but it didnt really help me understand how to setup the folder structures.  My current share configs is below

 

APPLICATIONS - cache only - split level = Auto split any directory as required

GAMES - cache only - split level = Auto split any directory as required

ISOs - cache no - split level = Auto split any directory as required

MEDIA - cache no - split level = Auto split any directory as required

backup - cache no - split level = Auto split any directory as required

 

which brings me to my next question....

 

2.  I am currently transferring all of my media files to my media folder.  Structure is setup below:  Based on my setting above, I am noticing that unRAID is only using disk1 to store all of the content.  How do i get it to leverage all disks or is that even a good idea?  Do i need to change my split level settings?  All the pages i have read that spoke about split levels only talked about setting it to 1 or 2 or 3.  In unraid 6.1.9 it only give the options to I have set above, or to auto split from the top, top two, top three and so on levels as required.  I guess i dont get how that works exactly.

MEDIA

Movies

TV Shows

 

3.  I have a Blue ray drive so i can rip my existing blue-rays to my MEDIA share using MakeMKV docker.  How do i go about utilizing this drive?

 

 

Thanks so much and sorry if some of these questions are a bit noobish

 

1. Docker config folder should point to a cache path. I.e. Set up a cache-only share and point the config folder to /mnt/cache/[share name]

Note not to use /mnt/user/[share name] as some docker apps don't like that.

Path to other folders e.g. data and stuff can be anywhere. You just have to know where it is. For example, I set up an additional cache only share called temp and have multiple folders in there e.g. Handbrake Input, Handbrake Output, etc. And then I map the Handbrake docker folders to the appropriate /mnt/user/temp/[some thing]. Then when I need to Handbrake a file, I copy / move it into that share folder and I can see it in Handbrake.

For Crashplan, I map unRAID to /mnt/user so that Crashplan can access all my user shares (so I can backup anything on the array). Unassigned map is for the Unassigned Device plugin mnt point (/mnt/disks/[something])

 

2. Split folder has a dedicated section on the wiki. Just Google it. Basically your share is level 1, subfolder under share is level 2, subfolder of subfolder is level 3. Basically you set it to the lowest level that you want to be saved on multiple drives.

So if u have TV/[series]/[season] then:

Set to 1 means each serie will be on a single disk.

Set to 2 means each season will be on a single disk.

Set to 3 means episodes of the same serie and season will be on multiple disks (but each episode, being a single file, of course will on a single disk.

 

3. No optical drive on my server

1. Docker config folder should point to a cache path. I.e. Set up a cache-only share and point the config folder to /mnt/cache/[share name]

Note not to use /mnt/user/[share name] as some docker apps don't like that.

Path to other folders e.g. data and stuff can be anywhere. You just have to know where it is. For example, I set up an additional cache only share called temp and have multiple folders in there e.g. Handbrake Input, Handbrake Output, etc. And then I map the Handbrake docker folders to the appropriate /mnt/user/temp/[some thing]. Then when I need to Handbrake a file, I copy / move it into that share folder and I can see it in Handbrake.

For Crashplan, I map unRAID to /mnt/user so that Crashplan can access all my user shares (so I can backup anything on the array). Unassigned map is for the Unassigned Device plugin mnt point (/mnt/disks/[something])

 

2. Split folder has a dedicated section on the wiki. Just Google it. Basically your share is level 1, subfolder under share is level 2, subfolder of subfolder is level 3. Basically you set it to the lowest level that you want to be saved on multiple drives.

So if u have TV/[series]/[season] then:

Set to 1 means each serie will be on a single disk.

Set to 2 means each season will be on a single disk.

Set to 3 means episodes of the same serie and season will be on multiple disks (but each episode, being a single file, of course will on a single disk.

 

3. No optical drive on my server

 

Thank you for the quick response!

 

1.  Ok that makes a bit more sense.  I will give it a go.

 

2.  Ok i did a little reading, and i think i understand it a little better.  So do you suggest i maybe get rid of the media share, and have a Movie and TV Show share instead?  Set movie share to level 2 and TV Shows to level 3?  Or should i keep what i have and set it to Level 2? sorry if im just making the water even muddier lol

 

3.  I am using SNAP to rsync my media from my external disk drive.  I wonder if I can use that to mount the Blueray drive then bring it into Make MKV that way.  I will mess around with it.

 

You should not be using SNAP for anything. It has been deprecated for a very long time. See Unassigned Devices plugin.

 

Regarding getting unRAID to use other disks, read about Allocation method. Also, all these share settings are explained in the Help for the page. Just turn it on.

You should not be using SNAP for anything. It has been deprecated for a very long time. See Unassigned Devices plugin.

 

Regarding getting unRAID to use other disks, read about Allocation method. Also, all these share settings are explained in the Help for the page. Just turn it on.

 

Thank you for that info.  When i did a google search only SNAP came up.  uninstall SNAP and now using Unassigned Devices plugin.  The Help info for the docker directories is pretty vague.  I will have to do some more reading and experimenting.

I recommend to install Community Applications, see here.

 

CA allows easy installation of all available plugins and dockers, use its search function or category selection to find what you need.

 

I recommend to install Community Applications, see here.

 

CA allows easy installation of all available plugins and dockers, use its search function or category selection to find what you need.

 

Hi!  Ya i already have it setup and thats all im using for plugin and docker installs.  The configuration part (where to point /config /data and whatever else) was confusing me a bit, and how to structure this on the Array and cache pool.  I THINK i understand it now though

 

Only other thing now I need to figure out is the blueray drive.

A picture tells a thousand words. Here's all my docker mappings...

 

 

As for you Blu-Ray drive, I have mine running on a passed through SATA controler within a Win10 VM. I then just use MakeMKV in my VM, allows the drive to be used for other things too.