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  1. Guys, Just got my server put together over the weekend and started preclearing Saturday. I have 3x 8TB WD Reds. I'm running unRAID 6.3.4 with a i3-6100, supermicro x11ssm mobo & 8gb of ecc ram. The only things I have installed are the preclear plugin and unassigned devices. I decided to do 3 passes of preclear and started them all at the same time. Everything went fine (except a network issue with a cable) and the first preclear finished. The 2nd round started and Tuesday morning all three drives started the zeroing process. I checked Tuesday night and everything seemed to be working. I didn't receive any emails that it had progressed to the next stage. So I logged into the gui last night and the preclear time was still where it showed Tuesday. I didn't have a lot of time so I figured it might update at a later point. Got home earlier and it's still showing the same progress as before. I tried to pull up the log for preclear but nothing loads. I can download the log but the last entry just shows the zeroing starting Tuesday. I did an ssh connection with putty and typed in preclear. It shows the same stats as the gui. I downloaded the diagnostics but didn't see any errors but I'm not 100% sure what to look for. I will attach that zip. So my question is did preclear hang on me? Should I stop all 3 preclears and restart the server? If I do will my progress pick up where it left off or will I have to start over? Could this be an issue due to only having 8gb of ram but trying 3 preclears at once? tower-diagnostics-20170525-1747.zip Edit: I stopped the preclear and powered down the server. I started a preclear on all 3 drives again and it all went fine. All 3 passed with no problem.
  2. Thank you for the input. I wasn't quite sure on split level 0 and how it worked. This helps clear it up. I will just manually select the drive that share goes on. It's a small share and those files will never change. Do the other split levels look correct for what I am trying to accomplish?
  3. Hi everyone. I'm still in the process of getting all of my parts for my unRAID build. I've been reading as much as possible so I can make sure I have everything organized and ready to go. I think I have my split levels figured out but wanted to run it by everyone just to make sure. I will be running 2x 8tb drives for data to start and will probably add 2 more by year end. I will be using high water allocation. Just trying to think ahead and future proof to avoid disk spin up for my media server as I add more disks. Here is a overview of my current structure that I want my shares to mirror. HD MOVIES/Doctor Strange (2016)/DoctorStrange.mkv (A few movies have sub files or may be split into two parts) The share (HD MOVIES) can be split on all drives but the movie folder and contents to remain on 1 drive. Split Level: 1? TV SHOWS/The Walking Dead/Season 1/S01E01.mkv The share (TV SHOWS) can be split on all drives. The Series can also be on all drives but the individual seasons and files will only be on one drive. Split Level: 2? MUSIC/Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of The Moon (1973) [FLAC]/01 - Speak To Me.flac Single disc example MUSIC/Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979) [FLAC]/Disc 1/01 - In the Flesh?.flac MUSIC/Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979) [FLAC]/Disc 2/01 - Hey You.flac Multi disc example The share (MUSIC) can be split on all drives. The music folder and files will be on a single drive. Split Level: 1? PICS/Year Folder/Month Folder/Pic Files The share (PICS) can be split on all drives. The year folder and all sub folders & files will be on a single drive. Split Level:1? MUSICPRODUCTION/PROTOOLS/FILES The share (MUSICPRODUCTION) and all folders/files to remain on one drive. Split Level:0? ANIME/Akira (1988)/Akira.mkv Movie example ANIME/Hellsing/Season 1/S01E01.mkv Series example This is where I'm not sure on what to do. In my current setup I have both a mix of Series and Movies together. I want the share (ANIME) to be able to reside on all drives. I want the Movie folder and files to stay on one drive. I would like to be able to have the series folder on any drive and the seasons to be on one drive. I don't know if this is possible with mixed content like this though. I guess the easiest way would be to set it to split level 1 so the series would reside all on one drive. I don't have a lot of this content so I would have no problem with it fitting on a drive. Split Level:1? I'm a little OCD about how my content is stored. I wanted to make sure I was on the right path as I'm finishing up organizing all of my files for the initial transfer. I may just be overthinking all of this but I want to be as organized as possible before I start loading data onto the drives. Also a little off topic but I also have a question about putting data on the drives. I currently use teracopy on windows to copy files. I like that it has a built in checksum so I can verify the files after being copied. Anyone see anything wrong with just copying everything over from windows using teracopy?
  4. I did look into going with an Antec or similar case and throwing a bunch of hot swap bays into it at first. One of the reasons I have mainly decided against it is the upfront cost vs my current needs. Just about every hotswap drive cage I found was around $90-$100 and I just don't think I can justify the extra cost at the moment. I think by the time I get to the point that the Define R5 would be full that I will just move to 24 bay server chassis like bman suggested. The only reason I'm not starting there now is I need something I can keep in a room with a desktop style footprint. I can see this build I'm doing now either becoming a backup server or an offsite backup. I do plan on using locking cables if the board will except them. Making sure everything has a good connection is always one of the first things I check when I try and trouble shoot anything.
  5. First off, just wanted to thank everyone for their reply's. When I originally started researching builds I was looking at ZFS and unRAID. unRAID seemed to fit my current goals and my future plans better. Also everything I had read before diving into the forums here was just how helpful the community was. After spending some time lurking around here I was more than sold. This community is awesome and so helpful. So again, thank you to everyone for the feedback. Also on another note, my WiFi issues seem to be fixed. The cable company came out yesterday to replace a DVR and also replaced the router/modem (all in one combo) and I now have no issues with WiFi upstairs. Using a cheap TP-Link wireless adapter I was able to max out the internet connection. Not sure if this changes anything about how I might connect this server to the internet but thought I would pass it along. I thought about going with 16gb and still might. The RAM is not listed as tested on the supermicro website as tested memory but Kingston does list it as compatible on theirs. If I remember correctly I only found a couple of sticks that supermicro lists as tested. I couldn't seem to find a reliable source for any of the RAM that was listed. I think I might have come across one single 8GB stick for around $140. I will try and do some more research this weekend and see what I can find. As far as the WD Red 8TB, I have considered those. Originally I was only looking at 4TB & 8TB Reds. Then I started to consider just what you suggested on the archives and reds for parity. After reading through one of the threads here though, I saw people were getting just as good of performance on the archives as parity and data as they were with a mix of reds and archives. I will go back when I get a little more free time and double check that. Had a few minutes earlier to check out both APC & CyberPower UPS units. Looked at the CyberPower CP1000PFCLCD and the APC SMC1000. I will need to do some more research into both units and others. The CyberPower is $150 currently and it's $241 for the APC. Both are Pure Sine Wave which I believe is a must for any newer power supply with active PFC. Also I think I have used a couple of the StarTech adapters in the past so I will check those out. I believe I used one in my parents PC I built and also in a friends. Thanks for the advice. As I will be looking around at deals I will probably source the parts from several vendors. I will keep that in mind when buying my drives. I will keep the 850 Pro in mind when I do some more research. I remember the benchmarks being close when doing research. Extra 5 years of warranty is nice but I could also see myself upgrading before either warranty would be an issue. As far as the network gear, I was mostly looking for something to get me through until I get into a house. At that point I will be wiring the place with Cat6 (if it isn't wired already) and will reassess my needs for gear. I figured simply and cheap would be good enough for now. Also thanks for the heads up about the PCIe lanes. I have not considered that but that gives me something to keep in mind should I change my mind about the MOBO. How was your performance on the TP-Link powerline adapter? I wonder if it would be fine for my needs until we move. My main goal until I find a house is to get my unRAID system set up and play around with some dockers. I will try out sonarr and a few others to see how automation of my downloads will work. If I could get decent speeds (half or better) and ease of install/use I would be happy. Also I will look in the unifi APs. Since my WiFi issues seemed to be fixed would you still recommend the unifi AP's and a router? Or would you suggest just buying a router and using it as some sort of WiFi "bridge"? Like I said, I don't have a lot of experience with networking. That will be one of the things I plan on researching once I get unRAID setup.
  6. Hi Everyone, I've been reading a lot about unRAID over the last couple of weeks. I think I'm finally ready to take the plunge and build a NAS using unRAID. I could really use some help picking out the parts. Sorry if this gets a little long-winded but I want to give as much info as possible. Any way onto the info... To start, I don't have much experience with servers or home networking. At my previous apartment, both my main PC and HTPC were hard wired into the router. I shared a few folders over the network and that was about it. I'm currently staying at my mother in laws for the next 6-12 months as we house shop. I'm using my HTPC (running W7 & Mediabrowser 2) to watch all of my media on the TV. I have roughly 7TB (9.5TB total usable) on the HTPC. I also have my main PC with another 2TB (3TB total usable) of random assorted data. My goal is to build a NAS using unRAID and play my media from a raspberry Pi 3 running KODI. I want the NAS to be low on power consumption and quiet. It will be on 24/7 but be idle most of the day. WiFi is spotty in the room at my in laws and I don't have the ability to run Ethernet. I will need to use a powerline adapter for the unRAID machine. I will also need a switch to connect all of the PCs for file transfers and the Pi3 for viewing from the server. I also need a UPS for this to make sure everything is shut down properly in case of a power outage. What is your budget? Overall I would say my budget is around $2000 for everything. It's not a strict budget but I would love to stay around there or under. How many drives do you want your server to be able to support and how much capacity do you need? I'm thinking of using the define R5 case so eventually about 9 total drives (6 data, 1 SSD for cache & 2 parity). As far as capacity, I would like to start with 12TB at least and expand from there. I haven't decided on going with 4TB or 8TB drives yet. Even with 4TB I would be fine for the next couple of years. Is expandability important to you? If so, what's your long term goal? Expandabilty is somewhat important. I will probably start with 3 or 4 drives (depending on size) and expand out to 8 (maybe 10). Long term, once I get myself into my own house, I could see myself going to a rackmount server. For now, I need something smaller and quieter. Are you interested in running any unRAID Add Ons (see here)? If so, which ones? Be specific. I do not plan on doing any VM's. I do plan on playing with a few dockers though. I think I'm going to finally start my automation of downloads and try out sonarr & radarr with SABnzdb or NZBGet. Some sort of database for KODI (mysql?). I could also see myself trying out a few more in the future (beets, Rutorrent). There is a slight chance I might try out PLEX in the future. Most likely to stream my music collection to my phone and maybe on rare occasions one 1080P stream. Do you want to run green/low power drives or faster 7200 rpm drives? If you don't have a specific need for 7200 rpm drives, then choose green drives. Right now my plan is to either use 4TB WD Reds or all 8TB Seagate Archives. I actually was pretty set on the Reds until I started to read the success people were having with the Archive drives. My use for the most part would be WORM (write once, read many). Some of my media might eventually be upgraded but that would be sporadic. My only real concerns with the archive drives are A) Seagates rep with drive failure (although I personally have never had a drive from Seagate fail. I haven't seen much on that issue in the last few years either.) and B) The slowdown on writing smaller files. I have roughly 1TB of smaller files (pics, music files, video clips, ect) that I would need to write to the array. Although I could always start that at night and forget about it. Do you have any spare parts laying around that you would like to apply towards your build? This includes drives. I will not being using any old parts. Looking for a complete new build. I might take some of my older drives and make a backup NAS later. If you already have parts in mind, please oh pretty please post links to them so that we don't have to look them up. Here is a list of parts I was looking at. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sFpCkT CPU: Intel I3-6100 $110.00 Also considering the g4560. Only problem could be updating mobo firmware to kabylake support if i go with the supermicro board. MOBO: SuperMicro X11SSL-F-O $186.00 Need a board with IPMI and ECC support. RAM: Kingston ECC RAM 4GB KVR21E15S8/4HA x2 90.00 total Not sure if i need more than 8GB or not. Could change to 16GB if needed. SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB $100.00 Seems to have good reviews. Not sure if i need 250gb though. Will just store dockers and the little bit I d/l daily (Wouldn't be more than 25GB on the heaviest days). HD: WD40EFRX 4TB Reds x4 $560 ($140 each) or ST8000AS0002 8TB Archive x3 $660 ($220) Really starting to lean towards the archives because of price per TB. Also would mean fewer drives before I would need to buy a SATA expansion card. CASE: Fractal Design Define R5 $100 Really like the design and cable management of the case. PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold $90.00 80+ gold with 9 sata power connections and good reviews. Not sure if I would need more than the 550W Power supply though. OS: unRAID Plus $89.00 Support up to 12 drives. Wont need more than that for the next few years at least. Case Fans: Fractal Design GP-14 x2 $28 ($14 each) Have no clue what to go with here. Same fans as provided with the case. USB FLASH: SanDisk Cruizer Fit 16GB $9.00 One of the ones recommended. Powerline Adapter: TP LINK TL-PA8010 KIT $60.00 Had good reviews and not super expensive. Still not sure if if it would the best to go with or if i should be looking at another one. Switch: TRENDnet 8 port GREENnet TEG-S80g $30.00 Same with the powerline adapter, good reviews and not expensive. UPS: Unsure right now, would like to stay under $200 Completely unsure of this. Need something to be able to shut down the NAS clean if the power goes out. Will have the NAS, switch and Pi plugged into it. Other: Pi3, power adapter, case & SD card $75.00 CanaKit with power supply, Flirc case, 32gb evo+ sd card. Maybe a Flirc usb remote receiver if i cant get any of my remotes playing nice. Cables: Cat6 cables, Sata Cables, either Sata extender or Molex to SATA adapter $30 Linked to the Cat6 cables and SATA cables I was looking at. Any thoughts? Also if I go with the Define R5 I will need either a SATA extension cable or a molex to SATA (always heard these could be dangerous and lead to fires.) for the SSD. The SSD would be mounted behind the MOBO. The power supply I'm looking at has 3x3 SATA power connectors which would be fine for the 8 drives lined up in the HD bays. I still would need a way to get the SSD powered via either a SATA power extension or molex to SATA. Any cable recommendations? Rough estimate with Reds $1748 (12TB total, 1 parity & $200 on UPS) Rough estimate with Archives $1857 (16TB total, 1 parity & $200 UPS) I plan on doing this build in the next month or two. So in no big rush and will probably shop around for deals if I can. Just looking to get some feedback on all of my parts so I can get a game plan together.