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Great - thank you @johnnie.black. That plug in makes it easy. Much appreciated.

I take it we just do this manually - this command isn't baked into the scheduler > SSD TRIM function? Not a big deal, took less than 5 minutes. This is the first time I'd done balance since building my machine over six weeks ago - reported relocating 64 out of 105 chunks. B.

Also worth checking your AV and whether it is blocking the page. I used to use BitDefender, but a recent update caused it to stop unRAID pages from loading. Disable AV - everything works. Right or wrong, I've swapped to Avast and haven't had any issues accessing the Dashboard.

Hi All, Just wanted to say thanks again for the advice and guidance. I've now built my unRAID box using the revised list and it is working a treat - nine hours into preclear. Looking forward to that finishing so I can start using it in anger. Cheers, Billy

Hi All, Thanks @tdallen, @trurl, @HellDiverUK and @mrbilky for your feedback - I appreciate it. Will ditch the cooler and go back to stock. Will drop the nvme and go for stock SSD (looking into MLC/TLC - although seems a bit tricky to source). Yes the 6G drive is existing, I'll drop the four and get a HGST 8G as parity drive with the money saved from the cooler and SSD. So have 8 + 6 storage which should last me quite a while. Thanks again, will report back once I've got the gear and started the build. More than a little excited about this new project. Cheers, Billy

Thought I'd grab the parts list to save having to click through...

Hi All, Just starting out on my unRAID journey - have been trawling these forums to get a good idea of what i require - now to sanity check. Not sure if I've over or under spec'd this machine... Would appreciate advice as to whether I'm in or near the right spec for a Plex/Media server. Minimal requirement to transcode. What is your budget? Looking to spend around $1,500 Aussie but no more than $2k. How many drives do you want your server to be able to support and how much capacity do you need? I think up to six drives, and I'm starting out with 10G of storage - but want to be able to increase that easily (hence looking to unRAID). Is expandability important to you? If so, what's your long term goal? Yes - if I have to cut back on storage to buy the right gear, I want it to be easy to add additional storage as budget allows. Are you interested in running any unRAID Add Ons (see here)? If so, which ones? Only Plex. This machine will be a PMS and host recorded tv files watched on our Windows Media Centre. 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. I've selected Red as they are NAS drives, but welcome advice as to whether Green as better. Do you have any spare parts laying around that you would like to apply towards your build? Yep - included in my proposed build. 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 the link to my pcpartpicker build: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/sjVKjc Thanks in advance for your advice. Cheers, Billy