Since we've discussed Unraid's ability to use all of your available space, I wanted to share this pop-up alert I got today in Unraid. In the top right, you'll see the red alert box informing me that Disk 15 is low on space (98% utilization). I also get an email with the same info - Unraid is very he...

I checked out the videos. The Part 1 video seems redundant as the Part 2 video shows installing the CPU, and this looks very similar to what you will be experiencing. The cooling fan that comes with that CPU should already have the thermal paste applied just as he showed - just be careful not to smu...

Paul, you mentioned in the past running a job once a month to do a rebuild, or something. Can you describe what that is about? That is the monthly Parity Check. You don't have to do it monthly, but that is the most common schedule and is considered a best practice. The Parity Check spins up all the...

I’m in a period of mourning with the imminent death of Media Center when Windows7 end of support begins at the end of the year. Media center upon initial launch or after initial configuration allows you to adjust settings using only the remote and the onscreen keyboard. I was disappointed when I ha...

Thanks for pointing out that post Jamie, I'd missed it. I just replied to it.

Paul

Clearing Drives Unraid uses an unusual parity scheme: All the bits from the same position across all drives are added up to calculate a parity value, and that value is written to the same position on the parity disk. If a drive is replaced, that simple math formula can be reversed to rebuild the co...

After further review, it looks like the binhex-krusader Docker plugin is perhaps the best option for controlling the copies. Here's their description: Krusader is an advanced orthodox file manager for KDE and other desktops in the Unix world. It is similar to the console-based GNU Midnight Commander...

So I already figured out how to connect the Drobo directly to the Unraid server - surprisingly easy! There's a plugin called "Unassigned Devices", and I already had it installed. The only reason I've ever used it is so I can see any extra HDD's I have in the server that I did not include i...

How many tb, or gb do you think that I can move in one 10 hour period? Do you know of any calculators, methods that I can use to figure this out? The absolute maximum that you will get on a gigabit network is about 120 MB/s, so in a 10 hour period you could copy up to 4.3 TB. These are network limi...

The cache drive, even a large 2TB drive, would be too small for use while migrating data from your Drobos, so yes you should disable the cache drive while you're migrating your data. The parity may also slow down the copies to 50% speed, so a lot of users (myself included) wait to turn on parity unt...