joshpond

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  1. Hi all, I have a portable USB that is encrypted with Veracrypt to backup some files from a Win 10 PC. I can plug it into the unRaid server and mount via unassigned devices but as it's encrypted it won't be recognised. Is there a way to have unRaid either copy the encrypted files as is (I can copy off and unencrypt it at the Win 10 PC when needed) or Have veracrypt on unraid (via Docker or something) and copy the files onto the array unencrypted. Thanks, Josh
  2. Hi all, older machine that I turn on and off occasionally but now considering running full time and looking at options regarding upgrading. I may need to go down that path as some of the HDDs are old. (still some 1.5TB HDDS!) but checking if it will also reduce my power draw. Currently draws around 80w at idle with array spun down (160w spun up): Pentium G4400 Asrock Z170 Extreme6+ (With M1015 x2 or whatever they were) 18 disks in array + 2 constant spin (Docker and VM) and 1x SSD Cache I think AX860 PSU??? or something. 3 Dockers (emoncms openhab & Database one) and 1 VM (Ubuntu Server) Norco 4224 Case with original fans. It all runs fine but thinking of moving to just HDDs off the motheboard (ie 5 array) but what can I expect power wise. I know the cost to upgrade isn't going to be recouped by energy savings but..... Will it be a big reduction? What are people getting? Hope it all makes sense. Thanks, Josh
  3. I think I may have found stability with the Asrock board. I had to turn of turbo and the C1E states (power saving modes) from memory. Josh
  4. The thing is I don't seem to have an option for Use Cache Disk. I'll get some screen shots when I'm back in the computer. Josh
  5. I've had a search and read and play around and can't find the answer so: I've just upgraded from 5 with no cache to 6 with an SSD cache and want to use a cache drive purely to transfer files a bit quicker. (no dockers etc) The only thing is I can't seem to find a setting anywhere to add the cache option to the existing shares and also the option to set the mover. I feel like I'm missing something simple here. Thanks josh
  6. Sorry forgot about this for a while. Everything was working for years and stable but it was unraid 4.7/5 inside ESXi. I've just pulled the system apart as I'm planning on going back to stock unraid and having another PC run all my VMs. Trying to get ESXi going again and now it's freezing..... not sure what though as it could be a number of things unrelated to yours. I know there was an issue with the USB3. Josh
  7. Try disabling usb3 or the serial port. I'm out at the moment but from memory there were some irq conflicts as I had the same issue.
  8. 1) ESXi boots of a USB and is a little slower but like you said rarely restarts. 2) motherboard should only see ESXI/USB in boot order. unRaid stick shouldn't be there (or further down the list) It should be passed through to the VM and be in the VM's boot order 3) yes, if that is all your motherboard uses is the 3 cards for sata ports then that leaves you MB ones free 4) Shouldn't be a great deal different 5) I've found ESXi the easier to setup vs XenServer. (Not Xen on an OS) 6) Yes yo ucan pass through the MB Sata ports for Ubuntu but mostly the Sata MB ports are used by ESXi and the HDDs are portioned out to the different VMs, like Ubunutu. Unless you need to passthrough the HDD for a specific reason? UnRaid needs it but most others don't 7) Don't know, would have to try it out. With ESXi I've setup mine so that if it fails or when during trouble shooting I can change the boot order on the motherboard to boot off the unRaid flash drive and everything should come back up as normal. That way you should be able to 'test' it. Josh
  9. As above, I'm using plop, that way if I ever need I can still run unRaid bare metal and update easily. Josh
  10. Not sure, here in Australia we only have five channels (lots of sub channels within that), the hdhomerun can record two separate channels and sub channels within that so that is enough for us. I don't record that much to be honest. Also I find that the IBM cards are good for passthrough. Josh Sent from my Nokia 3310 via tapatalk
  11. I don't mind the idea of unraid/xen but not while it is still in beta and also when currently my ESXi is stable. If you are happy to stick with some of the older ESXi then should be no issue. I also find that the ESXi interface is just nicer and easier at the moment. About the question about passing through motherboard sata ports but not the data store, the motherboard that I'm using does but it is AMD. ASrock 970 extreme4, 5 motherboard ports, passthrough of 4 to unRaid and leaves one for the datastore. I'm not aware of any that do individual sata ports as it is the controller that needs to be passed through. I'm using HDHomerun as a tuner so that frees up PCI slots in the server. Josh
  12. I'm on 5.1 and I pass through my USB to unraid without a problem and also pass through another usb to my windows VM and the UPS usb to an ubuntu server VM. Josh
  13. Take this with a grain of salt as I only installed xenserver and played around with it for a little while, but it seemed easier to create VMs with ESXi. With ESXi you can just select the ISO to boot up from and then start installing. I didn't play around with xenserver enough to test that side of it. The biggest thing holding me back from xenserver (and I don't know if it has been fixed yet) was the inability to pass through the usb along with the GUID which is what unRaid needed to start. You can pass through the whole USB controller instead but I have my unRaid USB, a Z wave stick and the UPS, it would have made passing them through to different VMs more difficult or I may have needed to use some PCI slots for USB controllers. Josh
  14. I do this same thing. I can switch to bare metal unRAID if/when I need to without changing the boot order by just pulling the ESXi boot drive. I am still running ESXi 4.1 precisely becuase it is stable for me. No use in rocking the boat on a system that is working. Being able to boot bare metal unRaid by pulling the usb sick was one the main advantages at the start when I was trouble shooting. Josh Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk