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Frank1940, Thank you for the links I will check them out. Now that I know the actual path I started moving them directly to the disk: mv -v /mnt/disk2/Documents/* /mnt/disk1/MiscDocs/ MiscDocs being a newly created share: root@Tower:~# find / -name MiscDocs /mnt/user/MiscDocs /mnt/user0/MiscDocs /mnt/disk1/MiscDocs root@Tower:~# I assume moving files & folders directly disk to disk is a valid way. Should I actually be using rsync instead of mv? Chris

I figured it out..... Re-using folder names and duplicate copies of files etc confused the issue. I created a new folder and test file. It all makes sense now: root@Tower:~# find / -name BLIZZARD /mnt/user/BLIZZARD /mnt/user0/BLIZZARD /mnt/disk1/BLIZZARD root@Tower:~# find / -name blizzard.rtf /mnt/user/BLIZZARD/blizzard.rtf /mnt/user0/BLIZZARD/blizzard.rtf /mnt/disk1/BLIZZARD/blizzard.rtf root@Tower:~# File and folder are on disk1 and "virtual" file structure for user and user0. Chris

Good Afternoon All, I never really organized my data. It is now a hot mess. I have backups of old hard drives from PCs and Laptops etc. Along with multiple copies of data (pictures/music/docs/etc). The wife and kids now need access to the data. I believe it will be easier to use shares instead of disk 1-4. I am currently at version 6.4.1. I have cleared all data from disk 1 and started to creating shares for Movies/Pictures/etc. Currently, Disk 1 is the only included disk for the shares. Once I move all the data off of disk 2 and into the newly created shares, I will add disk 2 to the share. During this process, I will be able to find and delete all the duplicates. I don’t understand how the share maps to the disk. I can see the mounts: /mnt/disk1 /mnt/disk2 /mnt/disk3 /mnt/disk4 /mnt/cache /mnt/user0 <— not sure about this one /mnt/user When I want to move a file from disk2 to the new share: mv -v /mnt/disk2/DeerHunter.mkv /mnt/user/Movies/ Where is the data actually stored? It is obviously on disk1. I just don’t understand how it works. root@Tower:~# find / -name DeerHunter.mkv /mnt/user/disk1/.AppleDouble/DeerHunter.mkv /mnt/user/Movies/DeerHunter.mkv /mnt/cache/disk1/.AppleDouble/DeerHunter.mkv /mnt/cache/Movies/DeerHunter.mkv /mnt/disk2/.AppleDouble/DeerHunter.mkv Does the concept of the physical disk go away in place of the virtual "share"? Still the data is written to disk 1, I should be able to see it via the cli right? Chris

Good Morning All, I want to run a Virtual unRAID server with VMware Fusion on my MAC. This will be done to test new versions or features so I don't have to use my live system. Using Plop boot manager I'm able to boot from a USB, but I'm not seeing a NIC. unRAID Server Version 6.0-beta6 Any thoughts on why there is no NIC? Regards, Chris

I'm going to purchase a little gigabit switch in the near future. I currently need to run some Cat5e or Cat6s, plus add a few drops. The unRAID box is in the basement, with a WDS connection to the main floor wifi router. It is killing my speeds. My main concern was that the server is working properly.

excellent. thank you.

Hi All, Are my write speeds inline with what I should expect? unRAID 5.05 with Plus license File to be transferred is a 1.15GB mkv Source machine OSX 10.9.3 transferring via SMB 100mbps LAN Hard drive SATAIII 7200RPM 3TB on a SATAII controller ~ 1:39 Corsair SSD Cache Drive on SATAIII controller, but only SATA II ~1:39 I was surprised that the SSD and parity protected HD has the same write times @ ~11.9mbps My wifi read/writes are atrocious, so I connected via LAN to make sure it is just the wifi, and not the server. Regards, Chris

While I readily admit that I don't understand the whole BTRFS thing. I read this article on BTRFS a few months ago and found it very interesting. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/bitrot-and-atomic-cows-inside-next-gen-filesystems/ I really like the idea of the Snap shots. Couldn't this in theory replace the parity disc? Plus if someone accidentally deletes a file you could easily recover it. Chris

trurl, Thank you, that is the thread I was unsuccessfully searching for. I'm glad to see my hard drive passed as well. Regards, Chris

Good Afternoon All, I searched for but did not find a thread on understanding the results of the preclear reports. I ran 3 passes on an old, but never used 1TB hard drive. It took 36 hours to complete. How do I read and understand the report? Is my hard drive OK? Regards, Chris PreClearRpts

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Garycase, The ESB2 controller doesn't seem to support it, that is what I was coming up with as well. Need to keep looking. Thank you Chris

Seems like a good deal for the $. Even though they are older. I was thinking the single CPU for power reasons, vs two. From the Supermicro site for the X7DBU MB: "Supports up to two Intel® 64-bit Xeon® processor(s) of the same type below.." Makes me think I can remove one for power savings. How do I determine the maximum HDD size these MN support? I can not locate anything on that. Chris

Would something like this work for a inexpensive unRAID box? http://unixsurplus.com/product/supermicro-x7dbu-dual-intel-e5420-250ghz-8gb-4x35-trays-1u-server-w-rail-kit Supermicro X7DBU Dual Intel E5430 4GB 4x 3.5" Tray 1U Server Specification: Each System Board will consist of: - Supermicro X7DBU Main Board - 2x Intel Xeon E5430 Quad Core 2.66GHz - 4GB DDR2 RAM - Intel ESB2 SATA 3.0 Gbps RAID Controller - Dual Gigabit Ethernet Onboard NIC - PCI-Express Expansion slot or this one http://unixsurplus.com/product/supermicro-pdsmu-intel-xeon-x3220-24ghz-quad-core-4gb-80gb-4x-35-sata-1u-server Specifications: - SuperMicro PDSMU Motherboard - Intel Xeon X3220 2.4Ghz Quad-Core CPU 8 M L2 cache - 4GB ECC MEMORY - Dual Gigabit Ethernet - 4X 3.5" Hard Drive Trays Chris

Thank you for the response. I knew I must have been missing something. Chris