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post #211 of 643
2/24/12 at 6:15am
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I ran preclear yesterday and cleared out my drives. Everything is up and running right now. I started transferring files with Teracopy. I got about 7TB of files to transfer so should take a couple days.

did you turn off/not add/(not sure how I did it) the parity drive? without parity the initial "copy all you stuff over" goes much faster... once you have everything copied, you just turn parity back on and it will chug for a few days as it builds up the parity, but you can use the array just fine while it does its thing...
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post #212 of 643
2/24/12 at 6:20am
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Originally Posted by Somewhatlost View Post


did you turn off/not add/(not sure how I did it) the parity drive? without parity the initial "copy all you stuff over" goes much faster... once you have everything copied, you just turn parity back on and it will chug for a few days as it builds up the parity, but you can use the array just fine while it does its thing...

I haven't set a parity drive yet. I have 3 data drives installed right now. transferring 6tb of files to them then once I do that I'll remove some more drives from my whs.
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post #213 of 643
2/24/12 at 8:08am
Has anyone been able to use Putty. I've got it on my desktop, but I can't figure out how to use.

I use my IP address, but what port do I use? Also the correction type Raw, Telnet, Rlogin, SSH or Serial?

I've been trying to find a Guide for this, but I haven't been able to. Thank for you help.
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post #214 of 643
2/24/12 at 8:12am
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Originally Posted by GusGus748s View Post

Has anyone been able to use Putty. I've got it on my desktop, but I can't figure out how to use.

I use my IP address, but what port do I use? Also the correction type Raw, Telnet, Rlogin, SSH or Serial?

I've been trying to find a Guide for this, but I haven't been able to. Thank for you help.

Gus, use the correct IP, port 23, check on telnet and connect and sign in as root and you are good to go.
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post #215 of 643
2/24/12 at 8:19am
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Originally Posted by chanc View Post

Gus, use the correct IP, port 23, check on telnet and connect and sign in as root and you are good to go.

I did that, and it's asking for a password, which I do not have or set up.


Never mind, I got it. I was writing tower rather than root lol
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post #216 of 643
2/24/12 at 8:21am
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Originally Posted by chanc View Post

Gus, use the correct IP, port 23, check on telnet and connect and sign in as root and you are good to go.

I saved sessions for my servers:

server IP, Port 23, and Telnet. Login is root.
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post #217 of 643
2/24/12 at 8:11pm
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I'm transferring my files from my whs to unRAID using Teracopy. I'm only getting 5.5MB transfer speeds.. I'm not transferring over wireless so why am I getting such slow speeds. Not sure whats going on but at this rate it will take at least 7 days to transfer all my files.

unRAID and my whs/pc are on separate ethernet switches. That shouldn't matter though right?
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post #218 of 643
2/24/12 at 9:11pm
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Originally Posted by Chrisx510 View Post

I'm transferring my files from my whs to unRAID using Teracopy. I'm only getting 5.5MB transfer speeds.. I'm not transferring over wireless so why am I getting such slow speeds. Not sure whats going on but at this rate it will take at least 7 days to transfer all my files.

unRAID and my whs/pc are on separate ethernet switches. That shouldn't matter though right?

Like I said I have mixed results with teracopy. I get more than 10X that performance off my 4 year old unraid without teracopy.
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post #219 of 643
2/24/12 at 10:08pm
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Originally Posted by sean_w_smith View Post

Like I said I have mixed results with teracopy. I get more than 10X that performance off my 4 year old unraid without teracopy.

Yes me too.. When I rip a movie and transfer it over to my whs it takes about 20 minutes for a 25-30GB file. I'm going on 24 hours soon and not even got 1tb transferred to unraid.
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post #220 of 643
2/24/12 at 10:18pm
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Originally Posted by Chrisx510 View Post

Yes me too.. When I rip a movie and transfer it over to my whs it takes about 20 minutes for a 25-30GB file. I'm going on 24 hours soon and not even got 1tb transferred to unraid.

I transferred all of my rips to my unRaid server w/o the parity drive, which was about 3 tb, and it only took a little more than 2.5 hours. Now, I've got a parity drive, and I transfer new rips which are between 15 to 35 gb, and they take about 6 minutes per file.
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post #221 of 643
2/24/12 at 10:30pm
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Originally Posted by GusGus748s View Post

I transferred all of my rips to my unRaid server w/o the parity drive, which was about 3 tb, and it only took a little more than 2.5 hours. Now, I've got a parity drive, and I transfer new rips which are between 15 to 35 gb, and they take about 6 minutes per file.

Whats wrong with my setup then? I don't have a parity drive installed yet. Transfers should be going by quick.
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post #222 of 643
2/24/12 at 10:31pm
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Should I put my unraid server on the same gigabit switch as my whs and pc?
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post #223 of 643
2/24/12 at 10:44pm
One other question, if i decide not to use a cache drive for certain reasons, does unraid need to be shut down nightly yet? Is it wise to have it restart regularly for performance reasons?
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post #224 of 643
2/25/12 at 12:11am
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Originally Posted by chanc View Post

Gus, use the correct IP, port 23, check on telnet and connect and sign in as root and you are good to go.

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Originally Posted by Chrisx510 View Post

I'm transferring my files from my whs to unRAID using Teracopy. I'm only getting 5.5MB transfer speeds.. I'm not transferring over wireless so why am I getting such slow speeds. Not sure whats going on but at this rate it will take at least 7 days to transfer all my files.

unRAID and my whs/pc are on separate ethernet switches. That shouldn't matter though right?

Enter the unRAID web interface, then click System Info, then click the Ethernet Info button. You should have 1000Mb/s listed for speed. If not, stop your transfer, then stop the array, and do a reboot of the server. Check the Ethernet Info button again.

5.5 MB/s sure sounds like 100 Mb/s maximum.

Assuming you've checked the cables already, of course.
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post #225 of 643
2/25/12 at 12:17am
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Where is the system info? I'm not seeing it
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post #226 of 643
2/25/12 at 1:53am
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Just did a test. Paused Teracopy and copied over a 18GB movie from whs to unRaid and I'm only getting 10mb/s. 5mb/s more than with Teracopy. This is still really slow.

I'm using netgear gs108 switches around the house and a dlink dgs-2205. So not sure why I'm getting these slow speeds.

My whs consists of a 4 bay HP MediaSmart Server with a 4 bay esata enclosure and a 4 bay USB enclosure.

Also I transferred a 15GB movie from my PC to unRaid and also getting only 10mb/s.



Checked my Link Speeds on the comps around the house.

PC Link Speed is 100 Mbps.

WHS (HP MediaSmart Server) says Link Speed 1Gbps

My Mac Mini which is hooked up wireless says Link Speed- 54 Mbit/s

My iMac is ethernet connected and says 100 Mbit/s

How do I get gigabit speeds of 1000mb/s?
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post #227 of 643
2/25/12 at 2:53am
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Originally Posted by Murilo View Post

One other question, if i decide not to use a cache drive for certain reasons, does unraid need to be shut down nightly yet? Is it wise to have it restart regularly for performance reasons?

You do not need to shut down your unRAID server nightly if you decide to have a cache drive.
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post #228 of 643
2/25/12 at 2:58am
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You do not need to shut down your unRAID server nightly if you decide to have a cache drive.

Thanks for the response, when you say i do not need to shut down unraid server nightly if you DECIDE to have a cache drive.

Does that mean if i dont add a cache drive it will need to be restarted nightly?
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post #229 of 643
2/25/12 at 3:20am
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Originally Posted by Murilo View Post

Thanks for the response, when you say i do not need to shut down unraid server nightly if you DECIDE to have a cache drive.

Does that mean if i dont add a cache drive it will need to be restarted nightly?

Your unRAID server is meant to stay on 24 hours a day.
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post #230 of 643
2/25/12 at 4:57am
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Checked my Link Speeds on the comps around the house.

PC Link Speed is 100 Mbps.

WHS (HP MediaSmart Server) says Link Speed 1Gbps

My Mac Mini which is hooked up wireless says Link Speed- 54 Mbit/s

My iMac is ethernet connected and says 100 Mbit/s

How do I get gigabit speeds of 1000mb/s?

that's not good... before doing anything else I would track down why your wired link speed is so pokey...

not sure where to even start really... but simple stuff is usually a good starting point.
are the cables good? badly terminated cables could cause issue...
are the PC's/iMAC set to 100Mbs?
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post #231 of 643
2/25/12 at 5:08am
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Originally Posted by Somewhatlost View Post


that's not good... before doing anything else I would track down why your wired link speed is so pokey...

not sure where to even start really... but simple stuff is usually a good starting point.
are the cables good? badly terminated cables could cause issue...
are the PC's/iMAC set to 100Mbs?

I checked the pc networking properties and it's set to auto instead of 100mbs half/full.

How do you know if the cables are bad? I tried a different Ethernet cable to plug into unraid but still the same results.
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post #232 of 643
2/25/12 at 5:25am
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Should I put my unraid server on the same gigabit switch as my whs and pc?

of course.

I bet on teracopy.
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post #233 of 643
2/25/12 at 5:26am
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Originally Posted by Murilo View Post

One other question, if i decide not to use a cache drive for certain reasons, does unraid need to be shut down nightly yet? Is it wise to have it restart regularly for performance reasons?


yet? Why would I want it to shutdown nightly.

does it need restarted. absolutely not.

turn it on and leave it running. Mine has been up for 9 months.
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post #234 of 643
2/25/12 at 5:32am
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Originally Posted by Chrisx510 View Post

Just did a test. Paused Teracopy and copied over a 18GB movie from whs to unRaid and I'm only getting 10mb/s. 5mb/s more than with Teracopy. This is still really slow.

I'm using netgear gs108 switches around the house and a dlink dgs-2205. So not sure why I'm getting these slow speeds.

My whs consists of a 4 bay HP MediaSmart Server with a 4 bay esata enclosure and a 4 bay USB enclosure.

Also I transferred a 15GB movie from my PC to unRaid and also getting only 10mb/s.



Checked my Link Speeds on the comps around the house.

PC Link Speed is 100 Mbps.

WHS (HP MediaSmart Server) says Link Speed 1Gbps

My Mac Mini which is hooked up wireless says Link Speed- 54 Mbit/s

My iMac is ethernet connected and says 100 Mbit/s

How do I get gigabit speeds of 1000mb/s?

as I told you a while ago I thought you had a network problem and it certainly appears you do.

Ethernet wires have 4 pairs in them (8 wires). you need only 4 of 8 for 100M and all 8 for 1000M. Often times contractors will pull 8 wires and use 4 for data and 4 for voice meaning you maxxed at 100M.

so primary causes:

1. inproper cabling
2. bad cabling
3. auto speed negotiation fail.
4. does the PC have a GIGE card in it?

get your cabling figured out.

The rate you are reporting is about right for 100M so I don't know how you expect to get 1000M when you only have 100M connection.

and like I said. mixed results with teracopy (AKA. I think its not very good and wont use it because its slower than explorer when talking to many of my NAS's).

good luck on debug.
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post #235 of 643
2/25/12 at 5:51am
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All cabling was purchased through Monoprice with the connection ends already connected.
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post #236 of 643
2/25/12 at 6:04am
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All cabling was purchased through Monoprice with the connection ends already connected.

so you have 0 cabling running through walls?
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post #237 of 643
2/25/12 at 6:12am
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How do you know if the cables are bad?

they don't work, or they work slowly...
if you have unlimited funds, something like this is a nice easy way to test cables
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I tried a different Ethernet cable to plug into unraid but still the same results.

ok, good start, but a couple questions:
obviously, unRAID is on one end of that cable, where exactly does the other end go to? a switch? a wall plate? into a wall?
do you know that your replacement cable is good? your WHS is reporting 1G, if you steal his cable and use it on unRAID, does unRAID get one gig too?
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post #238 of 643
2/25/12 at 6:24am
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I have 2 that are in the walls. 1 50ft and 1 30ft. This is the one they sold me (or similar)

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

Here's how my setup it. 3 zones Computer Desk, Theater, Living Room TV

Computer Desk consists of Mac Mini,PC, Hp Media Smart Server.

The switch located here has a total of 4 ethernet cables. 1 to the HP MSS, 1 to the PC, 1 50ft cable that runs to the theater av cabinet, 1 30ft cable that runs to the Living Room Tv, Mac Mini is wireless

Living Room Tv- Switch here has 5 ethernet cables, 1 30ft one that connects back to the switch at the computer desk, 1 to the ps3, 1 to PopBox, 1 to U-Verse Box and currently 1 to UNRAID

Theater- Switch here has 4 ethernet cables also. the 50ft cable connected back to the Computer Desk Switch, 1 to the u-verse box, 1 to PopCorn Hour A200, 1 to U-Verse Gateway 2wire Router.
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post #239 of 643
2/25/12 at 6:28am
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Originally Posted by Somewhatlost View Post

they don't work, or they work slowly...
if you have unlimited funds, something like this is a nice easy way to test cables

ok, good start, but a couple questions:
obviously, unRAID is on one end of that cable, where exactly does the other end go to? a switch? a wall plate? into a wall?
do you know that your replacement cable is good? your WHS is reporting 1G, if you steal his cable and use it on unRAID, does unRAID get one gig too?

The ethernet cable that connected to unRAID currently is connected to a switch. That switch has a cable that runs back to the other side of the house to a switch. then that switch is connected to whs,pc.. I listed my network connections above.

I would like to pause Teracopy and move unRAID to the switch that the pc and whs is on. Is it safe to Pause Teracopy and power down unraid?
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post #240 of 643
2/25/12 at 6:43am
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I'm over here playing around with the cables. I took the 30ft ethernet cable that goes to the Livingroom Tv and unplugged it from the switch and plugged it directly into unRAID. Now its getting 40 KB/s


Actually I just noticed that once I tried to resume Teracopy it says The Specified Network Name is no longer available.. Now I can't get it to resume
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