Unraid zfs i. Unraid OS 6 Support ; General Support ; ZFS RAIDZ QUESTION - MIRROR SET OF 2 STRIPES ZFS RAIDZ QUESTION - MIRROR SET OF 2 STRIPES. 1 which has a issue for some users with storing docker. I created a ZFS pool via unRAID GUI of 4 devices. To ZFS or not to ZFS, that is the question. x86_64. I'm still on 6. 5, do a new config, start array (obviously any zfs disks/pools won't mount but won't be damaged), then upgrade back to v6. x with ZFS Master. " - @SpaceInvaderOne. Jaytie. Unassigned Devices correctly sees my ZFS formatted HDDs but I can't figure out how to mount them. I did notice the loop service at 100% also and trying a docker image froze the system completely. And I don't want to confuse Unraid with its disk management. I found the solution to be changing the ZFS setting from the default of "acltype=off" to "acltype=posixacl" For example: zfs set acltype=posixacl cache/test My questions for Unraid support: zfs and unRAID are orthogonal technologies with different aims and means. 12 with various settings and plugins. You may also format any data device in the unRAID array with a single-device ZFS file system. Tried the unbalance plugin but also used rsync, also tri another alternative would be using a zfs pool with raidz3 ? is that the same as the main array with the exception that one can't mix and match hdd sizes ? i've read that we can't expand pools as of yet but it's coming soon, could i still expand existing pool after the future update or will it require create a new pool and copying the data to (I also will not go for ZFS once it is released in the next version) 1 Quote; Jaytie. 11 where it's /dev/md1 for first partition of the first drive in the array. and that was going to be my 1st array and t Thanks for prompt answer to my first post in this forum! 😀 It looks like I only have one partition for each drive in my two pools. Drive encryption is a separate issue. This has worked quite well, the number of spin ups seems to have reduced, but I am noticing that 1 drive tends to stay spun up for no # zfs umount ssd/downloading cannot unmount 'ssd/downloading': not currently mounted. I'm not sure it helped. Assumed to be smb. I now have a ZFS pool (mainly containing appdata), and am wondering what the Jun 15 01:52:12 Global-Dynamics kernel: PANIC: zfs: attempting to decrease fill to or below 0; probable double remove in segment [c65e0ed000:c70001a000] Jun 15 01:52:12 Global-Dynamics kernel: Showing stack for process 30711 Jun 15 01:52:12 Global-Dynamics kernel: CPU: 1 PID: 30711 Comm: dsl_scan_iss Tainted: P W O 6. Format single-drive pools, two-drive mirrors, or even more complex ZFS pools for significant fault tolerance and speed. I created a ZFS pool yesterday with 4 14TB hard drives and everything was working great. I've attached a perf report from within the guest VM as It might not be directly related to zfs, since other users report issues with different filesystems, one thing you can try that has worked for some is to go back to v6. Update: Not quiet working yet to my liking. Per the Unraid not Is this Normal may i ask? Ive convert my Cache to ZFS and i notice most of the time that its 100% full. Sanoid also includes a replication tool, syn Include ZFS in the base unraid supported filesystem. ZFS Implementation. 29-Unraid #1 Jun 15 01:52 What is ZFS Master? The ZFS Master plugin provides information and control over the ZFS Pools in your Unraid Server. 2. Learn how to optimize ZFS pools and shares performance on Unraid 6. With tiered snapshots, like 1 snapshot every 10 minutes which last for 2 days, then a snapshot every hour which lasts for 1 month or so? I use the latest version Hi, Here is an another companion plugin for the ZFS plugin for unRAID. It makes no sense to talk of unRAID w/zfs or vice versa. Go to solution Solved by JorgeB, July 6, 2023. There are still benefits to having zfs, even in a single drive config (although not recommended) like I have 9 disks for zfs format data disk and 2 parity disk for unraid array. 4 kernel modules are kept in /boot/bzmodules and mounted under /lib/modules/ - this plugin mounts a bzmodule file that includes the zfs kernel modules and one has to take that implementation into consideration if using another plugin that uses a customized bzmodules. I've migrated hardware a few times, and it's always been painless with XFS. How script Works: Most users already on Unraid will probably be happy with the status quo, but ZFS on Unraid will appeal to a lot of new users that liked all the other aspects of Unraid, but were put off by lack of ZFS. 0 b22 and a Win10 vm. The reason I leave off ZFS, is that would require a couple thousand, whereas the reason I went with unraid was because I mostly had the drives id be using (and its inflexibility in general). Find guides, tips, and links to more resources on ZFS in this subfolder. ZFS, Unraid Array, or Hybrid? Choosing the Right Storage Solution for Your Needs 24 July 2023. On 20 Jan I noticed my pool had degraded and zpool status was showing a large number of errors (READ, WRITE, CKSUM) across all hard drives at the same time. Here was my zpool at that point: Unraid does a zfs mount -a after array start, but UD disks are mounted after that, so you'd need to ask in the UD plugin support thread or just have a script doing it. 38 replies; 20. 0. Then it . 6. Keeps timestamps and permissions etc. Also support filesystem compression Plus it is more matu Today I released in collaboration with @steini84 a update from the ZFS plugin (v2. " - @SpaceInvaderOne This guest blog by Ed Rawlings walks you through 3 potential Unraid storage setups to help you determine the optimal location for your media files on Unraid. SO i got a warning that my ZFS pool was degraded. I now also disabled ARC for data on my unraid-array-disks. Available ZFS Pools are listed under the "Main/ZFSMaster" tab. Topic was moved to forum General Support. Currently, Parity is forced. Unraid cannot do this natively, I guess. New - DARK - Invision (Default) New - LIGHT - Invision . Eventually the array will be of 8 drives in raidz2 but at the moment I'm waiting for 4 more SATA cables to be delivered, therefore at the moment my system is as follows: Gigabyte C246M-WU4 I've read that there are two ways that ZFS can be supported in Unraid, one is via the ZFS plugin which specifically mentions that ZFS formatted drives cannot be part of the array, and the second is apparently via native ZFS support in the kernel itself that Unraid uses. In that case, two videos have been created for a step-by-step guide through upgrading your Unraid cache pool to either a larger drive or just reformatting the one you have to a ZFS file system - all without losing a single byte of data! it is when it is initially installed and it didn't create the config file, it was looking for it and when i manually put it in that place it worked but of course the buttons don't work yet and unsure if the queries work as it is not showing the initiator that i created manually in the plugin. I've just created a new server and have been brave enough to try ZFS! LOL. Go to solution Solved by JorgeB, November 8, 2023. 2, I used the new ZFS pool feature to create the pool. In addition you may format any data device in the unRAID array with a single-device ZFS file system. 14-1, ZFS pool version 5000, ZFS filesystem version 5 Dec 3 18:20:15 UNRAID emhttpd: shcmd (4): modprobe zfs Dec 3 18:20:21 UNRAID emhttpd: shcmd (33): /usr/sbin/zfs mount -a System resources all good- root@UNRAID:~# uname -a Linux UNRAID 6. I just set up an unraid server with zfs and I run some benchmarks. I then expanded this with 4 more devices via GUI. Note that Proxmox, Unraid and FreeNAS are all operating systems, whereas hardware RAID, ZFS/RAIDZ etc are storage options. 12 is release with ZFS support built in. Running RC1 my chia container had huge performance issues. 4k views; BVD; November 27, 2023; V6. I must be dumb as I can't Hi I set up a 20 drive zfs pool a while ago. From the Unraid host, the perf work as expected. Would also make a great cache drive filesystem since you can use Raid-Z protection on the cache pool. When combined with the Linux KVM hypervisor, you can use it to make your systems functionally immortal. phat_cow. options zfs zfs_arc_max=16000000000 options zfs zfs_arc_meta_min=8000000000 Since then, I was able to fill my ARC to 100% and it did not invoke a filetree re-caching, yet. Members; 187 Posted October 4, 2023. It's often used for mirroring and backups. 4x read, 2x Write?. Learn how to create a ZFS pool, use fio to benchmark performance, and set up shadowcopy for backup. 1 - basic license) and j But, it's still Unraid's job to correct for this in the future, if it's going to be important to the ZFS working properly. For the die-hard Unraid user. @steini84 @ich777 I just tested the problem with the latest zfs version (2. : I'm new to Unraid and I've been watching Spaceinvader One tutorials on YouTube to get my initial Unraid setup completed. 0 introduces a new feature that allows users to create ZFS file systems in user-defined pools. so there’s still something problematic about zfs, docker and unraid. From their change log: u/Lubbzor During system boot, the file /etc/modprobe. 55 TiB, 16000900661248 bytes, 31251759104 sectors /dev/sda1 4096 31251757056 31251752961 14. 12 unraid versions for ZFS tomfoolery, so check what the right device name is. Followers 1. x, but has improved since I changed docker to use ipvlan. 15:00 : Pinned a single core and ~258MB transfer (screenshot 15:32). 500 GB) and will tell you how much data storage space you'll have on your unRAID array. 55 TiB, Firstly, while Docker is enabled, I observed that the system memory usage reported by free -mh shows that 19GB of memory has been used. 12 update, which is Something like znapzend for zfs would be great. A few notes: -unRAID v6. I realize there are a lot of details that are unclear such as how the laptops are connected (wireless vs wired, at what bandwidth), but Updated for 6. Jul 2 09:33:08 Cara shutdown[140908]: shutting down for system halt Jul 2 (This is consolidated change log vs. Followers 5. Now with unraid 6. But unraid will not me allow to start the array. When using a key file it is a good idea to use something like an image as there is no chance of that ever being guessed. Go to I have ZFS working on unraid 6. When I read data from 9 data disks simultaneously through /mnt/diskx, the overall throughput is very low, only 300M/s, slightly higher than the throughput of a single disk (260M/s). (can be get near the copy speeds, so possibly not a big impact, curiously, and since I'm also considering converting these to zfs, also tested zfs uncompressed and compressed and with zfs the performance is much better with When Unraid displays pool information for an existing single disk ZFS volume, created this time in Proxmox, the Partition format is displayed as unknown if it is GPT. Initial support in this release includes: Support raid0, mirror, raidz1, raidz2 and raidz3 root profiles. 13, but yes, XFS (or btrfs) should perform noticeably better on the same drives, if they are assigned to the array, no issue with ZFS when assigned to pools. 2) and the problem still perstists, but as i already pointed out, the problem only occurs, when the docker. Adding ZFS support to Unraid would provide users with another option for pooled storage, and one for which RAID 5/6 support is considered incredibly stable (btrfs today is most reliable when configured in RAID 1 or RAID 10). it has 12 hot swap drive bays. unraid6. See another post I made about fixing Unraid's visual of the SLOG device. 11. At the same time, I can see that my 32-c I have looked at space invaders tutorial and believe I followed that quite well - I did the following steps - create a new cache pool (name cache, zfs, mirror, two devices) and assigning two empty (no filesystem) disks. 0-rc4-unRAID-6. The TrueNAS pool is made up of 4 vdevs of 6 drives each. Busy doing what? How do I check, and then stop whatever is keeping it busy? This is after a fresh reboot, on unRAID 6. Members; 38 2 Author; Posted There is a "Trim" Tab / section in the current version of unraid (before you needed to install a plugin). With Wendell featuring ZFS and homeserver in quite a lot of videos on L1Techs, we as a community have regular forum threads dealing with homeserver and storage in all kinds of ways. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks so much in advance!!! Here's my dashboard too: ZFS Pools New in this release is the ability to create a ZFS file system in a user-defined pool. 5. ZFS Dataset: A ZFS dataset can be thought of as a sort of advanced folder with features like compression, quota, and snapshot capabilities. Can I add disk(s) without losing the data on the original drive or will I have to reformat it? zfs is not as flexible, you could add one device to create a mirror then add another two devices to expand the pool with another Today I released in collaboration with @steini84 a update from the ZFS plugin (v2. Dual Parity Protected Array, ZFS, BTRFS, XFS Pools; Buy Now Lifetime License. I just added your scripts to my Array start and stop to add/remove a cache device to my ZFS pool - not array. Book an Unraid + ZFS consult with Ed for 1:1 configuration, troubleshooting, and guidance that meets your specific requirements. i restarted the server and a couple hours later it crashed again. By phat_cow November 7, 2023 in General Support. This release supports various root profiles, including raid0, mirror, raidz1, I'm sorry, I didn't read the 1st post correctly, you cannot expand a zfs raidz pool by adding a single device, this is a zfs limitation, not Unraid, Unraid allows you to expand a raidz pool by adding a new vdev with the same width, Unraid now includes built-in support for ZFS, the advanced file system celebrated for its robustness, performance, and advanced data integrity features. We are splitting full ZFS implementation across two Unraid OS releases. I know that Unraid 6. Install Unraid options and set it up how you want Backup the data from Unraid. Think of a ZFS array as similar to any other Unraid array, with as many drives of any size as you like and a set parity drive or drives, where you can choose what to put on each drive. Followers 0. Subscribe. Posted February 8, 2023. 3 with the zfs plugins. Today I released in collaboration with @steini84 a update from the ZFS plugin (v2. Effortlessly set up automatic snapshots and replicate a ZFS dataset on your Unraid server with the provided script. zfs is an integrated storage management system, rather than just a file system. At the same time, I can see that my 32-c With the tweaks above, is zfs on unraid a reasonable thing to do now, or something a few months out like question 1? 3. Downgrading resolved that. Initial support in this release includes: Hi experienced Unraid users! I have little experience with this, so I'm hoping someone from the community can help me. Posted November 7, 2023. Both Unraid Parity with 1 ZFS Disk and A Zpool would be considered "Mirrors" with the same information identically stored on both drives. Can be used with dockers for copy on write as well as snapshot support and quotas. Other best practices are Just an FYI or perhaps this is indeed a bug, but docker, when switched to directory mode, creates a ZFS set for each downloaded dependency or container. In that case, two videos have been created for a step-by-step guide through upgrading your Unraid cache pool to either a larger drive or just reformatting the one you have to a ZFS file system - all without losing a single byte of data! Today I released in collaboration with @steini84 a update from the ZFS plugin (v2. A ZFS pool is more like RAID 5 or 6, with parity and data shared across all the drives. Ideally, Unraid would correct for it even when it's the user's fault, but definitely when it isn't. g. By flowermoron July 6, 2023 in General Support. Choosing the Right Storage Solution for Your Needs. If you go unRAID, putting down quite a lot of money, you do it for the array. Speed is very high, but all disks have to spin up to use and not as parity space efficient as the unraid array. I have an i9-9900K and 64gb non-ecc ram. Theme . Not sure what the problem could be, but you could try send/receive that snapshot to a new dataset and the then run the container on that dataset, e. I have all 8 drives on one card, and need to replace the 2 drives that are faulted. But it seems like there are some subtle differences: A Zpool would have bitrot protection(A Scrub would auto fix it) It's not really ZFS overhead, it's an Unraid issue that hopefully will be fixed for v6. I'm using the latest Unraid (6. Overview. 0) to modernize the plugin and switch from unRAID version detection to Kernel version detection and a general overhaul from the plugin. I was planning on using zfs in a z2 (raid 6) format. Write speed around 30MB/s, sometimes even lower. They cover topics such as datasets, snapshots, compression, arc-cache, zfs-send, Learn how to use and configure ZFS, a powerful file system and storage pool, in Unraid OS. Members; Previously, I ran zfs with zfs companion on unraid 6. I'm using Unraid 6. Attach unlimited storage Today I released in collaboration with @steini84 a update from the ZFS plugin (v2. unraid array: xfs (but i do one zfs disk as a snapshot backup target) outside of the array: I use zfs almost I'm probably doing something wrongbut I have 3 new, 2TB SSDs in a RaidZ1 configured as a ZFS Pool. RAIDZ for example can run on all three operating systems mentioned, and although I wouldn't recommend ZFS with Unraid, using it with Proxmox is a solid choice. If adding a ZFS drive via Today I released in collaboration with @steini84 a update from the ZFS plugin (v2. My data on this ZFS pool is critical, so I want to know exact step I need to do to remove the hard-drive that's giving warning and replace with the new one and then execute rebuild. Unraid OS 6 Support ; General Support ; ZFS Pool + TRIM ZFS Pool + TRIM. The ZFS file system itself is the gold standard and is extremely robust with great performance, Hi, I have an issue with Unraid where I think the FUSE filesystem dies when a specific docker container receives a specific interaction. I had to remove the new mirrored vdev to get the array to start. This is because Unraid normally stores some We are splitting full ZFS implementation across two Unraid OS releases. Initial support in this release includes: I've had a bit of a search, but I can't find a definitive answer to this (a lot of results about migrating a ZFS pool into Unraid), and this area has advanced a lot in the last year or so. but I don't know how unraid chooses that value or whether it will be overwritten at any point. I will be only using 6 to start. All unRAID Topics; General Latest Topics; All Activity; Unraid is an operating system that brings enterprise-class features for personal and small business applications. By sunbear July 10, 2023 in General Support. That's why you don't ever want to use ZFS on a system without a UPS. I want to use zfs for a single drive for backup and my cache pool. So, where did this additional memor Since unRAID can be most comparable to a RAID 4, how is it able to handle data corruption, namely silent data corruption comparability to ZFS? This has been my major concern, among others (massively degraded performance), before building out my NAS. Go to Settings -> schedules page (where you can manage the parity check runs) and see I created the pool using the ZFS Master plugin and I have assigned the drives using the HDD IDs/SERIAL NUMBER as a reference. Process to use ZFS in Unraid (Thanks to Wendell from Level1 techs for the baseline) Unraid needs to be running with at least 1 data drive, pref 1 parity and 1 data drive. Things were running well until yesterday, the system took a hard cras Harnessing the Power of ZFS on Unraid. By Sptz87 March 17 in General Support. Just fixed some power issues with the drives and unraid had disabled one drive. After that, I added cache using the CLI (from instructions here. so i just finished building my new server. Quote Sanoid is a policy-driven snapshot management tool for ZFS filesystems. 4 with a big help from rinseaid - Thanks alot! *** In unRAID 6. admin@truenas[/mnt/nas]$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sd[a-e]|grep dev Disk /dev/sda: 14. ts-p500-diagnostics-20230802-2310. Even with only a single VM running, the perf is incredibly slow from within the VM guest. Unraid 7 rounds out ZFS's full capabilities with the full integration of hybrid ZFS pools that support a wide range of special vdev types. To a certain extent you can mix and match OS and storage solution. 0-beta30. There is already a ZFS plugin for Unraid, but you can’t run only ZFS pools. ) At this point, everything was working great. Configure your computer systems to maximize performance and capacity using any combination of OS, storage devices, and hardware. Book Ed Subscribe to The Uncast Show. Reading some of the previous questions and documentation on ZFS in unraid, and just want to ask before I purchase, If i were to have a 2x2 disk pool of zfs mirror would this also have the same write and read speed gains as raid 10 2x2, i. 9. On 10/3/2023 at Dec 3 18:19:48 UNRAID kernel: ZFS: Loaded module v2. Unraid OS 6 Support ; General Support ; zfs advice zfs advice. conf is auto-generated to limit the ZFS ARC to 1/8 of installed memory. Support for Hybrid ZFS pools (subpools) and recovery from multiple drive failures. I had recently heard that some intel CPUs had some instability, i went to I am new to ZFS so apologies if I misuse some terms. I am unable to mount my ZFS pool, starting the array in Maintenance mode work. - Installed the unraid ZFS plugin - got familiar with the command line operations and ZFS in general - Tuned using fio for large file storage, went for ashift 12 and recordsize 1M - Created a raidz pool with 4 pieces of rust and a bunch of datasets (mounted at root, not /mnt/user) Using zfs-2. 12-rc2 or above required. I speci Popped in an SLOG device, did it wrong (command line, causing Unraid heartburn) but ZFS worked and accepted the SLOG as its own. Followers 2. Whether you're a video editor, graphic artist, or just a Run Unraid Server with the ZFS file system only. Screen cature showing the unknown label Expectation The Unraid implementation expects the same key to be used for encrypting all drives being used by Unraid. Whether you're using ZFS pools for high-performance storage or safeguarding your data with snapshots, Unraid now seamlessly integrates ZFS, offering unparalleled flexibility in the NAS OS market. Used heavily in Unraid Docker templates. $249 Per License. Posted July 10, 2023. Joly0. Up to 4-way Unraid 6. Only use /dev/sdX1 if you are recovering to another drive. Introduced LUKS encryption for ZFS pools and drives. Scrub is scheduled to run weekly. In this video, SPXLabs walks you through setting up a traditional Unraid array with a ZFS pool. tv <-- Click that link to launch the calculator. 12. Unraid OS 6. I tried to search online, but most of the ZFS article are for pre-6. Syslog entries after initating shutdown from GUI - It should be off, but its still live. ZFS on Linux is great, and I am running Unraid 6. Backups went from ~11hrs per single daily update, down to about 20-30 minutes or less if doing hourly. e. For those dealing with video, this can help save a lot of overall space. zip 在之前的文章《unraid zfs 入门（一）：zfs 介绍》中，作者介绍了 zfs 文件系统的一些基本概念，那么在本文作者将给大家介绍如何在 unraid 系统上（ 6. ZFS: Loaded module v2. Go to solution Solved by JorgeB, July 12, 2023. For example, zfs devices are not formatted as such and it's a strong recommendation never to assign just a partition to a zfs pool. Prev; 1; 2; 3; Next; Page 1 of 3 . Unraid is an operating system that brings enterprise-class features for personal and small business applications. I have a raid0 zfs cache pool. zfs send pool1/dataset@snapshot_name | zfs receive pool2/dataset It will look something like this in practice: zfs send bxtyr/appdata@2024-09-02-190650 | zfs receive ark/test ZFS is for pools not the array, so you don't lose any benefits of unraid by using ZFS for pools, just like how you don't with BTRFS. New - DARK Sure, those definitely are aspects that still need to be worked on, but this lifts ZFS from a very difficult to plan for FS for homelabbers who are attracted by unRAID's unique selling points to something that makes it workable where the remaining hurdles are a lot easier (and cheaper) to mitigate. Learn how to choose the best storage solution for your Unraid media server, whether it's ZFS, Unraid array, or hybrid approach. However, when calculating the memory usage using docker stats and ps -ef commands, the total memory usage doesn't exceed 5GB. 1. Quote; JorgeB 8,474 Posted March 7. Running the Test using the WebGUI The process for checking a file system using the Unraid GUI is as follows: Make Hi Very new unraid but look fantastic. This script is designed for Unraid servers version 6. I mounted my zfs pool at `/Io` and made symlinks from `/mnt/user/Io` to the actual zfs path to share it. 11 asus Pro WS W680-ACE IPMI: bios 3701 14900k I noticed my server started hanging a couple of days ago with no configuration changes on my end. However, I now can't mount because unraid says invalid config - it unraid: 6. I've seen some information on the forums about it but I want to be 100% Unraid OS 6 Support ; General Support ; ZFS - raidz ZFS - raidz. 6T Solaris /usr & Apple ZFS Disk /dev/sdb: 14. Cookies; Powered by Invision Community. 12 版本还在观望中，那么也可以参考本文的内容去了解 zfs 的一些实际使用情况。 All filesystems mounted by Unraid, including zfs, are mounted with the noatime option, so it should always be disabled: May 11 09:27:10 Tower7 emhttpd: shcmd (77): /usr/sbin/zfs mount -o noatime cache I just created a test share (dataset) on a pool using the Unraid "shares" GUI, set to the zfs pool exclusively. From SpaceinvaderOne's video awhile back it wasn't clear whether multi-vdev pool import was supported. My pool is /zfs-sas The dataset is /zfs-sas/isos I make a sym-link from /zfs-sas/isos to /mnt/user/isos it works, but the log starts filling up with Jun 19 01:30:19 unraid1 emhttpd: error: share_luks_status, 6151: Operation not supported (95): getxattr: /mnt/user/isos What is ZFS Master? The ZFS Master plugin provides information and control over the ZFS Pools in your Unraid Server. 10 added native support for ZFS and I can't for the life of me find out how to setup ZFS on Unraid and import my pools I had before the release of 6. 12 is compress=zstd. -Current pool disk filesystem must already be ZFS -Always a good idea to backup anything important on the current pool in case something unexpected happens -if the current pool is single device, in addition to adding just one device, you can also add two or three to create a 3-way or 4-way I have 9 disks for zfs format data disk and 2 parity disk for unraid array. I installed 64 gigs DDR5 RAM to support ZFS, but it seems to be barely using my RAM. I've been using unraid for years, and the turnkey ability to use disks of differing sizes was the first and biggest reason I went with unraid and it has been pretty good. I know that the ZFS pool is faster thanks to its "traditional" raid setup and Unraid is as slow as the HDD but 15 MB/s? Can someone help? Edited November 4 by PyCoder solved Unraid exclusive: Stops docker containers if the source path is the appdata path, to create consistent backups The target filesystem has to be BTRFS or XFS or ZFS. See the results of testing 148TB Raid Z1 pool over 40Gbit smb networking with Crystal Disk Bench. As per discussion in another thread, I know Unraid will itself (by default) create MBR partition table for all disks under 2TB. I plan to add another HDD in the near future formatted in ZFS for sending snapshot backups from the Cache pool(s). Proxmox and TrueNAS ship with ZFS by default and Unraid has a plugin that adds ZFS capability. The system allows you to enter up to 21 drive capacities (based on the "fake" capacity shown by your drive manufacturer on the label - eg. I cleared the errors with zpool clear and ran a scrub. 0-beta5 please Erase those pools and recreate. Other than that, commercial NAS systems from QNAP (the more ZFS. Then I have a ZFS Cache Pool for data that is very important and I want snapshots & scrubbing for. The unraid downgrade was all about performance issues. Yep understand. 12, I am not Note: Details will need to be added for ZFS file systems after Unraid 6. If you watch the IO monitor in Unraid, you'll see it doing that. 12, planning to use zfs instead of the brtfs cache pool for my cctv and temp download pools, I might even move and expand my docker/appdata/vm ssds to it), but I think your main storage should be the main array. "To ZFS or not to ZFS, that is the question. with 12tb drives waiting for 2 more to come in before i can completely get it up and running. img on a Today I released in collaboration with @steini84 a update from the ZFS plugin (v2. I'm trying to allocate 1/2 my RAM. 10. ZFS Pools New in this release is the ability to create a ZFS file system in a user-defined pool. Also would i be able to add 2 more d ZFS also allows you to create arrays with different sector sizing. 11) Upgrade notes If you created any zpools using 6. If anyone ever want to clone a snapshot from one pool to another pool here is how you can do so on Unraid 6. The performance of the array are significantly lower than what I was expecting. ZFS itself does not use much memory, but it tries to cache a lot. Edited August 19, 2023 by BRiT If I clear the errors and don't see new ones, there is no reason to replace the disk? Even the unRaid array remains mounted. While creating a new VM, the Unraid GUI is not able to follow a symbolic link to ZFS. There are also two step-by-step guide videos that walk you through upgrading your Unraid cache pool to either a larger drive or just reformatting Harnessing the Power of ZFS on Unraid. This occurs on any share that is ZFS or has a cache that is ZFS. When I start the array the disks are expectedly shown as unmountable. I know it sounds vague at start, but please read on, it's always reproducible and rather easy to do. This guest blog by Ed Rawlings walks you through 3 potential Unraid storage setups to help you A guide to install and test ZFS on Unraid, a NAS operating system. 12 The /dev/md# syntax may have changed on 6. By BVD, August 3, 2022. sunbear. img file is on the zfs-volume. Luckily im running ZFSZ2 but i need to replace these drives and thats the part i need help with. I originally looked at freenas/truenas as it was also a turnkey nas that had the bonus of ZFS (not that i fully understand ZFS It's the same Hardware and same Unraid I only removed the ZFS pool and created a Unraid-Array. Reply to this topic; Start new topic; The Prototype Test Box for the Gamers Nexus Server. Strangely, browsing the Unraid Shares works as expected. Level up your tech game and connect with fellow Unraid enthusiasts in the ever-expanding world of self-hosting and beyond. For home I am running a total SSD unraid server as I wanted 100% silence as its in the main living room. I'm a bit confused regarding ZFS pools + TRIM. 9-beta30, the /dev/zvol/<zvols-by-name> are missing (even the /dev/zvol/ folder is missing) while they appear as /dev/zd* and are fully usable, but it is exhausting to check all the /dev/zd* with fdisk to find out wich one belongs to the corresponding zvol (and for volumes with same size and disk format ZFS Performance Tuning - Getting the most of your UnRAID server and containers on ZFS 1 2. Heads up for using ZFS with Docker. You can load the ZFS Plugin in Unraid and off you go, Youtube ZFS Unraid and you will see a few videos on how to set it up. For a good overview of ZFS, see this article. Zfs is a nice addition (I still have to upgrade to 6. The source filesystem does not matter except it contains the appdata directory. home pictures. What I'm confused about is the "Autotrim" is ON yet there's still the TRIM settings in Scheduler. Reply to this topic; Start new topic; Recommended Posts. 79-Unraid #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri ZFS pools typically necessitate all disks spinning while in use, leading to increased power consumption compared to a regular Unraid array. Posted October 4, 2023. - created a notepad doc with this: options zfs zfs_arc_max=32000000000 - saved it as zfs. Available on all major platforms. . conf in the folder - ejected USB from my PC and plugged back into my server and now have the below result. ZFS also has many similar features like snapshot support that make it ideal for inclusion. Looks transparent to the end user and management, but you can use/keep more speedy storage as the No pools: Created on the Unraid array as Primary. This screenshot shows the drive names they had originally and now they are mapped in the same order. Running in safemode sometimes work. This is the result for "zfs get It'll use more RAM if it can, but if it can't, it will do the writes. And the cache eats memory. If I were in your shoes I'd wait a little while until ZFS is public and see how it goes. This guide walks you through 3 potential Unraid storage setups to help you unraid. 3-1, ZFS pool version 5000, ZFS filesystem version 5 Also, am running into new issues with 6. Tried 5 different NAS distros. 12 and above, leveraging the ZFS capabilities introduced in this version. Compare the pros and cons of each option and get tips on compression, snapshots, and A user shares their experience and tips on using zfs on unraid, a NAS operating system. I keep zfs snapshot pool_40tb/media@now To replicate that dataset to the other pool ("pv -bart" is optional, I like to use it to show the amount of data transferred and speeds during the replication): zfs send -RL pool_40tb/media@now | pv -bart | zfs receive temp_pool/media Assuming you don't want to keep that snapshot in the end you can delete it with: One way I'd think of ZFS being a worthy addition would be if ZFS was on top of unraid's parity system, and as such you could have one/multiple ZFS pools as part of the array, and do something like having 2,3,4-drive striped ZFS pools (no protection) made of array drives and rely on unraid's parity protection for the drives instead of ZFS's. 12正式版出来了，感觉最大的变化就是文件系统可以使用ZFS，请大佬提供无损升级ZFS文件系统教程。现阵列盘现在是采用xfs 另外请问zfs可以用作冷备大仓库，让所有盘都休眠吗，计划把家里12500主力UNRAID升级到ZFS，再直通一个盘给群晖放热 What is ZFS Master? The ZFS Master plugin provides information and control over the ZFS Pools in your Unraid Server. This was working fine with 6. Hybrid Approach ZFS-formatted disks within the Unraid array Pros: This strategy combines Unraid's array flexibility, allowing for easy capacity expansion, and ZFS's advanced features, such as data I'm trying to convert my btrfs drives to zfs by * moving everything away from the btrfs drive * reformat to zfs * and then move back to the newly formatted zfs However, zfs is extremely slow. If its on a default unraid I currently use Unraid with an archival array of drives and I run TrueNAS as a VM on Unraid in order to use ZFS. 4 SMB Setup. "data" is a symbolic link to ZFS. This leads to massive slowdowns in the UI, specifically on the "Main" page. By default ZFS flushes from RAM every 3 or 5 seconds (can't remember which). category5. Show Me The Gamers Nexus Stuff I want to do this ZFS on Unraid You are in for an adventure let me tell you. 0 we are shipping ZFS 2. 1 Quote; Joly0. With Unraid settings as a ZFS pool you can only export the root pool, it doesn't do any of the datasets Which makes sense why I can see all the folders when I mount the NFS drive that way but can't see any files So I would need an option in Unraid to be able to mount all the datasets as well The way I do it with the script now works because the ZFS pools New in this release is the ability to create a ZFS file system in a user-defined pool. 3 Unraid Version I've currently got a single drive in a zfs pool - I want to add another disk(s) to this pool. My system has been less stable since upgrading to 6. 5 with the ZFS plugin. This not only facilitates quick autosnaps For me, that is the wrong question. 0-rc3. (set zfs primarycache=metadata diskX) Just stumbled upon this post. 11, and it worked perfectly. He also shows other best practices, including changing the default password, checking for OS updates, and Today I released in collaboration with @steini84 a update from the ZFS plugin (v2. Hi, I have recently spent a bunch of time moving files around on my array, in a hopes to keep the active data on 1 drive, expecting the others to mostly spin down. What is ZFS Master? The ZFS Master plugin provides information and control over the ZFS Pools in your Unraid Server. The key for the encryption can be either a pass phrase, or provided via a key file. Starting with unRAID 6. It also sets up snapshots by default and I dont see an easy way to d The current unraid default when you enable compression on btrfs in 6. Was starting with one drive removed to try and enable the drive. I have a single RAIDZ1 pool with the 5 drives. If I switch back to the ZFS pool I have around 350MB/s. So okay, the dataset is busy. My array currently consists of a 20 TB parity with (2) 18 TB array drives both formatted in XFS. I assume because the gui part is not matching the actual zfs pool layout. It provides a comprehensive solution for snapshotting and replicating ZFS datasets, either locally, to a remote server This with the automatic builds from @ich777 I think ZFS on unRAID is as good as it gets before, we get native support. Suppose you have decided you want to use ZFS on your Unraid server. tgz with unRaid 6. d/zfs. Through various scenario testing, I found that the problem is a default ZFS setting in Unraid. Stay informed about all things Unraid by signing up for our monthly newsletter. 12 版本）去创建并使用 zfs 存储池。如果你尚未升级到 6. Attached is an example of how I want it to look and how it did look before I Note: after upgrading, the volume may not be mountable in previous versions of Unraid; Allocation profiles for btrfs, zfs, and zfs subpools When a btrfs or zfs pool/subpool is created, the default storage allocation is determined by the number of slots (devices) initially assigned to the pool: for zfs main (root) pool: slots == 1 => single ZFS native support is in private beta, but it is very promising as a good alternative to either BTRFS or XFS. I followed Spaceinvader One guide on how to set up a zfs pool (2x 4TB nvme plus 2x 4TB SSD) as a zpool support auto trim, all good and seems to work well In this first video, Stefano Partida of @SPXLabs walks you through setting up a traditional Unraid array with a ZFS pool. I don't know if this is unRaid's fault or ZFS? I look forward to somebody else attempting to replicate this issue with 6. rsync: A fast, versatile utility for copying files and directories. rdvtenc kin csqck vychij imbn jvejnxu uogtfa ghfqhr hiqjx wguco