UNRAID - How to Shrink an Array and Create a Cache Pool

In my last UNRAID video I made some clear mistakes. It's about time we fix them. This will include shrinking my array so I can remove a drive. Upgrading the disk and then creating a new cache pool.

1. Backup all the data in the share/drive I was removing. You technically could change the disks the share uses and then use the mover, but I only had a few gigs worth of docker config files. Stopped all docker containers and turned off auto-start.
4. Made my appdata share only use the new Cache pool and uploaded my previously backed up docker configuration files.
5. Manually edited each docker container with the default appdata directory for configurations.

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00:00 - Introduction
01:39 - Shrink Array
04:20 - Upgrading SSD
06:00 - Cache Pool
07:34 - Appdata Cache
09:05 - Fixing Docker Configs
11:03 - Thank you!

[Gragorg]

If you set your shares to prefer and disabled dockers and vms you can just run the mover by hitting the move button on the main tab and all files will be moved over. Also "prefer" cache is a better option than "only" cache. Not that its likely to happen but if you fill up your cache completely it will spill over to your array.

[mattb]

Thanks for doing Unraid vid!! I have been using a couple years and like it alot

[turkeyphant]

When you shrink array and remove disk 1, how to you fix the numbering issue?

[vvorldnewsmedia]

docker share where does one find that can't shrink my array cuz I can't get pass docker 1:54

[dundyshibby]

If you upgrade to 6.12 you would have ZFS as a filesystem option

[luckyyluck]

I have setup a cache pool but the shares dont sjhow me the option to use a cache, the lines are simply not there?

[UltimateArts]

And his book library was certainly judged