# Guides **URL:** https://forums.reeltalk.club/c/technology/guides/6.md [Latest](https://forums.reeltalk.club/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.reeltalk.club/categories.md) --- ## [Firmware Update Process for Intel P3605 1.6TB U.2 NVMe SSDs](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/firmware-update-process-for-intel-p3605-1-6tb-u-2-nvme-ssds/65)
**Author:** [@IamSpartacus](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/IamSpartacus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/firmware-update-process-for-intel-p3605-1-6tb-u-2-nvme-ssds/65 "2022-05-03T03:19:26Z")
The following process can be used to update the firmware on an Intel P3605 1.6TB U.2 NVMe drive. These drives are OEM drives that were designed specifically for Oracle and are also referred to as Oracle Flash Accelerato… --- ## [Moving Unraid AppData to its own Cache Pool for improved performance](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/moving-unraid-appdata-to-its-own-cache-pool-for-improved-performance/138)
**Author:** [@eph](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/eph)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/moving-unraid-appdata-to-its-own-cache-pool-for-improved-performance/138 "2021-03-05T17:44:33Z")
With Unraid 6.9, it’s pretty easy to add multiple cache pools. The benefit of these pools are you can now have a cache per share in Unraid. When you isolate out the cache duties to a single share you get some side benefi… --- ## [Readarr and Calibre](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/readarr-and-calibre/83)
**Author:** [@monkeyman512](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/monkeyman512)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/readarr-and-calibre/83 "2020-07-27T03:52:08Z")
Warning: This post is a WIP and half written from memory. If you like ebooks and want a solution similar to Sonnar/Radarr and Plex this is one way to do that. I setup this with both running in Docker with Portainer for … --- ## [LazyLibrarian + Calibre + Calibre Web](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/lazylibrarian-calibre-calibre-web/97)
**Author:** [@telecomguy](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/telecomguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/lazylibrarian-calibre-calibre-web/97 "2021-04-09T22:34:50Z")
I know that we have a guide for Readarr and Calibre already, however I took a different approach to eBooks. I already had LazyLibrarian, Calibre, and Calibre Web up and running, but my setup was not very automated and I… --- ## [One Cache to Rule Them All - Unraid Cache Strategy](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/one-cache-to-rule-them-all-unraid-cache-strategy/214)
**Author:** [@eph](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/eph)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/one-cache-to-rule-them-all-unraid-cache-strategy/214 "2023-08-26T13:13:11Z")
Beyond standard suggestions like moving your App Data to its own Unassign Drive (or now an Unraid Pool), there’s a new strategy I’ve been using for over a year that I’ve come to like: a single, high-performance and high-… --- ## [Parity Tuning in Unraid (Plugin)](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/parity-tuning-in-unraid-plugin/100)
**Author:** [@eph](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/eph)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/parity-tuning-in-unraid-plugin/100 "2020-12-09T21:02:56Z")
So you don’t like the single, contiguous, clock-stopping Parity Check? Well, there’s an App for you. The Parity Check Tuning plugin on the Unraid Community Apps will allow you to break your long-running parity check into… --- ## [Adding IMDB Watchlist to Radarr](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/adding-imdb-watchlist-to-radarr/92)
**Author:** [@Sunsets](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/Sunsets)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/adding-imdb-watchlist-to-radarr/92 "2020-11-24T17:04:16Z")
Using an IMDB watchlist is an easy way to allow movie requests for your Plex library, by utilizing the “Radarr Lists” functionality built into Radarr. This is a great way to add movies to Plex using a shared IMDB accoun… --- ## [Tdarr Install (QuickSync & Ubuntu) - Discussion](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/tdarr-install-quicksync-ubuntu-discussion/33)
**Author:** [@Etumos](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/Etumos)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/tdarr-install-quicksync-ubuntu-discussion/33 "2020-11-15T20:24:37Z")
Let us discussion from : Tdarr Install (QuickSync & Ubuntu) --- ## [PhtoSync + Google Drive & PhotoPrism (on Unraid)](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/phtosync-google-drive-photoprism-on-unraid/178)
**Author:** [@eph](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/eph)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/phtosync-google-drive-photoprism-on-unraid/178 "2022-09-04T15:49:53Z")
As part of my efforts to ensure I have a copy of all of my data at any given time, I needed to migrate off of, or add to, Google Photos. Google Photos does not back up your content in a way that is easy for you to access… --- ## [Quick guide on how to setup Plex Meta Manager (unraid)](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/quick-guide-on-how-to-setup-plex-meta-manager-unraid/139)
**Author:** [@Glasti](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/Glasti)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/quick-guide-on-how-to-setup-plex-meta-manager-unraid/139 "2021-03-10T18:06:09Z")
I recently started using Plex Meta Manager to costumise my movie collections more then Plex can do itself. In this quick guide i will show how i have set it up to hopefully help you get started. The wiki is very indepth… --- ## [How to minimize your plex downtime on Unraid when backing up](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/how-to-minimize-your-plex-downtime-on-unraid-when-backing-up/99)
**Author:** [@Glasti](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/Glasti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/how-to-minimize-your-plex-downtime-on-unraid-when-backing-up/99 "2020-12-08T19:07:30Z")
He guys, Joined the discord server for a while and thought i made my first forum post! :smiley: I wrote a guide on IamSpartacus his Plex backup scripts for Unraid. https://github.com/Glasti1/unraid-plex-backup-fine-tu… --- ## [Format Encrypted SAS SSD (HGST) to use in Unraid or elsewhere](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/format-encrypted-sas-ssd-hgst-to-use-in-unraid-or-elsewhere/137)
**Author:** [@eph](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/eph)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/format-encrypted-sas-ssd-hgst-to-use-in-unraid-or-elsewhere/137 "2021-03-06T04:11:24Z")
Acquired a cheaper HGST SAS SSD and tried to throw it into Unraid. When I tried to format it to xfs or btrfs I was unable to. I then went to my handy sg\_format tool to format it but was finding myself facing some errors … --- ## [(WIP) How to get metadata for Audiobooks](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/wip-how-to-get-metadata-for-audiobooks/141)
**Author:** [@Darkkazul](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/Darkkazul)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/wip-how-to-get-metadata-for-audiobooks/141 "2021-03-15T16:59:57Z")
How to rename and get metadata for audiobooks Requirements: Calibre, Audiobooks with parent folder having the author’s name and the entire book in one file. (ie no separate chapters files) Note: I’m doing this all in w… --- ## [1u router build](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/1u-router-build/180)
**Author:** [@N\_P](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/N_P)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/1u-router-build/180 "2022-09-11T00:24:57Z")
WIP Trying to update my network to be in a better rackmount stack. While not needed I wanted to ditch my hp290 and go with a modern pfsense/opnsense build that fit in a 1u mount. I started with browsing Server Build’s … --- ## [Requestr + Ombi + Sonarr + Radarr](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/requestr-ombi-sonarr-radarr/94)
**Author:** [@eph](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/eph)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/requestr-ombi-sonarr-radarr/94 "2020-11-28T14:40:55Z")
This is the start of my Requestr + Ombi + Sonarr + Radarr guide. Requestr is a Discord bot that can interact with users in a Discord server and relay requests to Sonarr/Radarr or Ombi. Requesting works for Movies and TV… --- ## [QuickSync Box (QSB) on Budget: Hardware Transcoding](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/quicksync-box-qsb-on-budget-hardware-transcoding/31)
**Author:** [@eph](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/eph)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/quicksync-box-qsb-on-budget-hardware-transcoding/31 "2020-05-16T19:38:06Z")
At this point in time, 8th and 9th gen CPUs are a lot cheaper and make more sense to look at. Some 10th gen CPUs, and 11th gen CPUs, begin to support AV1 decode. Intel has also released the ARC card which is QuickSync on… --- ## [Aruba 1930 Fan Mod](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/aruba-1930-fan-mod/187)
**Author:** [@eph](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/eph)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/aruba-1930-fan-mod/187 "2022-11-02T21:21:33Z")
Was a bit loud… here’s the pictures step by step to replacing with a Noctua. It’s quiet now. --- ## [3.3v Shucked HDD Modification](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/3-3v-shucked-hdd-modification/46)
**Author:** [@eph](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/eph)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/3-3v-shucked-hdd-modification/46 "2020-05-21T00:59:06Z")
I wanted to make a tutorial on how to use a SATA power extension cable, modified to remove the fifth wire (the 3.3v power wire), to power these drives. This guide uses cables from the Ultimate Parts List: Cable Section … --- ## [Internet Privacy & “degoogling” a bit](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/internet-privacy-degoogling-a-bit/201)
**Author:** [@eph](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/eph)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/internet-privacy-degoogling-a-bit/201 "2022-12-02T14:46:16Z")
Internet Privacy & “degoogling” a bit Background I have grown weary of giving ownership of my digital life over to Google and other major service providers. I’ve seen more cases of Google and other platforms locking the… --- ## [Creating a Mail gateway](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/creating-a-mail-gateway/135)
**Author:** [@gimpyb](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/gimpyb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/creating-a-mail-gateway/135 "2021-02-09T21:35:38Z")
Many of us have plenty of servers and services that need to send email, more than likely you are either sending it from your network or using gmail’s free service. This can result in you getting blacklisted or even inter… --- ## [AutoFS Setup an FStab Alternative - Discussion](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/autofs-setup-an-fstab-alternative-discussion/34)
**Author:** [@Etumos](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/Etumos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/autofs-setup-an-fstab-alternative-discussion/34 "2020-05-17T18:26:30Z")
Let’s continue the discussion from: AutoFS Setup an FStab Alternative --- ## [Smart Home Wiki](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/smart-home-wiki/154)
**Author:** [@N\_P](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/N_P)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/smart-home-wiki/154 "2021-06-11T14:16:14Z")
Starting a wiki for all things smart home. Primary topics will include Home Assitant, Blue Iris, Cameras, Sensors, Automation, and more. Most information will be linking to other guides and videos keeping this wiki manag… --- ## [Backups: Setting up encrypted rclone & gsuite in Unraid](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/backups-setting-up-encrypted-rclone-gsuite-in-unraid/55)
**Author:** [@eph](https://forums.reeltalk.club/u/eph)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.reeltalk.club/t/backups-setting-up-encrypted-rclone-gsuite-in-unraid/55 "2020-05-27T20:29:16Z")
Backups w/ Rclone, Unraid, and GSuite Encrypted Discussion Thread https://www.reeltalk.club/index.php/2020/06/13/backups-setting-up-encrypted-rclone-gsuite-in-unraid/