Hi, I was previously running this config on a Rasp Pi 4b
debian os/docker/portainer with Netxcloud/Jellyfin/Sonarr etc and while it was stable and no issues, i decided to give proxmox a go, and its so much better in every way, the inbuilt backupr/estore option is a killer feature and I've successfully backed up/restored LXC to different hardware in minutes, so love that!
So the hardware
Dell optiplex 7070 MicroPC i7/16gb ram/nvme running proxmox 9.0.3
also tested same issues restoring backup to a Intel NUC / Celeron CPU / 8GB Ram / SSD
Synology DS411+II (ancient nas but healthy and used only for network storage) - DOS protection disabled in security / SMB set to Max 3/Min 2
UDM Pro Router/Switch (IDS bypassed for Proxmox host & Synology NAS)
Container is setup unprivileged
example of a mount (done in /etc/fstab) on PVE
//192.168.x.x/Media /mnt/media cifs _netdev,x-systemd.automount,noatime,uid=100000,gid=110000,dir_mode=0770,file_mode=0770,credentials=/root/.smb,users,rw,iocharset=utf8,noforceuid,noforcegid,nofail,noserververino,vers=3.0 0 0
(the last parts i only added yesterday as a test noserververino,vers=3.0 0 0 - (made no difference)
SO for the whole part its 100% working and stable, but the issue has been presenting itself while watching movies/tv via Jellyfin, some days zero issues, some days things would freeze, then "media cant be played" i then wait around 3 mins or reboot either the NAS or Proxmox and it all works again (during this time no errors or warnings logged on the nas, the nas is available and pinging fine to all other devices.
At first i thought jellyfin issue, then looking closely at the nas and experimented enabling jumbo frames on the networks / nas / switch (no change so back at default)
then i noticed random issues with Sonarr, it grabs/downloads/sorts fine most of the time, but occasionally stuff is stuck pending to import (ive now noticed that its due to the mount randomly disconnecting - and this not while playing jellyfin media
i then added a tdarr container just to verify / test media for corruption (in health check mode) - media tested fine, but again at some random times, the mount would disconnect and health check jobs would stall/need requeuing
so i don't think its a specific playback issue, its as if the NAS just becomes unavailable (when its not dropping off) - example I've left pings running from my desktop pc and file transfers running at the times when Proxmox loses the mount.
last nights test i shutdown sonarr/tdarr and disabled any scheduled tasks in Jellyfin (media library scans etc) and 3 movies played fine without issue, zero drops
this morning ran a media scan and all completed ok, ran a media segment scan (jellyfin) and after 5 mins the mount dropped off.
restarted Proxmox, media segment scan ran again, and all fine..
So its an annoying one thats hard to pin down, it does point to network drop off, but im confident the cables (excel cat5e) short 1m patch cables to each NAS/Proxmox are fine, have tried different cables / ports (no change)
The exact setup on a Rasp Pi 4b (same dockers/network/config) works flawlessly
Sonarr never hangs, Streams never stall, jellyfin Scheduled tasks never fail
Before i give up on proxmox for now and head back to Pi, just wondering if anyone has any other suggestions?
(the nas does have NFS which i was going to try, but with the unpriveleged setup of the container, and the changes needed to mounts etc im not sure its going to be worth the effort.
any know issues with this kind of config? is CIFS just buggy in proxmox? is it related to unpriveleaged?
thanks!
debian os/docker/portainer with Netxcloud/Jellyfin/Sonarr etc and while it was stable and no issues, i decided to give proxmox a go, and its so much better in every way, the inbuilt backupr/estore option is a killer feature and I've successfully backed up/restored LXC to different hardware in minutes, so love that!
So the hardware
Dell optiplex 7070 MicroPC i7/16gb ram/nvme running proxmox 9.0.3
also tested same issues restoring backup to a Intel NUC / Celeron CPU / 8GB Ram / SSD
Synology DS411+II (ancient nas but healthy and used only for network storage) - DOS protection disabled in security / SMB set to Max 3/Min 2
UDM Pro Router/Switch (IDS bypassed for Proxmox host & Synology NAS)
Container is setup unprivileged
example of a mount (done in /etc/fstab) on PVE
//192.168.x.x/Media /mnt/media cifs _netdev,x-systemd.automount,noatime,uid=100000,gid=110000,dir_mode=0770,file_mode=0770,credentials=/root/.smb,users,rw,iocharset=utf8,noforceuid,noforcegid,nofail,noserververino,vers=3.0 0 0
(the last parts i only added yesterday as a test noserververino,vers=3.0 0 0 - (made no difference)
SO for the whole part its 100% working and stable, but the issue has been presenting itself while watching movies/tv via Jellyfin, some days zero issues, some days things would freeze, then "media cant be played" i then wait around 3 mins or reboot either the NAS or Proxmox and it all works again (during this time no errors or warnings logged on the nas, the nas is available and pinging fine to all other devices.
At first i thought jellyfin issue, then looking closely at the nas and experimented enabling jumbo frames on the networks / nas / switch (no change so back at default)
then i noticed random issues with Sonarr, it grabs/downloads/sorts fine most of the time, but occasionally stuff is stuck pending to import (ive now noticed that its due to the mount randomly disconnecting - and this not while playing jellyfin media
i then added a tdarr container just to verify / test media for corruption (in health check mode) - media tested fine, but again at some random times, the mount would disconnect and health check jobs would stall/need requeuing
so i don't think its a specific playback issue, its as if the NAS just becomes unavailable (when its not dropping off) - example I've left pings running from my desktop pc and file transfers running at the times when Proxmox loses the mount.
last nights test i shutdown sonarr/tdarr and disabled any scheduled tasks in Jellyfin (media library scans etc) and 3 movies played fine without issue, zero drops
this morning ran a media scan and all completed ok, ran a media segment scan (jellyfin) and after 5 mins the mount dropped off.
restarted Proxmox, media segment scan ran again, and all fine..
So its an annoying one thats hard to pin down, it does point to network drop off, but im confident the cables (excel cat5e) short 1m patch cables to each NAS/Proxmox are fine, have tried different cables / ports (no change)
The exact setup on a Rasp Pi 4b (same dockers/network/config) works flawlessly
Sonarr never hangs, Streams never stall, jellyfin Scheduled tasks never fail
Before i give up on proxmox for now and head back to Pi, just wondering if anyone has any other suggestions?
(the nas does have NFS which i was going to try, but with the unpriveleged setup of the container, and the changes needed to mounts etc im not sure its going to be worth the effort.
any know issues with this kind of config? is CIFS just buggy in proxmox? is it related to unpriveleaged?
thanks!