Wow... umbrel takes over an hour to start the apps from a reboot. Something has to be wrong with my setup
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What hardware? I'm on an older desktop and it takes a couple minutes.
The main server is using an i5-8500 3ghz, 32gb ddr4 3200mhz, a gtx 1650.
The Ubuntu VM is using virtual hardware: 4 core, 4gb ram.
The img is on an Unraid Array drive for redundancy and not the cache, which is definitely slower due to to the parity writing.
But most other things, including the Ubuntu VM itself loads quick. Just Umbrel seems to load slow. 🤔
Strange. Check with umbrel support, they may have an idea.
I may upgrade the cache drive to a tb nvme and see if that works better. I'd lose redundancy but it might run better...
A faster drive will help for sure. I've got everything on sata SSD.
I would but my tb nvme is in my other PC. Unfortunately, the way Unraid works means the nvme has no form of backup, only the array drives do. So I choose speed or data redundancy... the cache drive is 256gb and being used by all the docker containers as well.
As a quick test I am bumping the virtual ram to 8gb to see if it helps too.
Okay... that was the problem... the VM needed 8gb. Umbrel loads almost immediately now.
One of the reasons I don't trust Umbrel and a shitty little Raspberry Pi with a bunch of lightning channels.
I also avoid using RPI. Im running Unbrel inside a Ubuntu VM.
Definitely not the hardware then. Must be Umbrel. I'm planning on using Start9 when I finally get around to getting a node back online.
Interesting. Ive not heard of Start9 before. Ill look into it. If i can boot it as a VM and avoid Ubuntu i may take that route. I looked at MyBTCNode but they don't give any iso's so I cant run it...
I don't understand using a pi either. Lots of good old desktop workstations are available for cheaper, and they are more powerful, have more ports and ability to upgrade. Just an overall better choice. I pulled an old machine from storage i5 4th gen. Works great.
I think it's just lack of knowledge/experience. There's lots of guides and the Pi looks like the simplest and coolest solution. Once you get the node running then you start going down the personal server rabbit hole though, and the Pi just isn't built for it.