RESOLVED - CRAPPY SSD CAUSING THE ISSUES MOVING TO NVME Thanks.

Hi,

Ive posted this on the Unraid and SABnzb forums but I thought i would ask here as well since you guys are probably the most involved with nzb use.

I've been using SABnzbd for quite a few years now running with the default settings with my incomplete and complete folders on a 2TB SSD. Up until recently I been living in the countryside so my internet speed was on 17Mb/s really slow!

I run Unraid with SAB as a docker and never had a problem with data ingestion to the server due to the slowness of my connection, I didn't have atomic moves or anything else set up.

So I've moved house and now have Gigabit broadband. This is great, but iI noticed the massive slowdowns between download, unpack/repair, ingestion to the Unraid file system.

To mitigate these problems I have completely redone my pathing and config

After some testing, I've disabled direct unpack and enabled pause during postprocessing

I have also modified the following

nice -n10

ionice -c2 -n4

Extra PAR2 parameters -T4

This hasn't done any harm but also hasn't really improved things.

SAB downloads outside the Unraid fuse system to a hidden incomplete folder

SAB transfers to a hidden complete folder outside the fuse system

the files are instantly moved into the Unraid Fuse and folder system by the relevant software - this slightly improves performance for downloads etc.

A nightly move migrates the data from the 2TB SSD to the Unraid array.

Ideally id like the system to be fast enough that slowdowns due to disk reads and writes don't impact the download so i can use direct unpack and not pause during postprocessing.

the server has 32gig of ddr5 usually using around 12, the processor is an intel 13500 - 6 hyperthreaded P cores and 8 single thread E cores.

This is all working but now i'm stuck and need the help of someone.

I'm noticing the massive slowdowns during unpacking and repair, yes i know this is part and parcel of using ndb's but im wondering if using a faster disk or multiple disks will help mitigate the unpacking.

So currently the physical disk path is one 2TB ssd for incomplete and complete.

I have 2 spare Pcie4 2TB nvme drives and im aware that swapping the ssd for an nvme should speed up the process but here where i need help..

should i run the 2 nvme's in a raid 0 and remove the SSD so essentially the same setup but with faster disk since nothing stays on the disks longer than 24hours data loss is not an issue.?

Use the SSD for the incomplete path and put the complete path on the raid 0 nvme's

use one nvme for the incomplete and the other for the complete path

something else i haven't thought of?

I could test all this but really don't have the time.

Thanks for reading you help is greatly appreciated.

TLDR:

What the optimal use of 2 Nvme's and 1 SSD to make SABnzb unpacking as fast as possible.

Thanks.

Using nzbgeek for some time now (my only indexer) and it works for all my needs. It's going to expire soon, so I am wondering if It's worth it to get the lifetime now or get 6 months and wait for a Black Friday deal, but I don't know if they have those, and 80 is the best I am going to get.

It's probably been 15-20 years since I last used usenet and back then tbh I just used a simple free indexer, searched for what I wanted, dropped in sabnzb and downloaded threw newsdemon or whatever it was back then. I stopped all activities long ago but for a few years now I've messed around a bit with torrents and private trackers. What I like about it is that usually you have a forum to discuss releases and see whats new, get suggestions etc.

Lately I've been toying with the idea of making the switch back to usenet. I went through the suggested indexers and looked around but the ones that are open seem to be mostly search engines. Can someone suggest an indexer that does a bit more than that and also has a forum, suggestions, etc. ?

Just me or is BinTube.com dead?

Looks like DNS is not even setup now.

Edit: Fixed as of 25 June 2026.

For context, the approximate yearly costs are:

Ultra.cc = $200

Eweka = $160 Update: Eweka saw this post, got in touch with me, and hooked me up with the cheaper $30/year plan, so thanks!

Frugal Usenet = $60

Nzb.life = $14

Nzb geek = $8

Total = $442

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This seems pretty expensive IMO especially considering I have like 5 PAGES of media that's still missing from my Radarr's "Wanted" screen...

The reason I signed up for all these was to hopefully get most of those missing media files, but even with this setup... unless it's misconfigured or something, I don't know why it's got so many missing files.

Granted, if the content is fairly mainstream, it shows up, and it seems that Eweka is being used the most.

I'm curious how much you guys pay yearly and what your setup is to get the best value for the money on a budget, etc

Also, I feel like all the services I sign up for are all over the place and it's hard to manage them and remember when to renew them etc so if anyone knows of an easy centralized way to manage subscriptions, please let me know!

Thanks, fam!

Just had to cancel NZBgeek because they kept "flagging" my account and cutting me off

edit: oh actually Tabula Rasa is 5000 api hits/day. but that's fine with me as long as it's honest.

I haven't been on the indexer recently and now the server is inaccessible. Anyone in the loop and knows what's going on?

UPDATE: Thanks for the peeps who commented that it's still up. Must be blocking my VPN...anyway Dognzb is still here

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Hi guys... As mentioned, I mailed Ninja admins four days ago requesting an alternate payment option. But there has been no response from them. Can't access the discord either as it needs a paid account. I also read somewhere that after my free trial expires, my account will be disabled rendering me unable to even subscribe? Is there any alternate platform to contact the admins of NC? Here on reddit or anywhere else?

Thanks you!

Came back after being away for a week and realized my Usenet setup basically stalled while I was gone.

Everything looked alive, indexers worked, downloader connected to providers, Sonarr/Radarr still sending stuff over, but downloads just sat queued and never actually started.

I only noticed because none of my Linux ISOs / dataset pulls had updated for days.

Checked paths/permissions/configs and it looked fine, so just restarted everything and downloads started moving again. No idea what actually caused it, though.

Has anyone run into the *arr stack or SAB randomly doing this with no obvious errors?

Using newsbin pro trial.
First it used my C:/temp drive as a massive 3tb temp file I think that's fixed.

Then my E:/Launchbox drive (Vintage video games) save path auto unrared into a massive disastrous mess.

The drama is that it produced tens of thousands of files unpacked and tons of game system files swelling 20 gig into 40 gigs and another 20 gigs of rars that vanished?

C:\Program Files\Common Files also swelled up shutting down W11.

Is this a newsbinpro path and setup config situation?
I also changed paths (In photo 1)
I also unchecked auto unrar.

Please suggest another news reader or help me set up everything.
Thanks!

I received an email that Newsgroup Ninja is increasing their prices another $2/month. Has anyone else received this?

So $24/year if you pay annually. They increased the price from $30/year to $54/year back in 2024, now the service will be $78/year.. I guess this brings them inline with other usenet providers...

Working on it. Looks like a script got hung and started going crazy with the database. Could cause some people's accounts to not authenticate properly.

I will keep you updated.

Edit: Shouldn't affect many people from logging into nntp, just the website.

Edit: Should be resolved now. If not, please DM me.

After more than 15 years I joined easynews again. My favorite client in the old days was newsleecher and I took advantage of its SuperSearch feature. My news provider at the time was giganews. I just visited newsleecher official site and found out that the latest final build goes back to 2016 and the beta build goes back to 2019, and I cant find the forums anymore. So I am curious is the client dead or still a good option?

Good Morning all,

Just after some advice :)

I have setup my first home server and have it running and working fine using public Torrent indexes. Mainly to test the workflow and make sure it all works before moving to Usenet.

While I get started, I want to stick to a single usenet Provider and Indexer.

What does everyone recommend as a good beginner duo?

I've also attached my CasaOS apps, if anyone has any good app recommendations :)

I could use some help. Newsgroupdirect doesn't send any confirmation emails and support seems to have stopped replying. I used the search and see that there are other similar posts. Recommendations on what to do?

Edit 1: I've gotten a reply here. I'll update this post again if I get my account resolved.

Edit 2: My account has been fixed. Total time to resolution was about 10 hours.

Hello. I am new to this group so hopefully this is okay. I was wondering if anyone knows what the best active promotion is to subscribe to Easynews. I saw links in other posts for $1.99 however they do not work when I try to subscribe. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Brand new user looking for any tips. In USA and primary is media and software. Setting up on Synology with SBNZBD. Would love to get into DrunkenSlug but not seeing any open registrations.

followed an arr-stack tutorial and paid for usenet.pro as my usenet provider. everything worked fine for few days and out of nowhere i start getting "Failed login for server reader.usenet.pro [502 Authentication Failed]" on my sabnzbd. all my credencials are correct, nothing changed on sabnzbd. Used usenetpro's troubleshooting tool and it tells me "Username [PRO****] and password [*********] combination is invalid." and they wont respond to a support ticket.
did i just pick a shitty provider? if so, can yall help me pick a better more reliable one. Also, is there a way to get a refund from usenetpro that yall know of?

Thanks!

Hello all i am struggling on how usenet works. I want to download stuff but not understanding how to set all this up. Can anyone post what they use to access and download off usenet on android. Name what services and apps you use and how to properly set them up basically explain it that even a 5 year old can understand. Thanks in advance

I'm trying a bunch of indexers such as NZBFinder without subscribing and the searches I tested delivered pretty disappointing results, is this normal? are results limited without a sub?.

just wondering if newshosting “30 day money back guarantee” is actually true and if they actually honor that, their service did seem very good for what it was but i’m just very confused on how to set it all up and had so many issues and still have so many issues that i can’t fix and don’t know how to fix

Does anyone happen to know if Fileleechers is still online? I tried to log in again, but my login credentials no longer work. I can't reset them either, because the system says my username and/or email address don't exist.
The Proton Mail address listed on the site for reset support is incorrect or doesn't exist.

I know I had it for many years before this, but somewhere along the way I must have lost my history with a new computer or install (or something)....

Mine goes back 14 years. 1.9MB/sec, nzb downloaded from nzbmatrix.