GUI crashes, restart?
From around beta 2.2.0.870 the drivepool gui stops responding and services log stops updating... Now im on 877 and it crashes more frequently now.. I need to restart my server to get it working.....
View Article[DrivePool BETA 2.2.0.877] SSD Optimizer not moving data away
Hi, I'm using Drivepool (Beta) since 2015, recently bought it because it's a great tool. But nowadays I have problem, there are some data hogging my SSD space. I read all the stickies and it seems...
View ArticleCombining 2 (or more) pools across separate machines.
The situation is, that I have run out of hard drive space in my current case.(15 drives) Ideally I would like build another machine running Windows, with loads more disks, is it possible to combine...
View ArticleNewbie question, marking a subset of drives for redundant data only?
I have a newbie question that I'm failing to find through search. I have 8 drives in my pool. 2 of which I have low confidence in remaining lifetime. The other 6 I have high confidence in. Other...
View ArticleUpdated to Windows Fall Creator Update - Lost Pool
Hi I just updated Windows and now DrivePool won't load one of my pools. I have 4 drives assigned to two pools (two drive per pool), and one pool won't show up in DrivePool on my system. The data is...
View ArticleTrouble updating StableBit DrivePool to 2.2.0.852 x64
I currently have Stablebit drive pool ver. 2.2.0.651 64bit. I've been trying to update to ver. 2.2.0.852 x64 but i keep getting a error message about a missing DLL, screen shot and error log included....
View ArticleHelp me understand DrivePool and CloudDrive interaction
Hi Folks (especially Chris), I'm especially frustrated right now because of a dumb mistake on my part and a high likelihood of a misunderstanding of the intricacies of how, when, and why DP is...
View ArticleRemoving multiple drives from pool
I'm doing some shuffling of hard drives between two systems, and want to remove two drives from my main file server. So I clicked "Remove" on the two drives I want to remove from DrivePool, and wait....
View ArticleDrivePool measures the pool on every start
Hi, I'm a new user of DrivePool. I have an external Fantec USB 3.0 hard drive enclosure box, with 4 HGST 4TB drives, all combined in a pool. I use this pool as long term storage for my photography raw...
View ArticleHow long is yours (Service Starting)
The service starting message on my machine lasts AGES. I'm working with support trying to get it resolved but I'm assuming it's a bug and I suppose it's possible that this is just how long it takes for...
View ArticleUpdate to Fall Creators update x64 win 10 all pools gone!
OS: Windows 10 x64 v1709 (Fall Creator's Update) build 16299.19 Drive Pool Version: 2.1.1.561 After updating to the fall creators update all my pools are missing. I've restarted the PC 5 times. No...
View ArticleNot able to remote control drivepool Beta 2.2.0.875
Hello, I have three licences for drivepool. one installed on my main desktop and the further two licences installed on two servers, all running Windows 10 64 bit Fall Creators update. The two...
View ArticleNew user with issues and problems
-I'm using Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2. When I first installed drivepool (and for the next few reboots), I had the dashboard window and I also had a separate drivepool window (which was nice)....
View ArticleWanting to build a server 40-45 Bay
Any an all idea's are awesome so please if you have anything posted it up here :-D Ok so my father and I are really needing to build a super server. As it sits he already has a server rack 48U Rack....
View Articleknown issues update
I would like to humbly request that the known issues post in Nuts and Bolts be updated. For example, which is the latest stable Beta release? Thx.
View ArticleNeed to reinstall Windows - Drivepool steps?
(My apologies if this is in a FAQ somewhere, but I didn't see one.) I suspect I have a critter running around my Windows 10 installation and would like to do a fresh reinstall. What are the steps I...
View ArticleA few notes from a newbie
OK, first, just in case any one here knows of Ikon, let me say, I'm not him. Ikon was my father. I say 'was' because he passed away in 2012. I inherited all his tech, including his forum and social...
View ArticleCombine Windows SS with DrivePool?
Hi I'm starting to go the Storage Spaces route, using parity and integrity streams in order to just let the system fix silent errors without having to ever worry about my data. However, it's a bit of...
View ArticleOrdered File Placement Filling Drive to 100%
I've finished migrating all my drives to ReFS V3.2 but the Balancer has now filled drives leaving 0B Free (and I know bad stuff happens). I can not get the Balancer to free up some room on these full...
View ArticleHow to format in ReFS after Windows Fall Creators Update?
They removed it, again! And I'm halfway through a full conversion for my drives (memleak be damned). Now, short of installing Windows again - is there a way to format the drives in REFS? I can...
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