Newbie Q: I have 2 x 8TB Seagate Archive drives and 7 x HDS 4TB drives in my pool. As I need to grow my pool I remove a 4TB and replace with an 8TB.
Given the disparity of performance of these drives I'd like to (if possible):
- Fill Drives the drives to 99% in order (no need for balancing across drives or duplication of files/folders within the pool)
- Keep the Seagate Archives full first
- Keep sub folder content "together" on physical disk were possible
- Keep a selected folder (Video Editing) off the slower to write Seagate 8TB Archives
At present I'm playing with the Balancing Settings as follows but not sure if this is correct:
- In File Placement Options I've unchecked the Seagate Disks for the Video Editing Folder
- Under Balancers I have this order and settings:
#1 StableBit Scanner: Default
#2 Ordered File Placement: Moved the Seagate Archive drives to the top of the list
#3 Volume Equalization: On
#4 Drive Usage Limiter: On with "Try not to fill a drive above 99%"
#5 Prevent Drive Overfill: On with "Try not to fill a drive above 99%" and "Or this much free space unchecked"
#6 Duplication Space Optimizer: Off
Thanks
Nathan