Ordered File Placement questions
I have a couple of questions if anyone knows. 1. When "move new and existing" files is enabled, how does it choose what old and existing files get moved? I assume that it first checks for file size...
View ArticlePool is unusable and I can't fix it
I am running Stablebit Scanner and Drivepool on a home server that uses Windows Home Server 2011. I have 9 drives in my pool. One is a new WD Red Pro 6TB drive. That new drive now has a SMART...
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Copies from DP to external drives freezing to 0 Mbps
Hi everyone, I've got a pool set up 3x4TB and 1x3TB drives, with duplication. I've been having a lot of problems copying files (multiple tens or hundreds of GB at a time) off the drivepool to...
View Article10GB connection between two pools - performance tips?
I'm thinking of upgrading my switch and connection between my two Servers (Main and Backup) to 10GB. This should move the performance bottleneck from my current 1GB link to the speed of my HDD giving...
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Problem with big File in Pool
Hi I was using Drivepool (V.2.1.1.561) for aprx. 3 Month without any Problems. Last Week I copied a big File (800GB in one File) to my Drivepool, and Drivepool is not able to balance the Pool. My...
View ArticleFolders in the pool are all read-only
Hi all ! I'm testing Drivepool before buying it, all is going well, i setup my pool, my duplication for important folders etc etc. I have only one problem : all my folders in the pools are in read-only...
View ArticleNew user who needs help understanding Drivepool
So I'm trying out drivepool before I buy it and have a question. I created a pool with two drives One has close to 6TB's of data on it and the other is a fresh drive. What I want to do is have a pooled...
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Server 2012R2 - Drives using mountpoints - display warnings in Device Manager
Getting to the end of the home server build with Windows Server 2012 R2 - I was checking Device Man today and noticed an odd pair of yellow flags in Device Manager. In the attached graphic - you can...
View ArticleCan DrivePool Manage Remote Shares?
Does DrivePool need direct interface access to the drives it manages? To put it another way would it be possible for DrivePool to manage network drives? Example Scenario: USB HD attached to a linux...
View ArticleWHS2011 migration of pool to Server using Windows 10
Hi Firstly sorry for another migration post - I was expecting to find a sticky setting out step by step the process and considerations, I am migrating my server from WHS2011 onto Windows 10...
View ArticleFlexRAID Drive pool to Stablebit, How is Data handled?
I am looking to move to Stablebit drive pool, can I just delete the drive pool on FlexRAID and start a new pool with stable bit? Or will I loss data? Cheers
View ArticleAdding new disk error.
Rebuilt my system after backing up my data and when I try to add one of my disks I get an error saying "Sequence contains no elements." Also noticed that the drive shows up in disk management but not...
View ArticleFailed measuring since version 672
Hi, I have an issue since version 672 up to 675 that I've just tested. When measuring the pool I have a feedback message stating that DP failed to measure the pool on a given file. If I remove this...
View ArticleWriting directly to a Poolpart folder?
Hello, I was wondering, is it safe to write directly to a Poolpart folder? Nvidia Shadowplay demands high write speeds or it fails miserably, and the pool has some slow writing drives with the entire...
View ArticleWHS2011 to Server2012R2 migration
Hi, I want to move my drivepool from WHS2011 (the RAM limit is crippling it) to Windows Server 2012r2. I have drivepool spread over 8 drives and the OS is installed in a partition on one of the...
View ArticleHow do I move all data away from a drive ?
I need to remove some drive from the pool and move data to another PC. The files should be all moved to the remaining drives until I can remove the empty one. Another option would be to directly move...
View ArticleTaking apart an external drive
I'd like to remove my external Seagate USB 3.0 hard drive from it's case (probably have to destroy the case it to do this) and stick it into my Orico eSATA 5-bay. Will drive pool see this drive...
View ArticleWHS 2011 to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
My main drive on my WHS2011 died and now im in the middle of trying to decide what to do. If i went to windows server 2012 R2 Essentials and hooked up the drives after the install would it recover...
View ArticleWHS 2011 Stablebit 1 to 2
As i try to decide if i should move to 2012 i am wondering if a fresh install of 2011 and moving to stablebit 2 would be a better idea. does stablebit 2 still have everything in the WHS2011...
View ArticleYet another ssd balancer question
Hey guys, can someone help me out with settinns needed to get the ssd balancer working the way I want it to? I do not have duplication or file placement rules. Basically I want files transferred to the...
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