Questions on the SSD plug-in
My home server currently has a mix of 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, and 4TB drives, plus a 64 GB boot drive that is nearly full with Windows 7 crap, so I am about to swap it out for a 120 GB SSD, so there will be...
View ArticleDrivepool and the remeasuring function
My PC, Windows 10 with a drivepool of 18TB has been getting progessively slower over the past few weeks. Stablebit scanner shows all drives as Healthy. I have run virus checks and all is OK. The...
View ArticlePlex+DrivePool+CloudDrive
Hello, hoping someone can give me a tip here. I've set up my Plex library on a DrivePool drive that is set to save everything in triplicate - once on a local drive and then two more copies on two...
View ArticleNeed some guidance on Virtualization
I'll be getting my first real server which I want to do multiple things on. I use Windows on all my pc's, but I was thinking of using a hypervisor so i could take advantage of containers/docker etc. Is...
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Windows 2012 R2 File Copy Verification Failed
I've got folder level duplication enabled, but when it gets done balancing/duplicating there are always duplication warnings. See the attached screenshot. I've tried "Duplicate Now" multiple times...
View ArticleDo some manual balancing
Hi, I have a folder with duplicated data on my system. Can i just copy parts of the duplicated data from one disk in the pool to another disk in the same pool ? (So from e:...
View Articleaccidental deletion as network drive, any protection?
Hello, I regularly browse my Drivepool from another computer in the network. I've noticed that if I accidentally delete a file it will not go to the recycle bin, it gets permanently deleted. I've...
View ArticleIs there an advantage to Dynamic disks (within a pool)?
I have 30 disks - approx 100TB. I'm slowly converting each of them to 64K formatted disks (most of the files are very large 40gb media files). But is there an advantage of dynamic vs basic? If...
View ArticleDisk keeps dropping (won't reappear until reboot)
Perhaps you guys can help me, I have 30 disks (100TB) in a pool. One of them is an 8TB Seagate archive disk. About 2 months ago it started dropping routinely - which as you know - locks the pool...
View ArticleUnknown kernel path
Hi, I got this new error message using version 670 on Windows 10 Anniversary Update. I had to recheck the duplication. Regards. Envoyé de mon ONEPLUS A3003 en utilisant Tapatalk
View ArticleSeeking advice: Best strategy to remove defective drive from Pool
Running DrivePool 2.1.558 on Windows Server 2012 R2. Don't own Scanner. 20TB DrivePool, 6 Drives, 6 SATA ports (all full) One (1) of these six drives, a 3TB Toshiba, is in the process of failing...
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From snapraid parity to Drivepool duplication...
Hi all, seeking a little advice here : with the release of amazon cloud drive i'm now testing it with clouddrive, added it to the pool and setup the disk as the target of pool-duplication. Drivepool...
View ArticleWant to make the move from Flexraid-f to Drivepool.....
Hello All, I have actually posted on another site and Drashna said it was fine that I posted here since there are many that have done this. I want to continue to use Flexraid-F for parity and use...
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Why won't drive pool fully use my 2b drive?
I've attached a screenshot to show what I mean. For some reason even after weeks I can't get drivepool to use this drive. I have Volume Equalizer after StablebitScanner so I think it should be trying...
View ArticleBest defragmenting software (or none at all)?
I've read that with files being as large as they are these days and with HDD's having NCQ, that defragmentation offers little to no benefit, and just puts more wear on the HDD. Is this true? If...
View ArticleServer 2016 Essentials
With the impending release of Server 2016 Essentials what is the way ahead for DrivePool? I am currently (happily) running drivepool on server essentials 2012 R2 and am looking to upgrade to 2016 when...
View ArticleMade the move from Flexraid-F to Flexraid-F & Drivepool..I'm All In!!
Hello All, I have actually posted on another site and Drashna said it was fine that I posted here since there are many that have done this. I want to continue to use Flexraid-F for parity and use...
View ArticleMoving data from storage spaces on WS12R2 essentials to drivepool
Hi, I posted this question about 10 days back on hss forum but was told I may get a response here. I have edited it a little. Thank you for reading my message. I am currently running an evaluation...
View ArticleCrashplan restore is a nightmare if using default Drivepool placement!
Hi, just a heads up for anyone that might not have ever had to do a restore yet... I had a pooled drive go down recently, it totally died and would no longer be recognised. Because of this, I now had...
View ArticleLingering files in PoolPart after a successful Removal from Pool?
Hi folks, I have a 40TB NAS and due to some interest SMART results on 2 drives, I've taken the precaution to remove them formally through DrivePool, and pass the data off to the other drives in the...
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