SATA Controller Help for Small Server Build
Hi, I currently have DrivePool on another large server (the SM 846 Chassis) and works good though I don't have the server in operation right now. I am doing a smaller media server build with parts...
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Slow Copying speed after Fast Copying
Hello there, I am having a very peculiar issue here with Drivepool. I have a stand alone hard drive ( let's call it D:), that I use to download stuff to, rename it, and then copy it to my Pool (F:)....
View ArticleCloudDrive not appearing in DrivePool
Just wondering if there's a way to force a refresh of the Non-pooled drive list in DrivePool? I've created a new cloud drive, its present on E: and I can use the drive fine, I just can't add it to...
View ArticleTried FlexRAID and Frustrated - Will DrivePool work for me?
Hey all. Forgive me if this post is long but I'm having a hard time making a decision here. So I have about 9TB of data that I am keeping on a small Windows 10 home server. It's mostly media, video...
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Font color issue with high contrast theme enabled
My eyes are pretty light-sensitive, so I enabled Dark Mode in Windows 10 and also the High Contrast theme in accessibility settings in Windows 10. This is great because almost every app that I use runs...
View ArticleSequential balancing
I work in a small team of developers and we wish to use DrivePool at some stage to distribute files across an array of drives. We wish to distribute all files sequentially across the array of disks:...
View ArticleDrivepool and Drive letters - maximum number of drives?
Hi Just trying out Drivepool and first question i have is Drive letters and what happens when you run out of them I am building a large storage/backup server and its likely i will add more than 20...
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Damaged pooled hdd
Hi, I have two pooled hdds (duplication). Yesterday the scanner informed me that one of hdds is damaged (unable to read 8 sectors, problem concerns only one file) - see attachment. I removed this...
View ArticleDo you still backup if you use duplication?
Yes, I know there's no substitute for backup, but its not feasible once you get beyond a certain size. And offsite backups would be best but again I don't think its feasible unless you have access to a...
View ArticleHow can I use more space on my drive?
First forgive me if this doesn't make sense. I have two 6tb drives and both of them are getting full and I'll need to get another drive soon. But until I have the money to get one, How do I tell...
View ArticleLost Write Ace's to Pool : DP asking to "Transfer Licence to this PC"
Odd one.... I lost write access to my pool so fired up the Drive Pool GUI and had a single screen asking to "Transfer Licence to this PC" which I did, and then my pool was all good. No idea what...
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Adding REFS drives with data to a pool results in no data showing in pooled...
Hi... I have 4x 4TB drives with data on it all formatted ReFS. I mounted the drives via a folder then created a pool. I can see the files via Explorer by navigating to and browsing the mount...
View ArticleUnreadable files in the pool
I am currently running 11 disks in my pool, mixed capacities, drivepool version 2.1.1.561, Win 8.1 pro, os drive Intel 120gb ssd. So far, no problems at all. I recently realized that there was a...
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How to remove a drive without moving its files to another specific drive
What is the best policy regarding balancers in order to remove a drive from the pool without transferring its contents to another specific drive? I don't care if the contents will be moved to other...
View ArticleDeleting files over the network causes folder to become locked
Need help with this. I have a pool with duplication x2 turned on. Deleting folders in the pool over the network causes the folder's permissions to become locked. It seems that only one set of files...
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DrivePool + Deduplication issue
StableBit DrivePool DrivePool 2.2.0.701 Beta running on Windows 2012 R2 Standard with 2 Pools. One pool containing 4 harddisk partitions (on 4 separate harddisks) which works perfectly. One pool...
View ArticleBest strategy to migrate 20TB to drivepool
Hi Just planning to move 20TB to a new drivepool setup i have the option to add a SSD cache to the pool(s) and I am wondering if i should not enable the ssd cache until after the transfer is...
View ArticleAny issues with IBM M1015 under Win 10 Pro
Before I upgrade my Win 8.1 setup to Win 10, I would greatly appreciate your feedback by someone who's running Ibm m1015 in IT mode without any issues so far. Furthermore what drivers are you using,...
View ArticleHyper-V BSOD
I'm posting this info in case anybody else runs into the same thing. Host: Win2k8R2 x64 running DrivePool 2.1.1.561 Guest: Win2k8R2 x64 In Disk Management on the host computer map the DrivePool disk...
View ArticleWin7 Large Pool: 1 particular disk of 16, constantly disconnects/reconnects
I have been using StableBit DiskPool for several years. I'm a true believer. I rarely have to touch it, sometimes it goes a year at a time without much attention. But recently, I see something I...
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