SSD Optimizer and Disk Space Equalizer Problem
SSD balancing doesn't seem to work - well of course it works I've just got something screwed up! upon looking at it more it seems the "disk space equalizer" is the problem? it seems no matter what I...
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Other files and Sys Vol Info
If you have a large amount of "other" files taking up space on your pool drive and would like to reduce the amount of "wasted" space then... Warning doing this could stuff up you pc so go carefully...
View ArticlePool/Disk Performance
Should i see activity on the pool when its balancing as files are being moved around? I do see new files being copied to the pool just nothing when balancing. Also why is the balancer so slow to...
View ArticleLooking for Debug Help
Good morning everyone! I'm looking for some debug advice. I have a Windows 10 setup with a Sans Digital 5-bay external HDD box. I'm using the SIIG SC-SA0M11-S1 eSATA host adapter (driver 2.0.8.0)...
View ArticleBackups
I am curious as to what backup software/methodology that most of the people here use? WHS11 has failed with the upgrade to Windows 10, and Windows Essentials while barely cost effective has gone over...
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Nested Drivepools?
I currently have 68TB worth of drives set up, 55 on one system directly hooked up with a Mellanox ConnectX2 via IPoIB so ide, the IO controllers are LSI 9211-8i for internal drives and 2x RocketRaid...
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Drivepool + Clouddrive integration - limiting cloud backups for files w/ 3x...
Hi all, Need some tips on cloud backups: I'm running a drivepool with 2x duplication, and would like to create a secondary cloud backup for critical files. These files are in a specific folder, where...
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Slow copy Speeds, 10G Lan, 2012R2E and Disk Write Cache
Mainly for information as not a Drivepool problem but it initially looks like it is when first experienced. I was getting slow copy performance to the pool via my 10G network - basically it would run...
View ArticleDisk Performance panel no longer shows active files
Just a minor annoyance: The Disk Performance panel in the lower right side of the window used to list files currently being read or written. Now it never does even as lots of activity is happening. Is...
View Article"Based on Files sizes. Actual disk space used may be less"
What does the above indicate as have had this a couple of times recently and when you check the disks they are empty? A reboot appears to clear the misleading info - the ghost data is indicated as...
View ArticleNAS server with Drivepool under KVM/Proxmox Hypervisor.
I was thinking running my file server under a Linux KVM hypervisor like Proxmox, pass the disks to a Windows 10 with Drivepool, are there any considerations? anyone knows if SMART works under KVM?
View ArticleQuestions before switching
I'm currently using FlexRaid and I'm getting sick of constant false reports of corrupt files. All my drives check out OK and files are all good but it's validation checks fail immediately after...
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DrivePool Disks not showing correct usage
Hi, Since I clicked on remeasure, the DrivePool disk allocation is not showing the Pooled usage for 4 of the disks. Any ideas what might be causing this? I'm running WHS 2011 with StableBit DP...
View ArticleAdvice More Storage for Windows 10 Server External not USB
For drivepool want more storage. I have in my Windows 8.1 Windows Media Sever / Plex 1 x SSD 1 x Blu-ray 4 x 6TB WD Red 3 x 8TB Seagate Archive 1 x 3 TB Hitachi...
View ArticlePool duplication mysteriously disappeared?
I'm not sure what happened exactly, but I booted up my home server and noticed in My Computer that my pooled drives were half empty. I soon realized that much of the duplication had somehow...
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RAID5 drives or JBOD?
Hi, I am about to extending my pool with a new set of drives. In the past I moved from drive bender to this because 1 drive died / got stuck and I wanted to take advantage of the Scanner. So my...
View ArticleSnapraid + Drivepool vs. Just Drive Pool
Hello All, I have an opinion question to ask the forum. For years I have been using Drivepool for pooling, and snapraid for protecting myself against drive failure. I am currently running into an...
View ArticleNetwork Errors While Renaming on Windows 10
If you're using Windows 10 Anniversary update to access a Windows Server 2012R2 or 2016 machine, and you're experiencing odd issues when creating, renaming or deleting folders.... This is a bug...
View ArticleDedupe and folders in drivepool or underlying drives
Hi, I was planning on trying dedupe (server 16 standard essentials experience). ddpeval showed 27% saving as of now. Should i run dedup on the underlying drives or the drivepool virtual drive? Any...
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Large files and SSD Cache - Question/feature request
Problem I have my nightly backups (Veeam) for each machine copied to my DP server each night but as these files created by Veeam just grow in size over time (no shrink option other than restart the...
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