Not working for new user
Just purchased DrivePool and Scanner. DrivePool doesn't seem to be working for me. I have a simple setup, 2 4TB disks, F: and G:. F: has data, G: is empty. I've added them both to a pool (DrivePool...
View Articlewhy not use the other copy on read error
I've noticed DrivePool gets stuck some times if the disk it's trying to read from has a problem. I'm currently looking at Windows Events 7 & 153, the first read error was at 1:52pm and it is now...
View ArticlePool Order
Is it possible to reorder the way the pools appear in the UI and/or the order in which they are measured? At the moment my large G Pool is listed first in the UI and is re-measured first whenever is...
View ArticleDelete Drivepool
Hey I am not very happy with drive pool after I lost a lot of files and was not able to recover anything. I would like to uninstall Drivepool but i'm not sure how to go about it to retain all files.
View ArticleNew user: Oddity migrating files with "Max path length" error
Hi there. New user evaluating DrivePool to replace my cheap and aging RAID5 enclosure attached to a WHS2011. I simply used drag and drop to move some of my shared folders from "H:\ServerFolders\" to...
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NTFS compression and failed drive
Hello everyone! Another happy user of Drivepool with a question regarding NTFS compression and file evacuation. A few days ago I started having reallocated sectors counters on one drive. Stablebit...
View ArticleQuestions regarding the pooling mechanics
Hi, I'm evaluating StableBit Drivepool in a possible Windows NAS build. There's two things I'm wondering about: Is it possible to make sure StableBit Drive pool puts all files in a folder on the...
View ArticleDuplication problems
Hi folks, I'm running a single pool consisting of around 16 x 2TB drives, and with the data they hold - with pool duplication - the total size is 21TB. Every few days, a sizeable chunk (2-3 TB) of that...
View ArticleHarddisk failure and problems (with duplication?)
Hi! I lost a drive yesterday And so far I'm a bit anxious about what the outcome is going to be. The entire pool disappeared and after some reboots of my HDD enclosure I found the culprit for my...
View ArticleWhat is folder duplication and how does it differ from file duplication
The concept seems kinda wonky to me. Could someone explain it for me?
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Is Drive Pool able to duplicate over network (subnet is fine) to another...
Does the duplication have to be done on the host computer or does it offer the possibility to duplicate (manually at preconfigured settings at a click of a button or to be scheduled) to another...
View ArticleAcronis and Drive Pool Share
Can anyone think of a reason why why Acronis True Image 2018 would not be able to back up selected pool folders? Just sits there 'calculating time remaining'. Removed the program, started from scratch....
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moving (cut&paste) files inside pool starts an actual copy action ??
OK, this is strange, maybe someone can clarify a bit... I did a file move (using explorer, doing cut&paste) of a bunch of files. The move was from one folder into another, inside the pool drive....
View ArticleBeta 844-The background service failed to start
I just updated to beta 844 after receiving the upgrade notification. I have restarted twice, and I am getting the background service failed to start message in the Dashboard. I will use the Stablebit...
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844 beta - CPU usage
Reading the notes for the recent beta's i was expecting the cpu usage of the UI for DP to be less With no balancing etc running its sitting between 5% and 15% - i.e. it doing something but there is...
View ArticleSort Pools by Name
Any chance the "Sort pools by Name" could support by Drive letter as an option? .840 * Force deletion of the recycling bin, "System Volume Information", and .covefs folders when a pool part is being...
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Removing the SSD cache - causes permission errors on a duplicated folder
So I noticed severe drops in speed on my storage space SSDs, and wanted to check it out. My disk images where doing their thing to archive folders [since the ssds had not been balanced out for the...
View ArticlePermissions problem (solved)
So today I started having some permissions issues (or at lest this is when I noticed them). I went to create a new folder on my pool drive and got an permission denied error. I thought..hmm....I am...
View ArticleFile balancing
Hi I have a question. When reading "copying" files from a diskpool that has 2x mirror file copy and striping active. Then the disk will act as a raid 0 and read from both disks and give greater speed...
View ArticleAbout Hierarchical Pooling
From here: http://blog.covecube.com/2017/09/stablebit-drivepool-2-2-0-847-beta/ I am a bit confused, this example tells about existing DATA that is already stored locally. But lets say I want to add...
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