Is SBDP a good fit for me?
Hi all, Someone on overclock.net pointed me this direction as i was looking for an alternative to the Windows 10 storage pools and i had a few questions so i figured i would ask here. Right now my...
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Unexpected balancing error with file placement
I came across an unexpected error today when i pinned a folder to 2 drives in my pool and started moving files to it. First of all the files were placed on the wrong drive wich is fine as it is not...
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split mirror to rearrange contents (rename / move files / directories)
Hello everybody. Here comes another (maybe) silly question from Italy Basically, I need to temporarily split mirror, leaving one disk to serve contents until I have finished to rearrange them. I'd like...
View ArticleMost drives arent showing up as available to pool
Hello, Im using the trial and trying to get this setup on my system. I have 14 drives and only 7 are showing up in drivepool. I checked in disk management and they all show as basic which I read in...
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Virtualization Rebuild; Thoughts?
I have been running a "server" for a number of years with both Scanner and DrivePool being an integral part of it all (I LOVE these products!!!). I think it's time to redesign my current...
View ArticleServer Mobo died. But I have an interesting idea...
So this beast of a server had the motherboard kick the bucket. So I have been trying to figure out what to do. My plan is to pickup a Qnap to replace the server but of course currently all my files...
View ArticleHave the SSD handle small files?
Hi! I'm currently working on rebuilding my pool after 3 drives tanked within few days (fan-failure caused them to go too hot I think). I'm adding a couple of 8tb Archive drives, and an 240gb SSD for...
View Articlefrom drivepool to linux back to drivepool... and problems arise!
That is, problems arise, surprising nobody at all. Here's the deal: I had a workable Win7 setup with Drivepool, everything was going fine... decided to move to Linux, heard that mergerfs + Greyhole...
View ArticleSpace used reported as other but all files in pool
I added a new hard drive to the pool and copied some files from the old hard drives to the new one manually to free up some space. However, when I look in the DrivePool control panel, I'm seeing that...
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How to move folder to the pool?
Hi folks, Apologies - done a bit of a search, but couldn't find it (could find for a drive). I don't know how I managed it, but have a shared folder outside of the pool ("Arcade"): How do I get...
View ArticleBalancing question from a migrating StoargeSpace user..
Hi. I'm trialing this excellent looking piece of software at the moment.. I had a 4 drive storage pool running on MS storage spaces - with parity. I plan to move this to a 3 drive StableBit DrivePool...
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Idea for new feature: cryptolocker defender.
Hi, yesterday I helped a friend of mine to recover it PCs from Cryptolocker attack (all file crypted and renamed as .encripted). Here in Italy in this period is similar to a total was with thousand...
View ArticleCannot get Pool to Balance Manually
I was trying out the Ordered File Placement plugin for a bit and everything was working. All the files were moved to the first drive in the pool. However, after some more consideration, I'm moving...
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[HOWTO] File Location Catalog
I've been seeing quite a few requests about knowing which files are on which drives in case of needing a recovery for unduplicated files. I know the dpcmd.exe has some functionality for listing all...
View ArticleTest driving DP. OFP and file placement rules expected behavior?
Hi I'm test driving DP and I'm trying to use the OFP balancer along with file placement rules. Basically I want 2 specific folders to only be placed on specific drives that are faster then the drives...
View ArticleDuplication error on v1.3.7585 on WHS 2011 - can I upgrade to v2.x to fix?
Hi all, I've been getting the following duplication errors for a while now: https://gyazo.com/784111cf83d49caeabf9ba33445da2ad "There were problems checking, duplicating or cleaning..." etc etc....
View ArticleHP ML10 v2 i3 version overkill?
Well my little HP M40L finally died and didn't think it was worth getting a new mother board at $165. It was running WHS2011 but it just felt slow and bloated, so I installed Windows 8.1 on a spare...
View ArticleBacking up duplicated pool
Hi All, I've been using DrivePool 1.X on my old WHS 2011 system for a while, but am in the process of upgrading to a new server setup based on Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 with WHS 2011 in a VM and I'm...
View ArticleAfter every reboot, complaint of same drive missing
Good Day! I have a Drivepool system and every time I reboot the server I get a notification that a specific (long gone) drive is missing. Everything is is fine, been ignoring the error for months....
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Drivepool Perfomancedata / WMI missing
hi, there are some performancecounters missing in permon.exe or in queries over wmi. PerformanceCounterType: "Logical Disks" or "Logical Drives"? Don't know exactly because they are written in my...
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