API Access ?

[AlexL]

Hi,

Is there any way of getting API access to at least the balancer API ?

I am thinking of 2 examples I'd like to code;

 

1. Snapraid trigger

As soon as a Balancing activity has ended, start snapraid check

 

 

2. File placement "list"

As soon as a Balancing activity has ended, create a folder á la https://blogs.dropbox.com/business/2016/04/announcing-project-infinite/ symlinking to the "real" folder.

Coincidently, this removes the need to rebuild the driver as you stated in another thread.

 

This can also mean that a tiered storage can be achieved by moving less-acessed files to slow storage, and often-accessed files to SSDs.

 

 

Thanks for checking in

[Christopher (Drashna)]

Yes and no.

 

there is no API to do this, but there is an option to create a file while tasks are running.  You could check that, and then run the snapRAID stuff, as needed.

 

http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_2.x_Advanced_Settings

Specifically, the "DrivePool_RunningFile" setting.  Set that to a file path, and restart the service. 

 

 

Have a script/program/whatever look for this file, and then run whatever task is needed.