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I have had 3 drives fail in a 2 week span, 2 of those three were ~4 days apart. All drives by the same manufacture. Now my set up consists of 48TB so I have many drives so my failure % may not be all that "unlucky". I alway duplicate important info at least 4x's...

Ok, so this doesn't sound like I have any protection with this setup. Not too mention, that even when implementing all your suggestions it's still gives me those warnings.. I can force a re-balance, which clears the blue folder warning (not the warning in yellow), but it doesn't last very long, and I'm back to the blue folder warnings... Is there any way I can achieve my goal? ie: Use the SSD as the drive for reading and writing but also balance those files to the other drives for safety?

Does this mean that the data on the SSD will not be duplicated / Protected?

I trying to understand what I'm looking at here.... Iv'e setup the SSD for Folder Placement rules, and I want to make sure they are being duplicated for protection... 1) I'm always seeing a little blue folder to the right of every drive that says something like "File placement rules need to be applied"... What does that mean? 2) When I open the balancing plug-in, under file placement, I'm seeing what looks like a warning... 13.3 Gigs could not be moved because a suitable destination could not be found......"

Followed your instructions and it worked. Was not nearly as bad as I had envisioned..

That is correct.. When you say "shares" are you referring to the folders??? There are quite a few folders (inside the ServerFolders folder) I would have to manual create here,

Brand new machine, fresh OS install. Problem: None of DrivePool folders are showing up in the Dashboard. I can access them via \\SERVER though What I've Done: Took HDD from older server, installed in new server, copied all folders over to new SSD, Removed Old SSD from New Server. Added all the drives to DP Shutdown DP Service Moved all folders from root of SSD to n:\PoolPart.xxxx\ServerFolders\ Cleaned out C:\ProgramData\StableBit DrivePool. and "%AppData%\StableBit DrivePool" folders Rebooted server... Forced a Rebalance in DP Ran the Wss.Troubleshoot_2.0.0.1.exe to fix up permission Rebooted server Still folders are not showing up in the Dashboard. I've done this twice now, and still nothing..

I'm looking for file safety and speed, will the File Placement rules to that?

1) It's R2 so that's good. 2) There is no DrivePool installed or setup on the existing WHS 2011 Machine, I want to use it due to my own personal experience with it. (and I really don't want to mess with a RAID configuration) 3) How do I define "Very IO Intensive Tasks"? I think the most IO action will be related to accessing a MS Access database. Would that be considered IO intensive? The current File Server is made up of both SSD's (used to house all the working data and one for the OS) and Standard 7200 RPM drives used for backups. Is there a way to configure DrivePool to use an SSD as a type of landing drive for faster IO to the network, and duplicate across the slow 7200 RPM drives? Thanks again for your help!

Long time DP and Scanner user for my home, but I've just been tasked with converting my employers file and remote servers into one machine running 2012 Essentials. Existing Systems: The "Remote" server (2008 R2) sole purpose was to allow 3 users access to some, on server, software programs, via RDS. (7 year old machine) The "File" server is a WHS 2011 machine and it's sole purpose is to house shared folders and backup all the desk top machines (All Windows 7 Pro). (8 year old machine) New System: New server is a i7 16Gigs of RAM and will serve both roles ( I understand the 3 users will have to use Anywhere Access to connect to their physical machines instead of RDP) Questions: What do you guys think about Drivepool in a small business (7 users) environment? I'm now thinking about adding the CloudDrive solution also..? I would really appreciate any migration advice you can extend also, which includes the equipment, OS, etc...? TIA

Thanks Christopher, 1) If it is dangerous to move any file on the effected HDD, then why does DrivePool continue to use the drive (reads and writes)? I would think that scanner should notify DrivePool of the error and at the very least cause DrivePool to stop utilizing the disk or start duplicating to another drive if at all possible.?? OK: That solved it, so I guess when scanner does a surface scan it doesn't check the file system? As I ran 2 scans after I did a windows repair? 2) On my WHS 2011 Box: a: When you attempt to repair the disk through Scanners UI, it crashes WHS connector window and pretty much locks the interface up it you try to reconnect. I send the files after this took place.

Same exact thing just happened on one of my other machines.. This box is a Win 7 machine with 2 RAID (Mirror) drives... Will not clear, even though windows chdisk says no problems... Running yet another scan...

Done, Uploaded NOTE: When trying to run the repair utility from with in Scanner, it appears it's crashing the entire WHS Dashboard, also

Will do, but why doesn't this scanner fault reach DrivePool to initiate an evacuation?

Title says it all.... Damaged File System Error Will Not Clear. 1) Removed drive from pool, 2) Reformatted HDD 3) Re-added drive to pool. 4) Forced Scanner to rescan drive Error persists in scanner. 5) double checked with the windows disk check and it return OK. Now what? (I just started a 2nd scan) I also noticed that even with a corrupted file system, DrivePool was still reading and writing data to that drive. I know that the drive will evacuate on a SMART error but it doesn't look like that happens with any other error??? Scanner Version : 2.5.2.3074 BETA

The build number may not be the latest, but the complete version including build number is higher. Which is what led to the confusion. PS: The file is still listed as a download..

If you look at the Beta download page I see this entry at the very bottom: StableBit.Scanner_2.6.0.3055_BETA.wssx 23-Sep-2014 21:17 11M Is this dated incorrectly or is the version # incorrect?

Thanks.. Spoken like a true politician ..

Thanks for the heads up.. Should I uninstall the .msi version first or can I install the .exe over it ?

No .msi

I get this error when trying to install over.

1) Yes 2) Yes 3) Build .513 Oh and I should add that every update requires me to first uninstall SB, Reboot, and Re-install the new version. I have been unable to simply install over top an existing version, nor have I been able to uninstall and avoid a reboot.

Ok, So I'm trying to setup NSF for some folders on the pool, but whenever I upgrade DP, I loose all the NFS folders. Is there anyway to prevent this? Thanks.

Yeah, it's strange, until this morning I didn't even know what it was, and don't remember installing it.. What's even stranger is that it only effected the pooled drive. Nevertheless I'm VERY glad this problem is solved...

SUCCESS!! After several hours I finally discovered the source of the problem. The offending program was a program called Asus Remote Go. It appears it was installed with the MB Drivers and only effects the stablebit pooled drive. It does not effect any of the other drives (Mapped or local) on the machines. Posted for those who might end up with the same problem.