Ultradianguy

I appreciate that - thanks!

Hi - Question about the settings Christopher recommends. If you uncheck "File Placement Rules Respect real time......" - the first option - does that mean that scanner will no longer be able to evacuate a damaged disk? Not clear exactly what is being disrespected with this option off. (And for the record, I try to encourage mutual respect among my devices and my children. Just seems like the right thing to do.)

Hi CHristopher - thanks for the response. Yes, I had read the links you posted. But as I said, mostly people seem to use Raid over File system. I was wondering if anyone out there is currently using Flexraid tRaid product which updates parity in real time rather than doing a periodic update. In the meantime though I did install the ordered file placement balancer and will see if that changes anything. Michael

Hi - I've read the FAQ and various other posts about using Flexraid with Drivepool. However, everything I've seen seems to be using Flexraid-F with snapshot raid. I've installed the trial version of this, but because of activity in my pool, it requires a few hours of updates every day. I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to use the transparent RAID Flexraid product. I'm not terribly concerned about write performance. However there don't seem to be any posts about the combination of tRAID, drivepool and scanner. Has anyone put this in place and if so, are there any issues? Or is there some reason why tRAID won't work with Drivepool. Thanks! Michael