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I am trying to remove a drive from the pool and I am getting the error "The file exists". I don't believe the drive is damaged, I want to pull it out of the pool to use seperately in the same machine. Suggestions/Ideas? Thanks!

So far I have: Supermicro X10SLH-F-O Xeon E3-1276v3 16GB Crucial UDIMM (Another 16GB will be here on Friday) LSI SAS 9207-8i 120GB OCZ Vertex3 SSD for OS 2x 5TB Toshiba (PH3500U-1|72) I'll use that to upgrade my existing setup. If my boss buys my existing server, I'll pick up a Norco 4224, and probably 4x 8TB Seagate Archive Drives

"And glad to hear that you got the airflow fixed and the drives running cooler! " Biggest thing was that I had the cover off, and it made a HUGE difference when I put it back on. Makes sense though, with the cover on, the air is forced through the front where the drives are. I also closed the vents on the bays where I didn't have drives. If I upgrade this, or rebuild using a 4224 I will be getting the 120mm fan wall.

My CURRENT setup: Norco RPC-4220 Supermicro X7SPA-H-D525 Mobo D525 (1.80Ghz) CPU 4GB Mushkin SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 Corsair TX650 PSU LSI SAS 9201-16i 60GB OCZ Vertex2 SSD for OS 5x 3TB Barracuda XT (ST3300651AS) 6x 3TB WD Red (WD30EFRX-68A) 1x 2TB Landing Drive for Torrents I'll either be upgrading to building a new server in the next two weeks... Can't wait!

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I keep seeing references to the "Unsafe" option in various posts, but could never find it. Found some interesting info... My Barracuda XTs appear to be running about 96F, and my WD Red's 86F on average. Lifetime max of 122F and 115F... And max operating temp of 130F and 156F! Those Toshibas I got were averaging 111F and hit 132F at one point. Nonstop SMART warnings on them. Max operating temp of 132 on them... Hmmm... I pulled them out and they are going back and I'll replace them with one of the Seagate Archive drives. Once the new Archive drive arrives I'll upgrade my server from the paltry Atom D525 with a whopping 2GB of ram to the Xeon E3-1276 with 32GB of ram Yes, I'd love some shots of your setup. Thanks! Edit: I tweaked the airflow and secured the drivebay screws to the Toshiba drives so the heat can disapate on them. After 8 hours under full load they are 95.6F and 96F. So I may keep them afterall

I like unintrusive, but as long as you can point to the DP drive, then it shouldn't be a problem not having the drives accessible. I've had some odd mapping issues with FlexRAID, but mostly because I rarely restart the server and I've added and removed drives. I just got all my new hardware for my server build (Going from an Atom processor with 2GB of ram to a Xeon with 32GB). I also picked up a LSI 9207 8i. I REALLY need to get the SMART readings working on these before I even think about doing anything else

The Archive drives would probably be good for me since I have a lot of static data. I actually just picked up two 5TB Toshiba drives for $130ea. Can't beat that price. I'm trying to get them in a pool to load them up and test them out to see if they will be decent. I'm mostly concerned about the heat. My goal is to expand my server, and gain some reasonable protection. In the last 15+ years I've had a media server, I've had 5 drives die on me. 3 of them in a short time (all WD Green drives). Every time I was notified (or could tell) that the drive was going out, and I moved the data off and I haven't lost any data. I've tried hardware raid solutions, but they were too rigid. The two software raid solutions I've tried have been fairly decent. FlexRAID is decent, but it's a PITA to rebuild, scans come back with all kinds of errors and can't do anything about it, and to be frank, I feel that it isn't well supported. I feel that if I duplicate 20+TB of data, that it's a HUGE waste. At that point, I might as well run a RAID solution and just take a 1-2 drive hit on space instead of 50% hit I will absolutely duplicate my personal files. I'm looking for some middle ground on the media. "I had one drive with data on it, and it added the free space to the pool, and there was a drive with just the data on it that remained. I moved the data, but it didn't remove the now empty drive." I have two drives with data already on them. I added them to the pool. Previously I expected the data to be automatically added to the Drivepool drive, but after some reading I discovered that is not the case. My Computer window now looks like this: http://prntscr.com/8t73ld I then moved the data from the drives (E: and G:) to the Drivepool drive (D:). I expected Drivepool to consume the drives completely (increasing the Drivepool drive), and for the individual drives to disappear... But they did not. Now I have: http://prntscr.com/8t7b2m That's going to look very ugly with 14 drives I like how FlexRAID removes the drives (and drive letter) from My Computer. http://wiki.covecube...vePool_Q4142489 That one makes sense, and will be handy when I'm moving the data from my FlexRAID drives. http://wiki.covecube...vePool_Q4822624 That one makes a lot less sense, but it could be because I don't yet understand exactly how Drivepool works. Right now I'm fighting with my server and the drive letters which doesn't help... Note: The Toshiba drives are hitting 116F under load, and about 104F idle... I think they may be going back I can probably pick up one 8TB for the price of them... Net loss of 2TB Now I need to figure out how to get the SMART readings working from my LSI 9201 16i so I can see what temps the other drives are running right now. I found this post, but it means nothing.

I'm a long time FlexRAID user, and while the protection appeared to be there the reality is that it never really worked for me. I will have a pool with 14 drives (10x 3TB, 2x 4TB and 2x 5TB drives). The majority of my data is media (about 18TB) and not practical to duplicate it all. I have another 2-3TB of personal files, work files, pics etc that I would like to duplicate. I will also be running the Scanner software. I understand that if I want to be fully protected I'd need to spend a ton of money on Enterprise drives, hardware RAID, etc, etc, etc. I'm looking for settings/configuration (for both Drivepool and Scanner) that will offer me good protection/prevention. I hooked up some old drives to my existing FlexRAID server and installed Drivepool and Scanner to play with it. I need to play with Drivepool a bit more to understand how it works... I had one drive with data on it, and it added the free space to the pool, and there was a drive with just the data on it that remained. I moved the data, but it didn't remove the now empty drive. It scanned the drives, and one was a complete mess (but still worked), so it warned me it was going to die. Another has always had heat issues, and it gave me a warning about the temp. That's great, and as long as I have 5TB free it should copy files off the drive to minimize the risk of data loss. Any suggestions for actual setup/configuration? Tips for a newb? Thanks!