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    Cloud powered updates - how to disable

    in General

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    In beta build .1052
    * Added StableBit Cloud powered automatic updates.
    - Instant update notifications. No need to "check for updates", updates are pushed to you in real-time as soon as they're released.
    - Support for multiple release channels (Dev BETA, BETA, Release Final).
    - Automatic downloads.
    - Legacy automatic updates will be disabled when connected to the StableBit Cloud.

    Prior versions didn't auto-update software.  When using Cloud, how does one configure to notify, but not install updates?  Or clarify "pushed" language.  FYI, In DrivePool, I've never had check for updates work in prior versions and always needed to manually check the website for updates.

     

    BUG: Every time I start the DrivePool GUI after updating to 2.3.0.1385 I not get a UAC prompt. Upgraded from a .12xx version

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    Posted · Edited by phhowe17
    found bea build that added this.

    I recently upgraded from a .12xx version (not sure of the last digits) to the current .1385 version.  Now, every time I start the DrivePool GUI I receive an UAC prompt to allow changes to this device.  Impacts both Windows 10 and Server 2012 R2.  I rebooted after installing the .1385 version.  I know 2.2.5.1237 does not have this behavior.

    DrivePool didn't used to generate this prompt.  What changed and can it be changed to not require the prompt.

    I have not configured StableBit Cloud.

    Looks like it was added during a pre-beta build.

    2.3.0.1385 - Release
    2.3.0.1244 - Beta
    .1056
    * Require administrative access for the UI.

    2.2.5.1237 - Release

    Do documentation on why admin is now required.

     

    SSD not being used for new files.

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    I think I have it working with a single SSD drive as cache.

    1. Turn off pool duplication

    2. Turn on Folder duplication. Set duplication on top level folders, which includes any subfolders.

    3. Turn off Real-time duplication.

    This allows a new files to be written to the cache. The pool will eventually re-balance and move the files to other drives in the pool, emptying the cache SSD.  I was able to see the in-use figure drop on the cache and task manager showed mostly reads from the cache and writes to archive disks once files stopped being added to the pool.

    SSD not being used for new files.

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    I have a pool with three disks + and SSD.  The disks are marked as archive and the SSD is marked as SSD.  File duplication is enabled, there are no file placement rules.  The duplication space optimizer is enabled. Ordered file placement plug-in is not enabled. File duplication is enabled at the pool level.  Real-time duplication is enabled, but I don't see this activity in the performance section.  Windows 10 task manager only shows one disk in the pool active at any time.

    See  https://imgur.com/NBusKnJ for configuration.

    How do I get the SSD to be used?

    https://imgur.com/NBusKnJhttps://imgur.com/NBusKnJ

    Disk error removing drive with bad sectors.

    in Nuts & Bolts

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    More an FYI since I've figured it out.

    I asked Drive Pool to remove a disk that was showing pending sectors in my disk monitor.  I used the default removal command which has "Force drive removal (unreadable files will be left on the disk)" unchecked. During the removal there was a warning about a "Data error" while removing the drive from the pool. This stopped the removal.  The error message just reported the data error, but not the file(s) impacted.

    To find the files that were effected you can do a search in C:\ProgramData\StableBit DrivePool\Service\Logs\Service for log files containing "Error moving"

    e.g 

    1. open a command prompt

    2. cd "C:\ProgramData\StableBit DrivePool\Service\Logs\Service"

    3. for %i in (*.log) do find "Error moving" %i >> error.txt

     

    You will find lines like

     

    DrivePool.Service.exe    Warning    0    [RemoveDriveFromPool] Error moving file from \\?\Volume{7b835eeb-5e9b-42b4-87e0-d8d7fdbfed15}\PoolPart.8b3037e7-f95a-41d7-9900-e6f07d8dd12f\Plex\Series\Farscape\Season 03\Farscape - S03E12 - Meltdown.mkv to \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume23\Plex\Series\Farscape\Season 03\Farscape - S03E12 - Meltdown.mkv. Data error (cyclic redundancy check)    2021-10-04 17:44:33Z    89617594250
    D

     

     

     

    Randomize parallel file writes to different drives

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    13 hours ago, Umfriend said:

    Assuming there is no duplication, wouldn't a single 2TB SSD suffice as a cache? Way simpler for a somewhat specific use case IMHO.

    Perhaps, I'm not sure that wouldn't be limited by my bus, I don't have an M.2 slot in this system.  I think I'll try some small SATA ssds and see if I have enough to do RAID 5 and have Drivepool use them as cache.  Otherwise I'll take Shane's suggestion and split up some of my existing HD into 500GB + remainder and mark the 500GB segments as "SSD"

    Most of the drive are on a LSI 9xxx-8i so are sharing that one controller.  Maybe adding another controller would help.

    Randomize parallel file writes to different drives

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    I am using a file sync tool that can run multiple file copies at one time.  The problem I'm having is that DrivePool is picking the same physical disk for all four file write streams.  I have 10gb network cards between a server and it's backup and with parallel file copies to a single drive limits performance.

    The pool is generally will balanced before the copies start.  Using an SSD cache is not really a solution as often the total volume would exceed 500GB.

    Is there a way to force DrivePool to spread file operations across multiple disks?

    List of files not moved during drive removal

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    After some digging, it looks like searching the logs in C:\ProgramData\StableBit DrivePool\Service\Logs\Service for Error moving" will find the file names.

     

    C:\ProgramData\StableBit DrivePool\Service\Logs\Service>find /i "Error moving" *.log

    13:20:41.2: Warning: 0 : [RemoveDriveFromPool] Error moving file from \\?\Volume{d92a9186-3303-4a0c-a481-ea38c7619713}\PoolPart.9c1fe6e2-37d0-4425-88c8-9fe5e99b8512\DL\somefile.txt to \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume29\DL\somefile.txt. Continuing removal. (Data error (cyclic redundancy check))

     

    At the end of the drive removal you will also get a notice that the drive could not be removed due to files in use.

     

    List of files not moved during drive removal

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    I'm removing a drive that reported some uncorrectable errors.  I have the live GUI service log  displayed with drive removal logging "warnings" and am seeing:

    13:20:41.2: Warning: 0 : [RemoveDriveFromPool] Error moving file from \\?\Volume{d92a9186-3303-4a0c-a481-ea38c7619713}\PoolPart.9c1fe6e2-37d0-4425-88c8-9fe5e99b8512\DL\folder...\file.txt to \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume29\DL\folder...\file.txt. Continuing removal. (Data error (cyclic redundancy check))

    1. Was the file migrated off the drive or left behind?

    2. How do I get a listing of files not moved?

    Windows sometimes copies files instead of moving between folders

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    Posted

    Sometimes when I drag a single file between two folders on the same pool, windows does a copy instead of a move.  Watching the DrivePool console shows that the file is being read and written to the same physical disk. This is also confirmed in task manager. (I have a new mostly empty disk in the pool).  Drag tool tip says "copy" and the progress dialog says coping 1 item. The original file remains in the source folder. So far I've only noticed this on files with really long path names e.g. 186 chars +  93 filename = 279 total characters.

    Looks like the windows path-file length limitation.

    Drivepool, Scanner and Cloud drive demanding I transfer their licences after install of KB4471324

    in General

    Posted

    I too am having this issue on Server 2012 R2. I installed - Security and Quality Rollup updates for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, and 4.7.2 for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 (KB 4471989) on 12/15.

    Should I uninstall the .NET update or xfer the license. I have a two system license and I'd hate to have my other system loose it's license.

     

     

    Randomize file placement

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    I have a pool with 8 drives. I frequently am unzipping large archives or converting .RAR files to actual folders/files.  When I do this, frequently the output is being written back to the same disk, or just a single disk leaving the other 7 disks idle.  Is there a way to ensure that more than one disk is involved to speed things up?   I considered using a placement rule for .zip and .r0xx files, but that just puts those files on one drive but doesn't assure that the outputs will end up on a different disk.

    Disk Performance data missing

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    Posted

    The Win10 box was an upgrade from Win7Pro.  The lodctr /r command failed saying "Error: Unable to rebuild performance counter setting from system backup store, error code is 2". However the lodctr /e:perfdisk command succeeded and resolved the problem.

     

    Thanks.

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