[Why does Drivepool display the wrong pool capacity?]

I have just installed my first DP trial on WIndows Server 2012R2.

 

For this first test - I have "pooled" 2 500GB drives. But I am seeing some weirdness in Disk Management after adding the two drives to the pool (see attachment)

 

Any ideas on why DP is thinking 2TB when only less than 1TB is in play? Bug?

 

Sonic

 

 

[How do I just display the Drivepool drive (and letter) in Win Explorer?]

1. Run diskmgmt.msc from a command prompt (or the Run command) and right click on the disk you want to disable the drive letter from. Click on Change Drive Letter and Paths and hit Remove and then OK

2. You can (in theory) use the same approach to change the drive letter of the pool as well, but I'm not sure if this will cause any unexpected problems for the DrivePool-app

 

 

-rune

 

Thanks!

 

So - when removing drive letters - and assuming I will ever only work with/create shares directly against my DrivePool "P" drive - is there any other mysterious "gotchas" out there that one may face with a bunch of drives with no drive letters?

 

I just want to make sure I get this right before dumping all the letters and then finding out later they were needed for some obscure task.

 

On the second point - I simply changed the Pool letter via Disc Management. It worked fine.

 

Cheers!

 

Sonic.

[How do I just display the Drivepool drive (and letter) in Win Explorer?]

Just started my Drivepool trial (Windows Server 2012R2) and would like to know:

 

1. Best way to lose all the individual drive letters via Windows Explorer. I just want to see the Drivepool itself (and hopefully the shares within)

2. Best way to set my specific drive letter for the pool? Mine was set to E upon first pool build - I would like it to be P

 

Appreciate any info on the above.

 

Cheers!

 

Sonic.

[Can I create shares the normal way on Windows Server after pooling drives?]

I am about to start my first testing of Drivepool on a fresh install of Windows Server 2012R2. This new server will replace an aged old Windows Server 2008 box we have been using for the past 5 years.

 

For the new build I plan to install 16tb of new space pooled via Drivepool. Also key to the build is the ability to send data from the pool to our Crashplan account. Since the current backup layout there is a tad complex I need to maintain as much of the old "share" layout as possible.

 

So once I "pool" the drives via Drivepool, will Windows Server think I have a 16tb drive installed and let me create shares using the Server share wizard etc?

 

I really need to ensure all new shares have as close to the same permissions etc as they do now on the old server.

 

Appreciate an info on how this handled.

 

Cheers

 

VP