Caramon

Thanks for the clarifications, that's the info I was looking for.

I have had DP for almost a year now, but after talking with several folks in the SnapRAID community I'm rethinking my strategy in terms of how files are placed. I had originally set up DP with the OFP plugin to fill up one drive at a time. However a recent update to SnapRAID has shown me that I needed to rethink that, so I disabled the OFP and rebalanced my entire pool of 7 drives to where they are evenly distributed for data/free space. That being said I don't want the Balancer to run all the time shifting files around as that will mess with SnapRAID's ability to restore should something happen between syncs, but instead I just want DP to place new files on the drive with the most free space, but in the myriad of options I'm getting a little lost in how to accomplish that or maybe it already is and I'm just being paranoid. So a couple of questions: What is the default behavior of DP when placing new files and the balancers disabled? Is there a threshold that DP adheres to when placing new files on a drive? Say it allows so much % to that drive before moving to the next one with the most free space? I have Automatic Balancing set to Do not Balance Automatic Balancing options are grayed out Plug-in settings is checked File Placement settings are checked On the Balancing Tab I have: Stablebit Scanner enabled and default Prevent Drive overfill enabled and set to 97% Full or 100GB free Duplication Space Optimizer enabled