DotJun

I used to be able to sort by clicking on any of the available column's, but as of 3 updates ago I have not been able to do so anymore. It now only allows me to sort with the Number, Name, Bay and Size columns. Is there a setting I can't find to get this functionality back or was this an intentional change to the app? I would really like to be able to sort with the other columns, temperature for instance.

I do have duplication enabled. Can you explain how having it enabled would change the plugin behavior? I didn't think that duplication would impact the file transfers that I am doing because: 1. I am duplicating a folder, not the whole drive. 2. The files I'm transferring that are being impacted are not being copied into the folder with duplication. 3. The duplicated folder is assigned to drives X & Z which are outside the drives we are talking about (A, B & C) 4. I do have the option enabled that makes balancing plugins respect file placement rules, but again I don't think that should impact what we are discussing because the only file placement rule I have is for the duplicated folder.

i was wondering if this is the behavior that the ordered file placement balancer is meant to have. let's say you have 3 disks (A, B, C) and you have the plugin set so that it fills it up in this order B, C, A. the balancer works fine unless you have "allow balancing plug-ins to force immediate balancing enabled. if that part of settings is enabled then it will fill the disks up in this order B, A, C. with that option disabled the balancer works as intended. this is all fine and dandy until you want to also use the stablebit scanner plugin which requires that option to be enabled. edit* i forgot to add that automatic balancing is set to "balance immediately" and balancing ratio is set to 100%

I have mine set to query smart only during the work window. I also set the work window to only 1 hour just for testing purpose. My disks are still spinning up randomly throughout the day.

My disk's spin down, but they spin back up at random times/intervals. I've tracked the problem down to Scanner. When Scanner is uninstalled, the disk's spin down and stay down until they are accessed. I'd love to continue using Scanner, but I need it to let me drives sleep. Here's what I've tried so far: 1. Checked: Only perform work within a time window. 2. Unchecked: Wake to scan 3. Checked: Only query during work window 4. Checked: Do not query if disk spun down 5. Checked: Scan using background i/o priority 6. Checked: Do not interfere with disk access Is there anything else that I missed or is this normal behavior for Scanner? Again, the behavior I am wanting is for the disks to spin down via windows power plan and then spin up individually only when that disk is being accessed. When Scanner is not installed my disks behave this way.

I got file placement rules to work the way it should, by putting files/folders on the drives I want them to reside in, but I cannot get it to work with ordered file placement balancer.

Here is the scenario. I have 3 drives. I am using File Placement Balancer to fill the drives in order from drive 1 then 2 then 3 and only fill them to 95% full before moving onto the next empty drive. I also tell File Placement rule to put folders a, b and c into drive 1 only. The problem I'm having is that the folders/files I have marked to reside in drive 1 end up in the other drives some time. How can I configure it so that drive pool moves folders/files not flagged specifically for drive 1 into another drive in order to make room for folders/files flagged for drive 1?

that's a shame. I like the idea of file placement due to age so that all of my tv episodes stay together on the same drive, that way a minimal amount of discs would power up. They do start together but after so many re-balances the files end up all over the place.

I am using the Ordered File Placement balancer. I have set it up so that it writes to my disc until it fills up and then it will move on to the next disc on the list. Is there a way to tell this balancer, or are there any balancers that are capable of ordering my files onto a consecutive list of discs based on the age of the file?

Has this been resolved? I have this same problem where my drives will spin down but only for a very short amount of time before they spin back up again. Uninstalling scanner fixes this issue so I'm hoping it is a setting problem.

Ok I've changed my settings to match what you suggest. Thank you for your help.

Yes my drives keep waking up often and I am trying to track down the culprit. I do have scanner, but I thought that it doesn't poll SMART if the drive is asleep? Duplication checks are controlled by balancing?

This doesn't wake a drive up after it has spun down right?

Why is Drivepool checking for duplication consistency when I don't have duplication enabled?

I wish the install stated that it would erase your settings so I could have opted out of the update or at least copied my settings down first.