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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.

So I installed the new update for scanner and now the fields for bay location and custom name have disappeared from the disk settings menu. Please tell me I won't have to pull every drive out to find out where each disk is located.

That did the trick! Thanks much for this! My array now spins down like it's supposed to do. Was this a new default setting as of the last update?

I only use 2 different make/models. I have a single seagate as parity and another single WD red as parity. I have both types as data drives. I enabled the "performance" tab on Scanner and noticed an odd behavior. Every single drive, at the same time, goes from 0k read to 4k read. They just keep alternating from 0 to 4 and back to 0 again over and over, a change of value per second. When I check resmon though, resmon shows no disc activity. Let's say they were being read every second like Scanner is showing me, it still doesn't explain why the parity drives can sleep but not the data drives.

Yes I am running version 2.2.1.926 and yes I already had throttling enabled in Scanner. Still the same weird issue of my parity drives being able to spin down but not the data drives.

i have a number of discs in an array using drivepool. i also use scanner and snapraid. all of this on windows 10 through an lsi 9211-8i. my question is, does anyone know why my parity drives spin down but my data drives do not? the only real difference is that the parity drives are not in the drivepool pool, but they are still connected through the 9211 card. *edit, i should add that i do want all my drives to spin down. i just dont know how to go about getting them to do so.

Thank you for this setting. It works except for: My drives are now being filled up to 100%. I need there to be a certain amount free on each drive.

Hey guys, I was wondering if this set of rules is possible: 1. Place all new and existing files in Folder AA to drive 1. Other files and folders can also go into Drive 1, but ALL files in Folder AA must go to drive 1. 2. After Drive 1 fills up, remove files/folders as needed to accommodate new files being placed into Folder AA. 3. Adhere to the drive fill up rule of Ordered File Placement plugin. The only rule this plugin has is to fill up drives consecutively instead of evenly. 4. Adhere to Stablebit Scanner rule of removing files on problem drives. I can't seem to get all 4 of these working together. Any help would be appreciated.

Hey guys, can someone help me out with settinns needed to get the ssd balancer working the way I want it to? I do not have duplication or file placement rules. Basically I want files transferred to the ssd and once the transfer is complete I want it to move everything off the ssd into my pool. The closest I've come to this is files are transferred off the ssd at the same time it is being written onto. Also, would it be possible to have this kind of setting while also allowing scanner to do its thing of dumping files off damaged drives?

I have a couple of questions if anyone knows. 1. When "move new and existing" files is enabled, how does it choose what old and existing files get moved? I assume that it first checks for file size and then oldest date when moving files from a lower tier drive to an upper tier one? 2. Is it possible to exclude a file name from ever being moved? For example, when using snapraid, I would like it so that the snapraid.content file stays on the disk it is assigned to.