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When I originally created the CloudDrive I didn't realise that I can enter a value for CloudDrive size larger than 10TB. Hence I selected this option
Now that I am nearing this limit, I want to resize the CloudDrive size to larger than 10TB. I was able to increase the size as you can see in the screenshot but as suspected, the CloudDrive in Windows is still shows 10TB. I am guessing that is because the drive was selected as NTFS at the time of creation which resulted in 10TB as size.
Guess my question is that if I have increased my CloudDrive limit to 200TB, will I be able to go past 10TB?
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On the local disk, yes.
Hi,
One more question.
Can I use Google Cloud Compute to transfer the files on the GDrive from one account to the another?
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The simplest way to do this is to create a new drive and sync them. DrivePool isn't necessary, but if you want to keep the contents up to date and synced, then pooling the drives and enabling duplication is going to be incredibly simple.
And yes, you can use multiple accounts here, if you want. (ideally).
Do i simply copy and paste the folders from existing drive to the new Google Drive account once I have created the it on Cloud Drive?
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did you buy DrivePool?
I will start the 30 day trial this weekend and start testing it out. Once the trial is over, will purchase the software.
I would do the following in this case:
1. Add both drives to a new drive pool with a duplication of x2 on the entire pool. The drive that has the 1 tb of data already on it will show up as having 1 tb on un-duplicated data in the pool.
2. In windows turn on hidden folders and move the 1 tb of data you already have on the drive into the new hidden pool-part folder with whatever new structure you want.
3. DrivePool should now recolonize that there is data on one volume and not the other that needs to be duplicated and you can "Re-measure Duplication" then what will happen is DrivePool will start coping the 1 TB of existing data over to the second CloudDrive. During this process all of the data will be accessible through the DrivePool drive, even though it is currently only on 1 drive.
4. Point Plex at the new library location and let it scan for the media on the DrivePool Drive
One thing to note: When I setup a new drive like this and add it to a pool with existing data, I like to set the cashed size to a fixed amount (non-expanding) so that DivePool does not attempt to fill my entire drive when copying over the 1 tb of data.
Thanks for your reply Deshani, I will try this out in the weekend and see how I get on.
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This is exactly how you should be handling redundancy if you would like it. If you copy the data yourself to a secondary account, it is an entirely manual process and cloud drive will not auto mount the drive in the new location if your main one fails.
Instead, attach multiple drives using CloudDrive to the different Accounts/Providers and created one drive using DrivePool. Use the duplication options in DrivePool to turn on duplication on the entire volume so the data is always stored in both locations. This way if one drive fails or is having technical issues, your users on Plex won't even be able to tell there is an issue because you will still be able to read from the DrivePool drive until the second drive come online.
Personally I have to set to the following for redundancy:
3 Cloud Drives as following:
2x Google Cloud Unlimited Drives
1x Amazon Cloud Drive
Each one mounted as a 100 TB volume and added 1 on DrivePool Drive. I have the pooled drive set at 3x redundancy on the entire volume. You just have to remember, the more cloud drives you have, the larger the upload pipe you need because when you add a file to the pool, it will begin uploading to all three drives. You need to make sure you still have upload left for anyone watching Plex.
Thanks,
Desani
In regards to the actual process, how would you go on about adding a new drive and pooling it with an existing drive?
I already have one Cloud Drive with 1TB of files so far which Plex uses.
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Thanks Desani,
Looks like Drive Pool is the best way to go for redundancy and most important of all, hassle free. Software does all the work.
Bandwidth wise I have no issues since I just signed up for 1Gbit plan.
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Hi,
My current setup for Cloud Drive working in conjunction with Google Drive for Plex which is working perfectly. Couldn't have been more happier.
However, now I would like to have redundancy for the current Google Drive. In order to achieve that, do I just sync or copy the Stablebit Cloud Drive folder on Drive to the new Drive account?
If I one drive account was to fall over, do I then just simple link the Cloud Drive to with the other account and it will pick up all the files?
Thanks in advance!
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Just FYI: The drives are already encrypted/obfuscated. I can imagine that multiple people might be using the same VPN/IP as yourself thus causing enough throttling to cause an unmount, this is just guesswork.
I am using PIA VPN mainly for using torrents...
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Hi there,
Just bought cloud drive software after trialing it for a month. It works perfectly fine for my use.
However as of yesterday, I also purchased PIA VPN subscription to keep my downloads encrypted.
The issue that I am facing currently is that when the VPN connection is on, the cloud drive unmounts itself after a while and I have to manually mount the drive again. This behavior is only seen when VPN connection is on.
Any suggestions to overcome this perhaps?
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Would people be willing to share an account, I have Enterprise Standard account and am looking for 4 people to share it with so can qualify for unlimited storage.
See attached screenshots which shows my conversation with Google Support and the plan I am on.
I intend to keep it for long term and am willing to let the interested party to try it out for a week before arranging for any monthly payments.