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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from Doug in Measuring the entire pool at every boot?
Wow, nice digging!
And sorry for not getting back here sooner!
Also, for the permissions, this should work too:
http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_Q5510455
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from Brig in Drives need to be assigned a letter to be seen.
Yup. This is an issue we see from time to time, and it's a known issue with Windows (not our software).
Specifically, the issue is that ... sometimes, windows will not mount a volume if it doesn't have a letter (or path) assigned to it.
Fortunately, this is a dead simple fix:
https://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_F3540
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from roirraWedorehT in Why isn't XYZ Provider available?
Not every Cloud Provider is going to be listed. And that's okay.
For the public beta, we focused on the most prolific and popular cloud storage providers.
If you don't see a specific provider in StableBit CloudDrive, let us know and we'll look into it.
If you can provide a link to the SDK/API, it would be helpful, but it's not necessary.
Just because you see it listed here does not me we will add the provider. Whether we add them or not depends on a number of factors, including time to develop them, stability, reliability, and functionality, among other factors.
Providers already requested:
Mega https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/15659 SharePoint https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/16678 WebDAV IceDrive OwnCloud (SabreDAV) https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/16679 OpenStack Swift https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/17692 OpenDrive https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/17732 Yandex.Disk https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/20833 EMC Atmos https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/25926 Strato HiDrive https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/25959 Citrix ShareFile https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/27082 Email support (IMAP, maybe Pop) https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/27124 May not be reliable , as this heavily depends on the amount of space that the provider allows. And some providers may prune messages that are too old, go over the quota, etc. JottaCloud https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/27327 May not be usable, as there is no publicly documented API. FileRun https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/27383 FileRun is a Self Hosted, PHP based cloud storage solution. Free version limited to 3 users, enterprise/business licensing for more users/features available. JSON based API. SpiderOak https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/27532 JSON based API Privacy minded pCloud https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/27939 JSON based API OVH Cloud https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/28204 StorJ https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/28364 Providers like tardigrade.io appear to use this library/API iDrive Amazon S3 Compatible API. No need for separate provider. ASUS WebStorage https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/28407 Documentation ... is difficult to read, making it hard to tell if support is possible. Apple iCloud https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/28548 uptobox https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/28633 sCloud https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/28650 Providers that will not be added:
Degoo No publicly accessible API. Without an API that support reading and writing files to the provider, there is no possibility of adding support for this provider. Sync.com No publicly accessible API Without an API that support reading and writing files to the provider, there is no possibility of adding support for this provider. Amazon Glacier https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/16676 There is a 4+ hour wait time to access uploaded data. This means Amazon Glacier completely unusable to us. We couldn't even perform upload verification on content due to this limitation. HubiC https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/16677 It's OpenStack - No need for a separate provider. CrashPlan? https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/15664 The API provided appears to be mostly for monitoring and maintenance. No upload/download calls, so not suitable for StableBit CloudDrive, unfortunately. MediaFire Not suitable due to stability issues. Thunderdrive No publicly accessible API. LiveDrive No Publicly accessible API. Zoolz No Publicly accessible (developer) API -
Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from Shane in how to force that a folder content is always copied on only one physical drive, at a predifined depth of folder hierarchy ?
You might be able to use the file placemeent rules to do this. Eg. "/*/*/*" However, I'm not sure that this will work.
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from zeoce in Using system drive as local cache vs non system drive
Yes. But YMMV.
Mostly, having the cache on a different drive means that you're separating out the I/O load, which can definitely improve performance. Though, this depends on the SSDs you're using. Things like AHCI vs NVMe, and the IOPS rating of the drive make more of a difference.
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from Chris Downs in Microsoft Storage Space Drives not detecting
This is a topic that comes up from time to time.
Yes, it is possible to display the SMART data from the underlying drives in Storage Spaces.
However, displaying those drives in a meaningful way in the UI, and maintaining the surface and file system scans at the same time is NOT simple. At best, it will require a drastic change, if not outright rewrite of the UI. And that's not a small undertaking.
So, can we? Yes. But do we have the resources to do so? not as much (we are a very small company)
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from KlausTheFish in Microsoft Storage Space Drives not detecting
This is a topic that comes up from time to time.
Yes, it is possible to display the SMART data from the underlying drives in Storage Spaces.
However, displaying those drives in a meaningful way in the UI, and maintaining the surface and file system scans at the same time is NOT simple. At best, it will require a drastic change, if not outright rewrite of the UI. And that's not a small undertaking.
So, can we? Yes. But do we have the resources to do so? not as much (we are a very small company)
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from TPham in NTFS Permissions and DrivePool
(also: https://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_Q5510455 )
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from lemkeant in Duplication Warnings
It means the pool drive. And yeah... how Windows handles disk/partition/volume stuff is confusing... at best.
For this ... take ownership of the folder, change it's permissions, and delete it (on the pool).
Then resolve the issue. It should fix the issue, and shouldn't come back.
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from AK96SS in SSD Optimizer and v2.3.0.1144 Beta
Awesome, glad to hear that!
And yeah, AV can be annoying sometimes, but that it's been that long since you have had an issue is a good thing (or a horrible, horrible thing )
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from sonicdevo in Windows Defender and CloudDrive
This is a false positive, and happens from time to time. And the specific "match" is the predictive engine, which is more prone to false positives.
You can safely ignore this.
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from Shane in NTFS Permissions and DrivePool
(also: https://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_Q5510455 )
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from Shane in Permissions Confusion?
Also, there is this:
https://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_Q5510455
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from Shane in Removing drive from pool
I've also been bad about checking the forums. It can get overwhelming, and more difficult to do.
But that's my resolution this year: to make a big effort to keep up with the forum.
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from TPham in Removing drive from pool
I've also been bad about checking the forums. It can get overwhelming, and more difficult to do.
But that's my resolution this year: to make a big effort to keep up with the forum.
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from TPham in Another Cannot Remove Disk issue
This can happen if the PoolPart folder itself is damaged/corrupted. Part of the removal process is marking the drive as "removed". But also, it has to be able to read from the folder, as well. File system corruption can stop both.
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While it's removing, yes, it should. Afterwards, no. But you can use the Drive Usage Limiter to prevent files from being placed on the drive, and to move files off of the drive.
Even better is the "dp-cmd"'s "ignore-poolpart" command. This immediately ejects the drive from the pool. This doesn't move the drive contents, but only marks the disk as "removed" from the driver. It will show up as "missing" in the UI, and then you can remove it from the UI.
And from there, you can absolutely move the contents of the "poolpart" folder on that drive back into the pool. And ideally, using the "skip existing files" option to speed things up.
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from BIFFTAZ in Drive temperature not updating.
Setting the SMART queries to be throttled like that (720 minutes) means that the temperature (a SMART value) is only going to be updated every 12 hours.
If you uncheck the throttling option here, you'll see it updated much more rapidly. And setting it to something like "60 minutes" (1 hour) should see it update less frequently, but will be updated more often, and may get a more accurate reading.
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from gtaus in Cannot write to pool "Catastrophic Failure (Error 0x8000FFFF)", cannot remove disk from pool "The Media is Write Protected"
Yuuuuup. This happens from time to time (I've seen it 4-5 times in the last 10 years, including both my systems and other peoples, so exceptionally rare).
I'm glad you were able to figure this out, and posted the solution! Hopefully, no more weird stuff for you!
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from Jeff in WSL 2 support
Unfortunately, we don't have any plans on adding support for WSL2 at this time.
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from trader860 in Whats the procedure to migrate DrivePool from one machine to another?
Deactivate the license on the old system move the drives over to the new system install the software activate the license That's it. The software will see the pooled drives and automatically recreate the pool. Duplication information will be retained, but balancing information won't be.
You may want to reset the permissions on the pool, but that depends on if you customized them or not.
For StableBit Scanner, just deactivate the license and activate it on the new system.
To do so:
StableBit DrivePool 2.X/Stablebit CloudDrive: Open the UI on the system that the software is installed on, click on the "Gear" icon in the top, right corner and select the "manage license" option. StableBit Scanner: Open the UI on the system that Scanner is installed on. Click on "Settings" and select "Scanner Settings". Open the "Licensing" tab, and click on the "Manage license" link. This will open a window that shows you the Activation ID, as well as a big button to "Deactivate" the license. Once you've done this, you can activate the license on a new system. Otherwise, activate the trial period on the new system, and contact us at https://stablebit.com/contactand let us know. -
Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from aaronsomek in More drives than alphabet.
You can do this: https://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_Q4822624
This hides the letters, and keeps the drives accessible.
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from Chris Downs in SSD Optimizer problem
This is part of the problem with the way that the SSD optimizer balancer works.
Specifically, it creates "real time placement limiters" to limit what disks new files can be placed on.
I'm guessing that the SSD is below the threshold set for it (75% by default, so ~45-50GBs). Increasing the limit on the SSD may help this (but lowering it may as well, but this would force the pool to place files on the other drives rather than on the SSD).
Additionally, there are some configuration changes that may help make the software more aggressively move data off of the drive.
http://stablebit.com/Support/DrivePool/2.X/Manual?Section=Balancing%20Settings
On the main balancing settings page, set it to "Balance immediately", and uncheck the "No more often than ever X hours" option, it set it to a low number like 1-2 hours.
For the balancing ratio slider, set this to "100%", and check the "or if at least this much data needs to be moved" and set it to a very low number (like 5GBs).
This should cause the balancing engine to rather aggressively move data out of the SSD drive and onto the archive drives, reducing the likelihood that this will happen.
Also, it may not be a bad idea to use a larger sized SSD, as the free space on the drive is what gets reported when adding new files.
This is part of the problem with the way that the SSD optimizer balancer works.
Specifically, it creates "real time placement limiters" to limit what disks new files can be placed on.
I'm guessing that the SSD is below the threshold set for it (75% by default, so ~45-50GBs). Increasing the limit on the SSD may help this (but lowering it may as well, but this would force the pool to place files on the other drives rather than on the SSD).
Additionally, there are some configuration changes that may help make the software more aggressively move data off of the drive.
http://stablebit.com/Support/DrivePool/2.X/Manual?Section=Balancing%20Settings
On the main balancing settings page, set it to "Balance immediately", and uncheck the "No more often than ever X hours" option, it set it to a low number like 1-2 hours.
For the balancing ratio slider, set this to "100%", and check the "or if at least this much data needs to be moved" and set it to a very low number (like 5GBs).
This should cause the balancing engine to rather aggressively move data out of the SSD drive and onto the archive drives, reducing the likelihood that this will happen.
Also, it may not be a bad idea to use a larger sized SSD, as the free space on the drive is what gets reported when adding new files.
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from JulesTop in Google Drive: The limit for this folder's number of children (files and folders) has been exceeded
Just a heads up, this is a known issue, and we are looking into a solution for this issue (both to prevent it for new drives and for existing drives).
I don't have an ETA, but we are actively working on it.
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from timmy05 in WSL 2 support
Unfortunately, we don't have any plans on adding support for WSL2 at this time.
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Christopher (Drashna) got a reaction from SPACEBAR in WSL 2 support
Unfortunately, we don't have any plans on adding support for WSL2 at this time.