[Duplicating a pool then keeping it in sync across a network]

Great - thanks for all the help!

 

[Duplicating a pool then keeping it in sync across a network]

Does it matter whether SyncThing is installed on Source (Server) or Target (remote PC with Orico external attached) or does it need to be installed on both?

[Duplicating a pool then keeping it in sync across a network]

OK. Yes, I have the network share option today and it works fine. The reason I was duplicating the pool was more for redundancy in the event of a disaster (fire, theft, ...) of the primary server/pool. 

[Duplicating a pool then keeping it in sync across a network]

1 hour ago, Shane said:

TLDR: for what you're describing I'd use two installs of DrivePool (one for each machine) plus SyncThing/SyncTrazor to mirror in near-time (I'm presuming there's reasons you're not just opening a network share to the pool over the LAN)

Thanks for the suggestions.

To be honest, hadn't considered a network share option. What would that look like? I assume both computers would have DP on them. Wouldn't that just change whether I was "pulling" or "pushing" in terms of SyncThing?

[Duplicating a pool then keeping it in sync across a network]

I want to duplicate my current pool in a different location (without paying for a cloud service).  I managed to pick up a 5 Bay Orico external USB enclosure for a really good price. I have a separate building in which I will eventually connect the Orico to a different computer than my current server which is running Drivepool. These will be connected over a home network (Cat 6) with 1GB LAN.

My current pool is 20TB (10TB duplicated). I now have enough drives/space in the Orico and want to achieve the following : 

- Full initial copy of the current pool by connecting the Orico to my current Server

- Ongoing mirror so that both the Server with the internal drives and existing DrivePool and the remote computer with the Orico attached are exact replicas

- Be able to read locally from the DrivePool at the new computer (ie its not only for Backup)

 

Now my questions : 

- Whats the best way to initially duplicate the pool? Set-up a new Pool and then just copy in File Manager?

- How should I set-up the remote sync - would I need cloud Drive for that?

- Would I also need DrivePool on the new computer (if I'm using Cloud Drive)?

- Is there a deal on the bundle (DP, Scanner, CD) for existing customers?  

 

[Why isn't XYZ Provider available?]

Another vote for Backblaze - B2 - would it work? Any ETA?

[Amazon Glacier for Archival purposes?]

Is Glacier a possibility?

[There is no OneDrive Provider?]

I think MANY people would be interested in a way to leverage OneDrive storage especially as you get 10TB (or unlimited if you reach the 10TB limit and request more) as part of their Office 365 subscription.

 

Similarly, I would be happy to use this as an offsite back-up and still keep 2x copies of my files on local server disks, so really the need for fast performance from the offsite back-up is limited.

 

I understand that I would not be able to use this in a conventional sense like a drive, but maybe there could be that option for "cold" storage - a bit like Amazon Glacier where you don't expect to have great performance for retrieval - its more of a worst case scenario is you lose your entire server (inc. duplication) e.g. in a fire as opposed to losing 1 drive and having to rebuild the lost duplicated files.

[Using OneDrive and Drivepool together to get duplication to the Cloud]

Drashna,

 

So, what would you suggest?

 

One Pool with OneDrive as one of the folder on the pool?

 

Have the OneDrive folder set-up for duplication?

 

Would you need to create the folder first in the Dashboard or move the OneDrive folder to the DrivePool drive?

[Using OneDrive and Drivepool together to get duplication to the Cloud]

Now that MS is offering 1TB of storage space to all Office 365 subscriptions, has anyone played with setting up Drivepool together with OneDrive to also enable off-site cloud backup for some shares?

 

Is there any way of building this capability into DrivePool itself? That could be a killer feature!

 

 

Could you simply :

1 - install OneDrive

2 - Set-up 2 pools

- Pool 1 - for files / folders to be backed up to OneDrive

- Pool 2 - for files which should only be stored locally

3 - Move OneDrive to the root folder on the Pool #1

http://www.cnet.com/au/how-to/how-to-move-your-onedrive-local-storage-to-another-drive/

4 - Store Folders in the OneDrive Folder on Pool #1 which are to be backed-up

5 - Store Folders not to be stored in OneDrive  on Pool #2

 

Thoughts?

[Folder Size view is showing 0B for all folders]

After replacing a missing hard drive and re-balancing, duplicating, ... everything seems to be back to normal.

 

Only issue is that the Folders view in the dashboard is not showing the usual size breakdown. All folders are listed as having 0B.

 

I've clicked Re-index a couple of times to no avail. Any ideas?

 

WHS 2011, Drivepool 1.3.3.7563

 

Any ideas?