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    Jaga got a reaction from Christopher (Drashna) in Thinking of Upgrading OS from WHS2011 to ???   
    I've decided that when my next server upgrade happens (in 1-2 months) I'm avoiding server versions due to pricing, in favor of W10 Pro.  Being a home-based small business IT professional and not truly needing a domain or it's features (just a large file/media server), it'll suit my purposes while being flexible at the same time.  And no need for Storage Spaces or ReFS means I'm not truly losing anything I need.
    My personal opinion is that MS is losing out on a segment of the market with inadequate pricing models for home professionals.  I'd gladly pay 2x or even 3x the price of W10 pro for a suitable server version with limited CALs (or non-domain model).
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    Jaga reacted to Christopher (Drashna) in Show utilisation in task manager   
    Well, you can click the above link, for the response, but for ease: 
     
    Basically, because of how the driver works, Windows itself is what doesn't register the activity, basically. 
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    Jaga reacted to Christopher (Drashna) in Stablebit download link keeps timing out.   
    "ipconfig /flushdns" from a command line should work, as well. 
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    Jaga reacted to Christopher (Drashna) in Drivepool between two or more computers   
    Yup, sounds about right.
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    Jaga got a reaction from Christopher (Drashna) in Drivepool between two or more computers   
    You could do it with a combination of a VPN, Drivepool pool(s), and Clouddrive using file share(s).  Here's how I think it could work:
    The VPN connects all computers on the same local net. Each computer has a Pool to hold data, and the Pool drive shared so the local net can access it. Clouddrive has multiple file shares setup, one to each computer connected via VPN and sharing a Pool. Each local Pool can have duplication enabled, ensuring each local Clouddrive folder is duplicated locally X times. The file shares in Clouddrive are added to a new Drivepool Pool, essentially combining all of the remote computer storage you provisioned into one large volume. Note:  this is just me brainstorming, though if I were attempting it I'd start with this type of scheme.  You only need two machines with Drivepool installed and a single copy of Clouddrive to pull it off.  Essentially wide-area-storage.
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    Jaga got a reaction from The_Saver in Drivepool between two or more computers   
    You could do it with a combination of a VPN, Drivepool pool(s), and Clouddrive using file share(s).  Here's how I think it could work:
    The VPN connects all computers on the same local net. Each computer has a Pool to hold data, and the Pool drive shared so the local net can access it. Clouddrive has multiple file shares setup, one to each computer connected via VPN and sharing a Pool. Each local Pool can have duplication enabled, ensuring each local Clouddrive folder is duplicated locally X times. The file shares in Clouddrive are added to a new Drivepool Pool, essentially combining all of the remote computer storage you provisioned into one large volume. Note:  this is just me brainstorming, though if I were attempting it I'd start with this type of scheme.  You only need two machines with Drivepool installed and a single copy of Clouddrive to pull it off.  Essentially wide-area-storage.
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    Jaga reacted to Christopher (Drashna) in Dual Boot with Common Pool   
    As for the pool itself, yes, it should be picked up automatically. 
    If it's not, check Disk Management, and make sure that the drives aren't showing as "offline".
    Also, on the system that is having issues, try resetting the settings, and see if that helps:
    http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_Q2299585B
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    Jaga got a reaction from Christopher (Drashna) in Can i use DrivePool on two personal machines?   
    I hadn't realized it was a different discount for products you do own, vs products you don't.  That's great to know.  More purchases incoming...!   
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    Jaga reacted to Christopher (Drashna) in Can i use DrivePool on two personal machines?   
    It's $10 off the normal price for a product you don't already own, but $15/each for products that you do. 
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    Jaga reacted to Christopher (Drashna) in Scanner activity log?   
    The service log would be where that stuff is logged.  
    But no, there aren't any "reports" generated at this time. 
     
    This is something that has been requested in the past, and is something that we do plan on added, but as part of the StableBit Cloud
    http://wiki.covecube.com/Development_Status#StableBit_Cloud
     
     
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    Jaga reacted to Christopher (Drashna) in Drivepool SSD + Archive and SnapRAID?   
    "dpcmd remeasure-pool x:"

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    Jaga reacted to fly in Drivepool SSD + Archive and SnapRAID?   
    Well then, seems I have a weekend project. 
     
    Will report back with script in case anyone else would like to use it.
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    Jaga reacted to Christopher (Drashna) in NFS Issues Post Clean OS Reinstall   
    For Windows, I think you're best using CIFS/SMB/Samba/Windows File Shares.  But for some linux programs, it's better to use NFS. 
    Or in my case, I used NFS for PXE booting, since that is all that is supported.
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    Jaga reacted to Christopher (Drashna) in is DrivePool 3 being worked on?   
    "Release Final" means that it's a stable release, and will be pushed out to everyone.  Not that it's the final build. 
    Besides, we have at least 7 more major features to add, before even considering a 3.0.
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    Jaga reacted to MrBlond in 3TB Drive showing as 115 PB   
    Thanks for the info.  I had purchased two of the Orico enclosures so have just swapped the unit and disk over and the new one is reporting correctly.  I have just emailed the supplier (via Amazon) to ask for a replacement.
    Thanks a lot for your help on this.  Much appreciated.
    BTW, Windows was reporting correctly and I had tried the "DoNotCorrectSize" option.
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    Jaga reacted to TomG in Missing disk in DrivePool after removing driveletter   
    For what it's worth, I managed to find a solution to my problem. It was a problem in Windows that somehow the automount of drives was set to disabled.
    Trying to find a solution for a non-DrivePool related problem I manually executed a command to enable the automount of drives.
    As a test I removed the driveletters from my drives with solely Pooldata on them. After a reboot the drives still show up in DrivePool.
    What I did:
    1) open an elevated Command Prompt (cmd)
    2) type diskpart
    3) type automount enable
    4) reboot
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    Jaga got a reaction from Christopher (Drashna) in DrivePool + Primocache   
    Sure you can.  Windows 32-bit program here.  64-bit here.  Just don't change anything using the 32-bit interface after setting limits using the 64-bit program, or it might fubar the settings.
     
    Primocache can't do that, but their other product Primo RAMdisk can.  You set a maximum limit for it, and it only takes as much RAM as the RAMdisk is currently using (I have it installed and working that way myself).
    It's a good suggestion for Primocache however - I may toss it at the main developer over there and see what they think of a min/max limit on the cache so it can dynamically adjust.
    Primocache exists just fine right alongside the Windows cache.  Since Windows isn't aggressive in file caching (at all), it typically uses very little RAM for files it reads.  And it doesn't have a write cache (I've never heard of anyone seriously using the write-back feature and getting good results).  That's where Primocache picks up - it has a much more robust kernel-level cache that will pick up where Windows leaves off, they exist in perfect harmony.  If a file is in Windows' cache, Primocache doesn't take any action, it just lets Windows deliver the content.  If it's not in Windows' cache, Primocache caches the blocks being requested (it's block level, not file) and delivers the content.  Since it is kernel level, it can also be told to pre-fetch the contents of the cache at last shutdown during boot time, to speed up the system before Windows has even loaded.  My boot times (with the RAMdisk turned off) are around 6 seconds, and I'm not using a NVMe.
    Primocache's write cache is quite robust as well, and highly recommended with a UPS on the machine.  Both of my benchmarks above are with the write cache on, and when using a large L1 (RAM) cache for both read/write with large block size.
    Even if you only have 1GB to throw at a L1 cache (or a spare SSD to use as a L2 cache against spinner drives), it can dramatically speed up almost any system.
    I rebooted my server just this morning, so the cache hit rate isn't as high as it would normally be (around 93%), but this gives you a good look at how I have my boot volume cache configured, and at the Primocache interface on a live machine:

     
     
    If you know of a benchmark program that works at the file level (and not sector or drive level), let me know what it is and I'll re-run the benchmarks at whatever file size you think is good.  It'll be interesting to see how Drivepool responds in both cases.
     
    p.s.  Thanks @Christopher (Drashna) & @Alex for allowing us to discuss non-Covecube products on the forums here!   
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    Jaga got a reaction from Christopher (Drashna) in Use the same disks for multiple pools   
    You could put multiple volumes on the physical drive, size them how you wanted, and then add the volumes to different pools.  That would also allow separate security permissions, features like encryption, etc on the separate volumes.
    As far as I know Drivepool doesn't have the functionality built in.
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    Jaga got a reaction from Christopher (Drashna) in 3TB Drive showing as 115 PB   
    Just a thought - you said you "recently installed" the enclosure.  If *any* part of Windows is reporting the drive size/features incorrectly, you could attempt to either return or exchange it, OR file it under warranty as defective.  
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    Jaga reacted to Christopher (Drashna) in [Suggestion] Bind to Adapter   
    I think this may have been brought up before, but let me flag it, anyways.
    https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/27847
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    Jaga got a reaction from Christopher (Drashna) in 3TB Drive showing as 115 PB   
    I really, really want one of these 115 PB drives. 
    Definitely sounds like a controller/backplane issue though.
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    Jaga reacted to Christopher (Drashna) in High download when I should only be uploading?   
    Awesome! 
    And yeah, once the cache gets filled, it dumps what is in there, for the new system. So a small cache means constant downloading.   
     
    So I'm glad to hear that this was the issue here. 
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    Jaga reacted to Viktor in I changed my Clouddrive Google Drive folder name and I broke everything   
    The root folder is called "StableBit CloudDrive". If you only renamed that folder, just give it that default name again.
     
    The entire (Google Drive) StableBit folder structure looks like this:
    \StableBit CloudDrive\CloudPart-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx\xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx-CONTENT(-ATTACHMENT,-METADATA)
    The "xxxx..." string is a placeholder for the global unique id in hex code (e.g. abcdef01-abc1-def2-1234-12345abcd67f).
    All files inside the folders on Google Drive have that id in their name and you will find it also in the cache folder's name on your local machine (e.g. \CloudPart-abcdef01-abc1-def2-1234-12345abcd67f).

     
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    Jaga reacted to Christopher (Drashna) in Avira picked these as malware   
    Well, glad that it's working fine.  And yay for over protective virus scanners. 
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    Jaga got a reaction from Christopher (Drashna) in Scanner runs within 1 minute after PC sleeps, waking it   
    Scanner also pings the SMART status of each drive on a short timer.  You will want to go into Settings, and to the S.M.A.R.T. tab to enable "Throttle queries".  It's your choice how long to set it, and you also have the option to limit queries to the work window (active disk scanning) only, or to not query the drive if it has spun down (sleep mode on the drive).
    In your case, I would simply throttle queries to every 5-10 minutes, and enable "Only query during the work window or if scanning".  Then under the General tab set the hours it's allowed to access the drives to perform scans, and check "Wake up to scan".  It should limit drive activity and allow the machine to sleep normally.
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