[Stablebit Scanner has encountered a problem]

Hi

I've had the newest BETA versions of Drivepool (2.3.0.1244 BETA) and Scanner (2.6.0.3568 BETA), but wanted to downgrade to the stable versions.

1. I uninstalled Drivepool and Scanner and rebooted Windows 10.
2. Installed Drivepool v.2.2.5.1237 and Scanner v.2.5.7.3565.
3. Drivepool started as it should.
4. Scanner is unable to start. Error message: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object".

I get the error message shown in the screenshot. I'm unable to click the "Ignore this error and attempt to continue". And I can't click on the buttons at the bottom of the error message.

[Different size hdd's]

9 minutes ago, PocketDemon said:

There's no issue with different sizes - &, within the context of your drives & what you're likely to be doing, there's no issue with sizes & using the capacity.

Yeah, the only time that there would be an issue is if the number of times you're duplicating wouldn't work... ...so, imagining someone were looking at duplicating the entire pool, for example -

- with 2x duplication &, say a 1TB & 8TB drive, they could only actually duplicate 1TB

- & with 3x duplication &, say a 1TB, 4TB & 8TB drive, they could still only actually duplicate 1TB

...however, unless you're after >=6x duplication (which is highly unlikely), there's no problem whatsoever.

 

If you are using duplication & your current drives are pretty full already, after adding the new drive then I would suggest pushing the "Duplication Space Optimiser" to the top & forcing a rebalance run just before going to bed... As this then should prevent there being any issues moving forward.

Thank you for the explanation. How do I force a rebalance?

[Different size hdd's]

Thank you guys for answering.

Sorry for not being clear about my question.

The reason for asking about different size hdd's, is if it is advisable to use hdd's with significant size difference of the already installed hdd's. Is the extra terabytes of an 8TB hdd usable for DrivePool when the other hdd's is 3TB x4 and 5tb x1?

[Different size hdd's]

Hi

I'm new to this forum, but not to Stablebit Drivepool and Scanner.

My drivepool is made up by 5 hdd's.

4x3TB and 1x5TB.

I want to add a new hdd to the pool, but unsure what size would be best.

I'm considering:

6TB, 8TB, 10TB or 12TB.

What would you recommend?