Suggested upgrade Features for Drivepool

[lottathought]

Long story as to why but I am currently merging 2 pools into 1.

What this requires is that I move some files from Pool 2 to Pool 1, remove a drive from the 2nd Pool and then add it to the 1st Pool. (1st Pool will soon be only Pool)

 

What I have realized from this is that there are 2 features I would really like to have.

 

1st Feature... It would be great if you could simply merge Pools.

 

2nd Feature.. I am sometimes ready to move more than 1 drive at a time.   So let's say for example that I have 2 drives I now want to remove from Pool 2.

I start the removal of the first drive. When I click to also remove the 2nd drive (While the first is still removing), it says "Waiting to Remove".

 

I understand that perhaps the system has reasons to remove the drives..one at a time.  I do request that perhaps the drive that is "Waiting to Remove" could perhaps be bypassed and not have files added to it from the removal of the 1st drive, which will result in more wear and more more files to remove when its turn on removal starts.

 

 

Still learning DrivePool...but so far I am pretty happy.  These are just suggestions and not complaints.

[Christopher (Drashna)]

The option to merge pools is a good idea.

It should be rather simple to implement in the code, but may be a bit more difficult to implement in the UI.

(Feature request here: https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/13491)

To do this in the meanwhile... on the disks in question, find the 'PoolPart' folders, move the contents to the root of the drive (out of the PoolPart folders), delete the now empty PoolPart folders, and then restart the service.

Once that's done, the old pool will disappear, and then you can "seed" the other pool:

http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_Q4142489

 

 

As for the removal stuff, I'll have to make sure, but there is a number of background tasks that occur during removal.

As for preventing the disk from being used... check out the "Disk Usage Limiter" balancer. You can uncheck both options (duplicated and unduplicated data), which would prevent ANY files from being placed on the disk, as well as move out any existing files. This is great for preparing disks for removal, as it essentially does what you want. 

(https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/13492)

[lottathought]

Thanks for the info Christopher. I am reading up on it now.

[Christopher (Drashna)]

If you have any questions about the process, don't hesitate to ask.

If you are not sure about it, we can set up a remote support session, and I can help you with it directly.

Just head to "https://stablebit.com/Contact" and open a ticket.