Hi there - I've been running DrivePool & Scanner successfully since new year, and today I had one of my server HDDs fail. No big deal, as my files were all duplicated in Drivepool.
I have quite a strict regime in where I allow my server folders to live: server Documents & Pictures are duplicated on 2 HDDs; server Music & Videos are duplicated on the other 2 HDDs. I won't bore you with why - this just works for me.
The drive that failed is one of the pair that stores my Documents & Pictures. I removed it from the pool and have ordered a replacement. Whilst I'm waiting for it to arrive, I've added an unused spare partition to the pool, so that Documents & Pictures are still duplicated. But something's changed - a new Document does not get duplicated on the correct disk any more, and it's driving me mad. Here's my file placement rules:
So on my PC, I create a new document & drop it into the server's Documents folder. On the server it appears on disk G:\ as expected, but it doesn't appear on disk J:\, as per my rules. Instead, a new Documents folder with the file in it is created on disk I:\.
I simply can't understand this, and it could really mess up my backup regime. At the moment I daren't put files on the server. The only thing that I can think is different, is that J:\ & I:\ are two partitions on the same physical HDD. Is DrivePool unable to cope with this - should I be using different physical disks with files placement rules?
In a few days I'll have a new 4th physical disk to slot in, so maybe it'll be OK, but this has got me a bit worried... If anyone can give any guidance or suggestions, I'd be very grateful. Thanks!
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Hi there - I've been running DrivePool & Scanner successfully since new year, and today I had one of my server HDDs fail. No big deal, as my files were all duplicated in Drivepool.
I have quite a strict regime in where I allow my server folders to live: server Documents & Pictures are duplicated on 2 HDDs; server Music & Videos are duplicated on the other 2 HDDs. I won't bore you with why - this just works for me.
The drive that failed is one of the pair that stores my Documents & Pictures. I removed it from the pool and have ordered a replacement. Whilst I'm waiting for it to arrive, I've added an unused spare partition to the pool, so that Documents & Pictures are still duplicated. But something's changed - a new Document does not get duplicated on the correct disk any more, and it's driving me mad. Here's my file placement rules:
So on my PC, I create a new document & drop it into the server's Documents folder. On the server it appears on disk G:\ as expected, but it doesn't appear on disk J:\, as per my rules. Instead, a new Documents folder with the file in it is created on disk I:\.
I simply can't understand this, and it could really mess up my backup regime. At the moment I daren't put files on the server. The only thing that I can think is different, is that J:\ & I:\ are two partitions on the same physical HDD. Is DrivePool unable to cope with this - should I be using different physical disks with files placement rules?
In a few days I'll have a new 4th physical disk to slot in, so maybe it'll be OK, but this has got me a bit worried... If anyone can give any guidance or suggestions, I'd be very grateful. Thanks!
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