mentalinc Posted January 8, 2016 Posted January 8, 2016 Hey It looks like the OS drive can be added to the Drivepool based on the GUI... I'm thinking of installing windows on an SSD and then adding the OS drive into the Drivepool and using the balancer plugin to use the SSD cache... Is this a supported method or will it cause me some issues? Thanks Quote
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted January 8, 2016 Posted January 8, 2016 Yup, that's absolutely fine. However, personally, I recommend against it, as it adds additional load on the system disk, and can cause issues if the system disk fails or needs to be reinstalled (you can resize the partition to avoid the issue) And if you do use the SSD Optimizer balancer plugin with the system disk as the SSD, this will add a lot more wear and tear on the system disk. That is also why I do recommend a dedicated drive. Also, if you're using duplication, you'd want to have 2+ disks, as the real time duplication option will write to all the destination disks in parallel. If you don't have enough SSD disks, it will fall back on the slower disks. Quote
0 mentalinc Posted January 9, 2016 Author Posted January 9, 2016 Cool thanks will give it a go for sure shortly Quote
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 You are very welcome. And if you have any issues with it, let me know. Quote
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Hey
It looks like the OS drive can be added to the Drivepool based on the GUI...
I'm thinking of installing windows on an SSD and then adding the OS drive into the Drivepool and using the balancer plugin to use the SSD cache...
Is this a supported method or will it cause me some issues?
Thanks
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