Do some manual balancing

[Kermit]

Hi, 

 

I have a folder with duplicated data on my system.

 

 

Can i just copy parts of the duplicated data from one disk in the pool to another disk in the same pool ?

(So from e: \poolpart....\duplicated\folderx  to f:\poolpart....\duplicated\folderx  )

 

 

Do i have to deaktivate the service before or do a re-measure of the pool afterwards ?

 

 

 

(I have automatic balancing deaktivated)

 

 

Thanks

[Christopher (Drashna)]

yes, you can do that. 

 

However, yes, you want to stop the service temporarily (you can run "net stop DrivePoolService" to stop it, and "net start DrivePoolService" to start it back up).  Otherwise, it may try to move data, as well. 

 

And yes, once you start the service back up, you will need to initiate a remeasure of the pool.

 

 

However, depending on what you're doing, and the balancing settings, there may be a button to initiate the balancing/duplication manually. 

[Kermit]

Thanks for the info !

 

I have a setup with snapraid and different sized disks and  i did not manage to configure the automatic balancer to do exactly what i want. I now did it by hand and everything seemed to work just fine !

[Christopher (Drashna)]

Glad to hear it!