Hi all, it seems that if you create a local CloudDrive, all of the chunk files are created right away - right up to the size of the drive you've created.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this doesn't happen when you create a Clouddrive in say, Dropbox for example.
I would prefer not to pre-allocate the chunk files on the local discs because of drive failure.
If I'm creating this local CloudDrive in a DrivePool made up of local, physical discs and a drive fails - there's nowhere to evacuate the chunk files to (if the local CloudDrive is the same size as the DrivePool - which mine is).
Is there a way for local CloudDrives to act more like "real" CloudDrives and add chunk files on the fly as needed?
Should I be using something like TrueCrypt to make a local, encrypted drive instead of CloudDrive? I know there is an option in TrueCrypt to either pre-allocate or not... the problem would be I think a TrueCrypt drive is one file (correct me if I'm wrong) and would not be able to be spanned across different physical discs in a DrivePool.
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Hi all, it seems that if you create a local CloudDrive, all of the chunk files are created right away - right up to the size of the drive you've created.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this doesn't happen when you create a Clouddrive in say, Dropbox for example.
I would prefer not to pre-allocate the chunk files on the local discs because of drive failure.
If I'm creating this local CloudDrive in a DrivePool made up of local, physical discs and a drive fails - there's nowhere to evacuate the chunk files to (if the local CloudDrive is the same size as the DrivePool - which mine is).
Is there a way for local CloudDrives to act more like "real" CloudDrives and add chunk files on the fly as needed?
Should I be using something like TrueCrypt to make a local, encrypted drive instead of CloudDrive? I know there is an option in TrueCrypt to either pre-allocate or not... the problem would be I think a TrueCrypt drive is one file (correct me if I'm wrong) and would not be able to be spanned across different physical discs in a DrivePool.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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