Files left on disk after drive removed from pool

[Don Drohman]

Some basic full disclosure.

• DrivePool v2.3.8.1600
• Windows Server 2012R2
• NTFS volumes on 4 HHD of differing size.
• A "standard" drive pool using 2x duplication across the 4 drives.
• Plenty of free space to remove a drive, yet maintain the 2x duplication.
• The pool in question holds video files for a Plex server.

I removed one of the drives from the pool using the default options, which looks have completed successfully (no errors reported and the remaining drives re-balanced). However, before reformatting the removed drive, I noted the covecube GUID folder still was still present on the removed drive, and there is a seemingly random collection of files and folders (9 files in 9 folders) on still on disc. My expectation is that barring any issues, all replicated files would be removed as part of the drive removal process. So my assumption is now, there were "issues".

I ran a SHA-256 hash against just a couple of the files, and they all matched back up with the files remaining in the pool. So, not like they were corrupt or altered.

My question is, what should I take away from this condition, or further investigate, before I reformat the drive?

Thank you in advance.

-Don

 

 

 

[Shane]

I have seen this happen before... not recently... maybe twice since I started using DrivePool (2013)? When I checked, the couple of "leftover" files had been properly copied to the pool where they were supposed to be, along with everything else that had been on the removed drive, so in the end... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@Alex @Christopher (Drashna) any ideas?