I'm running the 2.2.3.938 beta (latest version) and am experiencing issues with the SSD Optimizer Plugin.
The only balancer enabled in DrivePool is the SSD optimizer.
I have a 512GB SSD configured as an "SSD" in the plug-in, with all other drives configured as "archive".
File placement settings are configured so that:
"File placement rules respect real-time file placement limits set by the balancing plug-ins" is enabled, and "Balancing plug-ins respect file placement rules" is disabled.
Based on these descriptions, that should force all files to be written to the SSD before being moved off the SSD by rebalancing.
Instead, files are still following the placement rules that are set, and being written to slow HDDs - sometimes even my lowest priority "archive" disks (SMR HDDs) - rather than all writes happening on the SSD.
I have tried other combinations of settings but nothing seems to work other than adding the SSD to the placement rules, or removing the rules for that directory. Then the writes immediately start happening on the SSD.
But I don't want the files to live on the SSD, and folders which have file placement rules are done for a specific reason; e.g. files where faster access is required are placed on my fastest HDDs, while files that access speeds don't matter are placed on slower drives.
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Andy2
I'm running the 2.2.3.938 beta (latest version) and am experiencing issues with the SSD Optimizer Plugin.
The only balancer enabled in DrivePool is the SSD optimizer.
I have a 512GB SSD configured as an "SSD" in the plug-in, with all other drives configured as "archive".
File placement settings are configured so that:
"File placement rules respect real-time file placement limits set by the balancing plug-ins" is enabled, and "Balancing plug-ins respect file placement rules" is disabled.
Based on these descriptions, that should force all files to be written to the SSD before being moved off the SSD by rebalancing.
Instead, files are still following the placement rules that are set, and being written to slow HDDs - sometimes even my lowest priority "archive" disks (SMR HDDs) - rather than all writes happening on the SSD.
I have tried other combinations of settings but nothing seems to work other than adding the SSD to the placement rules, or removing the rules for that directory. Then the writes immediately start happening on the SSD.
But I don't want the files to live on the SSD, and folders which have file placement rules are done for a specific reason; e.g. files where faster access is required are placed on my fastest HDDs, while files that access speeds don't matter are placed on slower drives.
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