How can I create a new folder and force it immediatly to a certain drive? I tried to add the new folder in the drive pool (which got placed on a random disk) and then use the folder placement in "Balance" to force this new empty folder on this certain disk. But even after several hours nothing happend. I then tried rebalance, but unfortunately this also takes hours, because it starts the very expensive completely rebalance with all space balancing rules instead of first obeying the rules where to place a folder. And after a complete day, the folder is stil on the wrong disk.
One thing I need this for is when I add a new disk with data on it. Because copying 2-4 TB of data is really very slow and also a space problem, I want to create the DrivePool folder and then just move the data from out of the DrivePool directory on the same drive into the (hidden) DrivePool directory.
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How can I create a new folder and force it immediatly to a certain drive? I tried to add the new folder in the drive pool (which got placed on a random disk) and then use the folder placement in "Balance" to force this new empty folder on this certain disk. But even after several hours nothing happend. I then tried rebalance, but unfortunately this also takes hours, because it starts the very expensive completely rebalance with all space balancing rules instead of first obeying the rules where to place a folder. And after a complete day, the folder is stil on the wrong disk.
One thing I need this for is when I add a new disk with data on it. Because copying 2-4 TB of data is really very slow and also a space problem, I want to create the DrivePool folder and then just move the data from out of the DrivePool directory on the same drive into the (hidden) DrivePool directory.
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