Noob need few confirmations before i proceed.

chrisnasah

Hi guys new here and hope someone can help me out before i lose any data

So i have now installed Drivepool and currently have two hard drives which are in the pool.

One hard drive is empty and the other has data which i want duplicate and also share.

Do i first just add the folder to the drive pool via the dashboard option?

Once this is done do i then delete this data from the drive i copied from and leave it on the pool?

Also i dont understand if i added a drive to a pool, should i not only see the pool drive under computer and not the other drives which are in the pool?

Confused..

Thanks

chrisnasah

sorted it by reading other threads below. So now i have all my data under the pool drive with nothing remaining directly on the other drives.

One question if i was to add another hard drive with data do i follow he same procedure again when i created the share folders on pool and migrate data?

Shane

There are a variety of ways to migrate data to the pool; the main thing to keep in mind is that any drive added to the pool still remains usable as a normal drive, with all its existing data intact.

If you're just using the Dashboard, the process is simple:

• add the drive to the pool, add its folders to the server
• move your data from those folders to pool folders, or move the folders themselves to the pool drive
• tidy up your folders and set duplication as desired

If you're using Remote Desktop to the server, the process is also simple:

• via the dashboard, add the drive to the pool and create any new pool shares you want
• via explorer, move the drive's files and folders as you wish to the pool drive/shares
• via the dashboard, set/change duplication as desired

The above can be varied to taste:

• If you're using Remote Desktop, via explorer you can also create folders on the pool drive without having to share them.
• On the Dashboard, "Add a folder to the Pool" only allows you to create a shared folder on the pool under the ServerFolders root folder, while "Add a folder" also allows you (by then clicking "Browse") to create and/or share a folder on any drive, including root folders, even on the system drive!

(all of the above as of M4 build 5824)

chrisnasah

Excellent appreciate the details, it will surely help

chrisnasah

One more question as you said if i were to create a folder without using dashboard as using that creates a shared folder so if i created a folder manually how do i enable duplication on it?

just to add i created a folder at the root of the drive and not under serverfolders as id like to keep that section just for shared info.

Shane

Currently (as far as I know), the only "normal" way to enable/disable duplication on a folder is if it's listed in the dashboard as a shared folder. However, if you stop sharing a duplicated folder (right-click, "Stop sharing the folder") it still seems to remember whatever duplication status it had as a shared folder.

chrisnasah

Ok would be good if we were able to do it if the folder was not in dashboard. 

Shane

The trick/workaround in the meantime would be to use the dashboard to add the existing folder so it becomes a share ("Add a folder to the pool", make up a random temporary share name, "Browse", choose the existing folder), enable duplication, then stop sharing the folder.

chrisnasah

cool thanks wil give that a go