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  • westptx is correct, WHS 2011 uses a VHD (Virtual Hard Drive) container format for its backups. Rumour has the next iteration of Server will use an improved VHD format that doesn't have the 2TB limit, but no idea if that will be backported to WHS 201…
    in Status of BETA M3 Comment by Shane June 2011
  • Do you mean WHS 2011 Backup's 2TB limit? If so: I had heard about WHS 2011 Backup's 2TB limit, but I hadn't realised quite how silly it is. I'd thought it was 2TB per disk. Apparently, it is 2TB total. However, there is hope that this may be extende…
    in Status of BETA M3 Comment by Shane June 2011
  • Here be Microsoft dragons. Library folders don't actually need to be indexed, because while windows explorer claims you can't do it, windows media player / media centre / photo gallery / etcetera do allow adding non-indexed network locations. So the…
    in Adding to the Windows 7 Library Comment by Shane June 2011
  • Pretty much. I have three 3TB drives in my pool, added via Window's Disk Management interface as single-partition GPT drives then formatted as NTFS with 64K clusters. DrivePool happily saw them and had no trouble adding them to the pool. You are cor…
    in Is it possible to add 3TB drives without using WHS format that will create a 2TB and 1TB partition ? Comment by Shane June 2011
  • Hi Alex, I like the new look. Very eyeball-friendly. Having the row of computers listed under the BitFlock icon does consume a fair amount of vertical space, would it be practical to have them to the right of the icon instead?
    in Nest UI Improvement Comment by Shane June 2011
  • Hi Jeff, could you submit a log report for CoveCube to examine? http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_Log_Collection Thanks.
    in DrivePool and MyMovies WHS 2011 Disc Copying Comment by Shane June 2011
  • Hi smuv, the free space for any pool share is the same as the free space for the pool (since they all draw from the same source). This screenshot [wiki.covecube.com] shows where you can find the pool's capacity and free space displayed.
    in feedback version 1736 Comment by Shane June 2011
  • While there is not (yet?) a pie chart, the plugin does list total pool size and free space, westptx is correct. Dashboard app, Stablebit DrivePool section, Hard Drive Pooling tab, In Pool area, Capacity column, in parentheses is given the total pool…
    in Total pool size and usage? Comment by Shane June 2011
  • Ugh, something else to watch out for when doing the above: different files + different drives + (same folder & file names) = bad. e.g. you have drives K: L: M: that you are migrating. Each contains a folder "Alice", which contains a file "Bob", …
    in Need Help, I'm dumb as a rock Comment by Shane June 2011
  • Alex has stated, "A port to SBS 2011 is highly likely, but we'll have to evaluate this more closely once we're at least at BETA M3."
    in DrivePool and SBSE 2011 Comment by Shane June 2011
  • An automatic migration tool is not (yet) implemented. However, you can do it manually (please note these instructions are current as of build 1736): create the shared folder pool you want to migrate data into (it looks like you've done this step).ma…
    in Need Help, I'm dumb as a rock Comment by Shane June 2011
  • Thanks Danee!
    in Migrating from WHS 1.0 Comment by Shane June 2011
  • Warning! The above will return the following on a clean WHS 2011 RC install: C:\Users\Administrator>JUNCTION Music C:\ServerPool\ServerFolders\PoolMusic.2'JUNCTION' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch …
    in Migrating from WHS 1.0 Comment by Shane May 2011
  • That could work - what of cases where the nest contains the drives of more than one computer, or unmounted/removable drives? Perhaps serial number, drive letter, volume label? e.g. "Serial XYZ, Mounted as F: [label]" ? (fwiw, on my machines I've got…
    in Nest UI Improvement Comment by Shane May 2011
  • Yes, you would have to map a drive letter to the network share to see it in explorer's Computer section, alongside your physical drives, on WHS2011. You do need to create a shared folder for a pool before you can put files in it. Think of it like a …
    in Question Comment by Shane May 2011
  • P.S. I suggest using TeraCopy or similar software if you're copying large/valuable data, as it supports CRC verification that what was written to the destination is what was read from the source. Even if DrivePool wasn't in beta, I've had controller…
    in Load Balancing Comment by Shane May 2011
  • Could you clarify what you mean by "see it locally"? The "StableBit DrivePool" tab on the WHS dashboard allows you to see the list of pool shares ("Shared Server Folders") and hard drives ("Hard Drive Pooling") including all pooled, non-pooled, and …
    in Question Comment by Shane May 2011
  • It appears that current M2 builds still do the same as M1 - files are _generally_ written to the disk with the most free space at the time. There is no "landing zone" or "first disk". By example I've just transferred half a TB or so to an already pa…
    in Load Balancing Comment by Shane May 2011
  • Bumping this as have noticed this problem has returned since upgrading from 1584 to 1648; still occurring after upgrading to latest build 1671. Alex's advice to set the "Stablebit DrivePool Service" service start type to Automatic (Delayed Start) fi…
    in StableBit DrivePool Service not running when server is rebooted. Comment by Shane May 2011
  • Check that your disks are all good as I started getting BSODs upon installing the new M2 releases and it turned out one - actually two - was starting to fail (thankyou to Alex for debugging the dump file for me). This seems an appropriate moment to …
    in BSOD on wakeup Comment by Shane May 2011
  • e_Blue, I'm not seeing it displayed in the addin's dashboard UI, but it is still visible in the details view of drives mapped to the pool share(s).
    in StableBit DrivePool BETA - Download Comment by Shane May 2011
  • If you take a look at http://forum.covecube.com/discussion/6/drivepool-file-distribution-algorithm this has come up before. Back then Alex mentioned putting plugins (so you could, say, have a "keep directories together" plugin) on the todo list, I d…
    in Splitting Directories across physical drives? Comment by Shane May 2011
  • rmassey, anything else installed on the server besides DrivePool build 718? what happens if you downgrade to an earlier version (e.g. 652) then upgrade back to 718 - does the problem go away if and/or after a particular earlier version is installed…
    in StableBit DrivePool Service not running when server is rebooted. Comment by Shane April 2011
  • "Milestone" release posts are good. E.g. build 652 fixed Unicode support; that's noteworthy. But I also agree that one shouldn't push a product before it's ready. Especially with an open beta - never advertise more than your feedback system can hand…
    in How do we keep DrivePool on the radar of the WHS community while in beta? Comment by Shane April 2011