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Just to add regarding the approach of moving data directly into the PoolPart folders on the physical drives... I've done this, various others have done it, it appears to work, BUT it's not the supported method of moving files into the pool. I would …
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Perhaps not something that most users will need, but I can think of a few reasons for wanting multiple pools, including: differential performance, e.g. fast pool, slow pool as above large backups, e.g. create a separate pool made up of external driv…
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This is not supported (unless Stablebit can confirm otherwise) as it bypasses the "correct" way of getting data onto the pool, but in principle it should work as DrivePool does not separately store any state about the contents of each folder. I've …
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saitoh183 - did you move the files into the DP pool (back then it would have been into C:\ServerPool\ServerFolders etc, now it has its own drive letter), or into the PoolPart.* folders? EDIT - I guess if there is at least 3TB space free across the …
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I haven't tried DriveBender, but I'm fairly certain you'll need to do a few more steps. Via WHS Dashboard, create the appropriate share folders in DrivePool or move existing empty folders into the pool to match the structure you want. Don't turn on …
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You can't control how DP spreads the files out, DP uses intelligent distribution and balancing algorithms to do this. However, I'm not sure why you would want to do this. When you access the folders through the proper method (i.e. through the shared…
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Your files (and the folder structure they are contained in) are not deleted and are recoverable after uninstall, you can find them within the PoolPart.* folder in the root of each drive that was added to the pool. However, firstly they are spread mo…
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I would hope that Alex has been in ongoing discussions with system manufacturers that sell WHS-based storage appliances, as this represents a potentially much bigger revenue stream. Whilst we are an active bunch, those of us who build our own WHS ri…
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I agree that Storage Spaces is worth keeping an eye on - performance will probably improve over the beta lifecycle (just like DrivePool) and the advantages of low cost and ease of use will attract many users who rightly fear the complexity and infle…
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It's always safer to duplicate all folders, whether or not you include D drive in the pool. The only specific reason I can think of for your approach is if you need to be able to quickly reinstall the OS on the same drive - i.e. if you keep D comple…
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I have included D in my pool and not had any problems. Existing data on D outside the pool will be unaffected, DrivePool only uses spare capacity, so client backups can stay there outside the pool. If you need to replace the system drive, any data …
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WHS 2011 has been massively discounted by Microsoft, to the point that (in the UK at least) it's well under half the price of the cheapest OEM Windows 7 license, a bizarre anomaly in the Windows pricing structure. IMHO the reason for this is simple…
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Bear in mind the TC mounted drive is only visible to the client PC that is running the TC software. As far as Drivepool is concerned, it's still the same (encrypted) file, with an exclusive write lock acquired by the client. When TC mounts the file,…
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If you use Crashplan, the backup will start automatically soon after the USB drive is plugged in, and will run every 24 hours if left plugged in. You can also set it up to do the same when plugged into the client PC. It keeps old versions as well, s…
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As per previous discussions, you might want to consider using a third party backup solution like Crashplan, which a number of us have running successfully for local, remote and cloud backups of DrivePool.
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That's where your data is stored in M4. Although a new "virtual" drive is created (not C drive, it will have another new drive letter) that appears to contain all the files, the files themselves still need to be stored on your existing data drives (…
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Couple of thoughts: Firstly, I don't think your deduction of what's happening is quite right. DrivePool provides an additional virtual filesystem layer over the top of the NTFS volumes on the physical drives. Alex has explained that the DrivePool co…
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@locus123No need to partition your drive, although of course during WHS installation your system drive will have been partitioned into C and D partitions, with the WHS 2011 OS living on the C partition. Your other two drives can remain as single par…
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Despite the name, NFS is not a physical filesystem (i.e. used to store and manage files on physical storage devices), it is a protocol used to access files over a network. In principle it should be independent of the physical filesystem, so it shoul…
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I agree that simplicity is good, and it doesn't always make sense to dedicate a whole drive (or the D partition) for non-pool application data such as VM images, as this might waste space that could be used for the pool. However, bear in mind that …
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@m2and3ingo 1) I also use WHS Server backup, but just for the C drive. Crashplan doesn't do system image backups (i.e. to restore a system including OS, applications, settings etc), only files. 2) Yes, Crashplan can backup to any system with Crashp…
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I guess you meant to post this on the DrivePool section (this is BitFlock). IMHO, I would be very hesitant to use Drivepool for work/business yet, until it comes out of Beta and the number of outstanding defects has dropped down to a minimum. Lets i…
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I just posted on the Crashplan thread, and I didn't have this problem after the M4 upgrade. Crashplan does start the backup again but as it hash compares the files on source and desination, it only sends files that have changed even if they are in a…
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I run Crashplan on my WHS 2011 and have just upgraded from M3 to M4, and all seems to be working OK. All I did was change my Crashplan backup set settings to backup from the new locations on the pool drive. If you also have incoming backups on the p…
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I've been getting this problem as well . My first install attempt bluescreened, and all subsequent attempts hit the installer error message. I suspect that the first attempt left things in an inconsistent state. There is still stuff in the registry …
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I use Crashplan+ on WHS v1. Is there anything that would stop this or any other third party backup software working with DrivePool folders?
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That's great, thank you Codegear. I did wonder about whether it would be necessary to set up RDMs, I assume performance will suffer significantly using virtual disks (if it works at all). I'm not too worried about DrivePool adding a bit of overhead,…