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What I meant by this was, instead of copying a whole folder with multiple files inside of it that would then copy sequentially, should I instead copy files over singly from that folder?

1. Does this mean that split level is not recommended anymore? 2. Drivepool accomplished it via a balancing plugin that can move files in real-time which is why I also asked if there are plugins for unraid that perform the same function.

The biggest reason that I want all associated files on a single disk is for spin up/down reasons. I don't see the need to spin up multiple disks when I'm watching a single season or having metadata accessed on a separate disk. Here's an issue I just ran into: 1. Split level is set so that folder A can go on any disk, but folder B that resides under folder A has to stay on one disk. 2. Free space is set to 50gb. Disk X has 51gb of free space left and Disk Z has 1tb of free space left. 3. I copied a folder that contained 2 files into folder B (which means that all files in the folder that I am copying has to be put on the same disk). 4. The 2 files are both 50gb in size. 5. I ended up getting an out of free space error. What I think happened is that during the copy the first file fit into Disk X just fine. Unraid then started to copy the second file into the same disk which had run out of space. It chose this same disk due to my split-level rule. Is this correct? 1. Is there no way for undraid to check the file sizes of the folder that I am copying into the array? 2. Does this mean that it would be best practice to copy 1 file at a time into the array when my disks are getting close to full? 3. Are there any plugins that can do this if unraid is not able? 4. If I had set the destination of my copy to cache and then have mover move them into the array would I have experienced the same issue? 5. Trying to get a grip on this as I've not had this problem using Windows + Stablebit Drivepool. Thanks for the help guys! Outside of this quirk I am really enjoying unraid so far!

I have min free space set at 75gb, but you pretty much answered all my questions by stating that unraid never moves files from one array disk to another. Due to this, would best practice be to move the whole folder to a different disk if the file I want to overwrite is located on a disk that is full already?

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I was wondering if anyone could help me understand what unraid/mover will do in these cases. Let's say that I have a 3 disk array and split level is set for tv series so that the series can span across drives, but seasons and files contained will only go into 1 disk. Let's also say that I have chosen the setting to fill up 1 disk at a time. 1. (Not a copy/move question but I'm curious) If a series season is split across 3 disks so that season 1 is on disk 1 and so fourth, when I watch s01e01 will it spin up all the disks or just the disk that episode is located on (I'm sure the answer will be that it depends on how your client accesses these files e.g. plex/kodi/etc)? 2. If I'm copying a season directly to the array, cache disabled, and the disk that is being written to fills up before the transfer is finished, will I get an out of space error or will unraid finishing copying the files to the next disk? If the remaining files are copied to the next disk, will unraid balance that folder afterwards according to the split level rule set in place? 3. Same question as #2, but with cache enabled. For this question though, the folder being copied fits into the cache disks, but when mover activates will it know that the folder cannot fit into a disk and instead choose a disk that it will fit into? 4. A series season is on a disk that is now full. What happens if I overwrite some of the files in that season with files that are larger? Disk is full error or will it be placed on a different disk and if it does go to a different disk will unraid do a balance per the split level rule? Thanks for the help guys! New to unraid so I'm not sure how these things work.