Sam Wildig

As I quoted in the last post, the FAQ (here) states the " the same share folders on the data drives will still continue working". This sounded like the data would be in both locations? I'm wanting to store my VM images on the cache but also for them to be protected against drive failure. Adding protection to the cache pool seems unnecessary with the protected array sitting behind it and doing so its going to double the number of drives dedicated to overhead. What would be the best way to mirror the VM images from the cache to the array? Or is there a better approach to all of this? Thanks again.

Thanks for you reply, I'm currently using prefer. I looks like the data is being stored only on the cache drives with the overflow going to the array. I read in the FAQ. So shouldn't this mean the data will be stored on both the cache and on the data drives at all times?

Hi, Sorry if this has already been answered somewhere but I'm still a little confused about cache: prefer. I've got my VM share set as prefer so that all the VM's are stored on the cache drives, is this data still protected on the main array as well? Looking at the array drives I can't see the data anywhere. If it's not is there anyway to have functionality similar to this? So the cache drives hold the data for fast transfer but in the case of cache failure it will fall back to reading the data from the main array? Thanks in advance, Sam