Hi - I want to move all files within a share to one disk to minimize disk spinup when playing media files of the same type. Do  I simply change the share settings for "included disk(s)" and Unraid will respect the new share settings and move files appropriately? Is there a better way to do this?

Cheers, Steve

Edited December 13, 20223 yr by Steviewunda

27 minutes ago, Steviewunda said:

I want to move all files within a share to one disk to minimize disk spinup when playing media files of the same type

You could also use the Unbalance plugin.  This will allow you to move folders of the same name from all disks to one target disk.

 

Thanks @Hoopster - does it matter whether I change the share settings for included disks before or after using unbalance?

10 minutes ago, Steviewunda said:

does it matter whether I change the share settings for included disks before or after using unbalance

No.  The whole idea of UnBalance is that it ignores share settings and allows you to move data around as you need.  You can change share settings to include or exclude certain disks before or after running UnBalance.  You can also use UnBlance in "dry run" mode which will show you what the result will be without actually moving anything.

Edited December 14, 20223 yr by Hoopster

Thanks Hoopster !

I ran Docker Safe New Permissions after a  dry run of unbalance reported numerous permissions errors. A second dry run of unbalance Gather reported no errors, so I did an actual Move run which should have consolidated 550GB of Music share on disks 1,2,4, and 5 with about 300GB on drive 3. After the run (which reported no errors) there is only about 380GB of music files in the Music share, and a lot of music is missing. When I look at the Music share in Windows File Explorer or Krusader, there are numerous empty or partially empty folders, sometimes containing only the .jpg's, playlists etc but few or no actual music files. Is there any way I can recover them? I have attached the diagnostics file, and the unbalance.log Even if I can't recover them, it would be good to know what went wrong

tower-diagnostics-20221214-1530.zip unbalance.log

Edited December 14, 20223 yr by Steviewunda

6 hours ago, Steviewunda said:

I ran Docker Safe New Permissions after a  dry run of unbalance reported numerous permissions errors. A second dry run of unbalance Gather reported no errors, so I did an actual Move run which should have consolidated 550GB of Music share on disks 1,2,4, and 5 with about 300GB on drive 3. After the run (which reported no errors) there is only about 380GB of music files in the Music share, and a lot of music is missing. When I look at the Music share in Windows File Explorer or Krusader, there are numerous empty or partially empty folders, sometimes containing only the .jpg's, playlists etc but few or no actual music files. Is there any way I can recover them? I have attached the diagnostics file, and the unbalance.log Even if I can't recover them, it would be good to know what went wrong

tower-diagnostics-20221214-1530.zip 139.58 kB · 0 downloads unbalance.log 4.54 MB · 0 downloads

You will get more help if you post that in the unBalance plugin thread where support for the plugin is offered.

 

I have used the plugin a couple of times without issue in some fairly simple scenarios so I am not sure what the issue may be.

@Steviewunda i know it was a long time ago but was the recovery successful? Would you recommend unbalance tool?

I used it some times for small sets of data but now I want to move all my pictures. 😬

I am afraid of loosing something