December 24, 20223 yr I want to use a single disk for certain use cases. Two examples of different use cases: * time series database use cases (nvr, influxdb etc.). data here is not important, but IO is continuous, so isolating to a separate disk * backup disk for a specific dataset - mostly idle, routine backup jobs based on certain events to maintain a disconnected data backup I can add that disk as an unprotected (no redundancy) cache pool, or I can set it an an auto-mount disk in unassigned devices. Are there any pros and cons of either that can help me decide for such use cases?
December 24, 20223 yr Community Expert The main difference is that Pool drives can be part of Unraid User shares whereas UD mounted drives cannot.
December 25, 20223 yr Author 7 hours ago, itimpi said: The main difference is that Pool drives can be part of Unraid User shares whereas UD mounted drives cannot. I also see a share toggle in UD drive settings. Doesn't that also expose it as a share?
December 25, 20223 yr Community Expert Solution 22 minutes ago, Ashish Pandey said: share toggle in UD It allows the disk to be shared on the network, but that isn't the same as an Unraid user share. User shares can span disks, can be operated on by mover, and can have all of the other settings you see for any of your other user shares.
February 10, 20233 yr On a similar topic i have specific use case where media that is 'new content' if you will gets read very often and to avoid spin up and down array drives often id like to have this initially stored on a cache drive (ssd or nvme) (or unassigned disk if there is no other way) that can handle alot of IO and then after say 30-90 days when that content is no longer read often push it to the array. What is the best way to set this up? I was concerned about the consequences of not having access to user shares might do if unassigned disk is the only way to do this. I guess my lack of undersatnding of the details of how mover works may be clouding my visibility to a solution. Edited February 10, 20233 yr by kirkyg
February 14, 20233 yr Author On 2/10/2023 at 11:15 AM, kirkyg said: then after say 30-90 days when that content is no longer read often push it to the array. What is the best way to set this up? Have you looked at the mover tuning plugin. I believe it has an age based move criteria
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