I've just setup my first server, and I can not for the life of me work out user shares.

 

I've read the wiki atleast 100 times but still can't get my head around it.

 

I have 2 disks in the array, a 2TB and a 1TB.

 

On each disk I have created a folder called "MEDIA" inside that folder are folders called "MOVIES" and "TV".

 

I have then configured a share in Unraid called "MEDIA" selected "High Water" allocation, set the split level to 2 and the export to read/write, everything else is blank.

 

From the wiki I thought this would start filling up the first drive (the 2TB) until is was 50% full and then fill up the second drive (1TB) until it was 50% full and so on.

 

I have mounted an NTFS drive and am using Midnight Commander to transfer from the NTFS drive to the network share "MEDIA" (Tower\MEDIA\TV) however it is simply filling up the 2TB disk and leaving the 1TB empty.  The 2TB is currently 69% full and the 1TB is empty. If I go to Tower\disk1\MEDIA\TV all the shows are there, if I go to Tower\disk2\MEDIA\TV it is empty.

 

I simply want my "TV" folder to be shared equally across both drives, while ensuring each tv series remains on the one disk.

 

Can someone please tell me where I have gone wrong.

If I understand it correctly, it's doing what it's supposed to. Read the wiki about High water allocation: http://www.lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=Un-Official_UnRAID_Manual#Allocation_method

 

The way I read that, it will first fill the 2TB drive until there's 1TB free, then it will write the 2TB drive until there's 500GB free, then the 1TB drive until 500GB free, then the 2TB until 250GB free, etc.

 

^^ It appears as though you are right. It has switched disks when the first disk hit 1.5TB.

 

I had read it the wrong way (I read it as it would copy 1TB to the 2TB disk then 500GB to the 1TB).

 

This can be closed/deleted now.

 

Thanks.

Did you get confused because I created the example with the 2T as the last disk in the array so it's listed as filling last?

 

I really should get back there some day and add or clean up the user shares stuff some more. I think it's helped but also know there's still some confusing parts.

 

Peter

Did you get confused because I created the example with the 2T as the last disk in the array so it's listed as filling last?

 

I really should get back there some day and add or clean up the user shares stuff some more. I think it's helped but also know there's still some confusing parts.

 

Peter

 

It's complex stuff, not sure if there's an easier way to explain it One thing that could help is to rotate the graph 90 degrees clockwise (set the passes on the horizontal axis)?