Split Level - Not using other drives?

[mcleanap]

Just setting up unRAID for the first time and right now I am just messing around with the settings to better understand how it works.  Right now I have just 2 data drives with no parity.  I am testing out Split Level.  So for TV Shows, I have High Water and Level set at 3.

 

TV SHOWS

---- Dexter

----------Season 01

---------------Episode.avi

 

So I would at level 3, it would create TV SHOWS on both drives, and then also include DEXTER, and a SEASON on each drive if necessary.  Episodes within each season would remain on a single drive.

 

Am I missing something?

 

I get nothing showing up on drive 2.  Nothing at all....completely empty.

[jazzysmooth]

What are the drive sizes and how much have you written to the 1st drive?  High water is calculated at 1/2 the size of the largest disk, so it  will write to the first drive until its 50% utilized.  Then it will move to drive 2, drive 3, etc, each time writing until 50% full (assuming they are all the same size).  Then it does 1/2 again, so it would write to the 1st drive until 75% full, then drive 2, etc.  So until you get the first drive 50% full, you won't see anything on the 2nd drive.

[lionelhutz]

Read the unofficial manual in the wiki for a description of how high-water works...

 

Peter

[mcleanap]

What are the drive sizes and how much have you written to the 1st drive?  High water is calculated at 1/2 the size of the largest disk, so it  will write to the first drive until its 50% utilized.  Then it will move to drive 2, drive 3, etc, each time writing until 50% full (assuming they are all the same size).  Then it does 1/2 again, so it would write to the 1st drive until 75% full, then drive 2, etc.  So until you get the first drive 50% full, you won't see anything on the 2nd drive.

 

That's it then.  They are both 2 TB drives with only about 20% used.