April 1, 20242 yr I am planning a new serve build and had a question about how to organize data on disks, since the data drives will be new or converted from NTFS, so it won't be existing layout. If I create top level folders like movies/tv on multiple drives, then copy over the data (this is after formatting them in Unraid), then start the array, will it then show up as movies/tv shares that combine all the drives? or alternatively, will this happen if I create the shares after creating folders and populating them? is the process of creating shares and picking an allocation strategy functionally equivalent to creating folders with the same name? I'm guessing the allocation strategy only comes into play when new data is copied?
April 1, 20242 yr Community Expert 1 hour ago, MrCrispy said: If I create top level folders like movies/tv on multiple drives, then copy over the data (this is after formatting them in Unraid), then start the array, will it then show up as movies/tv shares that combine all the drives? Yes. 1 hour ago, MrCrispy said: is the process of creating shares and picking an allocation strategy functionally equivalent to creating folders with the same name? I'm guessing the allocation strategy only comes into play when new data is copied? Yes.
April 1, 20242 yr Author 44 minutes ago, JorgeB said: Yes. Yes. Thank you. for those wondering why I'd do this, I'm thinking it allows me to better partition data. i.e. keep documentaries on one drive etc. I'm assuming after I do this, I can still copy to the share and it will then use its allocation strategy?
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