adding a new drive questions

[znelbok]

I recently added a new drive to the system (disk3) and then changed some of the shares to include this new disk.

As an example, I have a share "TV Shows".  Originally it included disk2, and excluded disk1.

 

I changed it to now include disk2,disk3, but there is nothing going to disk3 yet.

 

Disk 2 is at 53%, disk1 at 75%.  All shares are at High Water to which I read meaning that it will fill up the first drive to 50% and then move to the next drive until it reaches 50%.  Considering both disks1 & 2 are above 50% I would expect disk3 to be used for new files.

 

Is there something I have missed with adding a new drive?

 

Thanks

 

Mick

[naxiand]

Reboot the server?

 

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[Frank1940]

I recently added a new drive to the system (disk3) and then changed some of the shares to include this new disk.

As an example, I have a share "TV Shows".  Originally it included disk2, and excluded disk1.

 

I changed it to now include disk2,disk3, but there is nothing going to disk3 yet.

 

Disk 2 is at 53%, disk1 at 75%.  All shares are at High Water to which I read meaning that it will fill up the first drive to 50% and then move to the next drive until it reaches 50%.  Considering both disks1 & 2 are above 50% I would expect disk3 to be used for new files.

 

Is there something I have missed with adding a new drive?

 

Thanks

 

Mick

 

You need to provide the sizes of the three disks involved.  As I understand the implementation of the 'High Water' method, it uses actual disk space available (in MB or GB) rather than in percentages.

[znelbok]

Server was rebooted to add the drive. Unraid recognised it and let me add it.

 

Drives are all 2tb -4 in total.  One for cache, 3 for data strorage.

 

Is there a guide/ procedure somewhere to cover this

 

Mick

[dgaschk]

Have you rebooted after adding the drive?

[znelbok]

No I had not.  I have now and will test later today with some doata transfers.  by rights, all new data should go to the new disk (we copied to the share that is using that disk).

 

mick