Hi everyone,

I've set up Unraid in a similar fashion as others with a Downloads share on the Cache (4 x 1Tb NVMe RAID Z1) and a Movies share that is Cache to Array. If I move files from one folder to another folder in the Downloads folder, the moves are instant. If I move them from the Downloads folder to the Movies folder, they can take 15 to 20 seconds (depending on the number). I am using a SMB root share that is mapped to /mnt/user. The PC doing the moves is a VM on the Unraid server. When I check the /mnt/cache folder, the Movies are on there, not on the array disks. When I use Midnight Commander to move the files, it takes a very long time - it appears it's copying to the array:

The SMB extra configuration I'm using to create the share:

[MountRoot]

path = /mnt/user

comment =

browseable = no

# Private

writeable = yes

read list =

write list = user1

valid users = user1

vfs objects =

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

Andy.

If the shares are different zfs datasets, this is normal, they behave like separate filesystems.

All the same ZFS dataset:

Should I be using the /mnt/cache folder to do the moves?

Downloads and Movies are two different datasets on the same pool

Just tested it by using /mnt/cache - the moves are instant. It appears that /mnt/user/ doesn't think the folders are both on the cache.

Maybe they are not datasets, I don't use the plugin, post the output from

zfs list -t all

I can tell they are in fact datasets based on the little disk like icon, if they were folders it would appear with a folder icon

Example: Top is dataset, bottom is folder.

With that said, for atomic moves it has to be within the dataset mv /mnt/user/dataset1/folder1/file <-> /mnt/user/dataset1/folder2/file

12 hours ago, MowMdown said:

I can tell they are in fact datasets

Thanks, and in that case the behavior is normal, i.e., moves will not be instant.