August 23, 201312 yr I'm trying to transfer some more TV shows to my unRAID server, but I keep getting an error indicating that I'm out of space. But if I look at the disk usage, it says I have ~2.5TB of free space. For some reason, it appears to try and put the TV shows I'm trying to transfer on Disk 1, as opposed to using free space on the other disks. Can anyone help me with this?
August 23, 201312 yr Depending on your tv show folder structure and split level setting, you might be forcing all the episodes to stay in the same folder and that folder happens to be on the disk that is out of space.
August 23, 201312 yr Agree -- it's hard to say for sure without seeing the folder structure you're using; but I suspect the split level of 2 is such that it's forcing the writes to be on disk1 ... which is out of space. A trivial way to confirm this is the issue: Delete the split level for the share (just leave it blank), then try it.
August 24, 201312 yr Agree -- it's hard to say for sure without seeing the folder structure you're using; but I suspect the split level of 2 is such that it's forcing the writes to be on disk1 ... which is out of space. A trivial way to confirm this is the issue: Delete the split level for the share (just leave it blank), then try it. That still might not work if the file being written starts as zero length file and is gradually appended as it is created. It will fit on the disk with limited space, but not be able to fit once it grows. Only way to fix that is to set the Min Free Space to a value LARGER than the largest file typically copied to the disk.
August 24, 201312 yr Could an exception be written into the code? To follow the split level settings except when disk is full?
August 24, 201312 yr Could an exception be written into the code? To follow the split level settings except when disk is full? Lots of things could be done -- but Tom has plenty on his plate already ... and things that a user can easily avoid by properly setting the variables we already have (includes/excludes/split levels/minimum free/disk tunables/etc.) don't need his attention !!
August 24, 201312 yr Could an exception be written into the code? To follow the split level settings except when disk is full? As far as I know that would break TimeMachine as it doesn't work properly when on more than one drive with unRAID. When setting up a share's split level, excluded disks, etc the settings aren't a trivial matter. IMHO it's far better to run into an issue where stuff isn't moving and then tracking down the issue, than having unRAID automatically ignore settings in an attempt to decide what is best for the user despite the settings they configured.
August 24, 201312 yr TimeMachine ... doesn't work properly when on more than one drive with unRAID. If that's the case, you shouldn't use a share. Just configure it for the disk you want it to use ... e.g. \\Tower\disk2\TimeMachineStuff\
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