I set a 50 gig minimum, and it's still copying to the entire disk, here are some pictures in case I am not explaining it correctly.

 

I appreciate all the help.

 

 

 

-Semper Fi

gyrene2083

You do not mention the path of the files causing the problem.  It may be your split level setting that is constraining the files in question to a particular drive.

Thank you itimpi,

 

I apologize for not giving enough information. Here is a snippet of the log file where the drive is full...

 

Sep 27 20:19:42 Tower logger: ./Media/x-men backup/TV Shows Backup/TV Shows/Spartacus (2010)/Season 1/Spartacus - S01E05 - Shadow Games-thumb.jpg
Sep 27 20:19:42 Tower logger: >f+++++++++ Media/x-men backup/TV Shows Backup/TV Shows/Spartacus (2010)/Season 1/Spartacus - S01E05 - Shadow Games-thumb.jpg
Sep 27 20:19:42 Tower logger: ./Media/x-men backup/TV Shows Backup/TV Shows/Spartacus (2010)/Season 1/Spartacus - S01E02 - Sacramentum Gladiatorum.mkv
Sep 27 20:19:42 Tower logger: >f+++++++++ Media/x-men backup/TV Shows Backup/TV Shows/Spartacus (2010)/Season 1/Spartacus - S01E02 - Sacramentum Gladiatorum.mkv
Sep 27 20:19:44 Tower shfs/user0: shfs_write: write: (28) No space left on device
Sep 27 20:19:44 Tower logger: rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 4 bytes to socket [sender]: Broken pipe (32)
Sep 27 20:19:44 Tower logger: rsync: write failed on "/mnt/user0/Media/x-men backup/TV Shows Backup/TV Shows/Spartacus (2010)/Season 1/Spartacus - S01E02 - Sacramentum Gladiatorum.mkv": No space left on device (28)
Sep 27 20:19:44 Tower logger: rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at receiver.c(302) [receiver=3.0.7]
Sep 27 20:19:44 Tower logger: rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (28 bytes received so far) [sender]
Sep 27 20:19:44 Tower logger: rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(601) [sender=3.0.7]
Sep 27 20:19:44 Tower logger: ./Media/x-men backup/TV Shows Backup/TV Shows/Spartacus (2010)/Season 1/Spartacus - S01E02 - Sacramentum Gladiatorum.nfo
Sep 27 20:19:44 Tower logger: >f+++++++++ Media/x-men backup/TV Shows Backup/TV Shows/Spartacus (2010)/Season 1/Spartacus - S01E02 - Sacramentum Gladiatorum.nfo
Sep 27 20:19:44 Tower shfs/user0: shfs_write: write: (28) No space left on device
Sep 27 20:19:44 Tower logger: rsync: write failed on "/mnt/user0/Media/x-men backup/TV Shows Backup/TV Shows/Spartacus (2010)/Season 1/Spartacus - S01E02 - Sacramentum Gladiatorum.nfo": No space left on device (28)
Sep 27 20:19:44 Tower logger: rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at receiver.c(302) [receiver=3.0.7]
Sep 27 20:19:45 Tower logger: rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (29 bytes received so far) [sender]
Sep 27 20:19:45 Tower logger: rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(601) [sender=3.0.7]
Sep 27 20:19:45 Tower logger: ./Media/x-men backup/TV Shows Backup/TV Shows/Spartacus (2010)/Season 1/Spartacus - S01E02 - Sacramentum Gladiatorum.tbn
Sep 27 20:19:45 Tower logger: >f+++++++++ Media/x-men backup/TV Shows Backup/TV Shows/Spartacus (2010)/Season 1/Spartacus - S01E02 - Sacramentum Gladiatorum.tbn
Sep 27 20:19:45 Tower shfs/user0: shfs_write: write: (28) No space left on device

 

I hope that helps, you help me.

 

*Actually in looking at this log file, that x-men backup/TV Shows Backup was something that was in the cache drive that shouldn't be there. I deleted that before, but I guess I didn't delete it off of the cache drive. Would deleting it from the cache drive stop it from copying over and filling up the 2nd hard drive?

 

-Semper Fi

gyrene2083

With a split level of 2 the "TV Shows Backup" and anything it contains is constrained to the disk on which the "TV Shows Backup" folder is created.

 

Deleting from the "media" share should also remove it from the cache drive as the share gives a consolidated view that includes the cache drive. 

 

So, maybe I have things screwed up because here is my directory structure

 

Media

-Movies

---Movie Folder

-------Movie files

-TV Shows

---TV Show Folder

-------TV Show files

-Anime (same as above)

-Boxing (same as above)

-Backups (several different folders and subfolders)

 

So would split level 2 not be the correct setting? Thanks again for all the help.

 

-Semper Fi

gyren2083

There is no 'right' answer as it depends on your requirements.    However split level 2 looks to be a reasonable value.

 

The path that is being complained about does not conform to your pattern which might be why you were having problems.

Well then thank you so much for all your input, and help. I will stick with split level 2 as I deleted the other files off of the cache drive, and things appear to be back to normal so far. If you have any more advice, or input, I would tremendously appreciate it.

 

-Semper Fi

gyrene2083

2 is correct for Movies but I doubt it's ideal for the other types of media. Is there a reason why you can't create multiple shares each with a distinct split level? Otherwise, consider the ideal level for each of your data types and choose the highest value. Then you will need to add padding directories to make everything else work. E.g. lets say 4 is ideal for the Backups; so adding 2 padding directories to Movies gets the desired behavior for the Movies, i.e., /Media/movies/movies/Movies/Movie Folder.

Thanks for the the input dgaschk.

 

So, here are all the folders I have under the Media Share;

 

Media - Movies

                Movie Folder      (2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) 720p BluRay)

                Movie Files        (2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) 720p BluRay.mkv)

            TV Shows

                TV Show Folder (Homeland (2011))

                TV Show Files    (Homeland.mkv)

 

So the media share is set with a split level 2.

 

So I should have another Share setup for backups with a split level of 4? That sound right?

 

-Semper FI

gyrene2083

All mkv means that the split level is less important. A video_ts folder from a dvd needs to be kept together.

 

I have my movies set to 1 and all movies are in properly named folders. Each folder has a mkv or iso file, or a video_ts folder. I don't store tv shows, but I'd use 2 for tv shows. This allows each season to be kept together; which is only important if you loose a disk and then need to know which season was lost. Music should be stored with complete albums on the same disk for the same reason and to prevent spin-up delay between songs if you play an album. But all of my music fits on a single disk so split level does not matter.

 

I suggest that you make multiple shares; one for each media type and with distinct split levels. Most media center software, e.g. xbmc, will not have a problem aggregating all of the shares.

 

I keep backups on a single disk per client with multiple clients per disk. I restrict each clients share to a single disk so split level does not matter.