Jim, i use a cache drive to hold my downloads.

 

\\tower\cache\apps\transmission\downloads\movies or tv or whatever.

 

make the apps share, "cache only".

 

Hexen I'm looking for some clarification on this.  Am I to assume you use your UnRAID server with a torrent (or comparable download program) plugin?

 

I have a torrent VM that does all my downloading as it's on it's own separate VPN network.  If I set my downloads share to use cache, will the mover (which I have set to run every 2 hours) start moving incomplete active torrents or will those not move because they are still open in uTorrent for example? 

 

I'm just looking for the best way to organize my downloads.  And btw I've upgraded to a 1TB cache drive so I won't have to worry about my downloads being larger than my cache.

you are correct, i have transmission on my unRAID server. I run bare metal.

 

Yes mover would move your downloads.

 

what does the post-processing of your downloaded files?

you are correct, i have transmission on my unRAID server. I run bare metal.

 

Yes mover would move your downloads.

 

what does the post-processing of your downloaded files?

 

Right now I do it manually but I'm looking into using coachpotato.  I'm just concerned about timeline because for example on Sunday nights I normally shows up on my server 30 minutes after they've finished airing and certain family members rely on that.  I'm not sure how quickly any kind of automated service is going to be in comparison.

 

Do you have any recommendations?  I mean how do people deal with really big downloads?  I mean some torrents take days to complete.

i let transmission do all its downloading to a cache only share and couchpotato ("CP") moves completed movies to the user share "movies".

 

the easiest solution is to let uTorrent download to the local disk on the VM, then move completed downloads to a cache only share on unraid called "downloads".

 

when you get CP running, i'd put it on the VM, change uTorrent to leave completed torrents on the VM local disk (incomplete/complete), CP has an API for use with uTorrent and has fairly good control over what goes where for downloads.

 

CP can be scheduled to scan as often as you want.

i let transmission do all its downloading to a cache only share and couchpotato ("CP") moves completed movies to the user share "movies".

 

the easiest solution is to let uTorrent download to the local disk on the VM, then move completed downloads to a cache only share on unraid called "downloads".

 

when you get CP running, i'd put it on the VM, change uTorrent to leave completed torrents on the VM local disk (incomplete/complete), CP has an API for use with uTorrent and has fairly good control over what goes where for downloads.

 

CP can be scheduled to scan as often as you want.

 

Ok I'm going to have to look into CP more closely then.  Not in love with the idea of downloading directly to my VM datastore since all my VM's run off a 500GB SSD and there are occasionally times I'm downloading 100-200GB of torrents at once.  I'll have to figure that whole part out for myself though.  Thanks for the advice.

its not necessary to download the the VM local disk, just easier from a setup point of view.

 

if you really want to download to the unraid drives i would do this.

 

create "incomplete" cache only share.

create "complete" cache only share.

 

setup utorrent to put incomplete downloads to \\tower\incomplete and move completed downloads to \\tower\complete

 

CP could then move files from complete to the movies user share.

its not necessary to download the the VM local disk, just easier from a setup point of view.

 

if you really want to download to the unraid drives i would do this.

 

create "incomplete" cache only share.

create "complete" cache only share.

 

setup utorrent to put incomplete downloads to \\tower\incomplete and move completed downloads to \\tower\complete

 

CP could then move files from complete to the movies user share.

 

Sounds perfect.  Thanks man!

LOL, I'd do a similar thing but make a single cache only share called Downloads and then create the complete and incomplete directories inside that.

LOL, I'd do a similar thing but make a single cache only share called Downloads and then create the complete and incomplete directories inside that.

 

Uh. Yes this would work too. Lol

Ok so after some serious thought (which obviously should have taken place a day ago instead of tonight) I realize I should have created a "Videos" share with a split level of 2 and then within that created the same directories I previously had (Comedy, Misc, Movies, Music Videos, TV) because it works best with the way my Media and FTP servers are setup.

 

So since I've already copied all my TV shows onto my array into the "TV" share, what's the most effective way to copy them from that share to the new "Videos/TV" directory (which is a new share under Videos)?  And can I keep the files on the same disks that they are (since they've been split evenly?

Ok so after some serious thought (which obviously should have taken place a day ago instead of tonight) I realize I should have created a "Videos" share with a split level of 2 and then within that created the same directories I previously had (Comedy, Misc, Movies, Music Videos, TV) because it works best with the way my Media and FTP servers are setup.

 

So since I've already copied all my TV shows onto my array into the "TV" share, what's the most effective way to copy them from that share to the new "Videos/TV" directory (which is a new share under Videos)?  And can I keep the files on the same disks that they are (since they've been split evenly?

Turn on drive shares if you haven't already, then browse to each disk in turn and move each root folder that needs to go (TV, etc) into the Videos folder. It shouldn't take but a second or two for each move, and once you are done, you should be able to go into the shares menu and remove the extraneous shares.

Ok so after some serious thought (which obviously should have taken place a day ago instead of tonight) I realize I should have created a "Videos" share with a split level of 2 and then within that created the same directories I previously had (Comedy, Misc, Movies, Music Videos, TV) because it works best with the way my Media and FTP servers are setup.

 

So since I've already copied all my TV shows onto my array into the "TV" share, what's the most effective way to copy them from that share to the new "Videos/TV" directory (which is a new share under Videos)?  And can I keep the files on the same disks that they are (since they've been split evenly?

Turn on drive shares if you haven't already, then browse to each disk in turn and move each root folder that needs to go (TV, etc) into the Videos folder. It shouldn't take but a second or two for each move, and once you are done, you should be able to go into the shares menu and remove the extraneous shares.

 

So literally I just need to drag the "TV" folder into the "Videos" folder?

Ok so after some serious thought (which obviously should have taken place a day ago instead of tonight) I realize I should have created a "Videos" share with a split level of 2 and then within that created the same directories I previously had (Comedy, Misc, Movies, Music Videos, TV) because it works best with the way my Media and FTP servers are setup.

 

So since I've already copied all my TV shows onto my array into the "TV" share, what's the most effective way to copy them from that share to the new "Videos/TV" directory (which is a new share under Videos)?  And can I keep the files on the same disks that they are (since they've been split evenly?

Turn on drive shares if you haven't already, then browse to each disk in turn and move each root folder that needs to go (TV, etc) into the Videos folder. It shouldn't take but a second or two for each move, and once you are done, you should be able to go into the shares menu and remove the extraneous shares.

 

So literally I just need to drag the "TV" folder into the "Videos" folder?

As long as you are looking at the disk share, yes, it's just that simple. Any root folder on any array disk including cache will be set up as a user share.

Ok so after some serious thought (which obviously should have taken place a day ago instead of tonight) I realize I should have created a "Videos" share with a split level of 2 and then within that created the same directories I previously had (Comedy, Misc, Movies, Music Videos, TV) because it works best with the way my Media and FTP servers are setup.

 

So since I've already copied all my TV shows onto my array into the "TV" share, what's the most effective way to copy them from that share to the new "Videos/TV" directory (which is a new share under Videos)?  And can I keep the files on the same disks that they are (since they've been split evenly?

Turn on drive shares if you haven't already, then browse to each disk in turn and move each root folder that needs to go (TV, etc) into the Videos folder. It shouldn't take but a second or two for each move, and once you are done, you should be able to go into the shares menu and remove the extraneous shares.

 

So literally I just need to drag the "TV" folder into the "Videos" folder?

As long as you are looking at the disk share, yes, it's just that simple. Any root folder on any array disk including cache will be set up as a user share.

 

Excellent.  Thanks!