Hello,

 

I'm looking for advise on how to best manage storage space. Here is my layout and an issue I'm facing:

 

TLD1

  SD1

  SD2

  SD3

TLD2

  SD1

  SD2

TLD3

  SD1

 

Note: TLD is Top Level Directory and SD is sub-directory.

 

I have a sub-directory that takes up an entire hard drive and I'd like to add more files to that sub-directory. Can unRAID handle this? If so, how?

 

As I had a lot of data, I'm putting on my unRAID server, I did some of it manual. That is, added the disk to the array then removed the drive and mounted it on my Linux workstation, moved the data then put the disk back into my unRAID server. But for a few sub-directories I have, I have the potential of running into the issue with the sub-dirs potentially have to span more than one disk. How can I configure unRAID so this works? As I have my files categorized, I'd like to keep Vacation_Photos as one directory and have it span however many disks needed and not have to create a second Vacation_Photos2... Does this make sense?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

cesman

In unRaid that's done with the "split level" setting.

 

http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Un-Official_UnRAID_Manual#Split_level

 

A split level is applied to each user share (top level directory) so it will apply to all subdirectories of the given TLD you set the split level for.

Thanks! I was just about to post that I solved it by playing with "Split level".

Note that moving a drive to another Linux system and adding files will work ONLY if your UnRAID system does not have a parity drive.    But that configuration somewhat defeats one of the key features of UnRAID ... fault tolerance.

 

So If I'm understanding this correctly, If I designate a share as split level it will be across multiple disks?

Yes, assuming that share is assigned multiple disks in the share settings. Included and excluded disks determine WHICH disks a share can use. Split level determines HOW the share's files are split across those disks.