Cache drive question

[optiman]

Thanks Matt.

 

Tips on troubleshooting why the Mover didn't kick off?

 

BTW, in looking at the options I think I get most of it, but what the heck is Local Master?  mine is set to No.

 

Why isn't there Sticky's on this board of the most common questions?

[bluto]

This might not be the fastest way but I run a lean vm of XP on the unRAID box to convert DVD files on unRAID into ISOs for my XBMC.  I use DVDShrink on the VM for this conversion.  It might not be faster than command line (I'll look into that) but it is way faster than doing it on a local computer because the data doesn't have to make the network round trips and all the processing is within unRAID.  It works great.

[SSD]

Why isn't there Sticky's on this board of the most common questions?

 

There is an excellent FAQ, a "Best of the Forums" wiki page, and a troubleshooting wiki page (see sig for links) that has answers to most questions.

[optiman]

Thanks for the post, I knew there would be a good wiki and troubleshooting source!  Exactly what I was looking for. 

[lionelhutz]

I didn't see it mentioned but you have to watch your split level if using the cache drive. If you have it set too deep then the existing data directory could stay on one drive but a new directory could be created on another drive for the movie file.

 

Peter

 

[optiman]

What is a good split level for Movies if the source structure looks like this

Movies/Action/Transformers/files

Movies/Drama/God Father/...files

 

What about a Backup share, that has all pictures and docs

Backup/Apps/Nero/

 

I have my movies set to level 2 now and my backup to 1. I didn't mean to set the backup to 1, just goofed.  Should I and can I easliy change that without any issues?

 

Thanks

[lionelhutz]

For the first case;

 

Level 1 - Movies directory could split and be on multiple drives

Level 2 - Action directory could split and be on multiple drives

Level 3 - Transformers directory could split and be on multiple drives

 

So, I think you'd want to use level 2 but you may want to use level 1 so the genre directories aren't spread over all the drives. If the genre directories are spread over all the drives then looking for an "Action" movie would spin up all the drives. But then, just looking at the "Movies" likely will likely spin up all the drives anyways. It also keeps things more organized for the future in case you end up doing some sorting of files later.

 

Same with the Backup directory, you may want level 1 so that all the Apps stay on the same drive. You may also want to use includes or excludes to keep the Backup on a single drive anyways.

 

Peter

 

[optiman]

Cool, thanks!  I'll leave my movies on sl 2 and my backup on sl1. 

[Guest Jonnelercy]

          I agree to bjp999 it delays the pain.

 

 

 

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[optiman]

Is it safe to change from level 2 split to level 1, after you have alot of data loaded?  I have 9 drives, which includes 1 cache and 1 parity, so 7 data drives, that total just under 8tb.  I only have 2 tb free.  Can I just go change the split level?

 

Thanks,

 

Steve

[RobJ]

Changing the Split Level has no effect on the existing files and folders.  It only affects future decision making, as to where to place files and folders.