Share..

[d4lions]

 

I have a share on disk 1 called Media, that is set to include all disks and the cache disk..

 

But I am xfering my entire DBase and it doesn't seem to auto split across other disks ?

 

What am I missing ?

 

I attached a picture of the setting ?

 

I thought that Unraid would allocate and move the data via the cache disk  automatically ?

 

This is a consolidation of 12TB of my old plex server on Qnap so I have sub directories for Movies, Media etc.. all under the same Media directory on Disk 1

[itimpi]

Perhaps you can include a screenshot of the Main tab so we can see how much space is free on all the disks.

[limetech]

How are you copying the data, meaning what is the target?

 

For example, under Network when you click your server and see the shares, are you copying to

'disk1/Movies'

or to

'Movies'?

 

You have to use the 'Movies' share in order to have files spread out between the disks.

[d4lions]

 

Ok the problem is if I dump into the SMB shares, then Plex doesn't see it ?

 

I tried going to the SMB share Media/Movies ?

 

I attached the main tab pic as well

[d4lions]

 

Just to clarify I tried going to Unraid/Media/Movies and Plex won't read that folder ? (my understanding is that this is the SMB Share

 

 

I point to disk1/media/movies and stuff shows up but doesn't move ?

 

I attached the pick of what this share setting looks like on the first post

[trurl]

Are you running Plex Media Server on your unRAID or on some other computer on your network? If you are running it on unRAID and your media is on unRAID, then there is no reason for you to be thinking about SMB shares.

[d4lions]

trurl,

 

All running on Unraid..

 

The core of the question is why isn't  my share spanning across the disks based on the settings ?

[itimpi]

Just to clarify I tried going to Unraid/Media/Movies and Plex won't read that folder ? (my understanding is that this is the SMB Share

If plex is running on unRAID then you should not be going to the SMB shares but directly to the location at the Linux level.  At the Linux level User shares will show up under the path /mnt/user/sharename.

 

I point to disk1/media/movies and stuff shows up but doesn't move ?

As far as unRAID is concerned anything that is written to a disk share is already in its final location and thus not a candidate to be moved.

[d4lions]

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    I point to disk1/media/movies and stuff shows up but doesn't move ?

 

As far as unRAID is concerned anything that is written to a disk share is already in its final location and thus not a candidate to be moved.

 

OK then how do I set up a share that does spans across all disks ? clearly I have set up my share incorrectly ?

 

 

[trurl]

OK then how do I set up a share that does spans across all disks ? clearly I have set up my share incorrectly ?

Your screenshots look OK. Sometimes if you make changes to share settings you will have to stop and start the array before they will take effect.

 

unRAID won't move anything already on a disk. It only moves from cache. If you write a new folder to the share it should put it on cache. Then if you run mover see if it gets put on a different disk.

 

You can also see which disks already have data for a share. Go to the Shares page and click on Compute... for the share.

[d4lions]

trurl,

 

I have done all of that.. but data never goes to the Cache and it never moves.

 

Currently it is all locked in to Disk 1..

 

How do I fix this ?

 

Goal: Create a share that automoves data cross disks as needed ?

[trurl]

What do you have for Global Share Settings?

[JonathanM]

Goal: Create a share that automoves data cross disks as needed ?

Unraid will never move data from one data drive to another, only from the cache drive to the data drive that fits the criteria for that particular path. If you write to \\tower\disk1\usershare\path to files\ the data will always stay on disk1 until you manually move it. If you write to \\tower\usershare\path to files\ and usershare is set to use the cache drive for new writes, then you should see the files show up first on \\tower\cache\usershare\path to files\ and then after the mover runs they will go to \\tower\disk??\usershare\path to files\ where ?? is the disk that fits the split level, included disks, free space, and allocation method chosen for usershare. The files will always show up at \\tower\usershare\path to files\ regardless of which physical disk, either data or cache, that the file is on at that particular moment.

[d4lions]

trurl,

 

I have attached Global Share settings..

 

[d4lions]

"Unraid will never move data from one data drive to another, only from the cache drive to the data drive that fits the criteria for that particular path. If you write to \\tower\disk1\usershare\path to files\ the data will always stay on disk1 until you manually move it. If you write to \\tower\usershare\path to files\ and usershare is set to use the cache drive for new writes, then you should see the files show up first on \\tower\cache\usershare\path to files\ and then after the mover runs they will go to \\tower\disk??\usershare\path to files\ where ?? is the disk that fits the split level, included disks, free space, and allocation method chosen for usershare. The files will always show up at \\tower\usershare\path to files\ regardless of which physical disk, either data or cache, that the file is on at that particular moment."

 

 

OK.. I get that..

 

I have Global Shares set to Cache drive..

 

So the only thing I can figure out.. is either I am pointing to the wrong directory to dump files This is the abstraction that I am missing.. and further I can only seem to get Plex to pick up the files when they scan the user share versus the specific disk/dir ?

[trurl]

So the only thing I can figure out.. is either I am pointing to the wrong directory to dump files This is the abstraction that I am missing.. and further I can only seem to get Plex to pick up the files when they scan the user share versus the specific disk/dir ?

This seems like a completely different goose chase than the one you started us on.

 

Are you using a Plex docker or a plugin?

[d4lions]

Trurl,

 

Certainly not a goose chase at least I hope not.

 

OK I think this is what I can gather at this point.

 

I) Share for Media set up (disk1/media)

 

II) Global Share directory Media= (SMB) that is tied to that uses the Cache drive..

 

 

I am using Plex with a Docker (Binhex)

 

Here is the issue:

 

Files I move directly to the SMB, or via All Sync to the SMB share aren't being picked up by Plex even after they moved.

 

Now I can verify that the cache data is filling and moving to all disks appropriately as the share is setup.

 

I can see the files in the SMB directory, but Plex cannot ?

[trurl]

What are your volume mappings?

[d4lions]

Trurl,

 

I finally figured it out..

 

dooh.....

 

It was bizzare with the settings I had things were showing up in different places..

 

It was due to the way plex searches in its specified volume for content...

 

Plex on windows allows you to point to any Dir hosted anywhere.. Plex on Unraid does not.. more specifically it has to be pointed to the SMB share inside the docker.

 

Coming from a Win Plex + Qnap system.. this is not intuitive at all.

 

Because there are 2 places where you point plex directories.. First inside the docker (which has to go to the SMB share, but the SMB share isn't a drop down menu item, it has to be manually entered. The only drop down items are your real share/volume that is pointed to a specific disk in my case nmt/disk1/Media).

 

If you don't do this then you limit your scan to the non SMB share (non cache included) directory.

 

Inside of plex when you actually select your specific folders to scan it is limited only to the directory that you pointed to in the docker.

 

In my case I was moving data to the nmt/disk1/Media and content would scan and show up.. but when moved to the share it was not scanning..

 

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When moving from Windows Plex the biggest jump was to realize that the scanning directories inside of the Plex UI are limited by the docker.. it will only access the volumes you have mapped there. This is not the case in windows... Because inside the Plex UI settings you cannot tell if the volume is the SMB or the Real mapped share volume to a specified disk.. you can only see this in the docker settings for Plex.

 

 

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Thanks for the help guys..

[trurl]

Trurl,

 

I finally figured it out..

 

dooh.....

 

It was bizzare with the settings I had things were showing up in different places..

 

It was due to the way plex searches in its specified volume for content...

 

Plex on windows allows you to point to any Dir hosted anywhere.. Plex on Unraid does not.. more specifically it has to be pointed to the SMB share inside the docker.

 

Coming from a Win Plex + Qnap system.. this is not intuitive at all.

 

Because there are 2 places where you point plex directories.. First inside the docker (which has to go to the SMB share, but the SMB share isn't a drop down menu item, it has to be manually entered. The only drop down items are your real share/volume that is pointed to a specific disk in my case nmt/disk1/Media).

 

If you don't do this then you limit your scan to the non SMB share (non cache included) directory.

 

Inside of plex when you actually select your specific folders to scan it is limited only to the directory that you pointed to in the docker.

 

In my case I was moving data to the nmt/disk1/Media and content would scan and show up.. but when moved to the share it was not scanning..

 

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When moving from Windows Plex the biggest jump was to realize that the scanning directories inside of the Plex UI are limited by the docker.. it will only access the volumes you have mapped there. This is not the case in windows... Because inside the Plex UI settings you cannot tell if the volume is the SMB or the Real mapped share volume to a specified disk.. you can only see this in the docker settings for Plex.

 

 

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Thanks for the help guys..

Shouldn't be necessary to use SMB to access folders on unRAID, only when trying to access folders on another computer.

 

Here are my plex volume mappings and how plex sees my Movies share: