I read the other post with this subject and tried everything I can think of. My System consists of (4) 1.5TB drives active now with a share called "Media" I have a 2TB drive installed but not active that will be used for Parity if and when I can ever get my data copied. I see all 4 drives fine from \\tower and also my Media Share exists.  I can supply whatever cfg or log file thats needed, I have been at this for a week now and it's getting old with 3.7TB of data to copy. Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks

Art

On your Shares tab, what are the Export settings at the top and under each User share configured as?

Share Name:  Media

Comments:

Allocation method: Most Free

Min. free space:

Split level: 1

Included disk(s): 

Excluded disk(s):

Export (SMB):  Export read/write

Export (NFS):

 

Windows starts most file transfers as a file of zero bytes in size, and then incrementally adds to the file as the file is copied.  The initial file will almost ALWAYS fit, and since it does, it is possible for unRAID to choose a disk with insufficient total space.

 

In newer versions of unraid there is a "Min free space" parameter.   It looks like you need to set it as you currently are allowing it to start copying regardless of how much space it remaining.    Your split level might also need to change.  Set to "1" it will automatically create a "Media" directory on your disks, but will not create any sub-directories.    If you used sub-directories for movies, you need to set split level at 2, or greater.

 

To see your actual free space type

df

and report back with the results of what it prints.

Wow!!! you guys are the best, That did the trick.

Wow!!! you guys are the best, That did the trick.

To help others, as we helped you, would you mind explaining what you changed so perhaps the next person will have confirmation of what exactly needed to be changed for your copy commands to work properly.

 

I am happy you are now working, but would love to know what you changed.

 

Joe L.

I changed just the minimum free space parameter I just set it to 512, also I changed the split level to allow \media\movies\video_ts folders to be created

I changed just the minimum free space parameter I just set it to 512, also I changed the split level to allow \media\movies\video_ts folders to be created

 

I have a question on the "minimum free space" parameter. The manual does not state a format for the number. So if one wished to enter a number like 10GB, for minimum free space, what would be the correct way to enter the number:

 

10

10GB

10,000,000,000

A quick search through the forums (a highly recommended activity to avoid becoming the "difficult user" and keep the unpaid support crew from screaming) popped up this thread:

 

 http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=4882.0

 

Which included this line:

 

 Min free space units are in 1024-byte blocks.

 

P.S. I got bit by this too...

I changed just the minimum free space parameter I just set it to 512, also I changed the split level to allow \media\movies\video_ts folders to be created

 

I have a question on the "minimum free space" parameter. The manual does not state a format for the number. So if one wished to enter a number like 10GB, for minimum free space, what would be the correct way to enter the number:

 

10

10GB

10,000,000,000

As already described, it is units of 1024 bytes.  

10GB would therefore be 10000000

Do not add commas to make it more readable by you.  

 

It is a brand new feature, and I agree, desperately needs a bit more in the human factors

(at the very least a description of what to enter)

 

Joe L.

As already described, it is units of 1024 bytes. 

10GB would therefore be 1000000

You mean, 10GB would therefore be 10000000 right?

1000000 would be 1GB.

 

 

As already described, it is units of 1024 bytes. 

10GB would therefore be 1000000

You mean, 10GB would therefore be 10000000 right?

1000000 would be 1GB.

 

 

Oops... off by one.  Happens to programmers a lot.