Hello,

 

I just tried unRAID 6.3.0.rc5, i like the UI and speed seems feels fine, but somehow im missing pure JBOD mode. Im currently using Zyxel NAS 325v2 this way.

 

1. The array which is have created here are 2 disks (500gb and 250gb) but seems to me they act as one 750gb - which is not what i want - as if one goes down i lose data on both or im not sure how it writes if to both of them or only one?

 

I dont have parity disk add (wont have in near future)

 

Or after i create folder in "add share" there i define which HDD to create use and this way i force data store location?

 

I might understand it wrong

 

2. Also former NAS discs are on EXT4 (2x4TB) by those smaller disks 500gb and 250gb i had to format them to XFS. Its not possible with those EXT4 discs as they are full of data.

So how to add them there?

 

Thanks:)

 

2.

 

 

Even though you have 750 GB available in your array, doesn't mean the disks are treated as one. The have their own independent file system, is seen as one by using a system makes it look like one big disk.

So if you loose one disk, only content on that disk is lost.

The hint is in the name, unRAID, its not RAID 

 

You could install Unassigned devices plugin to transfer the content from your existing disks to the array.

So mount one disk in UD, transfer files to array, preclear the disk (if you want to be sure its still good), add the disk to the array. Then repeat for each disk.

 

You can control where things end up by setting up the share to use only one disk. I don't see the point in doing it this way though. Why do you want each share to have its own disk?

You can control where things end up by setting up the share to use only one disk. I don't see the point in doing it this way though. Why do you want each share to have its own disk?

 

Thanks for explaining...will try the UD plugin

 

for example in HDD1\folder1  i will have new movies and on HDD2\folder2 i will have watched movies - time to time i will move files from HDD1 to HDD2 and remove them later if i dont have space anymore.

 

If i wont set it up Share only on HDD1, but keep it without include HDD1/2 setting. It copies/save files randomly on HDD1 or 2? or whats the magic behind it?

 

Thanks

When setting up a user share, turn on the Help button. It explains how the various settings affect which disk gets used.

 

I think your plan is making a lot of work for yourself though. Just put all the movies in a single "movie" share and if you need to make room, delete the watched movies from that share. Let unRAID worry about the details of which disk the files are on.

I would suggest you have a look in the FAQ for unraid 6 here and have a look in the unraid 6.