JorgeB Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 While we wait for LT to add this feature I've been playing with multiple btrfs pools with the help of UD plugin for some time with, while there are some limitations it's been working great, I wrote a FAQ entry for anyone who wants to try it, but note it's work in progress, it should be safe but use at own risk: https://lime-technology.com/forums/topic/46802-faq-for-unraid-v6/?do=findComment&comment=462135 3 Quote Link to comment
1812 Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 1 hour ago, johnnie.black said: While we wait for LT to add this feature I've been playing with multiple btrfs pools with the help of UD plugin for some time with, while there are some limitations it's been working great, I wrote a FAQ entry for anyone who wants to try it, but note it's work in progress, it should be safe but use at own risk: https://lime-technology.com/forums/topic/46802-faq-for-unraid-v6/?do=findComment&comment=462135 I will definitely check it out! thanks! T Quote Link to comment
1812 Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 BUMP for inclusion in unRaid 6.6!!!!!!!! (please) 1 2 Quote Link to comment
LammeN3rd Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I would Love this as well! The option to have multiple (as in more than one) cache pools and select what cache pool is used for a share would be very beneficial!! Quote Link to comment
doubleohwhatever Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Another +1. It would be quite nice to have a cache pool just for VMs and docker containers. Quote Link to comment
1812 Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 A week ago I had to make a vm to create a software raid of unassigned devices to pool together a bunch of drives so I could back up a server up to itself..... super needlessly complicated.... or we could have more cache pools and things would be awesome to the max. TO THE MAX! Think about it, @limetech, we're taking about THE MAX here! 1 Quote Link to comment
tjb_altf4 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I'm super keen on this (still) purely to have a pool dedicated to VMs. Wouldn't need to involve the mover and assuming your using btrfs, snapshotting VMs could come into play. In this case it could also allow an option for VMs pool to start independently of the rest of the array, bonus for those utilizing a VM for networking purposes (thinking pfSense for starters). Quote Link to comment
semtex41 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 +1 The NVMe use-case mentioned previously is very applicable. Mainly it is order of magnitude difference in performance that drives this feature request. Quote Link to comment
Penguin Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 +1 to this feature. Quote Link to comment
nasforthemass Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 (edited) +1 feature request. didn't make it to 6.6.0 😢 Edited September 27, 2018 by nasforthemass Quote Link to comment
1812 Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 7 hours ago, nasforthemass said: +1 feature request. didn't make it to 6.6.0 😢 Im a bit bummed we can’t even get a wink, nod, or swatted with a paper and told not pee on the rug in relation to this. 2 Quote Link to comment
WingmanNZ Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 +1 to this! I would love to have a fast cache pool for my VM's and Docker, and then another cache pool for my user shares to cache to. Quote Link to comment
Yros Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 On 3/18/2018 at 4:05 PM, johnnie.black said: While we wait for LT to add this feature I've been playing with multiple btrfs pools with the help of UD plugin for some time with, while there are some limitations it's been working great, I wrote a FAQ entry for anyone who wants to try it, but note it's work in progress, it should be safe but use at own risk: https://lime-technology.com/forums/topic/46802-faq-for-unraid-v6/?do=findComment&comment=462135 THANK YOU ! Although it is clearly a 'MacGyver' trick to fix the issue, being able to set up cache pools through UD is already a pretty good option. In that comment you also said that LT was already planning to add such feature innately to unRaid however I haven't been able to find any source regarding that. May I ask if you have more informations regarding this subject ? After all, it stands to reason to ask such possibility especially with the possibility to create VMs and dockers and the like where most users would prefer to have each VMs / docker cleanly separated in order to avoid stepping on each other's performances and space. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Yros said: In that comment you also said that LT was already planning to add such feature innately to unRaid however I haven't been able to find any source regarding that. May I ask if you have more informations regarding this subject ? Sorry can't point to a specific post but Tom mentioned several times that multiple cache pools are on the roadmap, thought can't tell if it's going to happen on the next release or v8, but it should be soon™ 1 Quote Link to comment
Yros Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 12 minutes ago, johnnie.black said: Sorry can't point to a specific post but Tom mentioned several times that multiple cache pools are on the roadmap, thought can't tell if it's going to happen on the next release or v8, but it should be soon™ That's pretty good news. I suppose you don't have any speculation on the 'soon' delay ? (I mean, everyone got a definition of 'soon'... Like how my mom use to say 'in 5 minutes' but 4 hours later she's still not there xd). Still, pretty nice to know it's on the roadmap \o/ Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 57 minutes ago, Yros said: I suppose you don't have any speculation on the 'soon' delay ? No, sorry, soon™ is a running joke in the community, it can mean a few days, or a few years. Quote Link to comment
1812 Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 And we're currently at 1.5 years.... every day a little closer..... Quote Link to comment
denishay Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 On 7/11/2017 at 5:28 AM, DarkKnight said: I don't even understand why Unassigned devices isn't already integrated instead of a plugin given how integral it is to obtaining seriously increased functionality Amen! Quote Link to comment
Output Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 This would be great, I guess I run a normal setup where dockers would be on a pool with SSD disks and I would then want another pool with HDD disks Quote Link to comment
GreenEyedMonster Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 This would be great for SSD vs HD vs M.2 drive pools. Quote Link to comment
rhinoman Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Would love this feature, cant believe it's not done already. What hardware workarounds could I use for an SSD or NVMe mirror raid? Quote Link to comment
Blindsay Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Just throwing my 'vote' in, would also love multiple cache pools. I would dedicate 1 pool to just VM's and then have another pool act as a write cache pool for the storage array. Quote Link to comment
1812 Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 I bump you bump we all bump for useful features and integrations we all seem to agree are something beneficial to the wider unRaid community Quote Link to comment
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