August 18, 20178 yr I have read the wiki about upgrading the cache drive. and I have a good idea on getting it done. I am after a bit more clarification. I use the mnt/cache directory for my Apps folders. And at the moment my Apps Share is 'Use Cache disk: only' Question is; is using the 'cache prefer' method going to keep the same directories safe. I want to keep the mnt/cache options as I don't want to break my docker mappings. any help would be greatly appreciated.
August 18, 20178 yr 10 minutes ago, BillClinton said: I have read the wiki about upgrading the cache drive. and I have a good idea on getting it done. I am after a bit more clarification. I use the mnt/cache directory for my Apps folders. And at the moment my Apps Share is 'Use Cache disk: only' Question is; is using the 'cache prefer' method going to keep the same directories safe. I want to keep the mnt/cache options as I don't want to break my docker mappings. any help would be greatly appreciated. Main difference for your appdata share when using Cache Disk Only / Prefer is that when on Only, if say your cache drive fills up due to downloads, etc then any write to the appdata share by one of your apps will fail due to out of space. If set to Prefer under those circumstances the write will not fail (the file will get written to the array instead). Once space frees up, then the mover will put the file back onto the cache drive where it belongs Only caveat is that all of your /config references have to be similar to /mnt/user/appdata/... for that to work. If they are /mnt/cache/appdata, then it won't work. (And a few users for some reason need to have /mnt/cache/appdata for their applications to work properly)
August 18, 20178 yr Author My cache disk is currently reiserfs and and I want to have my new ssd as btrfs. Am I able to mount my new ssd in the second slot for my cache and manually copy my files over? Or a I going to have to manually copy my app files to the array first?Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
August 18, 20178 yr Just now, BillClinton said: Or a I going to have to manually copy my app files to the array first? This. But a simple copy won't work due to permissions / symlinks / hardlinks etc Back the appdata up using CA Appdata Backup / Restore, set up the replacement cache drive, then restore the backup.
August 18, 20178 yr Author Of course. Thanks so my for that! Sounds so easy now. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
August 24, 20178 yr Author This procedure worked great. Just had to ignore the bits about Cache:prefer etc in the Cache upgrade wiki. Used the CA Apps backup instead. Thanks So much for your help @Squid
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