NewDisplayName Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, lionelhutz said: Just don't create manual directories..... As I already explained. I dont get this. You mean i should create every folder as a user share? I seperate my user shares like this appdata Programme Archiv Datengrab domains VM Instanzen downloads Temporäre Downloads http_cache Web Download Cache isos ISO Images Kamera Kamera Videos nextcloud Privat Privat storj Storj system System Daten Windows 10 VM And it feels good this way. Problems i have with current split level: most shares would need different split levels set Like Archiv, downloads and nextcloud, privat also and windows 10. So out of 12 shares i would use "smart split" in 5. I could make 100 more shares, but i dont think it will make it easier... Edited May 2, 2018 by nuhll Quote Link to comment
NewDisplayName Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, limetech said: Has it's place I guess. Suppose you have this: Movies/Aliens/video_ts/*.vob All the *.vob files will get placed in same directory (video_ts), but nothing forces video_ts to exist in Aliens. Would be possible (though unlikely) that Movies/Aliens (directory) exists on say disk1, and then Movies/Aliens/video_ts (directory with files) get created on disk2. Hence perhaps possible 2 disks spin up to watch Aliens. So maybe you wouldn't use this 'smart split' with such structured contents, but then it's not so smart ? Also, i could have an better idea. relocation the files based on how they are accessed, but i guess, thats to hard to implement? Thats why i came up with the light version which is probably easier to implement and (i think) dont has negative effects like performancewise. Like log file accesses and if files are accessed together in a specific time (or from same process (if that is possible to tell)), they should be moved on the same hdd. I guess that would be the 100% solution. Edited May 2, 2018 by nuhll Quote Link to comment
bonienl Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 On 4/29/2018 at 9:08 PM, nuhll said: after (what my new "zero intelligence needed" smart split level could do: /some/share/films/film1 -> file1 (hdd1) -> file2 (hdd1) -> file3 (hdd1) /some/share/films/idc1 -> file1 (hdd3) -> file2 (hdd3) -> file3 (hdd3) /some/share/films/idc1/something/ishere -> file1 (hdd5) -> file2 (hdd5) -> file3 (hdd5) /some/share/series/serie/serie s01/film1 -> file1 (hdd2) -> file2 (hdd2) -> file3 (hdd2) You do realize that this assignment can be achieved by setting films = Automatically split only the top level directory as required This would split the folder films over the disks, but keep sub-folders together. The allocation method determines which sub-folders go to which disk series = Automatically split only the top two directory levels as required This would split the folder series/serie over the disks, seasons (series01) will be kept together on the same disk. Again the allocation method determines on what disk to place these season folders. In the above explanation it is assumed that all disks are included for the particular share. Quote Link to comment
limetech Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 7 minutes ago, bonienl said: You do realize that this assignment can be achieved by setting I think he wants to achieve this without having to think about split levels, which can be a lot of mental gyrations to get right, especially for a casual user. His 'smart split' idea would keep all files of a directory on the same device, but for above example, would not necessarily keep all episodes of the same series on the same device, which maybe isn't a problem anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment
NewDisplayName Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 38 minutes ago, limetech said: I think he wants to achieve this without having to think about split levels, which can be a lot of mental gyrations to get right, especially for a casual user. His 'smart split' idea would keep all files of a directory on the same device, but for above example, would not necessarily keep all episodes of the same series on the same device, which maybe isn't a problem anyway. Correct. Casual user, i need to not forget that. Thats what i mean. Quote Link to comment
lionelhutz Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 (edited) On 5/2/2018 at 5:37 AM, nuhll said: I dont get this. You mean i should create every folder as a user share? A share is the TOP level directory on a disk. Nothing more. So manually create the share directories on each disk where you want the share. Once again, share directories are just the top level directory on a disk. If you want a share called TV to use disk 1, disk 2 and disk 3 then create a directory called TV on disk 1, disk 2 and disk 3. Once the share directories are there, manual will only allow a sub-directory to exist on a single disk. Edited May 4, 2018 by lionelhutz Quote Link to comment
NewDisplayName Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 (edited) Yeah, but still all other dirs after would be on the same disk as the folder before?! Edited May 4, 2018 by nuhll Quote Link to comment
NewDisplayName Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 @limetech any news on this request? Quote Link to comment
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