isnt it suppose to be btrfs?

Nothing wrong with that btrfs is only required if you have a cache pool

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ok. doing lots of diff re-configurations, I remember seeing the same 1 drive as btrfs

 

xfs formatted cache does not behave as a caching drive: copy to a share bypass it completely

1 minute ago, flic said:

xfs formatted cache does not behave as a caching drive: copy to a share bypass it completely

Then you've got the share configured incorrectly.

dont tell me I have to set the "Use Cache Disk" in the share settings. This is huge files (Movies) share so it has to reside exclusively on the array, not the cache.

My understanding of a cache drive is as follow no matter how the share is configured:
Client file -> Server cache -> Server storage

 

46 minutes ago, flic said:

dont tell me I have to set the "Use Cache Disk" in the share settings. This is huge files (Movies) share so it has to reside exclusively on the array, not the cache.

My understanding of a cache drive is as follow no matter how the share is configured:
Client file -> Server cache -> Server storage

 

No.

 

If a share is not configured to use the cache drive then the file is written directly to the array by-passing the cache drive!  

 

If you have the share set as Use Cache = Yes, then the file is initially written to the cache drive, and later when mover runs (typically scheduled to run overnight) it is moved to the array.