Even allocation method


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Even

aka Least Used

aka the opposite of Most Free?

 

The current Most Free and High Water allocation methods tend to under-utilise low-capacity drives in a mixed-size config.

This tends to prompt a lot of "why is this disk not used" questions.

 

I think the Even allocation method should be the default option instead of High Water.

 

The logic itself is rather simple.

Find the disk with non-zero empty space greater than min space with the lowest used space (or, if used space isn't a readily available attribute, highest total [minus] free space).

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