Does anyone have an idea on the best way to accomplish this scenario?

I have 12 x 14TB data disks, and my current data usage is at 80TB

I want to be able to have all my current data fill the first six disks, and the last 6 to be empty so they can stay spun down.

Of course as the first 6 fill, then move onto the 7th

I'm currently using High Water, but as i understand it, that would fill each volume to 50% first?  Do i need to switch to fill up mode?

 

Purely thinking about power savings!

 

EDIT - i assume i could also exclude the last 6 disks from all shares, but thats a bit of a faff, and i would have to remember to re-enable them as the disks began to near capacity

Edited February 20, 20206 yr by sdamaged

2 minutes ago, sdamaged said:

Do i need to switch to fill up mode?

Yes.

Also, do you know of an easy way to move data to the first 6 volumes? At the moment i'm literally moving folders within Krusader. Would be epic if i could just somehow instruct the data to be shifted to the first disks a bit easier

2 minutes ago, sdamaged said:

Also, do you know of an easy way to move data to the first 6 volumes? At the moment i'm literally moving folders within Krusader. Would be epic if i could just somehow instruct the data to be shifted to the first disks a bit easier

The Unbalance plugin is probably what you want?

Ah yes, so i have tried that and i believe it will move data from disk to disk, but i didn't think it could do it en masse.  I'll check it again though as not used it for a while

thanks a lot

 

EDIT just checked and it does indeed do this using "scatter" - amazing!

Edited February 20, 20206 yr by sdamaged