Adding a new drive, split level question

[volume]

Hello 

 

I have a problem when i add a new drive to the pool.

When i choose SPLIT LEVEL > MANUAL: DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY SPLIT DIRECTORIES

i only get the free space of the other drives on the pool and not the free space of the new disk.

 

Since that i move my files from an old server, i would like to know where the files are copying, in what drive because i have order them chronological.

The user share contains ALL the disks because i need to see the as one big drive.

 

the process is the following:

 

1) unplug the drive from the OLD server

2) plug the drive in unRAID

3) Preclear the drive

4) Start copying files from the OLD server until i free up a drive to the OLD server.

5) repeat the 1 step

 

I choose ALLOCATION METHOD: MOST FREE

but when i choose SPLIT LEVEL > MANUAL: DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY SPLIT DIRECTORIES i don't get the free space of the new drive on my SHARE folder

When i turn it to AUTOMATICALLY SPLIT ANY DIRECTORY AS REQUIRE it works fine!

 

One solution that i found is to let the SPLIT LEVEL >  AUTOMATICALLY SPLIT ANY DIRECTORY AS REQUIRE

until i maxed the disk capacity, and then change it to SPLIT LEVEL > MANUAL: DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY SPLIT DIRECTORIES

 

What are the correct step to have the SPLIT LEVEL > MANUAL: DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY SPLIT DIRECTORIES from the start?

Edited August 11, 2017 by volume

[trurl]

Have you read the Help for Manual Split Level?

[itimpi]

I believe there is a bug in the current release (fixed for the next one) where a disk is not included in the free space calculation until the top level folder for the share has been created on that disk.