One of the reoccurring issues torrent users face when downloading to a FlexRAID backed storage pool is the issue of downloads sometimes timing out. The issue is more of a torrent issue in how it sees and uses the available space in a storage pool. Luckily, there is a easy way to remedy at the Full Article…
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Describe small tips in general FlexRAID’s RAID-F usage.
Advance RAID-F installation customizations
Many aspects of your RAID-F installation can be customized. Logs Log locations and levels can be customized by editing the logging.options.txt and log4j.properties files located in FlexRAID installation directory. Also see this topic: http://wiki.flexraid.com/2011/03/26/how-to-enable-more-verbose-logging/ Configuration database locations By default, the configuration database file in created at the root of the C:\ for Windows users and Full Article…
Tip for Snapshot arrays with ten of thousands of small files
Tip for Snapshot arrays with ten of thousands of small files As Snapshot RAID works over the file system, file system issues simply bubble up. For users with many small files in their array, Snapshot RAID performance can be improved by grouping those small files into an ISO image or into zip archives if possible. Full Article…
Help! Why is my configuration is gone from the WebUI?
For whatever reason (but most likely because the user under which the FlexRAID service is running under was changed), your configuration database file (FlexRAID-Config.db) got moved. By default, the FlexRAID-Config.db file is created on your C:\ drive (or, in versions prior to 2.1, under C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile or C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile for some other users). Resolution: Ensure that you Full Article…
Replacing/Swapping out a non-failed drive for another drive
1. Hijack the drive to be removed from the RAID (the OUT drive) by giving it a drive letter 2. Copy the data from the OUT drive to the drive that will replace it (the IN drive) 3. Un-hijack the OUT drive by removing the added drive letter 4. Go to the FlexRAID Disk Manager Full Article…
Understanding the processing throughput reported by FlexRAID
When FlexRAID is computing parity, a processing throughput is shown in the status window. The throughput presented by FlexRAID is a normalized value at the lowest denominator. Essentially, FlexRAID low balls itself when reporting processing speed. 🙁 Under the normalized value approach, a system with 20 drives and 20TB of data will show the same Full Article…
Linux: Installing smartmontools for SMART monitoring
You must have smartmontools installed if you want to use the SMART monitoring feature of FlexRAID under Linux. If you don’t have it yet installed, please install it. Ubuntu:
Starting/Stopping the storage pool from the Command Line Client
http://forum.flexraid.com/index.php/topic,1756.msg12538.html#msg12538
Trial License Extension and Priority Order Processing
Changes have been made to the FlexLicensing (TM) system to allow Trial License Extension and Priority Order Processing for paid customer. Trial License Extension Use case 1: If your trial license has expired and you placed an order that is taking a while to process, you can acquire an extension on your trial license at Full Article…
Swapping/Replacing two or more drives for one larger drive
Option 1: (recommended) 1. Delete the RAID configuration 2. Copy the data from the spanned drives into the new larger drive 3. Recreate the RAID using the new larger drive instead of the smaller drives being replaced Option 2: 1. Remove one of the span drives from the RAID 2. Run Update as instructed 3. Full Article…