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Horn


Joined: 25/10/2009 15:07:46
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Would it be possible to get Flexraid to ignore files under a certain size?
Brahim


Joined: 09/04/2008 23:28:33
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Horn wrote:Would it be possible to get Flexraid to ignore files under a certain size?


It shouldn't be too hard to add as a feature.
Care to share some background behind this request?


Server (VMware ESXi): dual Quad 8356@2.4Ghz | ASUS KFN5-D SLI | 16GB (4x 4GB) DDR2 667Mhz ECC REG w/Parity [Chipkill] | Radeon X300 | Intel 160GB SSD (VM datastore) | 6+ TB storage
File Server VM (running FlexRAID): 512MB RAM | 2 vCPUs | 6TB storage | Parity on 2TB NAS
Horn


Joined: 25/10/2009 15:07:46
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Certainly! On my media server I have some small ancillary files that are prone to changing (nfo, tbn, thumbs.db, etc). Since this is a media server I really don't care about any files on this box under a certain size and since they tend to change I'd like to exclude all of them from the parity calculations. It's not a deal breaker for sure since I can exclude by extension but in my mind it would be another nice feature to have.
NLS


Joined: 25/09/2009 05:57:23
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Indeed interesting idea.
On a media server (esp. with video), small files = metadata (ok except maybe subtitles). In any case people fear the loss of their larger data in such cases.
(not my kind of thing, but the idea is indeed interesting and would be useful to many)

I meant to post this ^^^ days ago, but forgot about it. Glad Brahim also finds it interesting.

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NLS
(sorry cannot put my specs on the sig - testing under a few different VMs - will put specific specs when my home-SBS7 is ready)
 
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