StableBit DrivePool - Download Balancing Plugins

Balancing plug-ins give you more control over file placement and organization on your pool.

Plug-ins

Balancing plug-ins require DrivePool 1.2.0.6817 or later.

Disk Space Equalizer

Version: 1.0.0.1

Download: DrivePool.DiskSpaceEqualizerPlugin.Setup_1.0.0.1.wssx

This plug-in is a simple disk space equalizer. It will equalize the used space across all your pooled disks.

It can work in 2 modes:

• Equalize by free space remaining - It will try to make the free space on all your pooled disks the same.
• Equalize by percent used space. - It will try to make the percent of disk space used the same across all the disks.

Notes

• This is an aggressive balancing plug-in, in the sense that it will always want your disk space to be equalized. It has no thresholds. You can tweak the automatic balancing triggers to set up appropriate triggering conditions in order to tell DrivePool how often you would like to balance.
• This plug-in will override any balancing requests from all the plug-ins below it.
• It does not take real-time file placement limits into account. If you would like to limit file placement, make sure that the file placement limiter is higher priority than this balancer.

How to Use the Plug-ins

Installing

• Download the .wssx file.
• Double-click on it to install it, either from the Windows Home Server 2011 desktop or a connected computer.

Upgrading

To upgrade a plug-in, just install it as usual and reboot the server.

Uninstalling

• Open the Dashboard.
• Switch to the Add-ins tab.
• Remove the listed plug-in.

Configuring

Plug-ins are typically disabled by default.

To enable and configure the plug-in:

• Open the Dashboard to the StableBit DrivePool tab.
• Select Disks.
• Click Balancing...
• Select Balancers and you will see the new plug-in listed. You can enable / disable it, change its priority and settings from this window.
• After you're done click Save.