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by mklsn
May 7th, 2012, 9:42 pm
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: SnapRAID is the new FlexRAID
Replies: 8
Views: 40677

Re: SnapRAID is the new FlexRAID

Reducing the SnapRaid block_size greatly reduces the risk of the parity file running out of space and thus failing the sync session. The default setting of 256 didn't do it for me as my server holds a lot of files ~120000. Caution though, reducing the block_size will require more RAM. My config: bl...
by mklsn
May 6th, 2012, 10:54 am
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: SnapRAID is the new FlexRAID
Replies: 8
Views: 40677

Re: SnapRAID is the new FlexRAID

Reducing the SnapRaid block_size greatly reduces the risk of the parity file running out of space and thus failing the sync session. The default setting of 256 didn't do it for me as my server holds a lot of files ~120000. Caution though, reducing the block_size will require more RAM. My config: blo...
by mklsn
May 5th, 2012, 11:40 am
Forum: Announcements & News
Topic: SnapRAID is the new FlexRAID
Replies: 8
Views: 40677

Re: SnapRAID is the new FlexRAID

I totally agree with you here. I created my media server about 6 months ago, largely basing it's configuration on your 'tutorial'. At the time FlexRaid was recommended for Raid and Pooling purposes, however, it disappointed me and I searched for alternatives. The match I found was SnapRaid in combin...