BlackSpark Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 Hi all, I have a spare SSD and want to setup and use the Landing Zone feature. I cannot seem to find any support guides on how to do this nor can I find the feature in v3.700. Would appreciate guidance on this, thanks! Maybe I am just blind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w3wilkes Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Here's a screen shot of setting a landing zone. This is from the WHS2011 dashboard, but It looks similar to the DB Manager. I've marked where you want to go. Just click the right most square next to the SSD drive after you've added it to the pool and it will bring up the box where you set the "File Placement" drop down to Landing zone. CBers and BlackSpark 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSpark Posted December 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Thank you! This works as you have described. CBers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBnaut Posted November 29, 2022 Report Share Posted November 29, 2022 Hi All. When enabling Landing Zone on a drive (an SSD in my case) there is an advisory that says "It should be noted that duplicate files are not maintained". Does this mean from then on file duplication will not be performed if Landing Zone is enabled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w3wilkes Posted November 30, 2022 Report Share Posted November 30, 2022 I believe it means that the file will not be duplicated until it's migrated from the landing zone to its backstore target folder (assuming the folder is defined for duplication). @CBers - do I have that right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers Posted November 30, 2022 Report Share Posted November 30, 2022 3 hours ago, w3wilkes said: I believe it means that the file will not be duplicated until it's migrated from the landing zone to its backstore target folder (assuming the folder is defined for duplication). @CBers - do I have that right? Yes, you are correct. w3wilkes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oj88 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Two questions: 1. Does an HDD or SSD needs to be already adopted into the pool before I can use it as an LZ? 2. When a drive is set as an LZ and after files has been distributed to the rest of the pool, is the LZ kept empty so the next upload can take advantage of its full capacity? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 1. Yes, then mark it as a LZ drive 2. Yes. Check the settings for the clearing of the LZ drive. w3wilkes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oj88 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Thanks @CBers. Last question: What's the consensus on the ideal disk size for an LZ? Is there like a rule-of-thumb or best practice based on some parameter such as my typical file size, total pool size, or some other basis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Not sure there is. I have a 250Gb SSD as my LZ drive. oj88 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSpark Posted February 26 Author Report Share Posted February 26 I tend to go with 500GB minimum SSD as my LZ drive considering the file sizes that I have processed using DriveBender. oj88 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Depends how much data you add to the pool each hour, but a 500Gb drive should be plenty. I think I have my LZ drive is set to clear every hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oj88 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 I was originally thinking 120GB since I have one of those lying around, but 500GB seems more reasonable. I don't normally transfer that much data in one go, but I guess the 500GB SSD should last longer due to better wear-levelling... to which I hope it translates to better reliability. A 500GB SSD is in such a good spot right now in terms of pricing. I could splurge a bit more and get a 1TB but I personally think it would be a terrible waste for an LZ, unless you regularly copy hundreds of GBs to the server. Thanks for the insights! BlackSpark, w3wilkes and CBers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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