Hi everybody,

I have to bring up this thread again because I'm not sure if my thinking is correct:

Originally Posted By: xmodder
So, I was thinking on using the mhddfs mount just for exporting the drives pool through samba/nfs just for reading, and then using the separate drive mounts for writing (directly on the server, for the MythTV recordings or from exported samba/nfs shares).

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So, mlord, have you tested this scenario? Will it work? And, if it works, can I assume that this will not impact drives nor cpu performance, at least for write operations, as I will be using the individual drive mounts and not the pooled mhddfs mount for writting? And, as my last question, files written directly to one of the individual drive mounts will be shown immediately in the mhddfs pooled mount?


I also want to use mhddfs to create a storage pool and want to having directly access to the drives on writing (so that I can handle the place where each file is located on the drive I want to be). I don't want to let mhddfs manage the place/drive were my files shall be written, I want to keep this in my hand. But when accessing to the pool for reading, I want do this via mhddfs-mount-point.

I couldn't find an absolute answer although xmodder asked before, so here my questions:

1) Can I have direct access to the drives for writing?
2) Are the files I've written directly to one of the individual drives immediately shown in the mhddfs pool?
3) Or do I have to rebuild the mhddfs pool each time I write data by my own?
4) How can I use aufs and does it make sense to integrate aufs?

Many thanks in advance for any help.

Greets