# Example configuration for snapraid for Windows # Defines the file to use as parity storage # It must NOT be in a data disk # Format: "parity FILE [,FILE] ..." parity E:\snapraid.parity # Defines the files to use as additional parity storage. # If specified, they enable the multiple failures protection # from two to six level of parity. # To enable, uncomment one parity file for each level of extra # protection required. Start from 2-parity, and follow in order. # It must NOT be in a data disk # Format: "X-parity FILE [,FILE] ..." #2-parity F:\snapraid.2-parity #3-parity G:\snapraid.3-parity #4-parity H:\snapraid.4-parity #5-parity I:\snapraid.5-parity #6-parity J:\snapraid.6-parity # Defines the files to use as content list # You can use multiple specification to store more copies # You must have least one copy for each parity file plus one. Some more don't hurt # They can be in the disks used for data, parity or boot, # but each file must be in a different disk # Format: "content FILE" content C:\snapraid\snapraid.content content K:\array\snapraid.content content L:\array\snapraid.content # Defines the data disks to use # The name and mount point association is relevant for parity, do not change it # WARNING: Adding here your boot C:\ disk is NOT a good idea! # SnapRAID is better suited for files that rarely changes! # Format: "data DISK_NAME DISK_MOUNT_POINT" data d1 K:\array\ data d2 L:\array\ data d3 M:\array\ # Excludes hidden files and directories (uncomment to enable). #nohidden # Defines files and directories to exclude # Remember that all the paths are relative at the mount points # Format: "exclude FILE" # Format: "exclude DIR\" # Format: "exclude \PATH\FILE" # Format: "exclude \PATH\DIR\" exclude *.unrecoverable exclude Thumbs.db exclude \$RECYCLE.BIN exclude \System Volume Information exclude \Program Files\ exclude \Program Files (x86)\ exclude \Windows\ # Defines the block size in kibi bytes (1024 bytes) (uncomment to enable). # WARNING: Changing this value is for experts only! # Default value is 256 -> 256 kibi bytes -> 262144 bytes # Format: "blocksize SIZE_IN_KiB" #blocksize 256 # Defines the hash size in bytes (uncomment to enable). # WARNING: Changing this value is for experts only! # Default value is 16 -> 128 bits # Format: "hashsize SIZE_IN_BYTES" #hashsize 16 # Automatically save the state when syncing after the specified amount # of GB processed (uncomment to enable). # This option is useful to avoid to restart from scratch long 'sync' # commands interrupted by a machine crash. # It also improves the recovering if a disk break during a 'sync'. # Default value is 0, meaning disabled. # Format: "autosave SIZE_IN_GB" #autosave 500 # Defines the pooling directory where the virtual view of the disk # array is created using the "pool" command (uncomment to enable). # The files are not really copied here, but just linked using # symbolic links. # This directory must be outside the array. # Format: "pool DIR" #pool C:\pool # Defines the Windows UNC path required to access disks from the pooling # directory when shared in the network. # If present (uncomment to enable), the symbolic links created in the # pool virtual view, instead of using local paths, are created using the # specified UNC path, adding the disk names and file path. # This allows to share the pool directory in the network. # See the manual page for more details. # # Format: "share UNC_DIR" #share \\server # Defines a custom smartctl command to obtain the SMART attributes # for each disk. This may be required for RAID controllers and for # some USB disk that cannot be autodetected. # In the specified options, the "%s" string is replaced by the device name. # Refers at the smartmontools documentation about the possible options: # RAID -> https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_RAID-Controllers # USB -> https://www.smartmontools.org/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices #smartctl d1 -d sat %s #smartctl d2 -d usbjmicron %s #smartctl parity -d areca,1/1 /dev/arcmsr0 #smartctl 2-parity -d areca,2/1 /dev/arcmsr0