Yeah.....I can see what I did with how files are distributed across the two 8TB HHDs I now have. Cabrio-leo's link above in post#10 gave me a perfect incite to how the various OMV UnionFS options build the "media" arrays. I did the typical noob thing of "ready-shoot-aim" before reading how the array build types vary.
A few posts here RE: UnionFS and file distribution gave an idea to start a root file folder(s) to match the file structures on data1 onto Data2. One guys said to try this and see if using the same "Existing path, most free space" will continue to build onto Data2 if Data1 reaches the set limit. Can anyone verify this????
I guess plan B would be to restructure my files to put Video on Data1 and everything else on Data2 as the root file structures. I'm really thinking long term and I don't want to change the array to "most free space" and randomly put files across the 2 drives for rebuilding if a drive fails. Tell me if I'm wrong in my thought process here!
Root file structures from WInSCP looks like this attachment (obviously the Movies video folder is the large file data hog).....thanks