Just added a couple of DAS units to my BI server, but ran out of BI storage folders. What are my options? SOLVED

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prsmith777

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I added a couple of 8 bay DAS units to my BI server for extra storage running on Windows 10. All the discs are showing up with drive letters down to Z. I have a total of 24 discs now, but I just realized I only have 15 available storage folders in BI.

Is there a way to add more storage folders in BI, maybe in registry settings?

What other options do I have to use my new DAS units?
 
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For anyone stumbling upon this post down the road, I solved this problem using Drivepool by Stablebit. It cost 29.95$ one time fee.

Drivepool allows you to combine multiple drives into one larger drive and assigns them a drive letter in windows, so it acts like a single drive. Pretty slick.

But I ran into a problem: Windows has a limit of 26 drive letters, A-Z. Since I had 24 drives I couldnt assign all my new drivepool drives a letter (only had 2 left). Without a drive letter, the drivepool drives couldnt be seen by Blue Iris. Solution was to mount the 24 drives in empty NTFS folders.

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I had not heard of this option before today. I created 24 empty folders in the C: drive and names them according to which physical disc they were attached along with the disc serial number in case I needed to find them later. That freed up all my drive letters. I could then assign the drivepools proper letters. Worked out great.

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I did have to go back into Blue Iris to the storage settings and increase the size of my storage folders.
 
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Wow 480 TB, that is a lot of storage, what is the need for some much storage! What case did you use that has room for that many drives?
 
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