Advise needed - Out of storage handling

I was under the impression that channels deleted older shows to keep storage under control, but I've just found my container locked up at 1000/1000GB used. I was able to recover the container by giving the volume some more space. Am I missing something?

Channels does not use drive space to delete recordings ... you have to keep track of it yourself.

Thank you

Bit disappointing that a point first questioned 7 years ago still has such a crude outcome. Even NextDVR would at least pause the recording engine and not just nuke the container (alas, that has major issues elsewhere which made me pay for channels).

Yes, I get using passes responsibly with limits and actually watching recorded shows, but try telling your parents who are used to a typical bullet proof DVR box that.

Any chance of an option of a typical dvr box behavior of deleting the oldest non "kept forever" recording once ~10GB space remains.

Process tree:

Less than 10GB space remains when a recording is due to start > Purge deleted recordings > If still not enough space, pause recording engine or, if selected, delete oldest non protected recording.

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I would like to see an option to delete the oldest watched recordings that are not marked keep forever... to make space for new recordings if filling up.

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While waiting for an official solution at some point, maybe...

If you have Home Assistant, I suggest this that may help you:

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Worth mentioning that the easiest of all is to just occasionally check the CDVR status page:

screenshot-media-server6_8089-2024.05.20-19_03_11

Also, for anyone using Windows, I've been using DrivePool for many years (ever since migrating from Windows Home Server 2011), and it has been an excellent way to combine hard drives into a larger virtual drive. It also supports folder duplication across two or more drives.

It's been dead-easy to add or subtract drives as my storage needs have grown, or drives have begun to show signs of failure (always caught by Stablebit Scanner well before it became a real issue). They also have a product to duplicate folders to the cloud (e.g. I use Office 365 which includes 1TB in OneDrive storage).

My servers are virtual and Proxmox-based these days, but DrivePool is so good and easy-to-use that I've continued with it (virtualized) for my NAS storage needs:

https://covecube.com/projects

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