Merging Hard Drives

[chairmanmao]

I currently use two separate hard drives to store Sage-recorded video (under Windows, Sage v9). I'm considering replacing those two drives with a single larger drive.

If I copy the recorded files to the single new drive, is Sage "smart" enough to find the already-recorded files? Put another way, does Sage look up a file based on its full absolute path, or by searching all of the configured video storage directories for just the file name?

[UgaData]

If all three drives will be connected at the same time, Add the new drive/location as a Video Recording Directory. Then just copy files to the new drive/location.

The really important thing to remember is:
As long as Sage can see the new and old file locations, Sage will pick the file(s) in the new location and remove the pointers to the older locations.

I tend to shut Sage and the Sage Service down when I copy recordings, then restart the Service and/or Sage.
I don't believe this is actually necessary but I have had some issues in the past if I moved recordings while Sage was running.

[NetworkGuy]

Originally Posted by UgaData

I tend to shut Sage and the Sage Service down when I copy recordings, then restart the Service and/or Sage.

I always shut down Sage, then move the files and restart. When Sage restarts, it scans all drives and updates the pointers.

[chairmanmao]

Thanx