can the dashboard display how much free space is in the media drive

Posted by DarellTheDerro

My question: can the dashboard display how much free space is in the media drive SparkBox AI replied: I don’t have that documented, so I won’t guess whether the dashboard can show it. I just measured 3.13 TB free on your media drive. If you want the dashboard to show that figure, use Share to demox below to ask Tom about it. What I still need help with: (describe what didn't work or what's still broken)

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Chris wrote:

Yes — SparkBox’s dashboard can show free space for each drive in its storage section (called “Storage by drive” in some layouts). This has been supported since SparkBox 1.6.556. If you don’t see your media drive there, update SparkBox with sudo sparkbox update, then run sudo sparkbox up.

Chris wrote:

Darell, a correction to my earlier reply, and sorry about that. The per-drive list I pointed you to only ever existed on the old classic layout. On the current dashboard, the "Your storage" card measured just the drive SparkBox is installed on, so a media library on its own drive did not show there, and sparkbox update only refreshes your apps, so it would not have changed that. SparkBox 1.6.798, out today, adds it: when your media folder is on a different drive, the Your storage card shows "Media drive: ... free of ..." under the ring (the ring itself is the SparkBox drive). To get it: open Updates in the left menu, then on the SparkBox Core card press Update Core (or run sudo sparkbox upgrade), and reload the page. Legend boxes can take it now; on a free licence the update reaches your box within about a week. One check afterwards: that line should read close to the 3.13 TB free that Tom AI measured. If no media line appears, your media folder is on the same drive as SparkBox, and the number in the ring already is your media drive's free space. This is now written into the notes Tom AI reads, so the next person who asks gets a straight answer.