diff --git a/doc/forum/Fill_remotes_sequentially/comment_1_eb69c2ab5c64683ab36ef26a45dd32f5._comment b/doc/forum/Fill_remotes_sequentially/comment_1_eb69c2ab5c64683ab36ef26a45dd32f5._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8c92b6244c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Fill_remotes_sequentially/comment_1_eb69c2ab5c64683ab36ef26a45dd32f5._comment @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="nobodyinperson" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/736a41cd4988ede057bae805d000f4f5" + subject="Maybe the new sizebalanced= feature?" + date="2025-05-21T14:04:50Z" + content=""" +It sounds like *maybe* the new `sizebalanced=tape:1` expression could help here? 🤔 But if I understand correctly, it would try to fill the tapes up equally, which is not what you want. There would need to be something like `sequential=tape:1`, which doesn't want to balance the annexes in terms of size, but just in order. But what order? 🤔 Ordered by descending filled annex size? That would be what you need I think. + +https://git-annex.branchable.com/git-annex-preferred-content/#:~:text=sizebalanced=groupname +"""]]