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- #Windows home server 2011 mini itx upgrade#
- #Windows home server 2011 mini itx software#
- #Windows home server 2011 mini itx windows#
Some insist on the same firmware rather than just matched manufacturer and size.Īnother option is to just creating two spanned drives where the different types will not matter as it just links one drive to another and then another and shows them as a single drive (JBOD) and sync them together which is more or less what I am doing. Now the slightly dodgy bit is that you are mixing and matching drives which is not such a great idea as one manufacturers 2TB drive may not have the same space, cylinders, alignment as another so it will not be so efficient as matched drives and may even cause issues. I would be inclined to just setup a raid 10 (1+0) array. I imagine you are using the 250GB as a boot drive then ? I believe the duplication works like a raid 1 array so you should have 4 GB left (2 usable if raid 1).ĭo you need to backup more than once a night ? How much space do you have left over those 6 2TB drives (4 used, duplication on, whats left) ?. Ideally for people, like myself, with home cinema rooms where they have a cabinet and Hp mini-server (or the like) but require expansion and are looking for something a fair bit cheaper than an 'off the shelf' Dell.Ĭlick to expand.Ok, a couple more questions. This is mainly for myself but also for others if there is an interest. I am currently looking at building DAS boxes with 12/16/20 or 24 drive bays (like a Dell ML1000). Ideally for people, like myself, with home cinema rooms where they have a cabinet and Hp mini-server (or the like) but require expansion and are looking for something a fair bit cheaper than an 'off the shelf' Dell.ĭepends on your hardware and goals I guess. I am currently looking at building DAS boxes with 12/16/20 or 24 drive bays (like a Dell MD1000). The forecast growth in each category over the next 12 months.Amount of 'Meh, I was thinking of deleting that anyway' data.ripped DVDs/CDs/Blurays that could be recovered in a few days). Amount of 'Would rather not loose but can get back if needed' data (i.e.personal photos that you can get in an hour or so). Amount of 'Cannot loose but can stand a delay in retrieving' data (i.e.
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#Windows home server 2011 mini itx software#
MB hardware raid is usually just software raid built in to a chip on the motherboard unless you have a server motherboard with a decent raid controller (the more expensive Adaptec, LSI or Areca chipsets).
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#Windows home server 2011 mini itx upgrade#
The big disadvantage is that a bios upgrade or motherboard change may make reset your arrays. The advantages of MB raid is that you can boot off it.
#Windows home server 2011 mini itx windows#
I can use software raid via Windows which is transferable to any other Windows server (WHS 2011, SBS 2011, 2008r2 and possibly backwards compatible to WS 2003), import and access my data. Any 'playing around' with the data or data disks will not affect the OS.Ģ.
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I then have my data disks separate for a couple of reasons ġ. I could use a second for raid 1 redundancy via a motherboard raid chipset if I wanted a zero downtime 'boots and braces' approach. I use a WD Scorpio Black 320GB boot drive as it is fairly cheap, fast and low power. Click to expand.Depends on your hardware and goals I guess.