While duplication had some considerable doubters in the early days due to its RAID 1 like capabilities, the storage pool has always been a favored feature. Once you have a RAID setup, you have to have a hands off approach because tinkering with it can easily cause downfall.
If you're in a flying Boeing , you wouldn't go into the cockpit and randomly flip switches. RAID requires the same approach. If you don't know what a feature does, don't mess with it. Windows Home Server no matter what the version should be an economic and simple to set up server that the home user can handle. When Raid is thrown into the mix, WHS is no longer an economic or simple solution to backing up my three or four computers.
I have no problem with Raid being a solution, but it should not be the only solution to storage. I have over 1. Since DE is dead and the is a 2 TB limit and raid 5 would be wasting space for a home server. I guess I would create at least 1 stripe set raid 0 to handle the large shares and 2 simple volumes for the other shares.
This would leave the 2 TB and 1. I'm interested in what Microsoft has to suggest. Simplicity is a different issue. JBOD spanning is possibly the simplest approach. But as mentioned, it's another layer of management beyond the WHS console.
Yes, it'll be work to manage. I dont have alot of data on each pc at home maby gig on each, but i have 6 of them, all with different type of data.
This is not a big Rant DE is gone This brings me to Vail, but the missing DE is a dealbreaker for me. They seem to be doing the same as WHSv1. Heh, here's a nice comparison between Drive Extender and a Linux solution called Greyhole. An interesting read.
It was with v1.? You can have a large? I'm guessing this won't be a problem for me either. This seems to be an odd restriction though. I didn't see it listed in the Server r2 info I read tonight. Thanks to those who've provided links to alternatives to WHS. I haven't had time to look at greyhole.
This allows a user to create a storage pool volume which can be easily extended when a new disk is added. It would be pretty simple to create a WHS add-in that the user could use to do this. The draw back, of course, is data recovery. You can shrink spanned volumes, but removing bad disks from a spanned volume or dealing with a failed disk in a spanned volume becomes a delicate process. Often requiring you to have the entire volume backed up.
WHS DE may have been using those commands. I'm guessing this won't be a problem for me either.? This seems to be an odd restriction though.? Windows Server Backup uses the. The current virtual hard disk specification limits the size of a virtual hard disk to be GB, which can fit a volume of size GB? If you are creating a full volume backup, the maximum source volume size limit continues to be MB.
Do you know if the client backup folder can span disks in any other way than hardware RAID? Software RAID is also an option. The bottom line here is that in order for any Server Folder to span more than 1 physical disk, the spanned disks have to be able to be assigned a single drive letter by the OS. As long as that is possible, the underlying technology is irrelevant. Seems like a fairly simple way to go. Cheap, effective, and plenty of storage.
I suspect much of the angst is over people who have legacy systems, and a bunch of old sub 1TB. Two options here:. I just tossed a stack of GB maxtors.. Want more protection? Plenty of options here.
First, most people DON'T back up their entire server. I am currently using about 14TB total. I backup the critical files photos, documents , but I certainly don't backup my video library.
Thats why I keep the original Blu-ray and dvd disks in the garage Bottom line is, I'm not sure how any of the issues you mention were any better with DE? Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads.
Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows Server General Forum. Privacy Policy Advertise Contact. All rights reserved. Largest size drives to be sucessfully used on a EX series. Posted: Thu Dec 01, am. I am sure by now that many have upgraded the original size of their hard drives on the EX So here's the questions, what is the maximum size of hard drive and in how many slots.
I currently run 4 x 1TB drives without any issues but that's no big deal, what I am looking for is the person with 4 x 2TB or above. Post subject: Re: Largest size drives to be sucessfully used on a EX se. Posted: Thu Dec 01, pm. I wouldn't try that with WHS V1.
Hi Nomad welcome to the forums! You can go with 4 4TB Drives if you like. Some have been experimenting with drives larger than 2TB requiring them to partition the drives. I am not certain about other uses for the larger than 2TB Drives because I have not followed it much so maybe someone else with better knowledge than I will comment on that subject.
With a home media server, you can watch movies directly on your Smart TV, mobile phone, or computer from your own library. Besides movies, you can also stream music from your home media server. There are different solutions for creating your own home media server, but the popular onces are:. Getting started with your Home Media Server is really simple.
Install the software of your choice and add your library with movies to it. Plex made it really easy to stream media, they have apps available for pretty much every device on the market, inc Chromecast, Roku, Apple TV, etc. Making frequent backups of your files is important. Hard drives may fail, files can get accidentally deleted, or ransomware can encrypt all your files.
They are all common things that can happen to anybody. Making backups should not be a manual task. If you have a home server then you can automate the backup of your computers. This way you are assured that your data is safely backed up on a regular basis. Again, there are different solutions available, but a couple of good ones are:. I love creating a smart home, I have written a lot about it, including this list with smart home ideas.
When you want to create a smart home you will need a central place to manage your smart home devices. You could buy a dedicated smart home hub, like a Homey , which may have some advantages. But if you have a server available then you can also install your own Home Automation Platform.
A good solution is for example Home Assistant. Other home automation solutions that you can take a look at are:. Besides home automation, we also have home security. Network cameras are really affordable these days and offer good recording quality. Making them perfect to secure your home and keep an eye out on your driveway for example.
Now I am a big fan of Ubiquiti, so personally, I have a full Unifi Protect system, which you can read more about here.
But for your home server, there are a couple of different options available. Among does is Blue Iris, which is really a great product still want to incorporate it into my network as well. Blue Iris supports motion and audio triggering and can be used to extend easily with add-ons like license plate recognizing for example.
The only way to do this is by using a password manager. Bitwarden is an open-source password manager that you can install on your own server at home using a Docker container.
You can find the complete install guide here.
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