Comments on: The PC Gear Home Server http://www.mswhs.com/2007/10/the-pc-gear-home-server/ Tue, 22 May 2012 02:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robert Stinnetthttp://www.mswhs.com/2007/10/the-pc-gear-home-server/comment-page-1/#comment-7878 Robert Stinnett Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:51:40 +0000 http://mswhs.com/2007/10/23/the-pc-gear-home-server/#comment-7878 I am not sure if that is true or not Michiel. Microsoft is working on a white paper explaining the Drive Extended technology, but numerous reports on the Microsoft forums have people talking about 20GB of unusable space on their 2nd drive.I guess we are just going to have to wait and see what the white paper says. Who knows, we could all be wrong :-) I am not sure if that is true or not Michiel. Microsoft is working on a white paper explaining the Drive Extended technology, but numerous reports on the Microsoft forums have people talking about 20GB of unusable space on their 2nd drive.

I guess we are just going to have to wait and see what the white paper says. Who knows, we could all be wrong :-)

]]> By: Michielhttp://www.mswhs.com/2007/10/the-pc-gear-home-server/comment-page-1/#comment-7877 Michiel Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:56:14 +0000 http://mswhs.com/2007/10/23/the-pc-gear-home-server/#comment-7877 Hi Robert, I think you missed the point because not everything is duplicated. The shared folders are duplicated indeed if you want but the backups are not. So you can use the 20 MB anyway ;) IMHO you don't need more than 2 drives by default. 2 Are enough, 1 is almost senseless. More is nice but takes also more energy. (I calculated that my WHS costs me almost 50 eurocent/day for electricity...)Regards Michiel Hi Robert,
I think you missed the point because not everything is duplicated. The shared folders are duplicated indeed if you want but the backups are not. So you can use the 20 MB anyway ;)
IMHO you don’t need more than 2 drives by default. 2 Are enough, 1 is almost senseless. More is nice but takes also more energy. (I calculated that my WHS costs me almost 50 eurocent/day for electricity…)

Regards
Michiel

]]> By: Philip Churchillhttp://www.mswhs.com/2007/10/the-pc-gear-home-server/comment-page-1/#comment-7876 Philip Churchill Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:23:06 +0000 http://mswhs.com/2007/10/23/the-pc-gear-home-server/#comment-7876 Hi Robert Stinnett, Thanks for that explanation, it makes sense now why you should use 3 or more hard drives. Hi Robert Stinnett,
Thanks for that explanation, it makes sense now why you should use 3 or more hard drives.

]]> By: Robert Stinnetthttp://www.mswhs.com/2007/10/the-pc-gear-home-server/comment-page-1/#comment-7875 Robert Stinnett Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:03:16 +0000 http://mswhs.com/2007/10/23/the-pc-gear-home-server/#comment-7875 Hi Michiel -With 2 drives you can have folder duplication, such that if a drive fails your data is still protected. You also get "very basic balancing" because there are only two drives. So say for example you had two 500GB drives, and your first drive is your SYS drive (where WHS software lives). That takes away 20GB from it, leaving you with 480GB.Since WHS has to duplicate your shares, the maximum amount of space you will get out of your 2nd drive is 480GB -- losing 20GB.When you add another drive, it can now balance across that drive and you get to utilize the maximum amout of storage. Hi Michiel -

With 2 drives you can have folder duplication, such that if a drive fails your data is still protected. You also get “very basic balancing” because there are only two drives. So say for example you had two 500GB drives, and your first drive is your SYS drive (where WHS software lives). That takes away 20GB from it, leaving you with 480GB.

Since WHS has to duplicate your shares, the maximum amount of space you will get out of your 2nd drive is 480GB — losing 20GB.

When you add another drive, it can now balance across that drive and you get to utilize the maximum amout of storage.

]]> By: Michielhttp://www.mswhs.com/2007/10/the-pc-gear-home-server/comment-page-1/#comment-7874 Michiel Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:05:43 +0000 http://mswhs.com/2007/10/23/the-pc-gear-home-server/#comment-7874 @Robert Why 3? I thought 2 was enough to benefit from the balancing/duplication. @Robert Why 3? I thought 2 was enough to benefit from the balancing/duplication.

]]> By: Robert Stinnetthttp://www.mswhs.com/2007/10/the-pc-gear-home-server/comment-page-1/#comment-7873 Robert Stinnett Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:30:31 +0000 http://mswhs.com/2007/10/23/the-pc-gear-home-server/#comment-7873 While I think its great to see all these "pre-configured" machines for WHS coming out, the one thing all of them are lacking so far is 3+ hard drives. To get the maximum benefit of WHS your storage should be balanced, which requires 3 or more hard drives. So far HP and others have stuck to the 2 disk setup. While I think its great to see all these “pre-configured” machines for WHS coming out, the one thing all of them are lacking so far is 3+ hard drives. To get the maximum benefit of WHS your storage should be balanced, which requires 3 or more hard drives. So far HP and others have stuck to the 2 disk setup.

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