Comments on: Drobo + Windows Home Server = Goodness

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By: Jon’s Geek Stuff … & Stuff » WHS Drobo + Windows Home Server = Goodness

Fri, 16 May 2008 14:50:32 +0000

[...] WHS Drobo + Windows Home Server = Goodness [...]

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:08:43 +0000

@Wayne

I do!

By: Eric H.

Eric H. — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:28:51 +0000

Am I the only person who thinks that WHS redundancy is fairly bunkum?

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:19:19 +0000

Who thinks a $500 backup copy method is reasonable?

By: Eugene

Eugene — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:42:31 +0000

It’s hard to say anything good about WHS Drive Extender being how it’s got a design defect (KB 946676) that leads to data corruption.

The WHS Team, stated RAID is not a supported scenario in WHS. – MVP Ken Warren

In addition, Microsoft doesn’t code or test for RAID in WHS. If that wasn’t all, you don’t get to designate the drive the system installs on. WHS takes the first drive it can install on (as presented by the BIOS) and makes that the system drive.

Finally, when you install, WHS will format and repartition all drives connected to your system. You receive ample warning that this will occur, but this means that anything you’ve previously installed, and any partitions you’ve previously created, will be lost.

For anyone wanting to proceed forward with RAID in WHS, it’s highly recommend NEVER to use OS-RAID (software supported) but ONLY hardware RAID. Etc…

Also Drobo doesn’t sound like a nice name either. Makes me think of “dribble saliva”… And why the cube shape design unless someone was thinking Apple but remained Windows black. It’s just so ugly in retrospect…

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:52:04 +0000

Just curious – I thought MSFT recommended against using WHS in conjunction with another RAID system? I mean, I guess he’s Microsoft but still – it’s confusing.