Hi Ken,
> I think 2TB drives were the max when the hardware was released – certainly > 3TB/4TB drives work just fine in N36L/N40L etc. I’ve used 6TB drives in N54L Ah. Good to know. I was just reading the spec sheet. It seem many people are using 3 or 4 TB drives in them. Regards Adrian Halid From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of ILT Sent: Wednesday, 29 July 2015 2:03 PM To: 'ozDotNet' <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: RE: [OT] home server Ken I have used WHS 2011 really only as a file server. The HP hardware was quite cheap when I bought it initially – apart from adding RAM, and extra drives. I have used TeamViewer to download to it remotely (I can use my personal data quotas at cheaper rates than when at a remote location, in Australia or overseas – and it’s Windows, necessary for the special-purpose downloader). I don’t have a great number of complaints about WHS 2011. I bought DriveBender, when initially released (Oct 2011), and never got to install any of the many versions (v1310 was the last I downloaded), as it seemed that it was never out of beta. Can you comment on its effectiveness? I have just had a look at Division-M’s support page and see that it supports Windows 8 and Server 2012, so I have downloaded v2380 and will contact the developers/publishers if I need to ‘renew’ my license. DriveBender may suit me best. unRAID free edition seems a little restrictive to me (2 drives), though mixing HDD sizes is an attraction cf RAID. I think the HP Microserver’s controller does support JBOD as well though. _____ Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:55 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] home server Hi, What are the limitations you see with WHS2011? I can then let you know if that goes away with WSE2012. With my setup, I’ve used a regular Windows Server 2012 R2 and added the WSE role – that allows you to join the server to my existing AD domain, and gives you all the related goodness (e.g. centralised account management etc.) I then have a CrashPlan subscription that allows me to backup critical information offsite (Crashplan also supports backups locally, and to friends you might have). I use DriveBender to give me folder-by-folder RAID1, rather than relying on hardware RAID. There’s various other software RAID systems out there you could also use. I like WSE because it’s a regular Windows Server under the covers, so you can do a lot more than just serve files (run whatever services you want, it can act as a reverse proxy etc.). However if your primary use case is to serve/backup files, then a NAS is probably going to be simpler to manage and consume less power. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of ILT Sent: Monday, 27 July 2015 2:20 PM To: 'ozDotNet' <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > Subject: RE: [OT] home server Thanks Ken. Not having experience with server management, but finding WHS2011 with a few add-ins a bit primitive, how would I go with the same system on my HP Microserver? Would you recommend a NAS or one of these hybrid mediaserver/cloud backup devices as well? I’d rather add sata drive space (I do retain Tb-sized amounts of stuff) than spend on another box. _____ Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 1:58 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] home server Windows Server 2012 R2 (with Essentials role). I have an AD domain at home, so I’ve joined it to that for SSO etc. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of ILT Sent: Monday, 27 July 2015 1:35 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] home server Ken, are you still running WHS 2011? _____ Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 11:24 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] home server Just setup files from MSDN subscription is a couple of terabytes on my NAS. Granted, I could go through and delete the old stuff, but it’s probably cheaper to just buy a bigger disk every so often than spend time trimming a few hundred MBs here and there. Even something mundane as Iphone/iPad backups seem to consume space really quickly (64GB at a time for my wife’s phone) From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Sunday, 26 July 2015 6:18 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] home server How much actual data do you guys have that you need to keep? Mulitple- terabytes is a sh1tload. On Sun, 26 Jul 2015 at 11:22 Greg Low (罗格雷格博士) <g...@greglow.com <mailto:g...@greglow.com> > wrote: On the subject of home servers, if someone wants to make an offer on a serious NAS -> QNAP TS-879 PRO with 24TB (8x3TB Seagate Constellation SATA3 drives), little “r” ping me back. <https://www.qnap.com/i/au/product/model.php?II=15> https://www.qnap.com/i/au/product/model.php?II=15 Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> ] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Saturday, 25 July 2015 12:05 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com <mailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > Subject: Re: [OT] home server I went for the 5 bay one the upgraded to an 8 bay. The 5 was then moved to our office and is our file server there. Love the cloud sync it means we can access Dropbox files without having to have the drive space on office laptops. The files sit on the nas and just share the folder. Forget the model number off the top of my head but it's the ones you can expand with a second bay doubling the number of bays. On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 at 6:24 am, Dave Walker <rangitat...@gmail.com <mailto:rangitat...@gmail.com> > wrote: Yeah I'm looking at synology as well. Any recommendations? I was looking at a https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS415play with 2 3tb red drives for now. On 25 Jul 2015 09:44, "Stephen Price" <step...@perthprojects.com <mailto:step...@perthprojects.com> > wrote: Synology NAS. Any model, choose based on your storage needs. Does all your file sharing, media stuff etc. I even got Crashplan running on it It's brilliant On Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 2:51 PM ILT <il.tho...@outlook.com <mailto:il.tho...@outlook.com> > wrote: I’d appreciate some advice, from those who dabble in this area (home networking, media server). As Windows 10 RTM approaches, I’ve been thinking of replacing my aged home network, based on a nice little HP Proliant Microserver N36L with 8Gb RAM running the defunct Windows Home Server 2011. I’m not sure I need the capability of Windows Server Essentials. Maybe Windows 8 or 10 would do the job? Currently the HP is not even serving media, being used as file storage and not using its RAID capability. But with larger storage at good prices these days (eg, WD Red or Black 3Tb at the best price-point), should I be using storage spaces on a newer OS? I’d like to also use it as a media server, not sure what Windows 8 or Server Essentials would offer. Thanks _____ Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria -- David Connors da...@connors.com <mailto:da...@connors.com> | @davidconnors | LinkedIn | +61 417 189 363
