Can I install WHS on a RAID1 array as system drive, add a couple of large data drives, and let WHS handle them using DE? My intent is to create some redundancy into the system drive without forsaking the flexibility of DE/JBOD.
THanks
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Raid1 Sys Drive In Whs V1?
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Chris Cowles
, Apr 11 2012 03:22 AM
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Posted 11 April 2012 - 03:43 AM
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Yup. Definitely. It's what I'm doing. Personally, I'm using an ICY DOCK MB982SPR-2S to hold two laptop HDDs.
The biggest concern is having the proper drivers for the raid controller you're using. And that the disk needs to be at least 85GBs
The biggest concern is having the proper drivers for the raid controller you're using. And that the disk needs to be at least 85GBs
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Posted 11 April 2012 - 09:40 PM
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Thanks. I was thinking of something cheaper, like this Rosewill hot-swappable box, but am attracted by the Icy Dock requiring only one connector. However, since I already have to buy an additional SATA controller card to add a disk of any kind, isn't there a likelihood of conflict?
I'm installing in an HP Proliant Microserver. The ODD space already has a 5.25-to-3.5+slimline ODD adapter. The dual 2.5 will go into that 3.5 space. The server has only one SATA II port available for that. If I were to use a port multiplier to expand that, I assume it splits the bandwidth of the single port among all the drives attached? If so, is it evenly split with a fixed limit per channel? Or will a single port get all the bandwidth if it's the only one moving data?
I'm installing in an HP Proliant Microserver. The ODD space already has a 5.25-to-3.5+slimline ODD adapter. The dual 2.5 will go into that 3.5 space. The server has only one SATA II port available for that. If I were to use a port multiplier to expand that, I assume it splits the bandwidth of the single port among all the drives attached? If so, is it evenly split with a fixed limit per channel? Or will a single port get all the bandwidth if it's the only one moving data?
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