Comments on: Windows Home Server’s idea of redundancy http://invalidlogic.com/2007/03/30/windows-home-servers-idea-of-redundancy/ Endlessly expanding technology Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:27:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: ken http://invalidlogic.com/2007/03/30/windows-home-servers-idea-of-redundancy/comment-page-1/#comment-501 ken Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:16:00 +0000 /archive/windows-home-server-s-idea-of-redundancy/#comment-501 <p>Yep, I read about that as well and it had me wondering.  </p></p> <p><p>But I planned my data storage a long time ago, and it doesn't look I'll deviate from it anytime soon with WHS' solution.  So I'm happy, and upgradable:</p></p> <p><p>* Areca ARC-1220 PCI-Ex8 SATA 9-port card</p></p> <p><p>* 3xWD 500GB HDDs (1 TB to start)</p></p> <p><p>Actually just ordered all of that yesterday.  Woot!</p></p> <p><p>After I start encoding my DVDs (400+), I'll need to upgrade to 2TB sometime to fit them.  Then, SELL THE DVDS!  Tired of storing them.</p></p> Yep, I read about that as well and it had me wondering.  

But I planned my data storage a long time ago, and it doesn’t look I’ll deviate from it anytime soon with WHS’ solution.  So I’m happy, and upgradable:

* Areca ARC-1220 PCI-Ex8 SATA 9-port card

* 3xWD 500GB HDDs (1 TB to start)

Actually just ordered all of that yesterday.  Woot!

After I start encoding my DVDs (400+), I’ll need to upgrade to 2TB sometime to fit them.  Then, SELL THE DVDS!  Tired of storing them.

]]> By: ken http://invalidlogic.com/2007/03/30/windows-home-servers-idea-of-redundancy/comment-page-1/#comment-500 ken Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:37:00 +0000 /archive/windows-home-server-s-idea-of-redundancy/#comment-500 <p>I've been meaning to post about my experiences with Windows Hom Server, but you beat me to it. =)</p></p> <p><p>Actually I like the WHS approach to redundancy better than RAID.  You were wondering what you put on a network share but not make redundant, and a good example of this was in one of the WHS blogs.</p></p> <p><p>The answer is very large files that can be recreated, but with effort. The example given was ripping some of the DVDs that you own for easier viewing (via Media Center or something like that) and to protect the physical discs from getting worn/scratched. They are really large files and wouldn't want to waste disk space by saving them on two drives, because worst case you could simply re-rip them from the physical media.</p></p> I’ve been meaning to post about my experiences with Windows Hom Server, but you beat me to it. =)

Actually I like the WHS approach to redundancy better than RAID.  You were wondering what you put on a network share but not make redundant, and a good example of this was in one of the WHS blogs.

The answer is very large files that can be recreated, but with effort. The example given was ripping some of the DVDs that you own for easier viewing (via Media Center or something like that) and to protect the physical discs from getting worn/scratched. They are really large files and wouldn’t want to waste disk space by saving them on two drives, because worst case you could simply re-rip them from the physical media.

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