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    When I build my home server long, long ago I remember that the OS disk (first disk) needed to be the larger disk due to the "landing zone" and the way duplication worked.  So I have a 750 GB disk 1 and a 250 GB disk 2.  Now I have a 1 TB to replace the 250 GB disk.  So I added it to the pool and I'm in the process of removing the 250 GB drive from the pool.  And suddenly I remembered the "bigger disk" thing.

    Somewhere in my mind, though, I seem to recall that WHS doesn't do duplication the same way any longer and that this is no longer an issue.

    So, I'm looking for some clarification, please?

    Thanks!

    Wednesday, June 16, 2010 10:42 PM

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    It still does duplication the same way, but there's no "landing zone" any more, so using a larger second (or third, etc.) disk isn't a problem.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Proposed as answer by kariya21Moderator Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:43 AM
    • Marked as answer by BGood2 Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:39 PM
    Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:15 PM
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    It still does duplication the same way, but there's no "landing zone" any more, so using a larger second (or third, etc.) disk isn't a problem.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Proposed as answer by kariya21Moderator Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:43 AM
    • Marked as answer by BGood2 Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:39 PM
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    On 6/16/2010 5:42 PM, BGood2 wrote:

    When I build my home server long, long ago I remember that the OS disk (first disk) needed to be the larger disk due to the "landing zone" and the way duplication worked.  So I have a 750 GB disk 1 and a 250 GB disk 2.  Now I have a 1 TB to replace the 250 GB disk.  So I added it to the pool and I'm in the process of removing the 250 GB drive from the pool.  And suddenly I remembered the "bigger disk" thing.

    Somewhere in my mind, though, I seem to recall that WHS doesn't do duplication the same way any longer and that this is no longer an issue.

    So, I'm looking for some clarification, please?

    Thanks!

    Well, I can tell you what I have in my setup, but I wouldn't take that
    as clarification.

    System Disk (Primary Hard drive) is an 80GB Drive 20G for System and the
    rest for Data
    2nd Internal is a 250GB Drive
    3rd Internal is a 320GB Drive
    2 Externals which are 320GB USB Drives
    1 External which is a 1TB USB Drive
    1 External which is a 250GB USB Drive

    So, I'm not sure if the old rule still applies. I would say that the
    first drive must be larger than 20GB, in order to accommodate the system
    and the first portion of the Data drive.  However I would take the
    advice of Ken or Kariya (forgive me if I mistyped your name) over
    mine--as they've been here longer.

    Have a great day:)
    Patrick.

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    Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:16 AM
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    Well, I can tell you what I have in my setup, but I wouldn't take that
    as clarification.

    System Disk (Primary Hard drive) is an 80GB Drive 20G for System and the
    rest for Data
    2nd Internal is a 250GB Drive
    3rd Internal is a 320GB Drive
    2 Externals which are 320GB USB Drives
    1 External which is a 1TB USB Drive
    1 External which is a 250GB USB Drive

    So, I'm not sure if the old rule still applies. I would say that the
    first drive must be larger than 20GB, in order to accommodate the system
    and the first portion of the Data drive.  However I would take the
    advice of Ken or Kariya (forgive me if I mistyped your name) 

    No problem.  Besides, you got it right.  (And you wouldn't have been the first person to misspell my user name anyway - not to mention some people that have gotten my gender wrong  :)  ).

    over mine--as they've been here longer.

    Have a great day:)
    Patrick.

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    Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:15 AM
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    The best is to have the first (OS) hdisk as big as possible. It's the one that is rather hard to replace. So if you want to replace a hdisk to get more storage it is way easier to replace a non OS hdisk.
    This all has no impact on duplication however.
     "BGood2" wrote in message news:0e1fba7b-733c-4d1c-9db0-19291a5f5c2b@communitybridge.codeplex.com...

    When I build my home server long, long ago I remember that the OS disk (first disk) needed to be the larger disk due to the "landing zone" and the way duplication worked. So I have a 750 GB disk 1 and a 250 GB disk 2. Now I have a 1 TB to replace the 250 GB disk. So I added it to the pool and I'm in the process of removing the 250 GB drive from the pool. And suddenly I remembered the "bigger disk" thing.

    Somewhere in my mind, though, I seem to recall that WHS doesn't do duplication the same way any longer and that this is no longer an issue.

    So, I'm looking for some clarification, please?

    Thanks!

    Have a nice day!
    Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:28 AM