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    Recently my WHS V1 did not start anymore, it just stalled during startup. I decided to install Vail without having a backup of my files. With WHS V1 this appeared not to be real risk as the individual disks could still be read and files could be taken of from the DE-directory by just connecting it to another PC that could read NTFS partitions.

    However, it is my understanding that the current Vail implementations used some kind of Raid 0 to write disks. That would mean that I would loose my files when Vail would break and connecting disks to another PC would not help. I am seriously thinking of

    1. moving to some kind of Linux server solution or
    2. install the disks in Raid 1 and don't use duplication together with a third party client backup solution or
    3. install some kind of permanent back up solution and not use folder duplication.

    Apart from not being smart by using Vail without a backup, which of the three would be the best/efficient solution?

     

    Saturday, December 11, 2010 10:05 AM

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    Recently my WHS V1 did not start anymore, it just stalled during startup. I decided to install Vail without having a backup of my files. With WHS V1 this appeared not to be real risk as the individual disks could still be read and files could be taken of from the DE-directory by just connecting it to another PC that could read NTFS partitions.

    However, it is my understanding that the current Vail implementations used some kind of Raid 0 to write disks. That would mean that I would loose my files when Vail would break and connecting disks to another PC would not help. I am seriously thinking of

    1. moving to some kind of Linux server solution or
    2. install the disks in Raid 1 and don't use duplication together with a third party client backup solution or
    3. install some kind of permanent back up solution and not use folder duplication.

    Apart from not being smart by using Vail without a backup, which of the three would be the best/efficient solution? 

    Drive Extender has been removed from Vail.  There should be a new (DE-less) beta build available to the public after the first of the year.  Just wait for that.
    Saturday, December 11, 2010 12:44 PM
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    It seems you skipped the releasenotes for this Vailbuild....
    Better read them, since the notes tell you that in this vailbuild your data is in great danger.
    No idea why they even released this build ; but then again.. it's beta and one should NEVER rely on a betabuild for data anyway.
     
     

    Recently my WHS V1 did not start anymore, it just stalled during startup. I decided to install Vail without having a backup of my files. With WHS V1 this appeared not to be real risk as the individual disks could still be read and files could be taken of from the DE-directory by just connecting it to another PC that could read NTFS partitions.

    However, it is my understanding that the current Vail implementations used some kind of Raid 0 to write disks. That would mean that I would loose my files when Vail would break and connecting disks to another PC would not help. I am seriously thinking of

    1. moving to some kind of Linux server solution or
    2. install the disks in Raid 1 and don't use duplication together with a third party client backup solution or
    3. install some kind of permanent back up solution and not use folder duplication.

    Apart from not being smart by using Vail without a backup, which of the three would be the best/efficient solution?

     

    Have a nice day!
    Saturday, December 11, 2010 11:04 AM
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    Recently my WHS V1 did not start anymore, it just stalled during startup. I decided to install Vail without having a backup of my files. With WHS V1 this appeared not to be real risk as the individual disks could still be read and files could be taken of from the DE-directory by just connecting it to another PC that could read NTFS partitions.

    However, it is my understanding that the current Vail implementations used some kind of Raid 0 to write disks. That would mean that I would loose my files when Vail would break and connecting disks to another PC would not help. I am seriously thinking of

    1. moving to some kind of Linux server solution or
    2. install the disks in Raid 1 and don't use duplication together with a third party client backup solution or
    3. install some kind of permanent back up solution and not use folder duplication.

    Apart from not being smart by using Vail without a backup, which of the three would be the best/efficient solution? 

    Drive Extender has been removed from Vail.  There should be a new (DE-less) beta build available to the public after the first of the year.  Just wait for that.
    Saturday, December 11, 2010 12:44 PM
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