How large can the server storage size be? I'm about to build a new system with a 12TB RAID 5 but if I can get a large amount of space with WHS it will serve as a buffer until I can afford to build the big system.
How large can the server storage size be? I'm about to build a new system with a 12TB RAID 5 but if I can get a large amount of space with WHS it will serve as a buffer until I can afford to build the big system.
How large can the server storage size be? I'm about to build a new system with a 12TB RAID 5 but if I can get a large amount of space with WHS it will serve as a buffer until I can afford to build the big system.
You are correct, RAID is NOT supported in WHS and as I explore WHS more (thanks for the links) I agree that it should be able to do everything for me with less grief. I've got a test system running and it has three ATA drives (300GB, 500GB, & 250GB), plus two 500GB SATA drives and two USB 2 drives (each 250GB). I'm going to order another SATA 8 port controller to support six other internal SATA drives and externally I'll connect another five to 10 eSATA drives.
At this point I will hit the wall with drives attached to this system and will explore the possibility of a custom double-wide case where I can install nothing but SATA drives internally. If I can install multiple SATA controllers and with the new 1.5TB drives I should be able to easily get over 20TB which at this time I cannot imagine that I'd use that much. Another option is just to remove the smaller drives in my current configuration one at a time and replace them with 1.5TB drives.
WHS is going to help me clean up my HD mess, at least this is my current thought.
