I'm using what WHSv1 calls "Server Backup Drives" for storage of files and folders. I have 4 of these drives which I've given the drive letters F, G, H and I. All 4 drives reside in an eSATA connected, 4-bay JBOD external box. To
be clear, these drives are NOT part of the drive pool (Drive D:).
I went this route (after a few years) to get around the whole Advanced Format issue since WHSv1 does not force me to partition or format what it calls Backup drives. All 4 drives were partitioned and formatted in Windows 7 prior to installation
in WHSv1 and doubled checked in WHSv1 to confirm all were properly aligned.
So now I have 4, what WHSv1 calls "Server Backup Drives" with a total of 8 TB of DATA on them. NONE of this space is being used for backup. They do however contain lots of multimedia files and folders.
Okay, that's the background.
For obvious reasons, I created several Symbolic Links on Drive F which point to folders on drives G, H and I. Note that NONE of the Symbolic Links reside on, or point to, the WHSv1 pooled Drive D (i.e. drive extender drive). All Symbolic Links
were created using Sysinterals Junction.exe command. Example: Junction "F:\ExtB1\Videos E1\TV Series" "I:\ExtB4\Videos E4\TV Series"
I'm assuming I won't have any issues whatsoever since none of my WHSv1 Symbolic Links reside on, or point to files or folders located on the Drive Pool drive (drive D:).
Comments?
