unRaid - Page 2

screwballl · February 15th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Hitman

Windows Home Server does the exact same thing. http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...e_Extender.pdf

yes but unraid is free

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For those wanting to build their own server, download unRAID Server Basic for FREE.

**Hitman** · February 15th, 2008

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Originally Posted by screwballl

yes but unraid is free

You get what you pay for.

Windows Home Server has allot of benefits, and does exactly what he is looking for. The backup feature is also very nice.

screwballl · February 15th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Hitman

You get what you pay for.

Windows Home Server has allot of benefits, and does exactly what he is looking for. The backup feature is also very nice.

Microsofts Synctoy is free and can do the same thing without spending money on WHS

plus it doesn't have the extra WHS bloatware, the Sync program is much smaller than the suggested WHS program they want you to install.

sorry, not trying to argue, just giving them a comparison

**Hitman** · February 15th, 2008

Thats just a file sync program.

onebxr · February 15th, 2008

However, what happens if one of the drives on that thing fails? do you lose everything, because what it states is that when you add a hard drive it just adds to the storage space.
This is what concerns me about home server.
I cant find this answer anywhere.
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**Hitman** · February 15th, 2008

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Originally Posted by onebxr

However, what happens if one of the drives on that thing fails? do you lose everything, because what it states is that when you add a hard drive it just adds to the storage space.
This is what concerns me about home server.
I cant find this answer anywhere.
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No you don't loose everything, just the data on the drive.

onebxr · February 15th, 2008

That is the problem tho Hit, how do you know what is on the drive? When you add a new hard drive onto windows server you dont get another letter, you are stuck with 2 partitions. 1 10gb part. for Windows and another for the other shit you put on there. (this is how I understood it when I read the linked article) What I want to know and be assurred of is when I put something on there and a drive goes bad and I replace it will it rebuild the lost data?
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**Hitman** · February 15th, 2008

If you're so worried just run them as individual drives.

screwballl · February 15th, 2008

whereas with unraid, if a drive fails, you just replace it and it automatically places the backup files back onto the new drive and you don't lose anything

RangerXLT8 · February 15th, 2008

Well with 8 HDD why not do a RAID 0 +1 for redundancy.

February 15th, 2008	#14
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,567 Blog Entries: 2	Re: unRaid Thats just a file sync program.

February 15th, 2008	#15
onebxr BAM-BAM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Frisco, TX Posts: 1,262 Blog Entries: 3	Re: unRaid However, what happens if one of the drives on that thing fails? do you lose everything, because what it states is that when you add a hard drive it just adds to the storage space. This is what concerns me about home server. I cant find this answer anywhere. -1

February 15th, 2008	#17
onebxr BAM-BAM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Frisco, TX Posts: 1,262 Blog Entries: 3	Re: unRaid That is the problem tho Hit, how do you know what is on the drive? When you add a new hard drive onto windows server you dont get another letter, you are stuck with 2 partitions. 1 10gb part. for Windows and another for the other shit you put on there. (this is how I understood it when I read the linked article) What I want to know and be assurred of is when I put something on there and a drive goes bad and I replace it will it rebuild the lost data? -1

February 15th, 2008	#18
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,567 Blog Entries: 2	Re: unRaid If you're so worried just run them as individual drives.

February 15th, 2008	#19
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,278 Blog Entries: 6	Re: unRaid whereas with unraid, if a drive fails, you just replace it and it automatically places the backup files back onto the new drive and you don't lose anything Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

February 15th, 2008	#20
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