Hey guys I need some help brainstorming this.
In a nutshell my WHS has been running flawlessly .. until (queue music dadadaa)... one of the four HDDs died, no biggie I replaced it and I *thought* all was well until I tried to access a file..I got Unexpected Handle or some such, a brief google search revealed that file is toast but it was not just one file but literally thousands of files, photos, movies, documents etc! There are hundred of Gigabytes of files that no matter what cannot be accessed or deleted through DOS, Windows, and other utilities.
I had the majority of it backed up, I do mean ONLY the majority so I am out some photos, papers, PDFs, my homework etc that I cannot replace.
Soooo..I do not ever want to go through that again and I am looking for another SIMPLE solution. I was thinking some sort of Windows Storage Server with RAID 5.
I really like that I can mix and match whatever drives I want so I would like to keep that idea.
I am not afraid to build a box if that needs to happen. I do have an old Core 2 Dou rig (Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 LGA 775, Gigabyte S-Series G41M-ES2L) sitting around that should be able to handle it if need be.
Let me know what your ideas are and what you guys Bank your data on!!
Thanks!
In a nutshell my WHS has been running flawlessly .. until (queue music dadadaa)... one of the four HDDs died, no biggie I replaced it and I *thought* all was well until I tried to access a file..I got Unexpected Handle or some such, a brief google search revealed that file is toast but it was not just one file but literally thousands of files, photos, movies, documents etc! There are hundred of Gigabytes of files that no matter what cannot be accessed or deleted through DOS, Windows, and other utilities.
I had the majority of it backed up, I do mean ONLY the majority so I am out some photos, papers, PDFs, my homework etc that I cannot replace.
Soooo..I do not ever want to go through that again and I am looking for another SIMPLE solution. I was thinking some sort of Windows Storage Server with RAID 5.
I really like that I can mix and match whatever drives I want so I would like to keep that idea.
I am not afraid to build a box if that needs to happen. I do have an old Core 2 Dou rig (Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 LGA 775, Gigabyte S-Series G41M-ES2L) sitting around that should be able to handle it if need be.
Let me know what your ideas are and what you guys Bank your data on!!
Thanks!
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