Recent content by benogil

Strange, the 4000 has a better ( not by much ) cpu. The 2000 and the 5000 both have the the same cpu.

http://www.digit.in/storage/seagate-announced-8-tb-hard-drive-23734.html

How do you get the " SSD Optimizer " for tiering ? I don't see a refernce for it on the SnapRAID page or forum.

As the folks at HSS say, Ess is just not that consumer friendly compared to 2011. Have you thought of using 2011 with a third party backup/restore ( like Macrium ) ? May be easier/cheaper way to go, less admin overhead.

Go to HomeServerShow and ask Andrew and Drashna , as this may be as simple ( Hah ) as Ess using legacy mode when installing as opposed to UEFI.

Yes, backup/recovery is stable in Ess.

You might want to look at essentials, price has gone down on ebay.

change the type of partition from 83 to 07 in cfdisk

WHS 2011 has very limited streaming file type support, I would suggest you look at Plex or XBMC to increase it's repertoire. MB3 is another choice.

$600 from some resellers ( caveat emptor ) - http://www.servethehome.com/wd-hitachigst-hitachi-ultrastar-he6-6tb-hard-drives-purchase/

Just add FlexRaid, don't worry about another platform.

Just in time for Christmas, no idea of the Black Friday prices . http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/04/helium_drives_from_hgst/#!

There does seem to be a way to use WD drives with 4K and WHS2. I would read the whole link if you want to go this way. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/889b01be-d333-4fc7-b005-e12b7b236ad7/problem-with-windows-server-backup-2008-r2-with-advanced-format-4k-drive

There is a way to do this, but the drive will have to be GPT not MBR - http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/5136-can-i-use-a-4tb-usb-drive-for-backups/

Another answer, not much different than the above, No, Yes, soon. None yet, the 64 bit server ARM's are only available through Caldexa, and are definitely not cheap. Late this year/early next year you will begin to see cheap 64 bit ARM processors aimed at low cost roles like a DIY NAS. No idea...