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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...

You might want to look at OpenMediaVault, but WHS2 + Flexraid is about the best, until nzfs is available.

http://homeservershow.com/how-to-create-a-raid-5-for-windows-home-server-2011.html

A good forum discussion on SS - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserver8gen/thread/79ca6d6d-cab7-4ff3-8c17-ec6ce249e641/ To paraphrase, MS says there is no problem.

I guess you can try 2 things, write NLS a PM on the Flex forum and ask for help, or uninstall/reinstall. Seems Brahim is MIA, probably due to writing a new driver for Win8.

Try powerstrip

The connector won't, it will give you a SKU error.

Doesn't seem to be a solid fix, but others have fixed this 1 way - 1. I applied all the server updates including all the optional ones (yes ie9 as well and all the .net updates) 2. I did the same on the machine I was trying to install the connector on (all optional updates) 3. Deleted all...

Had to dig to find this - look at Bert's fix on this page http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-HK/whs2011/thread/c17490f9-5a4b-4634-8a37-92c973a801e6

If you look on the MS 2011 forum there are a number of fixes, some that work. They are too long to post here. http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whsvailbeta/thread/51bce67d-4735-431f-bb4a-d75c80e761f1

Foundation for the home ? Well, maybe, if you want a non-consumer device setup, with a 15 client limit and active directory. Good for some, but still targeted at someone with sysadmin capabilities. The HP mediasmart's were inexpensive. Foundation's price has not been set, but will be above the...

I think your best bet are the tutorials on wegotserved. WHS 2011 is known as an easy install, just make sure your workgroup names are the same for all of your clients and the server. Set the time zone to West coast, good to go.

MS has said there will be no more WHS releases after the WHS 2011. You can purchase the Windows 8 2012 Essentials for $425. WHS 2011 will be available through 2016, and be supported for many years after that. Oh, and SBS is also discontinued...

Have you tried disabling tcp offload on the NIC, you will have to do it for IP4 and IP6, this may resolve the issue.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170839830638#ht_2051wt_1204 But, before you scoop one up, pleease read - http://www.avsforum.com/t/1412640/are-you-looking-for-a-less-expensive-norco-4220-4224-alternative

You may want to look at Flexraid, it does offer double parity, and works very well with WHS.

I agree with most of what has been said, I guess my view is that with Flex going commercial that it's glaring weaknesses in the form of one person development/support/documentation/UI will be addressed. Maybe, Brahim can hire a babysitter, and someone else to support the forum.

You could look at Amahi with greyhole. Might be close to what you are looking for, easy to setup and administer. Fairly mature product with an active support community.

Just another POV, if you want to do transcoding, that hardware spec will serve you well. You will need muscle for transcoding. As to the 1 vs. 2, 2 does have some quirks still, as long as you know about them, you'll be OK. Connector installs on older XP boxes and win7 64 ultimate can be a...

Many people use Eset Nod 32 on 2011. The only AV made for it ( Gdata ) really has problems.

Although unraveling the intent of MS is a meaningless pursuit, I would bet on a Windows Home Server 8.

Another question, although you may mot be able to answer or test. The original MS DE on WHS1 was notorious for causing stuttering on streamed media, as it's IO activity caused havoc. Is Storage Spaces streaming any better ?

Most of the feedback I see has been positive, with a few caveats. NFS does not work on any of the DE's, and for some, that is a deal braker. Also, share permissions, when you select homegroup as opposed to just shares were causing problems. Transfer speeds may also be a problem.

Yes, there is an iscsi software available for 2011, yes, certain advanced features for the drives are available only through the control panel. The dashboard is there to keep people away from those levels of drive management. For a good reason. Really, if you need more help, you might try over...

Sharing drives over a network share is not available through the dashboard, by design.

You can share the drives on a network share, don't know about the backup folders themselves. Should accomplish the same thing.