Hi guys, I currently have an Amahi server using Greyhole for duplication of important files. I'd like to replace this with parity redundancy (still Just a Bunch Of Disks), which Amahi doesn't offer (also Amahi is running on the unsupported Fedora 14, which probably has all sorts of vulnerabilities now).
I've been looking into Windows Server 2012 and its Storage Spaces feature. Looks pretty good having tested it in a virtual machine but I can't test performance this way. I've heard horror stories of terrible write speeds when using parity (30 MB/s), plus a couple of benchmarks showing it's fine (80 MB/s). I've also heard of FlexRAID but haven't got any experience with that.
Basically, I'd like to know what the pros and cons are of each solution? Bare in mind that I can get Windows Server 2012 for free (student) and that my hardware is low-end (an AMD E-350, mainly for low power usage) but I do have an SSD to run the OS on.
Thanks!
I've been looking into Windows Server 2012 and its Storage Spaces feature. Looks pretty good having tested it in a virtual machine but I can't test performance this way. I've heard horror stories of terrible write speeds when using parity (30 MB/s), plus a couple of benchmarks showing it's fine (80 MB/s). I've also heard of FlexRAID but haven't got any experience with that.
Basically, I'd like to know what the pros and cons are of each solution? Bare in mind that I can get Windows Server 2012 for free (student) and that my hardware is low-end (an AMD E-350, mainly for low power usage) but I do have an SSD to run the OS on.
Thanks!