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Limp Gawd
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Hi all, please ignore my previous threads and posts. I would like to get some advice if you don't mind on my home server install. It will be as so:
Intel DQ67SW motherboard
16GB Kingston (non-ECC) RAM
5x 1TB drives (3x Samsung, 2x Seagate)
ESXi5 (second SATA card and 2x intel NIC's)
I intend to run Windows Home Server 2011 because it works well for back up and restore features (please, do not suggest others as I would really like to use this again - I appreciate this is a dick thing to say)
For my storage, WHS2011 doesn't do DE which I would like to use so I need to present the storage and pool them together another way.
The data I am storing is mostly videos (1.4TB of movies) and music (which will be modified/updated irregularly [maybe 5 or 6 saves a day?]).
Would it make sense to use something like Openfiler or OpenIndiana to present the storage? I most likely won't use this storage as a VM store as I have another controller/disks for that where throughput isn't a concern.
I am concerned with ZFS because:
1.) If something goes wrong with ZFS, i.e. I lose a drive - does all the storage disappear until I re-add a new drive?
2.) If I remove a 1TB drive, and add a 2TB drive - does it increase the storage space with no headache?
3.) If I lose a drive, is my data safe using raidz1? I can't afford to use raidz2 as that will take up a considerable amount of my storage. For example, if I lose a drive, will the resource usage of my other drives increase so much that it kills another drive?
Mdadm/Windows Server
I could alternatively use these solutions as I know if something drastic happens, I can whack the drives in another PC and restore the files. With ZFS I am stuck?
Any help is appreciated.
Intel DQ67SW motherboard
16GB Kingston (non-ECC) RAM
5x 1TB drives (3x Samsung, 2x Seagate)
ESXi5 (second SATA card and 2x intel NIC's)
I intend to run Windows Home Server 2011 because it works well for back up and restore features (please, do not suggest others as I would really like to use this again - I appreciate this is a dick thing to say)
For my storage, WHS2011 doesn't do DE which I would like to use so I need to present the storage and pool them together another way.
The data I am storing is mostly videos (1.4TB of movies) and music (which will be modified/updated irregularly [maybe 5 or 6 saves a day?]).
Would it make sense to use something like Openfiler or OpenIndiana to present the storage? I most likely won't use this storage as a VM store as I have another controller/disks for that where throughput isn't a concern.
I am concerned with ZFS because:
1.) If something goes wrong with ZFS, i.e. I lose a drive - does all the storage disappear until I re-add a new drive?
2.) If I remove a 1TB drive, and add a 2TB drive - does it increase the storage space with no headache?
3.) If I lose a drive, is my data safe using raidz1? I can't afford to use raidz2 as that will take up a considerable amount of my storage. For example, if I lose a drive, will the resource usage of my other drives increase so much that it kills another drive?
Mdadm/Windows Server
I could alternatively use these solutions as I know if something drastic happens, I can whack the drives in another PC and restore the files. With ZFS I am stuck?
Any help is appreciated.