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Getting this installed today. I have two 1tb drives that I'm going to be using as my storage, anything I should be looking out for? This is my first install. I can't wait to play around with it.

Going on a P4 3.06 box with 3gig ram
 
That P4 is going to suck alot of power. It'll probably work out to be cheaper in the longer term to sell off the P4 and get something more efficient.
 
Even the e21xx series goes for about... 20usd if you want the pentium name.

However the
celeron 430
celeron e3200
are about 55 usd new

the 430 can be found for 20usd on [H], if you ask around.

All but the celeron 4xx are dual core
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I have a P5N-E board in the attic I need to have RMA'd. Maybe I'll wait and work on this box instead. So, if I build the server, add the drives and then build the new box and add the TB drives to the new box, will I lose my data on the storage drives?
 
any drives added to the WHS storage pool have to be wiped to be added. this is a destructive process, and there's no way around it. WHS requires a minimum of 80GB on the installation drive to install. I'd recommend installing on a smaller drive that contains only the system partition, with your 2x 1TB drives disconnected. After you're up and running, you can reconnect your 1TB drives, and add them to the pool. They will get formatted, though. You need a temporary space to put your stuff, then copy it over after adding the drive to the storage pool. Hopefully this gets fixed in the next WHS revision.
 
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any drives added to the WHS storage pool have to be wiped to be added. this is a destructive process, and there's no way around it. WHS requires a minimum of 80GB on the installation drive to install. I'd recommend installing on a smaller drive that contains only the system partition, with your 2x 1TB drives disconnected. After you're up and running, you can reconnect your 1TB drives, and add them to the pool. They will get formatted, though. You need a temporary space to put your stuff, then copy it over after adding the drive to the storage pool. Hopefully this gets fixed in the next WHS revision.
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Oh wow, that really sucks. Maybe I should choose another platform. Server 2003 here I come. HAHAHA.

Quick question. For the web browser file viewing, do I have to have a static IP/DNS address?
 
yeah i dont like the fact that it wipes the data and then adds, but to setup tombstones and add it to the pool it needs to.

but that is why you have a backup of your data right? :D

if you are using a WHS as a file server you still need a backup..... i have externals that hold a backup (about a week old) of my WHS
 
Ok, I finally got my WHS machine up and running. I got PP3 installed, but I'm having a problem understanding something. WHS has the ability to run WMC correct? If so, my WHS machine won't install WMC nor does it give me an option to install. My knowledge of WHS is minimal, so if anyone could help me out... thanks in advance.
 
No, WHS is only a backend server for WMC. WHS is actually a dumb downed modified Server 2003
 
I copied all data from one drive to a spare one, then added the old one to the drive pool and copied all the data from the spare one back to it, not ideal but worked.
 
sabregen said:
WHS requires a minimum of 80GB on the installation drive to install. I'd recommend installing on a smaller drive that contains only the system partition, with your 2x 1TB drives disconnected. After you're up and running, you can reconnect your 1TB drives, and add them to the pool. They will get formatted, though. You need a temporary space to put your stuff, then copy it over after adding the drive to the storage pool. Hopefully this gets fixed in the next WHS revision.
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Only know this from trying to install WHS on a 60GB Hyper-V partition but the installer said minimum 65GB system partition.

The only other suggestion I would make (in the event someone sees this post using a search) is have an extra backup on a drive that is not involved if possible. In the event something goes awry the cash spent on that extra backup is probably <5% of the cost of the data you could lose. Plus, you can add it to the WHS later for more fun :)
 
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