Whs 2011s client software can now be installed directly via a browser, and both windows and mac systems are supported the existing 10 user limit remains in place. Just needed to connect to the ip address of the server rather than the server name when installing the connect software. Is raid 5 compatible or able to run on windows home server 2011. Normally, i would just insert the dvd and follow the prompts. Windows home server 2011 drive mirror video edition. My whs 2011 os disk got corrupted and it wont boot. At the end of the day, my friends are also storing alot of the same content or i can rerip the data from dvd. Sep 14, 20 in this video we will use disk management in server manager to initialize and format 3tb hdds in windows home server 2011.
How to create mirrored volume in windows vista20032008201120127. Windows home server 2011 and raid 5 windows server. Furthermore, when the connector software is removed from an old pc. Having replaced the original os with whs 2011 i never even bothered to boot up the original os there are no utilities that might have come with the hp system. Then i was going to use flexraid to software raid the 3 volumes. Seeing how whs is based on server 2003, is there a way to disable the jbod setup and enable software raid 1 or raid 5 in disk management. Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services.
Microsoft windows home server 2011 fortschritt, ruckschritt. Thinking of upgrading my 100tb self built whs 2011 media. Recover data off of a windows home server failing drive. I have windows home server 2011 automatically backing up my pc. I also have two cloud services i use in dropbox and idrive. Windows home server 2011 has now arrived, and with it a bevy of new. Find answers to using software raid disk mirror on windows small business server 2011 essentials from the expert community at experts exchange. Good point on the windows 7 x64 server 2008 x64 windows home server 2011 compatible. Windows home server 2011 adding 3tb drives with the. Server software, even without support included, are very expensive. Whs with hp proliant microserver n40l thomas maurer. It comes up with a 100mb drive in disk manager in whs 2011. Apr 14, 2011 before you install windows home server 2011, rtfm seriously im about to install the final release of windows home server 2011. Also tried it for a short period during the whs beta with no problems.
Im not familiar with software raid but if a hardware raid controller fails, you lose your data. You may try a client driver windows 7 to match the 2011 whs since. It has been marginalized to mirror plex library plex server on another machine and data services. Oct 20, 2011 i have just installed whs 2011 on my lenovo d400 as well and was thinking of using the software raid5 as well. One feature that seemed really great was the storage pooling, and that feature was greatly missed when i moved to whs 2011 a few years ago. My primary server is an ex475 mss but were i to build a diy whs for production use it would definitely have raid 1 for the system drive and only the system drive just as insurance against the pita of a server recovery. I have a whs 2011 machine running off a shuttle slimpc with a 320gb boot drive and a 1tb data drive. A valuable feature of windows home server 2011 is the support of 3tb hard drives. I assume you are reading info from the software with the areca controller. I am having problems with whs seeing the raid5 array i set up. Whs 2011 thinks there is an installation in progress by butch. Cannot connect the computer to the server because either another software installation is in progress, or, the computer has a restart pending.
I decided to give drive bender for whs a try, and as a home user seems like it has a number of advantages over any form of raid. There is one significant gotcha to be aware of if you use raid on an hp microserver running windows home server. Do you know for a fact that your system bios or sata controller. Also, windows raid is considered the worst mainstream raid around.
Discussion in windows server, hyperv virtualization. Windows home server 2011 creating a drive mirror youtube. It will lock up the highpoint management software, and speaking of management software, it reports the array is 100% healthy and all drives are oknormal. Thinking of upgrading my 100tb self built whs 2011 media server for a new ms server offering. I am new to raid, so please forgive this newbie question. Combining windows software raid with raid 5 with cheap consumer sata drives is a planned disaster. I have a whs 2011 machine which i built about 6 years ago. I have upgraded my desktop and now have a spare parts. What are the advantagesdisadvantages of doing the mirroring using windows vs doing it using the intel rst features.
Bei software raid installiert man einfach linux oder windows neu fertig. Solution method needed to join sever 2016 essentials to sbs 2011 standard domain as replica dc for migration to server 2016 essentials. If you insist on raid, use a good hardware raid controller. Converting an existing single drive to a raid volume is a lot more complicated than setting it up from the outset. Asus ts mini windows home server whs basic configuration. Nas guidance for replacing my whs2011 centric setup. In this video we will use disk management in server manager to initialize and format 3tb hdds in windows home server 2011. In case you go a few raid1 setups, think also about the fact that it is not so easy to make from 3x raid 1, 1x raid 6. Discussion in sth suggestions and updates started by bonzo, feb 5, 2015. Whs 2011 thinks there is an installation in progress. On their blog the flexraid team have written why its software is ideal as a drive pool and raid solution for whs 2011. Headless install of whs 2011 rc servethehome and servethe. Im using the software raid 5 and it seems to be working perfectly. I have access to files on the server from the pc but the dashboard has not been installed for back ups.
You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Install whs 2011 64 bit on 3tb raid 1 failing super user. We will also create a mirrored array with two 3tb hdds in a sans digital 4. Now, the process will vary a bit depending on your software raid configuration.
As raid partition manager, aomei partition assistant server edition is. I tend to recommend sas, re4, blacks, forget it in that order to my clients. I also have two 2tb wd greens which are spanned via whs 2011 software raid as a backup set to the 4xwd black 1tb drives and have never exhibited an issue. In addition, if you have an issue with an array its not as easy to recover as microsoft might like you to think. I have a lot of services running on a rather tidy and small nuc. Connected to the controller via a sas to sata sff8087 cable are 3x3tb hitachi hds5c3030ala630 which is the 5400ish coolspin drive. Jetzt habe ich samtliche festplatten aus meinem homeserver 4 x 1,5 tb. Only four standard sata drives and software mirroring in whs 2011 i.
Find answers to using software raid disk mirror on windows small business server 2011 essentials from the expert community at experts exchange experts exchange. All files i wish to store on a raid 5 array comprising of three disks of 2tb. Windows home server 2011 drive mirror video edition movies. Raid 0 is no mirroring or parity, only striping accross multiple drives for increased speed, but absolutely no redundancy or fault tolerance. If you want better performing software raid thats faster and, in my. Unraid is used for bulk storage that can survive a single disk failure, and retain a big chunk of data if multiple discs fail. One of the advantages of windows home server is that pulling whs drives. The maximum capacity i will see with the big whs is 80tb, only about 4tb greater than today. Theyre developing a product called standards which will be software raid including hybrids like synology, qnap etc.
If you have one of these large format drives you can add it internally. If you want better performing software raid thats faster and, in my notsohumble opinion, more reliable, drive bender or stablebit is the way to go. To facilitate sharing and streaming, whs 2011 supports dlna 1. Whs 2011 changing server hardware using bare metal restore. I currently have a boot drive as the ocx vertex 4 512gb, and two seagate 3tb hard drives that id like to set up as mirrored drives raid 1. I tend to recommend sas, re4, blacks, forget it in that order to. Feb 10, 2011 this video shows how to mirror a drive in windows home server 2011. The new connector provides direct access to the shared. This software was formerly known as windows server code name vail. Software raid 5 offers relatively poor performance. Support in the sense that theres a connector which will install on a mac, yes. From a software side, the big additions have been microsoft windows server 2008 r2 sp1 and now new windows home server 2011 and windows small business server 2011 essentials virtual machines. Combining windows software raid with raid 5 with cheap consumer sata. Whs 2011 changing server hardware using bare metal.
I prefer drive bender, which seems to handle a hodgepodge of. Storage spaces, or any other software raid management so i can easily upgrade. Either complete the installation process, or, restart the computer and try to connect again. Using software raid 1 is pretty much guaranteed to be slower than any form of hardware raid. May, 2017 in case you go a few raid 1 setups, think also about the fact that it is not so easy to make from 3x raid 1, 1x raid 6. Oct 11, 2011 hello, ive got a supermicro x7spah w 4gb mem and a highpoint 2680 sassata controller. My primary server is an ex475 mss but were i to build a diy whs for production use it would definitely have raid1 for the system drive and only the system drive just as insurance against the pita of a server recovery. How is whs 2011 handling backups of a mirrored drive raid1. Hi, i just bought a maximus v formula and im running it with the i7 3770k. The obvious advantage of a hardware controller is the performance gain, but if thats not a factor, then the software raid works well too. How to configure backup options in windows home server 2011. Oct 14, 2011 there is one significant gotcha to be aware of if you use raid on an hp microserver running windows home server.
Windows home server is considered a client software solution and would not be supported option for the enterprise level perc 6i controller. As far as not having drive extender in whs 2011, i really dont see what the big deal is. Feb 10, 2011 only four standard sata drives and software mirroring in whs 2011 i. The software is ok, interface is not so nice and it can be. For a small server like what whs is about home and small offices, is an insult, as you have several windows licences already on the client machines, and an affordable server solution is likely to keep you with windows for the clients.
You can do a software mirror of a boot volume using windows software raid, but it wont clone the bootloader right without a lot of extra work. Before you install windows home server 2011, rtfm seriously im about to install the final release of windows home server 2011. Lifecycle page youve linked us to is a real mess it doesnt even contain the same lifecycle information for whs 2011 as you have mentioned within this blog post, and so its hard to get any real info from there. Only con so far was migrating 3tb of data from the old whs to the new. Which raid level for whs2011 ms windows home server. I just use software raid 1 for the boot drive and back everything up to a single 2 tb ext usb drive. I would have used hardware raid but i didnt see that option in my mobo.
Greens are fine for archiving though in my experience. Discussion in servers and enterprise solutions started by minstadave, apr 26, 2017. Right now i have 2 x 2tb wd ears drive and a seagate 1tb barracuda. Windows home server 2011 mainstream support ended in the second quarter of 2016. I have a whs 2011 machine running off a shuttle slimpc with a 320gb boot drive and a. It is likely some configuration or incompatibility situation with the 3 tb drives. I have just installed whs 2011 on my lenovo d400 as well and was thinking of using the software raid5 as well. Using software raid disk mirror on windows small business. Windows home server 2011, code named vail, is a home server operating system by microsoft designed for small officehome offices and homes with multiple connected pcs to offer protected file storage, file sharing, automated pc backup, remote access, and remote control of pc desktops.
Software raid 5 whs 2011 windows home server is the only consumer level operating system to offer a software implementation of raid 5. Oct 20, 2011 my new setup using whs 2011 in the d400 4 internal bays will be. Is it really worth considering as an option though. If you are trying to install the client connector for windows home server 2011 and. Flexraid provides the cleanest integration into whs 2011 out of all solutions out there. The relevant specifications are that my 500gb system drive is a software. Preconfigure software based raid1 array prior to installing whs 2011 using diskpart. This process was as easy as transferring folders in windows and orders of magnitude easier than recovering a raid array drive.
My new setup using whs 2011 in the d400 4 internal bays will be. Microsoft has a great product page where you can try out the whs 2011 dashboard online and gather a little more information about the features, but here is a short list of some great new or improved features over the previous version improved client connector software this is the software that resides on each computer in your home. Does anyone know if whs2011 will work with a hardware raid controller like the perc 6i or is it strictly usable with the slow software raid built into whs2011. This video shows how to mirror a drive in windows home server 2011. Windows home server 2011 internal 3tb hard drive support. Seeing how whs is based on server 2003, is there a way to disable the jbod setup and enable software raid1 or raid5 in disk management. Theoretisch sollte es moglich sein, ein externes raidsystem via usb anzuschlie. I installed whs2011 on my dell pe2950 which has the perc6i raid controller. Thank you for reading this and hopefully giving me some insight to the world of nas and if that is even my best route. Windows home server 2011 end of mainstream support the. This means that the backup of a system can be further saved to the home server. The article looks at the different raid levels, starting with jbob and finishing with raid 5 and explaining which is best for different scenarios. Things to consider before installing, or upgrading to. Then we will create mirrored arrays raid1 in disk management.
If so are there specifications in which need to be met to be able to run raid 5, and what are they. But ive no experience with whs 2011 nor the original whs whatsoever. Which raid level for whs2011 choosing the right raid level for your nas box is the title of an article on which is the ideal read for those of you thinking of using raid with whs2011. The maximum capacity i will see with the big whs is. Though drive extender didnt create hardware redundancy as such nor raid 1. This video also shows you how to mirror drives in whs 2011. Boot disk lost, how to recover files from whs 2011 raid1. Question on installing win server 2016 on raid 1 volume.
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