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blackswordca
Apr 25, 2010

Just 'cause you pour syrup on something doesn't make it pancakes!
Just a quick question about WHS v1... performance wise is it better to run the OS on a full 2 TB green drive, or run it on a smaller, faster drive say a 500gb 7200rpm?

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blackswordca
Apr 25, 2010

Just 'cause you pour syrup on something doesn't make it pancakes!
I don't suppose the OS can be run off of a USB key..

blackswordca
Apr 25, 2010

Just 'cause you pour syrup on something doesn't make it pancakes!

kri kri posted:

Don't see why not. Anyone know off hand how much v1 WHS OS is?

Newegg.ca lists it as $110 canadian

blackswordca
Apr 25, 2010

Just 'cause you pour syrup on something doesn't make it pancakes!
I wasn't meaning sarcastic. I thought you meant cost. Im torn between WHS, UNraid and a headless Ubuntu install at the moment... Im just trying to get all the info about WHS before I throw down the cash for it.

blackswordca
Apr 25, 2010

Just 'cause you pour syrup on something doesn't make it pancakes!
mostly im using to host and stream media.. videos and music specifically. It wont be high traffic. I have a mini PC running Ubuntu 10.04 with XBMC that I will be streaming to media too. I also got lucky with my condo, they have gigabit ethernet wired into the walls. Its going to be a high capacity server, starting out at 8 tb.

I like the dynamic drive pooling in WHC, redundancy isn't really a big issue for me. I wont be storing anything on there that I cannot afford to lose.

blackswordca fucked around with this message at 21:01 on May 5, 2010

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blackswordca
Apr 25, 2010

Just 'cause you pour syrup on something doesn't make it pancakes!

kri kri posted:

Does anyone run a DVD/blu ray cataloging software on their WHS box? I looked at My Movies, but I am not thrilled being nickle and dimed with their features.

I think if you use a program for streaming it like XBMC or Boxee it'll take of all of that for you.

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