Re: Re: NAS or WHS

[Geoff H <yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for all of the responses. It looks like WHS seems to be the
preferred choice.

I shall read the forums to see what experiences people have had. I have
read some of the reviews on wegotserved and the Tranquil PC systems come
out well, so this is probably my preferred choice.

Geoff

Steve Morgan wrote:
> I've been running WHS since Beta 1 (as I've mentioned on several
occasions)
> with nothing but complete success.
>
> It's running on a 2.8GHz P4 with 1GB RAM, 640GB internal disk and
2.5TB of
> USB disk.
>
> I use shared folders with folder duplication turned on. I don't run my
apps
> with files actively held open on the server, so I never experienced
the data
> protection bug (which has now been fixed).
>
> I've had an external hard disk fail with no loss of data. The server
whinged
> at me (obviously) which is how I knew the disk has failed. It also
told me
> which files were at risk (because the duplicates weren't available).
As the
> cause was a PSU failure, replacing the PSU the next day and
reattaching the
> disk sorted everything out admirably.
>
> I have it backing up 3 Vista machines, 1 XP machine laptop from work,
1
> Windows Server 2003 running ISA Server and 1 Windows Server 2008
running
> Team Foundation Server, SharePoint and SQL Server.
>
> All seamlessly. The only issue I've found (and it's a documented
issue) is
> that one desktop that's attached to a UPS doesn't always wake up
> automatically in the middle of the night to backup. A manual backup is
only
> a couple of mouse-clicks away from any machine on the network.
>
> If it's not obvious, I'm very happy with it.
>
> Steve Morgan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> noughtomate
> Sent: 27 November 2008 12:56
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: NAS or WHS
>
> I'm a little on the fence with this.
>
> The reason being, I've lost data in the past and have learned lessons
> from it. My general 'Home Strategy' is, if I can read the data without
> any additional system or software level management involved, then this
> is better.
>
> The 500GB of data I once lost on a Hard disk was a RAID Stripped
> array. As a result, the data recovary cost doubled for me. (Something
> like £600 vs. £300)
>
> So my attitude is to keep data as simple as possible and know which
> disk it is written to.
>
> What does this have to do with NAS vs WHS ?
>
> A NAS is a NAS. It does what is says on the tin and pretty much acts
> as a good file server and occasionally can give you extras such as
> Itunes servers, Download managers etc... Most NAS's are based on Linux
> implmentations and are hackable to your own needs. If you're a Linux
> wiz, a NAS should suit you well.
>
> As I'm not a Linux Wiz, I use WHS but I do not use the Shared Folders
> functionality.
>
> Go to the Wegotserved forums and have a read on the Disk management
> submissions. There are plenty of threads where people are concerned
> about where their data is really stored. There are tools available to
> find out the true disk a file is stored on, but the recovary process -
> from what I've read - has not been straight forward and may be costly
> if you expreience data loss.
>
> So although I'm currently using WHS, I have created my own shared
> folders as regular Server 2003 folders (as opposed to WHS pooled
> drives), so I know I can pull out the disks and read them elsewhere.
>
> If your requirement is to automate backups and make data available
> around your house with SWIMBO friendliness and minimal administration,
> then generally I'd say WHS is the way to go.
>
> My personal recommendation is don't trust WHS backups Shared Pool back
> ups and back up that data to another store where you know where the
> data really sits.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Balraj
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mark McCall" <lists@...>
wrote:
>
>>> WHS is so much better - not only a file server, but the way it
>>> backs up PCs in the background is amazing
>>>
>> I'd agree.  If you are a Windows household then go with WHS.
>>
>> M.
>>
>>
>
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