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Follow Covecube on Twitter.EX495 V1 Locking Up with Scanner -- also migrating to 2012E
Hi Alex / all --
I just wanted to write to see if any others had experienced any issues with Scanner on their WHS V1 machines, specifically the HP EX495. My experience has been that the EX495 will run smoothly for anywhere from 12 hours to 3 days with scanner installed and then it will freeze and become inaccessible: Console unavailable from client machines, RDP unavailable from clients, shares unavailable from clients, BUT blue drive lights and box health lights are ok. Requires hard reset with power button to reboot. FYI -- 4 installed drives were 3x 2TB WD Greens (data) and an Seagate Momentus 500GB hybrid drive for the OS... I also had 2 or 3 spare (non-pool) drives attached out the back via an eSATA enclosure.
I've done this repeatedly for about 4 weeks since buying the licensed version of Scanner -- the same thing has happened 6-8 times, only differences were how long it would take -- I have reviewed error logs and can't see anything obviously related to Scanner, but it's the only thing that has changed in my system in months. More importantly, since I uninstalled the scanner last week, the freezes have not occurred any more. The 495 has been rock solid for about 8 days now.
Honestly, it had been a while since installing the evaluation trial, but I do recall experiencing this same issue last year during the trial period and I didn't have time to figure it out. A few weeks back during the HSS interview, I figured I'd give it another try, but with my trial period expired, I purchased the license. I'm not even really looking for any fix or solution here since I'm in the process of migrating to my next server, but I was just curious if anyone else had reported anything like this.
I know the V1 add in (and V1 itself) is a legacy product and this experience has led me to evaluate my own home server file and backup needs going forward. In the last two weeks, I've bought the N54L Proliant Microserver and I'm in the process of upgrades and installing Server 2012 Essentials on it. I'm most definitely interested in installing scanner and drivepool 2.0 on that box / OS.
I'm hoping Covecube (Alex) will consider transitioning my scanner v1 license to a Server 2012 (W7) license since I'll not be reinstalling the add-in to my V1 any more given the issues I've had. I'm happy to submit a ticket with my payment information to confirm my recent (------------------------) purchase...
Best,
greenawayj
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