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I needed to expand my storage so I bought a new single-bay Mediasonic ProBox 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Enclosure - USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (K32-SU3)http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0065DUJ0C/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_ICl1rb1E5VXZZ The performance is great, & it actuall…
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He added some basic Dashboard stuff in 2.0 for Server 2012, but not 2011. I've always used Logmein remote sessions to manage my server. (on any OS) so I don't mind either way. (I'm on Windows 8 currently used as a server) You can install a 2n…
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Maybe, but I had to RMA 2 of the 8 Green's during the several months I had them in operation. That's a 25% failure rate just like the Amazon reviews say. I read Western Digital fixed the quality issues in later production runs but kind of late f…
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File transfer performance is consistently 70MB/s + now that I'm on all RED drives. Media Center HTPC streaming MKV / AVI files from Server performance is outstanding. (no delay, instant 30 second skips) I do remember several strange slow performanc…
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Here's the original first homeservershow stablebit interview with Alex from June 16, 2011. (interesting/memory lane background details) http://homeservershow.com/the-home-server-show-140.html(fast forward to 10m35s
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Good to know, Alex should probably add a nice info popup window when we hover over "Other" to de-mystify for all with the facts above. That way we're not nervous something important is not being duplicated
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Well since I upgraded to all 3tb Reds, I'm selling the 3tb Greens on eBay -I noticed the one sealed refurbished green drive sold for $120 on ebay (RMA'd for a different reason)-The used unsealed ones all sold sold for $90. It's worth paying $5 t…
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Hi, jaz Just looked at your screen shot your drive temp is very high mine run at about 27 max lowest is 22 all 24 of them that high temp can't be good for the drive just a thought Lee Yeah the drives run kind of hot in the 4-bay MediaSonic Probox…
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I just replaced all my 3TB Green drives with new 3TB Red ones. I checked the SMART data and scrolled to the bottom. Mine says:'Western Digital Red' interpretation rules You should probably open a ticket with http://stablebit.com/contact(and report…
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If you have a work laptop that is already on a domain, it sucks to have to be forced to use one at home. It also makes creating open shares tricky. I'm happy using Windows 8 built in backup or a 3rd party imaging program for client backups. I …
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I'm really happy I'm swapping my Green drives for Red ones. I just posted about the SMART head count error moments ago here: http://forum.covecube.com/discussion/comment/4180#Comment_4180 You should be able to RMA. Western Digital doesn't ask que…
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Well it can take awhile to swap out eight, 3TB drives as you can imagine. I'm finally getting around to swapping the last two greens, but over night one of the remaining green's threw a SMART error.(see below) I'm SO happy I'm swapping to RED on…
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1) I'd go with Windows 8, I tired Essentials 2012 at first and it was just confusing, and forced domain sucks 2) Yes your pool will get picked up no problem, no need to move your data, or re-create the pool. Just make sure your data drives are d…
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I have EIGHT 3TB drives (24TB) running no problem. I would bet the new motherboard with built in SATA controller will fix all your problems. I doubt it's the drives since you tried 3 different ones. Using an old motherboard with 3rd party SATA contr…
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Well I've had my new 3TB Red drive in my 4-bay enclosure along with the other three 3TB Green drives fora week now. I'm happy to report that the RED drive is running 7 degrees COOLER than my GREEN drives! The Red stays in the 30's/40's while the G…
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I love how flexible drivepool is. All we need is that hidden PoolPart folder. It doesn't matter if you change drive letters, or re-size the drive etc. (as long as that same hidden PoolPart is still around for DrivePool to read)
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Ideally, you'd want to move the to the drive pool drive, but it should recognize them if you put them into the hidden "PoolPart" folder. You may need to remeasure/reindex the pool if you do that, before they'll show up. I tried this mid 2012 and it…
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I went from WHS 2011 to Win 8. My existing DrivePool folders were picked up no problem after the OS change. My OS hard drive is separate of course as it should.
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You'll love DrivePool, I'm an ex-WHS v1 user from while ago as well. DrivePool is VERY flexible and reliable
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Another update https://twitter.com/covecube/status/322132817079320576 "A new balancing plug-in for StableBit DrivePool: http://www.stablebit.com/DrivePool/Plugins … (Ordered File Placement - check it out)" http://www.stablebit.com/DrivePool/Plugins
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I used to have a HP EX495, and had the same nightmare drives going missing experience. I posted here: http://forum.covecube.com/discussion/657/drives-dropping-important-fix-for-san-digital-multi-bay-esata-enclosure-users/p1 The fix: Turn off "Link …
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Also, v2 of DrivePool doesn't seem to communicate yet with StableBit Scanner like v1 did. This means if scanner suddenly detects one of your drives has early SMART warnings or was detected to have damage, it won't tell DrivePool to evacuate & …
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It's working great for me (20TB) I've since switched from Server 2012 to Windows 8 though. I've never lost a thing. I have one tip though, since their is no recycle-bin if you delete something over the network by mistake, you can undelete it. …
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Alex released two plug-in's for drivepool 2.xhttp://www.stablebit.com/DrivePool/Plugins I don't see the logic for why they are not part of the normal build though. (maybe to "test")
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I asked Alex the same thing. My question: "I've been meaning to ask this for awhile now. After you remove a disk via drivepool, Is it normal to have left over files? I just removed one of my 3TB drives for RMA and I see 66gb of data. I'm confi…
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Yup that's the way to do it, pretty easy just takes a long time. If you don't have a spare sata connection to add your new drive, you can always buy an inexpensive USB to SATA adapter on eBay to use as a temp connection.
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Good move dumping Storage Spaces, you'll be really happy how flexible DrivePool is. The "best" solid way is to drag and drop the folders/files from the independent drives to the actual Pool Letter drive yes. I think you can possibly move files/folde…
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Speak of the Digital Devil, one of my 3TB Green's just reported being "Damaged" via Scanner hours after my last post above. I just received an over night delivery of a 3TB Red via Amazon. I have the new Red added & I'm removing the bad Green…
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My 3TB green drives average 42-53.(never below 40) One drive reached 59 a few times the past couple months. Scanner sends me email warnings. The hottest one is always the 2nd one from the top of 4. My set of 4-bay enclosures are inside my flo…
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ok good to know, I think I'll stick with my 3TB greens for now, and plan on switching to either 3TB or 5TB reds when the 5TB drives come out later this year. (price of 3TB "should" come down once 5TB is out) I have a high level of confidence in Stab…