WHS

phileeny · 17 Feb 2010 at 12:07

Rebuilt my old computer with making a windows home server, using a DFI lanparty NFII ultra b with a sempron 2200 and 1gb memory.

Installed 4 old IDE drives 30gb, 45gb, 80gb, 250gb.
I have 4 sata drives to and 2 usb drives to install later.

I have a demo copy of WHS installed on the 80gb drive.
Everything seems to work well in this set up.
But now I plan to BUY the proper copy of WHS from OcUK this week
Question:
Does the WHS copy on OcUK have powerpack 1, 2, or 3
I've been told I would better putting the WHS on the biggest drive, is this true, as the os only takes up 20gb.
thanks Phil

Qu3 · 17 Feb 2010 at 14:18

It is better putting WHS on a large hard drive.

WHS will partition the drive into a 20GB partition for the OS and the remainder for the DATA drive. This for storage of your files. In the early days this was the landing zone so files would first be put there and then moved to the other hard drives . It was better to have a bigger hdd so the landing zone would take longer to fill.

I'm pretty sure that idea went out the window with PP2 though and data is now put straight to its final resting place etc.

Not sure what PP comes with the OEM, best to ring/email OCUK. Shouldn't matter it will load up on windows updates when you install.

Hope this makes sense, think I need some more coffee

phileeny · 17 Feb 2010 at 23:01

Thanks for the info, just need to make the dam thing quieter, would love to have passive CPU cooling, but can't get stuff now for socket A board, got an old cooler master aero to try, after I remove all the dust.

Qu3 · 18 Feb 2010 at 08:27

, I've got a problem with sound and my hard drives, I have 7. I think a better case would solve the issue but not got around to spending the money.
£100 for something that is kept under the stairs doesn't seem right..

phileeny · 18 Feb 2010 at 19:28

if you can't here it, why make it quiet.

another question:
what would happen to my data pool if WHS fails some how and i need to do a reinstall, because when i installed the demo it wiped my drives, and it wipes them when you install a drive to the data pool.

Vertigo · 18 Feb 2010 at 20:41

My server lives in the garage - it can make as much noise as it likes out there

If you need to, I believe there's a reinstallation mode whereby you can reinstall the WHS OS whilst leaving the data volumes intact.

For the data itself, just make sure that anything critical has folder duplication enabled so it's spread across two disks in case one fails. That or ensure you back it up from the WHS box to an external disk regularly.