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Can/Should I use unRAID on this Windows Home Server? - ElanX - 2011-11-28

I bought this Acer Aspire Easystore AH340-U2T1H Windows Home Server since it seemed cheap coming with a 2TB drive. I'm mostly interested in a media server with parity. With WHS, half your space is used for data redundancy. Would I be better off adding a video card and making it an unRAID server?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16859321014

Here's the info:

acer Aspire Easystore AH340-U2T1H, Windows Home Server w/ Intel Atom 1.6Ghz 2GB DDR2 2TB installed (3 open Bay, Hot-Swappable)
  • Intel Atom 230 Processor 1.6Ghz
  • 512KB L2 Cache
  • 2GB DDR2 667
  • 2TB Hard Drive (Installed)
  • Gigabit Ethernet LAN Port
  • 5x USB 2.0 Port
  • 1x eSATA Port
  • 200W Power
  • 8.5" x 8.0" x 7.2"
  • 11.2 lbs.
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- ElanX - 2011-11-28

ElanX Wrote:Would I be better off adding a video card and making it an unRAID server?

Actually, not sure I can even add a video card. Anyone know?

- eskro - 2011-11-28

its not about video cards. its about if your NIC Chipset is unRAID compatible....

- ElanX - 2011-11-28

eskro Wrote:its not about video cards. its about if your NIC Chipset is unRAID compatible....

Ahh, I'll check it out when it arrives. And see if I can add a video card and NIC if needed. Stay tuned for pics. Blush

- eskro - 2011-11-28

if u have a spare old school PCI slot, your good to go for your NIC card
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-PWLA8391GT-1000-Network-Adapter/dp/B00030DEQE

- Mallet21 - 2011-11-28

You should check out Flexraid....Its simple, stable and works on top of WHS:

http://wiki.flexraid.com/

- retro11 - 2011-11-28

Here is a link to a comparison webpage showing you a few of the various options. My personal choice was flexraid because it was free (to many HDD's for free unraid) and it lets you use disks with data already on them.

Don't blame me for any inaccuracies or out of date info:

http://snapraid.sourceforge.net/compare.html

- ElanX - 2011-11-28

Mallet21 Wrote:You should check out Flexraid....Its simple, stable and works on top of WHS:

http://wiki.flexraid.com/

Thanks, I'll do some reading on that. I knew there were some WHS RAID options, but haven't really seen people mention them in WHS discussions.

retro11 Wrote:Here is a link to a comparison webpage showing you a few of the various options. My personal choice was flexraid because it was free (to many HDD's for free unraid) and it lets you use disks with data already on them.

Don't blame me for any inaccuracies or out of date info:

http://snapraid.sourceforge.net/compare.html

Using disks with data already on them would definitely save me time and/or money since I have my media on two NTFS 2TB drives currently. Figured getting the data and drives into a RAID on a server would take some acrobatics.