Chris Cowles

Help? I'm using DrivePool in Windows Server 2019 with the WSEE role added. Having used Mike Craven's WSEE utility to do that, everything works exactly like WSEE 2016, plus I get the underlying 2019 improvements. I built the server with new hardware (MS Gen10+ with max RAM) and OS, then installed DP and the data drives. DP found and rebuilt the pools as expected and it appears in the WSEE dashboard just as it did in WSEE 2016. The server is just for home use, being the 4th in a series starting with the original WHS. It's used to store family data, backups (which I really don't use, having OneDrive) and secure remote access to apps using WSERemoteApps. I may add a VM to play with Linux but I haven't yet after contemplating it over 10 years. After rearrangement drives and pools, I now have the following C: OS, 232 GB SSD F: 120 GB SSD The two drives above are pooled as "Cache", with file duplication. The smaller size of drive F: limits encroachment (I think?) on the larger OS drive C:. D: 2 TB WD Red G: 2 TB partition on 3 TB WD Red The two above are pooled as "Data". All files are duplicated. The pool is less than 1/2 full. H: 1 TB partition on same 3 TB WD Red is not pooled and has no content at this time. I have SSD Optimizer installed and would like to optimize it for speed. I don't care how much of the cache pool is utilized since (I believe) it won't use more than 120GB on the OS drive. If frequently used files stay there, that's fine, but I want them duplicated in the WD Red pool in a timely way. Because they're also duplicated on the SSD, It needn't be immediate. Suggestions? What info do you need from me to offer guidance, if you're willing? Thanks in advance.

Unfortunately, the NUC I already have does not have an eSATA port. If Thunderbolt is an option, is it more reliable than USB 3.0?

Hello. I'm running Windows Server Essentials 2016 on an HP N40L Microserver. 4 WD Red drives of varying sizes are combined into two pools using DrivePool. I'm looking into moving the WSE install onto an Intel NUC 5i5RYH. It has an M.2 SDD for the OS and a 2.5" HDD for data. I'd like to attach a 4 bay HDD enclosure by way of the USB 3.0 port, so WSE and DrivePool see the WD Reds as individual drives. That way DrivePool can rebuild the pools. I found MediaSonic and StarTech USB 3.0 enclosures that appear satisfactory for my purpose, but won't restart automatically if there's a power failure. Does anyone have any suggestions for alternate enclosure hardware? Ideally, the power supply would be self contained, but that's not a hard requirement. Being low power and low noise is, though. Thanks

i just invoked the nuclear option. When reinstalled, it wanted a license #. The license I have says "StableBit Scanner, 1x Machine, Personal Retail License" but when I attempt to activate it, it tells me there's no license for that machine. I had 2.4 running successfully immediately before this. How do I resolve it? (I'll activate the 30-day trial in the meantime.) Thanks Chris

Will 2.0 get the same level of integration?

I have DrivePool 1.3 and Scanner installed on WHS 2011 in a mixed Win7Pro/Win8.1Pro environment. In addition to WHS backup I use CrashPlan to back up critical files to a drive in the pool, because some machines are laptops that aren't always connected by way of the WHS client. Those clients backups are further backed up to CrashPlan online as data from the WHS server. (The server is subscribed, clients are not.) This approach seems to work and makes me confident that I could survive a disaster of my house burning down, and my server with it. I'm not interested in swapping backup hardware out to an off-site location. It just won't happen even if I deluded myself into thinking I would. Considering this configuration, is there any reason I shouldn't upgrade DrivePool to 2.x? Thanks Chris