[Idea for new feature: cryptolocker defender.]

Ok, tried setting up Sophos UTM in a VM under Hyper-V on my Windows 10 file server but couldnt make it work, got 2 cards setup as external wan and internal lan but could not connect to the WebGUI to set it up, i think i need a new box exclusively for Virtual Machines and leave the stablebit fileserver alone, what are you thoughts on it? fileserver with Hyper-V or  dedicated Hyper-V box?

[Idea for new feature: cryptolocker defender.]

Thanks for the Sophos UTM recommendation, i will try this in a VM.

 

Here are my recommendations for nice backup programs.

 

Crashplan

Veeam Endpoint Backup

Macrium Reflect

[Idea for new feature: cryptolocker defender.]

New variations of ransomware encrypt unmapped network shares, i suggest to NOT share the whole pool and start using FTP to backup your files. I locked down my pool, put Antivirus on it the Drivepool server and the Virtual Machines and opened up only folders that are temporary, like torrent downloads,temp etc, duplicated stuff are out of reach in the network and are accessed only through FTP. Also, Crashplan is a nice choise to backup your client pc's since it doesnt use shares or ftp but its own secure protocol.

 

Be strict and proactive and you're pool will be safe.

 

 

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dma-locker-ransomware-targets-unmapped-network-shares/

[Best practices securing the file server from ransomware.]

Thankfully i havent been affected, but it changed my mind for my file safety. Thanks for the recommendations, will see through them.

[Best practices securing the file server from ransomware.]

Due to the recent ransomware outbreaks in windows and macosx i've decided to secure my drivepool file server, i no longer share the entire drive pool with the homegroup, only specific directories are exposed as read only, the file transfers to the pool will be done through FTP only using WinSCP and Bittorent Sync, any other strategy to think about?

[Drivepool and Scanner under Hyper-V / Server 2012.]

Thanks, i'll think i just use Windows 10 and only run Drivepool /w Scanner on it, everything else will be run in virtual machines with the included Hyper-V, its the better way to do this for me, no need to mess up with complex solutions.

[Drivepool and Scanner under Hyper-V / Server 2012.]

Currently i have Drivepool w/ Scanner on Windows 10, i was thinking moving to Server 2012 and run Hyper-V virtual machines for Drivepool and other stuff, like Linux with Plex etc. Does it work? Is there anything to consider?

[Error - 0x800705AA when copying from client PC to Network Share]

I use Fastcopy and never had any problems copying terrabytes to and from disks,usb drives and network shares. Its the fastest and most reliable copier.

 

http://ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en

[GPT vs MBR]

Nice to know, i have 2 drives as GPT in my pool and the rest MBR, Drivepool initialized only those two and the rest stayed as they were, now with the new information from you and other threads i'm in the process of emptying one by one the drives and reformatting them again to GPT,64k cluster size.

[GPT vs MBR]

Thanks, i will reformat my drives as GPT and using a 64k cluster size as mentioned in another thread, faster and more reliable.

[Keeping a record of what's on each disk?]

I use Foldersizes and Everything.

[GPT vs MBR]

Is there any advantage using GPT vs MBR in standard storage hdd's for use in a pool?

[ECC ram for a Drivepool server.]

Thanks. Do you recommend running Windows and Drivepool from a fast USB flash drive using Windows to Go or Win to USB? I would like to use the extra SATA slot for expanding my pool

[ECC ram for a Drivepool server.]

Is there any advantage using ECC ram on a Windows Drivepool server? Heard terror stories about not using ECC on ZFS, people loosing their entire pools etc due to memory corruption and the way ZFS uses RAM for scrubbing, there's a lot of hype about ZFS which made me consider it, i played with it on a FreeBSD virtual machine, its powerfull stuff but somehow i feel safer with plain old NTFS and Drivepool, only the ECC ram question remains.