rbrenner87

Just purchased another bundle license of DrivePool, Scanner and CloudDrive for my new big dog home server.
 
I am running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard (needed 2 VMs and more than 64GB of memory limit of Essentials). If I only need 2 PC's to have read and 1 PC read/write access to the folders within the DrivePool. Is it worth it to setup active directory and domain or is there a simpler access option for my scenario?
 
This is my first run with Windows Server 2012 R2 (running WHS 2011 on my other file server). I read about adding local users on the server, setting up the share and setting the permissions for each user. Best practices seems to frown upon this method but in my case I'm wondering should I go this route, something similar, or take the time to research proper active directory and domain setup/configuration?
 
Most of the comparable examples online are for small office setups that are much more complex with 10-50 client PC's. I would really appreciate any input on the best way to go about configuration in server 2012 R2 for accessing/transferring files and folders to the DrivePool.
 
Apologies in advance: if these questions are not geared toward DrivePool enough, feel free to remove the posting or let me know and I will do so.   Thanks

Just purchased another bundle license of DrivePool, Scanner and CloudDrive for my new big dog home server.
 
I am running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard (needed 2 VMs and more than 64GB of memory limit of Essentials). If I only need 2 PC's to have read and 1 PC read/write access to the folders within the DrivePool. Is it worth it to setup active directory and domain or is there a simpler access option for my scenario?
 
This is my first run with Windows Server 2012 R2 (running WHS 2011 on my other file server). I read about adding local users on the server, setting up the share and setting the permissions for each user. Best practices seems to frown upon this method but in my case I'm wondering should I go this route, something similar, or take the time to research proper active directory and domain setup/configuration?
 
Most of the comparable examples online are for small office setups that are much more complex with 10-50 client PC's. I would really appreciate any input on the best way to go about configuration in server 2012 R2 for accessing/transferring files and folders to the DrivePool.
 
Apologies in advance: if these questions are not geared toward DrivePool enough, feel free to remove the posting or let me know and I will do so.   Thanks

Thanks!
 
 
Well, the RevoDrives are nice. But intel drives are very nice (maybe I should get a couple of these ), and NVMe in general is just fantastic!
But yeah, it's a hit to the checkbook.
 
 
 
 
 
Server 2016 is tentatively Q3 for release, so more likely Q4 or close to it. That's 6 months or more.  
As for telemetry, it shouldn't have half that stuff. at all. Telemetry is good for a client OS (for various reasons, and despite controversy.... because let's be blunt, nobody bitches about this when Google and Apple has been doing it for years).
 
And yes, I'd recommend Windows Server 2012R2 Essentials. It's very close to WHS2011 plus some domain stuff (and stuff like Windows Deployment Services which requires domain functionality, but allows you to boot the restore disk without a disk, over the network).