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  1. Hi Val3ntin,

     

    It is feasible, as it works for me.  I have WSE2012 in ESXi 5.1.

     

    1. Link your physical disks to ESXi using the RDM technique described in this blog (http://blog.davidwarburton.net/2010/10/25/rdm-mapping-of-local-sata-storage-for-esxi/)

    2. In file "C:\Program Files (x86)\StableBit\Scanner\Service\Scanner.Service.exe.config", change setting "UnsafeDirectIo" to "True" - don't forget to reboot !

     

     

    Good luck.

  2. Alex,

     

    This new build fixes problems I had when creating new folders.  Thanks!

     

    I will later confirm if the reboot are avoided.

     

     

    [EDIT June 6th]

     

    There is still some share I have the rename problem... weird.

     

    On the positive side, no more reboot.

  3. Hi Alex,

     

    Per folder duplication is a major feature that DP must keep.

    It has many usages including reducing the number of root shares (if per folder duplication wouldn't be available) and keeping it all clean ;)

     

    This way, I can have my HandyCam "movies" inside the standard "Videos" share but enforcing duplication on those while not enabling it for the other movies (that I have on DVD/BR).

     

    That was my 2 cents.

  4. @Pâl Andreassen and drashna

     

    It turned out I had the same problem with my 990FXA-UD5 board - this is what I first thought...

     

    The "old" videocard (add-on) I have installed was preventing the I/O passthru.  I discovered this fact after forgetting to put back the videocard :)

     

    Just as a safety, even if I only access the ESXi remotely using ESXi vSphere Client, I installed a "GIGABYTE Radeon HD 6450 Silent 1GB DDR3" and the I/O Passthru function as expected.

     

    My two ESXi systems support I/O Passthru while powered with different processor generations: AMD 1090T and AMD FX8350.

     

    Your FX8150/990FXA-UD3 should act the same.

  5. Physical ESXi 5.1u1 host

    - Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 motherboard

    - AMD Phenon II X6 1090T @ 3.2GHz

    - 16GB RAM

    - 1 Hitachi 7K3000 2TB HDD

    - 7 Hitachi 5K3000 2TB HDDs (accessed by WSE 2012 as RDM disks and totally allocated to DrivePool)

     

    Windows Server 2012 Essentials (WSE 2012) Virtual Machine

    - Allocated 4 vCPU and 8GB RAM

    - WSE 2012 (latest Windows Updates)

    - DrivePool 2.0.0.260 (beta)

    - All 7x 5K3000 disks are dedicated to WSE 2012 for DrivePool thru RDM disks

     

    NOTE: Virtualization does not put a significant overhead in performance but allows smooth upgrades between platforms - Migrated from WHS 2011 to WSE 2012 and only had to reassign disks from one virtual machine to another.  Voilà!

     

    For full story based on WHS 2011, see http://forum.covecube.com/discussion/comment/809#Comment_809
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