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    Semi-New Build Setup Recommendations

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    Well, the Norco RPC-4220 is a very nice case, but I would have recommended the 4224. (and the "hanging drive bay accessory).

     

    Also, a backplane would have worked well in your case:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121405

     

     

    I would avoid the reverse breakout cables actually. It may have been just my system, but I was using Norco reverse breakout cables, on a norco case, and was getting issues with them (2 out of the 4 ports were flaky). It could have been a bad cable, but .... I tried another one, and same issue. 

     

     

    Another alternative is to get a IBM ServeRAID M1015 card, "cross flash" it, then one of those expander cards p3x-749 mentioned. Connect one port to the expand card. And the 5 ports on the expander to connect to the case. 

    http://www.servethehome.com/ibm-m1015-part-1-started-lsi-92208i/

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816117207&cm_re=RES2SV240-_-16-117-207-_-Product

     

     

    Personally, I'm using two M1015 cards (and a third one jus sitting there for future use).

     

     I already own a 5in3 bay but I was getting alot of read errors withit and removed it.

     

    After further inspection of my motherboard thats stats 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 on the box actually only has a x16 and a x4. So adding another card will not work 100% since they require x8.

     

    Thanks for the help guys.

    Semi-New Build Setup Recommendations

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    Hello All. I am to a point where I either have to upgrade cases to support more HD's or to lose space by replacing my current HD's with larger one. I have decided to go with the option of replacing the case. My current setup includes the following:

     

    Case:  SUPERMICRO CSE-743T-500B

    Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LX

    Ram: Kingston DDR3 2x 4gb sticks

    Controller: 1x - HighPoint RocketRAID 2720SGL

    OS Drive: 2x - Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003

    Storage Drives: 8x - Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003

     

     

    The case that I just ordered from Newegg is the: Norco RPC-4220

     

    I guess my question is that I want to utilize all of the components above in the new case but how do I go about making the Raid card work with 20 drives? Do I just add 2 more 2720's and use the motherboard connections or would it be best to buy a new raid card that will host them all? I only want to use the JBOD function. Any help would be appreciated.

     

     

    Move media folders

    in General

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    Yes, you will need to use the WSS Troubleshooter to do this, ideally (otherwise, it's fairly round about to accomplish this).

     

    however, you'll want to use this version specifically:

    http://dl.covecube.com/WssTroubleshoot/Release/download/Wss.Troubleshoot_2.0.0.1.exe

    Thanks for the reply but I got brave and decided to rename my shares on the pool then move the server shares over. I then copied all the files over to the corresponding folders and walla! Everything is now as it once was. Thanks for the help!

    Move media folders

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    Hello. I recently had my main HD fail that was hosting my OS (server 2012 r2 essentials). I reinstalled the OS on a new HD and got everything up and running. I then installed stablebit and added my 8 x 3TB drives back to the server and my data was there untouched. In the OS all my media folders (Music, Movies, Pics ect) are back in their default locations and when I try to move them back to the pool I get an error saying that they are already there (they are because thats where they were when my HD crashed)

     

    How do I restore them back to the drivepool from the main HD without having to move data or more importantly losing it?

    WHS 2011 to WS2012E

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    Thanks for the feedback. Bought a new HD, restored whs2011 and released the license, installed WS2012E ran updates, installed drivepool then plugged in my drivepool drives. I am about to run the WSS troubleshooter to reset the permissions. One question though, when I try to move the shared folders from the C: drive over to my drivepool, it tells me that there is a folder there with the name already and will not move. How do I fix this?

     

    ****After re-reading your reply I noticed the "Rebuild DrivePool shares" comment. I will try that and will post back if it fails.****

    WHS 2011 to WS2012E

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    I purchased a license for whs2011 about a year ago. My system hard drive crapped out on me and now I am considering upgrading to WS20112E. I see that there is a current Beta that supports 2012. Can I just replace the hard drive and install 2012, then install Drivepool? Will it still reconise my existing data? Also is my license upgradable to WS2012E or is there a charge?

     

    Thanks in advance,

    Bigsease30

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