Greetings all!
I am currently in the process of migrating from a WHSv1 server to a WHS2011 + DrivePool server.
My WHSv1 setup had 4 HDDs: 1 x 500 GB, 2 x 1 TB and 1 x 2 TB. It happily backed up 4 computers and served as a NAS with lots of duplication.
In my move to WHS2011, I have done the following:
- Installed 3 x 1 TB HDDs
- Installed WHS2011 to the first drive
- Added the remainder of the partition and the other two drives to a DrivePool
- Moved the WHS folders to the Pool and enabled duplication (2x) for most things
- moved the Client Computer Backups into the DrivePool, no duplication
- Enabled backups on my main gaming rig (around 2.5 TB total space) and a second computer just for kicks (120 GB)
I will be moving the 2 TB HDD from the v1 machine to the 2011 machine, but I needed to get enough data moved off the old server so as to be able to remove the drive; I just haven't done this yet.
Is it just me, or did backups in WHSv1 take up less space than they do in WHS2011? Or is this a side-effect of me putting the Client Computer Backups in the DrivePool? I seem to be using much more space on the new server than the old as it is, which is frustrating, but not impossible to deal with. Obviously I need more hard drives, but who doesn't?