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  1. Use disk management to make sure that the disks are online. And the disks are accessible as per normal, right?
  2. To anyone having this issue, could you download the lastest beta version? WHS: http://dl.covecube.com/ScannerWhs2/beta/download/StableBit.Scanner_2.5.0.2971_BETA.wssx Windows: http://dl.covecube.com/ScannerWindows/beta/download/StableBit.Scanner_2.5.0.2971_BETA.exe Once installed, hit the "Settings" button, and select "Scanner Settings". On the default tab, there should be a "Show advanced settings" checkbox. Check it, and hit "Ok". There should now be an "Advanced Settings" link in the Settings drop down menu. Click on that. Find the "Scheduler" item in the list, click on it, Then select the "Verbose" option, and hit "OK". Wait till it launchers a scan when it shouldn't, then open the Advanced settings menu again, and click on the link to the folder. Then upload those logs to us here: http://stablebit.com/Contact/
  3. Quinn, Does the beta (2.5 version) have this issue as well?
  4. Larry, You'd want to make sure that any traces of DrivePool are uninstalled before installing a new version. for DrivePool v1: http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_Q8964978 for DrivePool v2: http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_Q3017479
  5. Da_Teach, You probably won't notice a change. It's all done very low level. At best, you may notice less queries to the disks, and faster repeated access of files. That and maybe the "SYSTEM" process using more memory. But that would be about it. As for DrivePool, all the IO operations (including reading) are passed onto the disks more or less directly (duplication+read striping does some extra stuff), so you should see performance on par with regular disk throughput. We try to stay as hands off of ... well everything as we can. And we're glad that you are definitely appreciating everything that has gone into making DrivePool.
  6. Caution is always a good thing. But having a Server Backup setup is even better. You do have one setup, right? Also, I hate that Microsoft stuck with 60GB for the system partition. IMO, that is still too small... but it is better than 40GB, I guess.
  7. Shane is exactly right. Specifically, what it does is use a bunch of different methods to read the damaged sectors. So that it's causing this would definitely be "normal" in this circumstance. But this warning does indicate a mechanical issue with the disk. And those usually only get worse, not better. And a good chkdsk pass may help.
  8. Check under WIndows 7 (64 Bit). The installer is not specifically for WHS, but will detect if the OS as a "WHS based" system.
  9. Glad to hear it! And yeah, a bad drive can cause issues in the pool.
  10. Well, I can't say that I've had that bad of an issue with eSATA. But I can definitely understand it. But I will wholeheartedly agree with SIL chipsets. I've never been a fan, and the last few cards I've used are garbage. (including a 3132 card). But I've had good look with HighPoint's RocketRAID 2720SGL card. But it does use a Marvell chipset (for better or worse, depending on your preference). And yeah, JMicron chipsets seem to be pretty stable (the JMb6xx is JMicron, I believe). But I'm not a fan of external at all. A number of members here do use USB and eSATA. I... have had too many issues and have seen too many to trust them (I've been a member of the WHS community since Dec 2007, so I've seen a lot)
  11. Yes. As for increasing the file system cache size... It's not really supported, by us or Microsoft, but it's rather simple to do so: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc785435.aspx "memoryusage" section..
  12. Okay, then if that fixed it, it may be an issue with how Scanner looks for the disks. One of the changes in 2.5 was how we query the disks.
  13. I would recommend checking the event viewer on the server in question. Look for disk, ntfs, smb or other related errors in the "SYSTEM" event logs. To be honest, I expect one or more of your disks are having issues. And what errors are appearing in SMART? Some are more serious (and indicate more of an issue) than others. As for swapping cards, it depends on how the controllers work. If they are just passing the disks through, then you may have no issues doing that.
  14. MKLV, Well, first I can say that I've never actually heard of that AV solution. As for the threat, I can say it's a false positive. All the code is "in house". As for why it would trigger it... we read from some "deep level" stuff in the system, as well as scan files, and repair them. So any of these *could* trigger that warning. But more likely, it was a heuristic check that thinks the exe file looks similar to something it has on file. That, or some AV's will look at the icon or the file name and ASSUME it's a virus. The fact that it's called "Scanner" could be setting it off. But don't trust me, something I use when I am not sure about a detected threat: https://www.virustotal.com/ It uses a bunch of different engines to scan the submitted file. Edit: .... Yeah, look at the type. W32.suspicious.heuristic .... That means the file looks similar to what it's seen in the past.
  15. Well, that's good to hear. And yeah, looking into the cards, I noticed that they use the same base chipset. And yes, SATA III (6gbps) is much nicer. In fact, I just ordered a M1115 off of ebay due to some extra cash coming in that I didn't expect. And as I've been having issues with the disks that are on my HighPoint RocketRAID card... I think I may be swapping the cards out. And nice to see another Norco user. I have a RPC 4220 (1st gen, the one with only one SSD mount... I mean 2.5" drive mount.... ) And I'm glad to hear that you absolutely love our products.
  16. Otispresley, That is very odd. I say odd, because DrivePool doesn't need a drive letter at all here. So it .... should work. Another option here then would be to set up the system to set new disks as "offline" by default, and then use Disk Management (or diskpart) to manaully set the drive online and manually assign a letter or folder mount path for each disk This is actually what I do. It's more complicated, but if you are VERY hands on with your system....
  17. Basically, yes. But if you are moving machines or this is a fresh install, be warned that you will likely have to "import foreign disks" in Disk Management.
  18. Thank you for submitting it. If it's the ticket I think it is, I've already forwarded it to Alex, and hopefully he'll get to it in the next few days. As for the balancer, if it's causing issues, please do uninstall it for the time being, until we can get this sorted out.
  19. ep, You said this is a clean server, right? No antivirus, disk imaging tools or the like? If so, this is VERY odd. If this happens again (I hope not though), get a memory dump of the DrivePool.Service.exe process and submit it to us. http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_Dashboard_Freeze In the meanwhile, could you submit the Error Reports (if there are any), so we can see if there were any reported issues? http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_2.x_Error_Reports
  20. otis, if you're creating a new pool, then yes, it may have an adverse affect. The reason is, this disables the drives from "auto-mounting". As in being automatically assigned a new letter. (And "mountvol /e" re-enables auto-mounting)
  21. Yeah, quickly scanning gets you in all sorts of trouble. And I'm guilty of doing that from time to time too. But sometimes the config file doesn't like to take (it happens, not sure why). But very nice find. IIRC, these cards do use an LSI chipset. Though, there is one major difference I'm seeing between the 1015 and the 1115... and that's SATAII vs SATAIII. Mainly a big deal with SSDs or RAID arrays, but otherwise, it's a great card.
  22. Okay, that would do it then. It's during the installer that it checks for the "Windows Server" folder. It doesn't "appear" if you install the role afterwards.
  23. I can't seem to be able to reproduce the IIS issue on any version of windows. It seems to work just fine. Though what are the groups that have permission on the folder in question? As for mySQL, it runs on the pool, but it does have issues moving the files around. "Oplock request denied" errors specifically. But that doesn't surprise me, as MySQL (and most databases) are fairly draconic about locking down their files. But it definitely does run. Though for the settings for mysql, make sure you use all the same slashs, and that the path ends with a slash as well. ("J:\ServerFolders\websites\wp-personal\MySQL\") Okay, doing a bit more digging, this is a weird issue with the permissions on the folder. I wasn't able to reproduce the issue on the root of the folder. But setting up a Server Folder definitely caused the same issue. And namely an "cannot write web.config" error. But the static page shows up fine (default.htm or index.htm). And even setting the permissions to match the root directory... it still won't write the config file (but it will in the root folder).
  24. Also, what is the version number of StableBit Scanner that you are using?
  25. You're welcome. As for the throughput, for non duplicated data, you're reading and writing straight to/from the disks. there is next to no overhead. And for duplicated file, it caches portions of the files in memory to help boost the speed, IIRC. So the performance should always be as good or better than the disks the data is residing on. As for the dashboard thing, if you're using WHS2011 there is that option. And doing that for 2.x may be something that may happen in the future. And I'm glad that you really do like the UI for DrivePool. Clean and simple was definitely the goal in mind. And yes, drag and drop works a lot faster. There are some advanced settings that may speed up the process, but drag and drop works the fastest.
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