http://blog.terryscomputertips.com/2007/05/31/windows-home-server-vs-home-users/ Tips and News for PC Users Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:09:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.terryscomputertips.com/2007/05/31/windows-home-server-vs-home-users/comment-page-1/#comment-3988 RickH Thu, 31 May 2007 17:06:12 +0000 http://blog.terryscomputertips.com/2007/05/31/windows-home-server-vs-home-users/#comment-3988 Just a quick note to point out that Windows Home Server does not even use RAID. Since RAID is too complicated for most home users, Microsoft developed a new technology called "Drive Extender". Drives can be any size, any interface (USB 2.0, Firewire, SATA, eSATA), and Windows Home Server just adds them to a storage pool. Drive Extender also enables duplication, so that imnportant files are stored on more than one physical disk. If a drive fails, the user is alerted to which drive is bad. If you still have more than one good disk, files are "rebalanced", which means that the storage engine makes copies to ensure that files are still on more than one physical disk. Just a quick note to point out that Windows Home Server does not even use RAID. Since RAID is too complicated for most home users, Microsoft developed a new technology called “Drive Extender”. Drives can be any size, any interface (USB 2.0, Firewire, SATA, eSATA), and Windows Home Server just adds them to a storage pool. Drive Extender also enables duplication, so that imnportant files are stored on more than one physical disk. If a drive fails, the user is alerted to which drive is bad. If you still have more than one good disk, files are “rebalanced”, which means that the storage engine makes copies to ensure that files are still on more than one physical disk.

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