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Add 2TB+ GPT Disk/Volume to Windows Home Server v2 VAIL

Posted on 30 April 2010. Tags: adaptec, costly proposition, disk failure, home server, master boot record, parity, partitions, public preview, raid 0, raid 5 array, raid array, raid controllers, redundancy, Seagate, server v1, server v2, storage pool, storage pools, vail, western digital, WHS, Windows Home Server, windows home server v2

Windows Home Server v1 (WHS) was limited to using 2TB Master Boot Record (MBR) partitions in its storage pool, but the public preview of Windows Home Server V2 codename VAIL is not. This guide will show one how to use GPT Raid volumes passed through Windows Server 2008 R2 running Hyper-V into WHS V2 Codename VAIL. (That sounded way more complex than it actually is).

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WHS Drive Extender v2 Dissected at Anandtech

Posted on 28 April 2010. Tags: chunks, compatability, dissection, drive extnder, ECC, fashion, hard drives, ntfs, raid 0, storage pool, v1, v2, ZFS

A quick browse of Anandtech.com shows a nice dissection of WHS Drive Extender v2.

The review goes into changes from Drive Extender v1, the way NTFS and the storage pool interact, 1GB file chunks distributed across hard drives in a Raid 0 fashion, 2 bit ECC, application compatability, and even a comparison with ZFS.

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