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PMC-Sierra Acquires Adaptec RAID Business

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I have been using Adaptec products for over a decade, and have generally been a fan (with a few exceptions over the years). My...

The Big WHS Update: Sorting Controllers and other Issues

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Just as a quick update to those who are following this build. Some adjustments have been made ove the past week. First, I finally decided...

Port Costs and the Home Server!

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Most people who build custom home servers will be able to articulate the cost per GB (cost/GB) of their drives. Yet this is a...

The Big WHS: First (Big) Pictures

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Since there are some requests here are the servers side by-side. The New WHS is on burn-in duty while the old WHS has had...

The Big WHS Update: Prepping the Old System and New Parts

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Just as an update. I installed the second Adaptec 31605 today, filling all 16 ports with 8x WD Greens, 6x Hitachi 2TB, and 2x...

The Big WHS – Disaster Strikes, Part II

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Continuing to test the new WHS box, I was treated to yet another new Western Digital Green failure this week. Ridiculous! Of the 15 Seagate...

The Big (30+ drive) Windows Home Server (Part 2) Hardware Selection

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First off, this is not a typical WHS build, and it was not meant to be. For the majority of users, a HP MediaSmart...

The Big (30+ drive) Windows Home Server (Part 1)

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About 10 months ago I decided to enter the world of the Windows Home Server. My storage arrays had outstripped my Cosmos S's capacity, and...

Four (4) Volume Per Physical Disk Limitation in WHS

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Just as a note to anyone running multiple large disks in Raid 6 for Windows Home Server. I was setting up new Raid 6...