If you want just let it store all your files on multiple disks in your pool if you want that 'raid' warm feeling for your data. It really is very robust software that will let you do lots stuff. Not sure why you can not just add a raid array into the pool? Have not actually tried that but should be possible since the OS just sees that array as a disk. Do you really need parity for the rip of Gilligan Island TV showīut if you want to present a hardware raid to the pool.

It is critical - raid 5 is not a backup, nor is just multiple copies on different disks in the same system or location even, etc.Īlong with actual backup. My webhost, glacier (amazon long term storage) and also crashplan. And in the cloud with multiple locations. It is also actually BACKED UP, on other media in the home (mdisc) and remote - son's house. Note the home video is critical, so while I do have it on multiple disks in the pool. The home video for example is on all 3 disks in the pool. The more important stuff in a media library I just have it on more than 1 disk in the pool. I really don't see the point of raid 5 for storage of my media. To be honest drive pool blows away anything MS has in their OS for creating a pool. But I am worried by the crude website it might not be up to much and I don't want to end up corrupting my data!Īny input appreciated, especially if you have experience doing this. Has anyone used any third party software to achieve this ? I found this. Is it possible to use storage spaces purely to setup a write cache ? so I give SS my RAID 5 array, and my spare SSD Array, and have it write cache but do nothing else ? I originally planned to use window storage spaces and present all of the disks to the OS to do this, however my Raid controllers will present my disks directly to the OS, but annoyingly one the big one storage spaces wont see the disks. Its mostly the raid 5 I wan tot speed up write to. I want to use the speed of the SSD's when data is being moved to the file server, but I want it to store it on the relevant array. It has RAID1 SSD for the OS and VM's and a spare RAID1 SSD array (120gb) I have a Windows 2016 file server in my house, I have a large 8 Disk raid 5 array and a smaller 4 Disk RAID 0+1 Array.

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