Hello homelabers
I just picked up a server on the cheap, it’s a HPE ProLiant ML10 Gen9 with an E3-1225v5. I also relatively recently put 4x4TB drives in an old shoebox PC that I’d be swapping to this server, plus adding one more drive.
Right now the drives are configured with the windows storage spaces tool, default settings, which I have recently learned isn’t the best way to do things. Given that the board supports RSTe, should I be using that or diving deeper into storage spaces and finding a good config for it? Or perhaps even get a hardware raid pcie card? Plus if anyone knows how to protect against bitrot on either of these systems it’d be greatly appreciated, I can’t seem to find any info that’s not specific to purpose-made NAS machines.
Currently I’m not considering switching to linux or any dedicated NAS as I have some windows-specific stuff running on that machine and quite frankly I don’t have the time or willingness to learn a whole new OS right now. Maybe in a couple years’ time.
Thank you.
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Honestly, I wouldn’t go with Storage Spaces. Just unreliable. If you’re willing to take the risks, forget about GUI for a proper performance: https://storagespaceswarstories.com/storage-spaces-and-slow-parity-performance/ Also, no to RSTe. I would personally go with a hardware RAID controller on Windows.
Thanks for the reply and the link. I have a backup with Backblaze going, so I can afford to take a bit of a risk, I think I’m gonna go with that unless I can find a good RAID card within my budget. You got any experience with bitrot prevention on windows?
What’s the problem with RSTe though? I mainly just see people giving a hard no with no real reason?
Well, on Windows, for bit rot prevention there is ReFS but the problem with it is that can go RAW for no reason. Happened to me several times. As to RSTe (Intel vROC), poor performance and also not reliable. Plus, not sure how the migration would go if you want to transfer to another system.