FlexRAID 2.0 Opinions? Thinking of going with it over UnRAID/SnapRAID - Page 4

BTW... 24-hours later we are at 65%. So right on schedule for about a 36-hour parity build.

So 12 hours until battle of the titans.

FlexRaid founder -VS- Killroy

Got it. DVR set just in case.

You'll have to wait till the morning. I am usually in bed an asleep by that time...as I hope all of you are too. Nothing good happens after 2am.

You simply have not been with the right woman yet.

Damn it man .... I was so going to go there and add a spoof on the Oregon girls but I held a reserve

Nice one ... nice

I was going to say something but this forum is family oriented....but those that know me know better.

Yes, you are right on both cases . This is a family forum and it is your story and you can tell it any way you want Just yankin on you a bit !!

Okay ... what was the topic ?? Oh ya , I remember..... you are going to pawn flex raid and it's developer in about what (i lost count) ? Six hours ?

There will not be any of the usual saving face posts right ? " Uh... well it was not determined inconclusively that ... " Or my dog ate my home work type stuff ??

I just don't want to brag...

But back on topic, I am going to show the exact thing I mentioned earlier. That too many changes will render an update impossible due to the "Not enough space in the parity" error.

Err... it is not a "VS" thing and certainly not a challenge to Killroy.
He has systems I just don't have in my set of test beds.
So, if he is experiencing something that needs fixing, that's why I am here for.

Oh, we know, it is just a bit of fun.

So everyone from the first page gets a free license?

The parity completed at 0048hrs.

I started logging and making changes at 0630hrs.

The data changes will take a few hours since instead of deleting I am first copying the movies to another location then deleting. I don't want to lose any data.

I am keeping a log of all changes so I can document any changes.

Hmm, this is a tough decision for me.

I'm low on space now on my WHSv1, and want to get some more storage installed. However, if I stick with my WHS setup as it is now, I can't use a drive larger than 2TB, and it's looking like a 3TB drive makes the most sense right now.

Part of me wants to wait until Windows 8 comes out to see if Microsoft has a Home Server type SKU that handles backup as well as WHS does now (and then has their Storage Spaces feature). If they have a Home Server product, it would probably be easier to setup as well. Part of the reason that I went with WHS in the first place is that I just wanted to pretty much plug it in and not think about it.

But then part of me is really tempted to just upgrade it now to Windows 7 or Server 2008, and just use FlexRAID. I'd miss out on the backup stuff, and it'd require a bit more setup, but maybe it'd be worth it.

Any reason why you would use Windows server 2008 and not WHS 2011?

Just that I already have a license for that from a Technet account really.

WHS 2011 is available on TechNet

http://www.winrumors.com/windows-hom...sdn-customers/

OK...

I am about to run the update and I want to summarize some of the changes I made. I kept a very detailed log of everything I did but this is the Reader's Digest.

• Total data protected in 20 drives: 46.18TB
• Total data that was deleted: approx. 200.30GB (that is less than .5% of total data)
• Total data added: Approx. 292.96GB (just a bit over .6% of total data)
• Total changes without data changes (folder/file renames): 260

So, in total we are talking about 1% of total data protected was changed.

I have to run to the Apple Store to pick up my Mac that was getting fixed so I am going to leave you guys guessing what will happen...I won't even know till I get back so we will wait together.

I wonder if Domino's delivers crow.

After 9-hours I got the email I was NOT expecting: "[MediaServer1][UPDATE] SUCCESS"

So excuse me while I finish eating this tasty crow.

Time for me to buy some FlexRAID licenses to show my apologies to spectrumbx.

Thanks for being honest and taking the time to test this.

A very refreshing post.

Free FlexRaid licenses for all (proponents) in this thread!!!

Yayyyy

Hey, I'll be the first to admit it when I'm wrong. At least I can say that I gave FlexRAID one hell of a test. I was sure that the 260 folder/file renames was going to be the deal breaker.

Its a great program. I still think many opponents are mainly just mad that you now have to pay for it.

I deal with something similar with outrageous claims and assumptions on a weekly basis (not at AVS but elsewhere on the web).

Another thing to learn from this thread is that software changes.

Just because you tried something 1 year ago and it didn't work for you doesn't mean that it won't be a totally different experience today (assuming a good developer or team and changes/improvements have been made).

I see this with Media Browser, XBMC, JRiver, etc on an almost daily basis here at AVS.

But I didn't try it just a year ago. I tested the very last beta copy (14 I think) and that is the one that kept crashing out. The very next version was the paid one and I could not test it without paying for it. I will not pay for an app that the last beta was bad.

Now that I had a chance to give it my own version of a torture test, I know that it will work for what the average user will throw at it.

The test I did today was way above and beyond what anyone would ever do in an average machine. Deleting close to 9,000 jpgs and renaming 260 folders/files is more than anyone will ever do in a 24-hour period....or at least without updating once in a while.

I am buying my 4 licenses....before the price goes up...lol

Sure. But the amount of work he put in over that time could be equivalent to what other teams put in in a whole year in order to get it ready for a paid product.

That's why I have no problems at all supporting him and FlexRaid and recommend it without hesitation.