RAID1 and USB Pens.

RAID1 - Or whatever you want to call it, the one with the two drives that sync data to prevent data loss in a failure of one drive - do you have to have same make, same size, same model and same IDE/SATA for it to function. I'm thinking about using it on a Windows Home Server 2011 Setup with a Prolient HP MicroServer. Its my first time with this sort of thing so I am quite a noob.

Also, how easy would it be to install an operating system on a USB pen on one machine and then disconnect it and run it inside the micro server, since there is no DVD drive with it and I cant afford to buy one? Or would it require a complete reconfiguration? - Just to say, please do not say install the operating system through a USB pen instead of a CD as I am not willing to do this, since it always kills my data pens.

Would you even suggest running an OS on a USB?

RAID1 simply requires two drives of the same size.

As far as installing an OS on a flash drive, you can't. The configurations are different between machines. You could run a live cd of Linux off one, but not Windows. There are utilities though that can allow you to install Windows from a flash drive.

voyagerfan99 said:

RAID1 simply requires two drives of the same size.

As far as installing an OS on a flash drive, you can't. The configurations are different between machines. You could run a live cd of Linux off one, but not Windows. There are utilities though that can allow you to install Windows from a flash drive.

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Can you help me with an application?

EclipticShell said:

Can you help me with an application?

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What kind of application?

I think he wants the usb flash application. This one will do fine: http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool#ms_help_topics_at4
This should never kill your usb stick btw. You can just format it afterwards to get a "clean" usb stick back.

As for the raid part you don't really need it. Windows home server comes with a pooling functionality that allows you to do the pretty much the same. But you can select which folders you want to have duplicates off and which you don't.

You simply put all the hard drives you want in a pool (you can also add more later). Copy stuff onto the pool and then you select which folders you want to be stored redundantly.

@ Bootup05: You can do that too. I prefer my method though ^^

Wow, Viper, thanks for that link, it's saved me quite a bit of work too!

I always used to use this method, to install Windows Vista/7 from usb!