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#21 ikon

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Posted 04 March 2012 - 09:43 AM

OK. I added 8 GB of RAM to the HP MicroServer. I added my first 1TB hard drive and started migrating data now...the good old fashioned manual way.

I now understand completely why Drive Extender was so cool. First I wanted to transfer my Videos, and realized you have to assign the share folder to a specific drive.

Of course, this is how I am doing it right out of the box and I know there are plenty of addins and the always talked about Drive Bender....


If you're copying the data using Windows Explorer, that is an unreliable way to do it, especially on large quantities of data. Explorer was not designed for it. For example, if the copy fails part way through, how do you know where to pick up and continue?

There are a number of programs that are made for this purpose: RoboCopy of course (as I mentioned), but there's also TeraCopy, RoboCopy GUI, and RichCopy. I think anyone who's dealing with terabytes of data should become familiar with at least one of them. Just my 2 cents.

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Posted 04 March 2012 - 10:03 AM

OK. I added 8 GB of RAM to the HP MicroServer. I added my first 1TB hard drive and started migrating data now...the good old fashioned manual way.

I now understand completely why Drive Extender was so cool. First I wanted to transfer my Videos, and realized you have to assign the share folder to a specific drive.

Of course, this is how I am doing it right out of the box and I know there are plenty of addins and the always talked about Drive Bender....


One program that JerryW got me onto was TerraCopy -- I use it for copying lots of data over my network that I want to be sure it got there.
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Posted 04 March 2012 - 10:08 AM

Keep your V1 box and use it as a backup solution for the new WHS 2011 box.


If you have the HW I think this is a pretty good idea until you're pretty confident in your 2011 -- I've been using Allway Sync to keep automatic backups of files.

Edited by Joe_Miner, 04 March 2012 - 10:11 AM.

WHS-V1: HP EX-487: 4*WD20EARX, Athena AP-MFATX30, 4GB G.Skill, E5200, Stablebit Scanner-|-
WHS-2011: HP N54L G7, Kingston ECC 8GB KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G, OS: 256GB M4, 5*ST3000DM001, WD PCIe USB3, R640L, Stablebit DrivePool & Scanner -|-
Test Labs: HP N40L, G.Skill 16GB F3-1333C9D-16GAO, rr2720 -|- HP N40L, Kingston ECC 16GB KVR1333D3E9SK2/16G -|-
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#24 ikon

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Posted 04 March 2012 - 10:33 AM

One program that JerryW got me onto was TerraCopy -- I use it for copying lots of data over my network that I want to be sure it got there.


I like TeraCopy; it works well. I just don't like using a file copy utility that has to be installed as an app. Hence, my affection for RoboCopy :)

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Posted 04 March 2012 - 11:29 AM

I too use Allway Sync to seed the data and probably will go that way permanently once we get moved. The Microserver will go in the Storm Room, which is secure, and after this week, data retention is once again at the forefront in my mind.

What you saw on TV from the Huntsville area is about 5 miles north of me....too scary.
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Posted 04 March 2012 - 11:59 AM

I too use Allway Sync to seed the data and probably will go that way permanently once we get moved. The Microserver will go in the Storm Room, which is secure, and after this week, data retention is once again at the forefront in my mind.

What you saw on TV from the Huntsville area is about 5 miles north of me....too scary.


Yikes! Glad you were spared. I see the rocket is still standing ;)

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Posted 04 March 2012 - 04:46 PM

Of course i am using TeraCopy... been using it for years. Another one people have said is good is SuperCopier but I haven't tried it.
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Posted 04 March 2012 - 05:24 PM

Of course i am using TeraCopy... been using it for years. Another one people have said is good is SuperCopier but I haven't tried it.


Ah, well, when you said 'old fashioned manual' I just figured you meant xcopy or Windows Explorer.

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Posted 04 March 2012 - 07:03 PM

Yikes! Glad you were spared. I see the rocket is still standing ;)


Odd, we said on the way to lunch the other day!

xCopy....boy that is old school, but still works. I took a look at TerraCopy out of curiosity and like it.
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Posted 05 March 2012 - 10:14 AM

xCopy....boy that is old school, but still works. I took a look at TerraCopy out of curiosity and like it.


I'm always surprised to see how many people still use xcopy or Win Explorer for large copy jobs.

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Posted 04 April 2012 - 09:03 PM

Ah, well, when you said 'old fashioned manual' I just figured you meant xcopy or Windows Explorer.


Yeah, sorry about that. I have been using TeraCopy for for so many years, I forget I even have it, it will move even small documents...so I forget about it.

Anyway, I hear from my readers on my site that SuperCopy is a good one too...anyone tried it?
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