mar2k Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 1. Is there a minimum OS disk size for Vail installation? I created a 40GB fixed disk (same as the SSD I would install) in VirtualBox and the setup crashes after I select the disk. 2. Any downside to using SSD as the OS disk? I for one would prefer it since there shouldn't be excessive writes to the OS drive. I had a v1 OS disk crash and it was a pain in the a&@ to get it back up. The shares were all there, but now I use SSD as the boot disk on all my builds. 3. Any threads about this? Thanks Guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinylfreak Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I believe the min hard drive requirement for WHS 2011 is 160 GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwills Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 A 160Gig drive for the install is the minimum. As afar as using the SSD drive for the OS, I don't really see the need. There is no cost benefit yet....in my opinion. I would use WD Black Caviar drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tojoski Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Definitely not a cost benefit if you have to use a 160GB SSD, but if they allowed you to use a 40GB SSD for the OS, it would be worthwhile for reliability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mar2k Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 Definitely not a cost benefit if you have to use a 160GB SSD, but if they allowed you to use a 40GB SSD for the OS, it would be worthwhile for reliability. Yes, I would be doing it strictly for reliability. Found an interesting article here: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/whsvailbeta/thread/b4536418-357c-4483-b493-190ba541ba40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcdoc Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 This is one case where I would not use an SSD. As was stated, a caviar black is a better choice. Once it boots into the OS unless you are Ram starved, it runs quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no-control Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Having owned several SSDs I wouldn't use it for mission critical applications like a server o/s. Sure a mirror helps mitigate this but still.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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