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Instead of the /console switch, i use /admin. Logging in with the same username/password as if I was sitting in front of the monitor gives me the same desktop access and when i close the RDP session all it does is lock the local screen, but leaves everything still running.

Originally Posted by farscapesg1

Instead of the /console switch, i use /admin. Logging in with the same username/password as if I was sitting in front of the monitor gives me the same desktop access and when i close the RDP session all it does is lock the local screen, but leaves everything still running.

That worked! Thanks!

WHS PP3 is RTM and should be available on Update next week. Yay!

Originally Posted by Archer75

That worked! Thanks!

Wait, I'm lost.

What do I need to do? I'd love to be able to auto login, and then use that when I RDP.

Just use the following from Run...
Mstsc /v:<ip or computer name> /admin

Originally Posted by Archer75

there is perfectdisk and diskeeper

The big question is, do they actually work well?

Originally Posted by l337zax

The big question is, do they actually work well?

Well, they are the only choices. As to whether they work well or not, I really don't think there's a difference from one to another. And there is some debate as to whether or not they are even needed with WHS. I honestly don't know.

I think there is a good case to be made that defragmenters are not even needed on desktop pc's. On WHS, with all the wacky stuff DE is doing, I wouldn't want to have an additional point of failure. Files are being constantly moved around in WHS, its not a static usage pattern that defragmenters can optimize for.

delete

Have my first real hdd problems and it just happens to be on my WHS.
Luckily, it still boots, but will shut down after about 15 minutes with Event Logs about bad blocks on hdd 0.
Running some diagnostics now after I was able to back everything up over a half dozen or so backup/reboot/cross-fingers/backup/reboot/shit phases. Hoping it's just my primary.

Well im going to go out on a limb and say that im pretty sure its just the primary because bad blocks on a data disk would not cause a shutdown.

Quick question: has anyone set up an iscsi initator in WHS to do server backups to a separate data server over iscsi? I'm starting to push the limits of my backup storage, and just wanted to verify that this is possible.

Thinking I need to upgrade my WHS.

We just picked up two more 1.5tb HDs for $150 NIB local

When copying from my WHS to a win7 box I get around 40-45Mb/s have a GS116 switch, win7 box is a p5wdh deluxe (using onboard gigabit) whs box is c2d TEG-PCITXR/rtl 8169

Its runnin on some mobo yanked from an oem. two sata cards on pci, third slots with the gb card. another 2 port sata card is on pcie. 4 drives on the mobos sata also.

Whats the bottle neck here?

what are local transfer speeds on the 1.5tb drives?

could be the onboard NIC

or PCI bus

I dont have them in the server yet, I have 4 sitting here but no need yet and thinking I should address the speed issue first. sorry should have cleared that up!

As far as transfer speeds on the drives

12,670 KBPS
WDC WD50 00AAKS-65YGA0 WD-WCAS86216122
Controller Silicon Image SiI 3114 SoftRaid 5 Controller

44,490 KBPS
300 gb maxtor drive
Running on mobos IDE

Do you actually have a RAID setup or is that just the controller name?

Anyways, it sounds like you have both drive controllers and your main ethernet connection on the PCI bus so upgrading to a newer motherboard with an Intel pci-e based gigabit card and a Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 (or 2+ if needed) should remove the bottlenecks and give you full drive speed over the network from the server end; the switch and cable quality play a role too as does the destination computer's network and disk system.

Its just the controllers name.

Yes, there are two controllers and the gigabit card on the pci bus

Its def not a client system issue I tested other boxes.

Whats a good cheap board to replace it with?

What about using one of my p5wdh deluxe?

Anyone have any issues with moving a drive from one controller card to another? WHS doesn't report it as missing?

I moved one drive from one port on my motherboard controller to a different port and WHS was happy with that.

I need to move around some stuff in my server case and just wanted to make sure it wasen't going to be an issue.