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Hey all, looking at either buying an HP Mediasmart Server or a Thecus 4bay NAS. &nbsp;My question is in regards to RAID/Folder duplication. &nbsp;On the Thecus I can use RAID 5 and 4 1TB drives yielding a total redundant storage capacity of 3 TB. &nbsp;But it seems to a little unclear on how much storage I can expect from the Windows Home Server with Drive Extender. &nbsp;From what I've read, it's essentially JBOD with RAID 1... so 4 1TB drives would only yield 2 TB if I were to duplicate all folders (which is what I want to do, everything is precious to me)? &nbsp;Can someone clarify or confirm?<br />
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Hey all, looking at either buying an HP Mediasmart Server or a Thecus 4bay NAS.  My question is in regards to RAID/Folder duplication.  On the Thecus I can use RAID 5 and 4 1TB drives yielding a total redundant storage capacity of 3 TB.  But it seems to a little unclear on how much storage I can expect from the Windows Home Server with Drive Extender.  From what I've read, it's essentially JBOD with RAID 1... so 4 1TB drives would only yield 2 TB if I were to duplicate all folders (which is what I want to do, everything is precious to me)?  Can someone clarify or confirm?

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Question about folder duplication with Windows Drive Extender

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

Storage

Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.

Storage Hardware

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