For the money I am hoping A) Windows Server 2012 support and B) SMART data pass-through to OS?
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I had this card with Win 8.1 x64. It was a nice card but refused to play nice with the integrated IRST. Drives would show up as failed causing a rebuild until I used the BIOS utility to turn OFF the INT13/EBDA(No BOOT support) and flashed. After I would still get misc drive errors that did not appear to affect anything other than the build in management utility showing an error. I seem to remember it passing SMART and temp data along to the OS as I am still using HardDisk Sentential Pro but I cannot be absolutely sure. Also I was not using Enterprise or WD RED drives which could account for some of the issues I was having. http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/series_rr600-download.htm The official driver page lists Server 2012 as supported. Windows Driver Windows Server 2012, 2008R2 / Windows 8.1,8,7 (32/64-bit) I am currently using a RocketRAID 2720SGL in a whs 2011 build and it has worked flawlessly since I turned off the INT13/EBDA in the BIOS and it is indeed passing SMART and Temp data to the OS.
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The RocketRAID 640L is supported under WHS 2012 (that's what my server runs) but the SMART data is only accessible under the controller card's own user interface. The good news it that support for maintenance data is quite complete. I've been running the 640L card for a couple of years now and it operated through two hard drive failures without data loss (use WD Black drives, I've had good luck with them). The setup documentation is cryptic but you can work your way through it.
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The OS on this unit is actually going to be Win7 PRO 64bit. Please let us know if you have any other questions. Thank You, ServerMonkey
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Can't speak specifically to Windows. But Silicon Image 3132 chipset cards allow me to pull SMART data from the drives in FreeBSD. Plus most Silicon Image cards have a RAID and non-RAID firmware. I flashed mine to non-RAID and use ZFS Raid-Z.
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The documentation states support for Windows 7, Vista, and Server 2008. I am running the 642L with Server 2012. There are x32 and x64 versions of the drivers, but it doesn't appear that Windows Server 2003 (which reaches end-of-life on 7/15/2015) is supported.
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It's just a case and motherboard (chipset). You have to provide the processor, ram, hard drive, and OS. You can install just about any OS on it though. Win 7 and 8, and I can personally confirm Server 2008 R2 and Server 2012 (R2 included) run perfectly on it.
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Yes. The RE1000 Linksys Connect Setup software supports the following OS: Windows XP SP3 Windows Vista SP1 Windows 7 Windows 8
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This has an ARM processor; the official pfSense distros are only available for x86. If you're good with a compiler, you could probably make it go - but that would be far more effort that I'd care to expend.
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Win8.1 is not a server operating system. I would suggest Server 2012 R2 for your server OS. If you want to use it as a PC go ahead, however, you do not get the same networking features as you would with Windows Server.
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Not sure, I use Backup Exec 2012 and it has drives for it, I don't use the Windows drivers for it.
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Not yet. Windows only. i would check their site once in a while they may be planning to support other OS' . I get this question a lot.
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Go to WD site support. It seems simple however there some reviews in the web forums indicating some application in the PC is required.
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Yes it support Solid State Drives (SSD), the 120GB Kingston SSDNow V300 and Crucial M5 have the best prices right now (around $0.66 per GB)
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To the best of my knowledge, there should be no issues using this unit with Windows 8.
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Enterprise would certainly work. They are designed for thousands of hour with out failure. (MTBF) But this one os designed for surveillance WD30PURX
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It doesn't come with one. You will need to purchase one. You can get trial versions of Microsoft Windows Server for 6 months. You can try at MSDN and see if they have free versions or get a distribution of Linux for free.
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Adeyinka,The server in this listing does support virtualization. The hardware supports it and the processor has the execute disable bit needed for virtualization.
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Windows 7 and Linux both support this without any additional configuration in my house. It works great! I use it every single day.