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<blockquote data-quote="NLS" data-source="post: 518583" data-attributes="member: 20102">Agreed.Note that nobody forces you to actually make your storage &quot;multipurpose&quot;. It's just that with flexRAID you actually can.You could just as easily install flexRAID on a linux machine (as it is compatible with linux too), make a tight schedule (sync -if there is anything to sync- every two hours or something) and forget about it.I surely can see scenarios where flexRAID-Live fits better though (btw, thankfully the author will not stick with that irrelevant name)... in fact if it actually is over ZFS, I will be seriously tempted (and Limeware -as Tom wants us to refer to him- will have a whole new load of things to worry about). Although since I love multipurpose (as this would be more Politically Correct and Energy Friendly - remember it's for home not for my company's server room), WHS extra functionality (and I am not talking about WHS core functionality as much as talking about that it is actually Windows and I can run Windows things that want to run all the time)... is also tempting. We'll see. (ZFS for Windows someone please?)CURRENTLY unRAID is more mature if you ask me. FlexRAID opens much more possibilities though. When I invest in hardware, I invest so that it can last for years (I cannot afford the 6 month rotation others can afford). Proof? My storage server is a mix of SATA and IDE, on a P4 motherboard (an REALLY good and expensive at its time Asus nevertheless). If you check my blog you'll see that I use unRAID for years already. The unRAID I remember back then is EXACTLY the same unRAID I use now. Other can think of this as a good thing, others as a bad thing. You choose. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> If I build the system again today, what would I choose. Wouldn't pay for unRAID to be honest. Today.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NLS, post: 518583, member: 20102"] Agreed. Note that nobody forces you to actually make your storage "multipurpose". It's just that with flexRAID you actually can. You could just as easily install flexRAID on a linux machine (as it is compatible with linux too), make a tight schedule (sync -if there is anything to sync- every two hours or something) and forget about it. I surely can see scenarios where flexRAID-Live fits better though (btw, thankfully the author will not stick with that irrelevant name)... in fact if it actually is over ZFS, I will be seriously tempted (and Limeware -as Tom wants us to refer to him- will have a whole new load of things to worry about). Although since I love multipurpose (as this would be more Politically Correct and Energy Friendly - remember it's for home not for my company's server room), WHS extra functionality (and I am not talking about WHS core functionality as much as talking about that it is actually Windows and I can run Windows things that want to run all the time)... is also tempting. We'll see. (ZFS for Windows someone please?) CURRENTLY unRAID is more mature if you ask me. FlexRAID opens much more possibilities though. When I invest in hardware, I invest so that it can last for years (I cannot afford the 6 month rotation others can afford). Proof? My storage server is a mix of SATA and IDE, on a P4 motherboard (an REALLY good and expensive at its time Asus nevertheless). If you check my blog you'll see that I use unRAID for years already. The unRAID I remember back then is EXACTLY the same unRAID I use now. Other can think of this as a good thing, others as a bad thing. You choose. :) If I build the system again today, what would I choose. Wouldn't pay for unRAID to be honest. Today. [/QUOTE]

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