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I am looking to use a combination of iSCSI (Drobo 8-drive device) and Windows Home Server (either an HP appliance or building one from an older machine).

Will WHS + iSCSI work? If so will it work with an HP MediaSmart appliance or do I need to build a server for this particular task?

quack quixote
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Mike C.
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WHS 1 no, WHS2 (aka Vail) yes. The old WHS can initiate just fine but Drive Extender won't acknowledge the disks so you can't add them to the storage pool.

It seems like a slightly redundant setup though...

Oskar Duveborn
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The Main reason the DE does not work with iSCSI is because DE comes up BEFORE the iscsi stack while booting. WHS2 should support the iscsi stack.

What i suggest is a Cheap HBA(IntelPro1000T or MT) to handle the iscsi stack. then install WHS to the iscsi target. :)

Honk
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