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OK, I have two questions that are unrelated, but still about my WHS box:
1. For streaming your mp3s, avis, etc from WHS to your VMC, is it better to map a drive to the relevant folders on your WHS, or use UNC names? Or doesn't it matter?
2. I want to add an additional disk, but I have run out of 3.5" bays. I have a heap of 5.25" bays left, so does anyone know where I can get an adaptor to fit my 3.5" HDD into a 5.25" bay. I'm sure they are about, but do yuou think I've been able to Google them? Maybe I used the wtong term?
1. A mapped drive or UNC mapping will all lead to the same place and same result. UNC mapping is just more universal (as the name implies ) and can easily go across operating systems. UNC naming also removes the 26 letters of the alphabet problem for M$.
2. If you try your favourite hardware site and look in hard drive accessories "mount" you will probably find them, ie http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/13414/HD...ric/HDD-MT.asp. They come in all shapes and sizes, some are complete cradles, some are just side brackets. Oh yeah, and a heap of 5.25 bays with 1Tb in each - sweet
Have fun.
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Regarding you quest for 5.25" to 3.5" HDD bay converters you can always go for models that turn 2 No. 5.25" bays into 3 No. 3.5" bays like those offered by Lian Li, see
Lian Li, Silverstone and coolermaster also offer similar models that turn 3 bays into 4 etc. may be a way of squeezing more bays into your existing server case.
Hi GlenR,
1. I would map a drive - sounds silly, but it seems faster. Try both and decide for yourself.
2. I am using this convertor: http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/72812/CA...STB-3T4-B1.asp
It work for any case with spare 3x5.25 bays and it has a fan.
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One thing I wouldn't do, is change the location of your My Videos, My Pictures folders etc. to your network locations on WHS with Vista. If you end up changing your server name, Vista chucks a wobbly when trying to connect.
Thanks for the responses guys. I got the mounts. I had googled everything i could think of - adaptor, cradle, 3.5", 5.25" - everthing except "mount".
Christmas break project is to get WHS configured, hence the map vs UNC question. I have known some apps to perform better on drive mappings, and some not care. I wasn't intending on moving the My Videos, but was going to put a shortcut to WHS in there. To map or not tomap, that is the question.
Thanks for the responses guys. I got the mounts. I had googled everything i could think of - adaptor, cradle, 3.5", 5.25" - everthing except "mount".
Christmas break project is to get WHS configured, hence the map vs UNC question. I have known some apps to perform better on drive mappings, and some not care. I wasn't intending on moving the My Videos, but was going to put a shortcut to WHS in there. To map or not tomap, that is the question.
Personally I am a fan of mapping but I set up individual sgares for each media type on my NAS device. That's because sharing a high level folder with media subfolders has all sorts of undesirable side effects like miedia showing up where it doesn't belong. Once my shares are configured I mapped V: to Videos, M: to Music, P: to Pictures etc. It is then easy to navigate in Vista as well rather than typing UNC's all the time.
It depends on how many folders u want to map...i hate having heaps of drive letters...so if you are doing 5 different folders, then i wouldn't map them personally...
I have mapped my user folder to my Z: Drive..ie \\server\users\mike
and put that on all my PCs (as i don't like the default folders WHS has)
and you know GlenR...i know its a little less elegant, but WHS does support external drives too...you could always put them on USB/Firewire/eSata...
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Originally Posted by Lester_Burnham
One thing I wouldn't do, is change the location of your My Videos, My Pictures folders etc. to your network locations on WHS with Vista. If you end up changing your server name, Vista chucks a wobbly when trying to connect.
I'd just map the folders.
one way to get around this is to make your router assign an IP address based on the MAC address of the NIC...that way even though u have DHCP, the IP address will always be the same and you can use that instead of the UNC name...i do that on all my PCs, cause i like to know what their IPs are!
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) and can easily go across operating systems. UNC naming also removes the 26 letters of the alphabet problem for M$.
