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  1. Larson

    Windows Server 2016 or 2019?

    Thanks Steven for your input. Do you know if it still has the Essentials Role available like 2016?
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    Windows Server 2016 or 2019?

    Hello everyone, Have anybody dug into Windows Server 2019 yet? Is it ready to take the place of 2016 in a production environment? Has it fixed anything in 2016? Just looking for thoughts. Thanks, James
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    Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Intel RST) Slow to Initialize

    Thanks for the reply Deslok. It's just 2 drives in a RAID1. Resource usage seems normal: CPU usage is ~6%, Disk ~5%, memory ~23%. Everything is slower than normal, but not terrible.
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    Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Intel RST) Slow to Initialize

    Hello all, I have a Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 running Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials lost network connection in the middle of the night, but got it back after a reboot. However, Intel RST icon in the task tray shows "Initializing" and it's doing it very slowly - only 8% after 1hr. Can...
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    Question on Installing Win Server 2016 on RAID 1 Volume

    So, for anybody who's interested, the cause of the error appears to be that I had my optical drive (used to install the OS) connected to the wrong controller on the motherboard. The SuperMicro X10SDV-7TP4F motherboard has two controllers: a Broadcom (LSI) controller for the 16 SATA3/SAS2...
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    Question on Installing Win Server 2016 on RAID 1 Volume

    I'm not doing a UEFI boot. Is there any advantage or disadvantage to having the OS (Windows Server 2016 Standard) on a GPT disk with a UEFI boot? Wouldn't it be better to leave the boot/OS disk non-GPT?
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    Question on Installing Win Server 2016 on RAID 1 Volume

    So I did just a clean in DiskPart (w/o creating the partition primary), DISKPART LIST DISK SELECT DISK 0 CLEAN but I get the same error message, Error: 0x80300024. I don't know what having a previous installation (2012 R2) on those drives could have done to mess it up. From the Windows...
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    Question on Installing Win Server 2016 on RAID 1 Volume

    Hi Steven, thanks for the quick reply! I should have mentioned that I did try this: DISKPART LIST DISK SELECT DISK 0 CLEAN CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY but it didn't work. Should I have not created the "partition primary" maybe?
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    Question on Installing Win Server 2016 on RAID 1 Volume

    Can anybody please help with this? I had a clean install of Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard installed on a RAID1 volume (2x 480GB SSDs); the install went without a hitch, including no need to load drivers or anything else. I decided I wanted to upgrade to Windows Server 2016 Standard, so from...
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    4TB Windows Server Boot Drive MBR vs GPT

    The system/OS/boot/data drive is all one 1TB HDD with C: (OS) and D: (data) partitions. So everything is on RAID1. It's not an ideal setup. I'd rather have a separate OS drive and Data drive, but I'm just working with what came before me. Trying to increase storage space with minimal downtime.
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    4TB Windows Server Boot Drive MBR vs GPT

    Oh, okay. Well, it's a real simple setup, just two partitions (1 for OS, 1 for Data). It's Server 2012 R2 Essentials which is just being used for a file server, client computer backups, and a few applications (accounting program, etc.). Do you think a GPT boot drive would be okay for that, or...
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    4TB Windows Server Boot Drive MBR vs GPT

    Hi Chris, does "P2V" mean partition into two volumes? Thanks.
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    4TB Windows Server Boot Drive MBR vs GPT

    Hi all, Can someone help me on this? I currently have a lenovo ThinkServer TS140 running Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials on a 2x1TB HDDs RAID1 volume. The RAID1 volume is MBR and is partitioned into two partitions (1 for OS, 1 for data), but I want to replace the entire volume with larger...
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    Samsung PM863a Enterprise SSD SATA 6Gb/s 3.84TB 4TB

    Okay, so it's not just me! I was wondering. I'm looking for two 480GB models as well. Wish now I had bought more when I bought my first one 6 months ago at $110. o_O Now the best price I'm seeing is about $295. That's crazy!
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    Samsung PM863a Enterprise SSD SATA 6Gb/s 3.84TB 4TB

    Is anybody buying the PM863 anymore? I can't believe how they've gone up in price over the last six months!
  16. Larson

    Searching File Content in Windows Server Folders

    Thanks again mervincm! That did the trick; 30 seconds to install and away we go. :)
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    Searching File Content in Windows Server Folders

    Thanks azev for your input! Apparently all I had to do this time was install the Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Packs.
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    Searching File Content in Windows Server Folders

    Thanks mervincm! That sounds like hitting the nail on the head. I'll try that first.
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    Searching File Content in Windows Server Folders

    Thank you! I hadn't thought about that. If mervincm's suggestion of installing the ifilters doesn't work, I'll try that next. Thanks again.