k8s extender_Windows Home Server的Drive Extender的9種選擇

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Now that Microsoft has officially killed off the best part about Windows Home Server what can you do? Here are some alternatives for drive extender that you can use if you want to build a WHS of your own.

既然Microsoft正式取消了Windows Home Server的最佳功能，您該怎么辦？如果要構建自己的WHS，可以使用以下一些驅動器擴展器替代方案。

那么什么是驅動器擴展器？ (So What Is Drive Extender?)

The idea of drive extender for Windows Home Server is you can have as many hard drives as you want and they all group together into the same pool of storage. This is similar to a RAID setup but drive extender had a few cards up it’s sleeve that made it invaluable for a NAS appliance.

Windows Home Server的驅動器擴展器的想法是，您可以根據需要擁有任意數量的硬盤驅動器，并且它們全部組合到同一個存儲池中。這類似于RAID設置，但驅動器擴展器的袖子上有幾張卡，這使其成為NAS設備的無價之寶。

No special RAID controller or hardware was needed.
不需要特殊的RAID控制器或硬件。
Hard drives did not have to match in size or manufacturer so you could literally take any hard drive and use it in your pool.
硬盤驅動器的大小或制造商沒有必要匹配，因此您可以從字面上取出任何硬盤驅動器并在池中使用它。
Hard drives used standard NTFS filesystems. If something bad happened, you could just pull out the drive and plug it into another computer to view and recover files.
硬盤使用標準的NTFS文件系統。如果出了點問題，您可以拔出驅動器并將其插入另一臺計算機以查看和恢復文件。

There were some downsides to drive extender as well and version 2 for Windows Home Server “Vail” was supposed to fix most of those problems. However Microsoft ran into other problems with v2 and they did not see it in their best interest to continue maintaining the software.

驅動擴展器也有一些缺點，并且Windows Home Server“ Vail”的版本2應該可以解決大多數問題。但是，Microsoft在v2中遇到了其他問題，他們認為繼續維護該軟件并不是最大的利益。

Windows Home Server had a few other benefits as a storage solution over a standard Windows installation but for many people, drive extender was the only reason to use the product. Now that Microsoft has killed it off, let’s look at some alternatives.

Windows Home Server作為存儲解決方案比標準Windows安裝還有其他一些好處，但是對于許多人來說，驅動器擴展器是使用該產品的唯一原因。現在，微軟已經將其殺死了，讓我們看看一些替代方案。

I am not going to shy away from Linux alternatives in this list because in many cases Linux may be easier and better for the solution you are looking for. Linux has the benefit of being free, has lower hardware requirements, and if you are just looking for shared storage, 100% compatible with samba shares for Windows and OS X.

在此列表中，我不會回避Linux的替代方案，因為在許多情況下，對于您正在尋找的解決方案，Linux可能會更容易，更好。 Linux具有免費的優勢，對硬件的要求更低，并且如果您正在尋找共享存儲，則與Windows和OS X的samba共享100％兼容。

Windows替代 (Windows Alternatives)

Windows built-in software RAID – Windows has come with its own software RAID built into the OS since the Windows 2000 days. While this solution may not have the best performance, it doesn’t require any additional software and is supported by Microsoft. If you are looking to set up Windows software RAID check out our how-to article explaining the process.

Windows內置軟件RAID –自Windows 2000以來，Windows便已在操作系統中內置了自己的軟件RAID。盡管此解決方案可能無法獲得最佳性能，但它不需要任何其他軟件，并且受Microsoft支持。如果您要設置Windows軟件RAID，請查看我們的方法文章以說明該過程。

Note: Software RAID options may not be available in all versions of Windows.

注意：并非在所有版本的Windows中都可以使用軟件RAID選項。

disParity –? disParity is a software RAID solution that is very minimalistic. It is completely command line driven which can be very good for some people and very scary for others. It will allow you to set up your data drives and then also keep a parity drive for recovery. It doesn’t quite group drives in a pool of information but more focuses on the recovery aspect of RAID.

disParity – DisParity是一種非常簡單的軟件RAID解決方案。它完全是命令行驅動的，對某些人可能非常有用，而對其他人則非常可怕。它將允許您設置數據驅動器，然后保留奇偶校驗驅動器以進行恢復。它并沒有將驅動器歸為一組信息，而是更多地關注RAID的恢復方面。

FlexRAID – flexRAID, similar to disParity, focuses on the recovery abilities of RAID rather than the massive storage pool. It requires a parity drive, just like disParity, but it can be configured from a web page and runs as a Windows service. There are also instructions in their forums on setting up FlexRAID on an existing Windows Home Server if you already have one.

FlexRAID – flexRAID與disParity相似，專注于RAID的恢復能力，而不是大型存儲池。像disParity一樣，它需要奇偶校驗驅動器，但是可以從網頁進行配置并作為Windows服務運行。如果您已經擁有Windows Home Server，則在他們的論壇中也有關于在現有Windows Home Server上設置FlexRAID的說明。

Linux替代品 (Linux Alternatives)

Logical Volume Management – LVM provides a management layer to set up multiple disks spanning into one, dynamic resizing of volumes, and even hard drive replacements inside of a volume. As a matter of fact, LVM sounds like the perfect alternative for any Linux based WHS replacement and it comes with every major distribution. Be sure to check out our upcoming how-to on setting it up with Ubuntu Server.

邏輯卷管理– LVM提供了一個管理層來設置多個磁盤，包括一個磁盤，動態調整卷大小，甚至替換卷內的硬盤驅動器。實際上，LVM聽起來像是任何基于Linux的WHS替代品的完美替代品，它隨每個主要發行版一起提供。請務必查看我們即將推出的使用Ubuntu Server進行設置的方法。

unRAID – Lime Tech, the company behind unRAID, provides DIY licenses to build your own setup as well as whole servers that can replace your current NAS. The DIY server is designed to run completely from a USB drive and has the flexibility of drive extender while also keeping the data recovery of RAID. The server is free if you have 3 or less hard drives and there are reasonable license costs for more drives. If you are looking for a quick overview on how it works check out Revision 3’s video.

unRAID -石灰技術，該公司背后unRAID ，提供DIY許可建立自己的設置，以及整體的服務器上，可以取代當前的NAS。 DIY服務器旨在完全從USB驅動器運行，并具有驅動器擴展器的靈活性，同時還可以保持RAID的數據恢復。如果您擁有3個或更少的硬盤驅動器，并且免費提供更多驅動器，則服務器是免費的。如果您想快速了解其工作原理，請查看修訂版3的視頻。

MooseFS – MooseFS is a bit more involved than the other solutions but it is much more flexible as well. All of the other solutions have relied on one machine with a lot of hard drives plugged in. MooseFS relies on a couple servers running management with a lot of other computers doing the storage. It is called a distributed filesystem and if you have Linux computers lying around your house this may be your best solution. Otherwise it probably is best to leave it for corporations and businesses.

MooseFS – MooseFS比其他解決方案要復雜得多，但也更加靈活。所有其他解決方案都依賴一臺插入大量硬盤的計算機。MooseFS依賴于運行管理的幾臺服務器以及許多其他計算機進行存儲。它稱為分布式文件系統，如果您的房屋周圍有Linux計算機，這可能是最好的解決方案。否則，最好將它留給公司和企業使用。

GlusterFS – Gluster is a lot like MooseFS above, and Ceph below, and is probably a bit of a bigger solution than you are looking for. Gluster is another distributed file system that doesn’t rely on one computer to do all the storage, but you will need at least one that is on all the time to host the shared volumes to your clients.

GlusterFS – Gluster與上面的MooseFS和下面的Ceph非常相似，并且可能是比您想要的解決方案更大的解決方案。 Gluster是另一種分布式文件系統，它不依賴一臺計算機來完成所有存儲，但是您將需要至少一個一直在運行的系統來將共享卷托管到客戶端。

Beta選項 (Beta Options)

All of the options above are fully stable and at least somewhat mature options. There are a couple more options you may want to look at. Despite being beta releases, they have some features that the others may not incorporate.

以上所有選項都是完全穩定的，至少有些成熟。您可能還需要查看其他幾個選項。盡管是beta版本，但它們具有某些其他功能可能未合并的功能。

Greyhole – Greyhole project employs the JBOD approach to storage but along with local disks you can also mount and use remote filesystems in your storage pool. Unlike some other solutions that only create a storage pool or only focus on redundancy, greyhole can do both and is a great open source alternative to drive extender and folder duplication on WHS.

Greyhole – Greyhole項目采用JBOD方法進行存儲，但是與本地磁盤一起，您也可以在存儲池中掛載和使用遠程文件系統。與僅創建存儲池或僅關注冗余的其他解決方案不同，greyhole可以同時實現這兩者，并且是在WHS上驅動擴展器和文件夾復制的絕佳開源替代方案。

Ceph – Ceph is a new distributed file system that is just now starting to make its way into the Linux kernel. While it is very similar to MoosFS and Gluster it boasts better performance, is based on BTRFS, and has a cool octopus logo. It is aimed to be use by businesses and isn’t ready for deployment yet, but so was WHS in a sense.

Ceph – Ceph是一個新的分布式文件系統，剛剛開始進入Linux內核。盡管它與MoosFS和Gluster非常相似，但它具有更好的性能，它基于BTRFS，并且具有很酷的章魚徽標。它旨在供企業使用，尚未準備好進行部署，但從某種意義上說，WHS也是如此。