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| Thread ID: 77415 | 2007-03-08 22:12:00 | Windows Home Server | SolMiester (139) | PC World Chat |
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| 531343 | 2007-03-08 22:12:00 | Hi, just got my Microsoft invite for testing and downloading the ISO's now.. Anyone else played with this? |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 531344 | 2007-03-09 02:36:00 | WOW, no one else is trying this? Windows Home Server Product Features For each of the following areas, the Beta software delivers a subset of the final features that are intended to be available in the commercial release of Windows Home Server. Home Computer Backup and Restore Windows Home Server will automatically back up your home computers to the home server and allow you to easily restore the entire computer or an individual file or folder to a previous point in time. The Windows Home Server Backup solution uses an innovative system to back up only the data that has not already been backed up before. Even if you have several copies of the same data on different computers, the data is backed up only once on your home server and your home server keeps track of what data was stored on each home computer on each day. This makes it very efficient in terms of the time it takes for backups to complete and also the amount of space that is used on your home server. • Automated Daily Backup of your Home Computers Computer backups are automatically configured when you install the Windows Home Server Connector software on your computers. Backup is performed automatically on a daily basis for every configured computer. Normally there is no need to change any settings. If you want to change settings for a home computer you do it through the Windows Home Server Console. • Restore an Entire Home Computer Restoring a home computer to a previous point in time is easy. If you want to restore your computer to a previous point in time, you boot the home computer from the Home Computer Restore CD. The computer will connect to your home server and provide a simple wizard for restoring a single hard drive or multiple hard drives from a backup of that computer that is stored on your home server. • Restore Individual Files and Folders You can also restore individual files or folders by selecting a home computer and a specific backup of that computer from the Windows Home Server Console application. A Windows Explorer window will be displayed with all of the files and folders that were backed up for that computer on that day. You can easily drag and drop individual files or entire folders from this Windows Explorer window and store them on your Windows Desktop or any other location on your home computer. Centralized Storage Windows Home Server includes a revolutionary new storage technology that provides the reliability benefits of RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) with the ability to use internal and/or external hard drives of varying sizes for additional storage. • Pre-Defined Shared Folders Your home server is pre-configured with shared folders named: Photos, Music, Videos, Public, and Software. From the Windows Home Server Console you can specify the user permissions for these folders and create any number of new shared folders. You can easily move files and folders from your home computers to your home server by simply dragging and dropping files into the shared folders from one or more of your home computers. • Easy to Add More Storage From the Windows Home Server Console you can add a new hard drive to your home server using a simple wizard and the amount of storage available to your shared folders and home computer backups increases proportionally. The hard drives you add can be either internal or external (e.g. USB 2.0 or FireWire). • Shared Folder Duplication If you have two or more hard drives in your home server, Windows Home Server helps protect against hard drive failures by ensuring that files stored in shared folders are automatically duplicated across multiple hard drives. Duplication is configurable on a per shared folder basis, so a given shared folder will have two copies, with each one being stored on a separate hard drive. • “Previous Versions” for Shared Folders All shared folders on your home server also support “previous versions”. This means that from a home computer, you can right-click on a file or folder, choose Properties, click on the Previous Versions tab (built into Windows XP and the Windows Vista™ Ultimate, Windows Vista Business, and Windows Vista Enterprise operating systems), and restore that%2 |
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| 531345 | 2007-03-09 02:39:00 | Never heard of it, and I doubt I'd download an ISO on dialup. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 531346 | 2007-03-09 03:57:00 | Haven't played with it, but I saw a demo at the MS Tech Briefing on Wednesday, and all I can say is: "SWEET!!" | Antmannz (6583) | ||
| 531347 | 2007-03-09 04:00:00 | Yeah, got to ask the boss on Monday if I can borrow the old SQL box. Just not sure if it's USB2? Its a poweredge 4400 |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 531348 | 2007-03-09 04:19:00 | I heard about it after Bill Gates announced it last month. I'm guessing that the setup is designed to compliment Windows Media Centre. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 531349 | 2007-03-09 09:23:00 | I heard about it after Bill Gates announced it last month. I'm guessing that the setup is designed to compliment Windows Media Centre. Its only good really if you have several pc's around the house. Good for media storage which can be shared rather than duplicated. Backs up your pc nightly (if they are left on), and I dont know what else right now as Ive yet to install it. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 531350 | 2007-03-09 10:02:00 | I would say that in theory it is a good concept considering that many families have a computer for each person in the household and potentially a lot of digital media in the form of thousands of songs and a fair sized library of ripped DVDs as well as those purchased from online stores (potentially) a well as games and photos etc, etc, which will be great if they can be accessed simply and easily and streamed to any computer in the house without ever being affected by viruses and trojans (we are talking about Microsoft). The big trick for Microsoft will be to make the server setup and menu system suitable for non geeks with big wallets. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 531351 | 2007-03-09 17:46:00 | Sounds like what Nero Home does, if all it does is act like a media centre. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 531352 | 2007-03-09 18:24:00 | Microsoft is going to have a lot of competition in the Home Server - home entertainment market. The big question is will they be successful.....? If it is anything like Vista, Zune, Plays for Sure etc I am thinking that they will struggle. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
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