Windows Home Server will live in your closet, simplify your life

Posted By: JD Lewin | Jan 7th, 2007 @ 9:31 PM

A show of hands: Who here among us is storing all of their important data (media and otherwise) in a safe location where it’s constantly accessible, as well as backed up to prevent loss? Not a lot of hands here at the 10 HQ, and probably not many of the rest of you. Well thanks to CJ Saretto and the Windows Home Server team, that sort of digital responsibility is now much easier to live up to.

As a small, headless box that lives on your network and in your closet, a Windows Home Server can quickly grow the pool of storage from which all of your shared files for each of your users lives. The backup engine in Windows Home Server also silently backs up the entirety of each machine connected to it every night. And because the data is always online, using the built-in remote access abilities, you’ll also be able to access your data from any machine on the planet.

Update 1:Check out Charlie Kindel's blog for even more information.

Update 2: Our sister site, Channel 9 has more coverage of Home Server that goes even deeper into the product.
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#Jan 7th, 2007 @ 11:10 PM
xxdesmus
xxdesmus

I really can't wait to get my hands on one of these. Yes, I know it's possible to manually setup sometime similar, but I'd love something that is easy to use, setup, and maintain.

I can't wait to see how this turns out.

#Jan 7th, 2007 @ 11:31 PM
dahat
dahat
File snapshotting... user files... or the entire system & configuration?
#Jan 8th, 2007 @ 11:54 AM
Jesse
Jesse
The entire system configuration. You can use the backup ability to painlessly upgrade the drive in your client machine. Simply pop in a new drive, boot from a Windows Home Server recovery CD, and have your server copy your exact system state onto your new drive.
#Jun 17th @ 5:37 PM
BikoBill
BikoBill
Regarding the snapshot of the drive, I just read earlier today on another site it doesn't include the temp directory, or the recorded TV directory. Something to do with the files not being deemed important?

The temp shouldn't be to much of an issue, and you can just set the recorded TV directory to be on the Windows Home Server, problem solved.

I have been using WHS for several weeks now and fortunately no crashes, so I have no personal experience about this to verify, but it is good to know. I have also put together some information on my experience and decision on why I needed WHS and which one I purchased which is all available here if anyone is looking for Windows Home Server info,

Hopefully people find the info handy as it will make the decision for many people as to whether they need one of their own easier!

Regards,

Bill
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