Guest joe Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 Has anyone tried it? Now, at home, i have one XP machine that serves for backup (for other PCs and laptops), for p2p and as file server. It all works very good. Is there any good reason for installing Windows Home Server instead of XP on that machine? Do i get some new functionality?
Guest Meinolf Weber Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 Re: Windows Home Server - experience? Hello Joe, Start here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/WindowsHomeServer/ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/community.mspx Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > Has anyone tried it? Now, at home, i have one XP machine that serves > for backup (for other PCs and laptops), for p2p and as file server. It > all works very good. Is there any good reason for installing Windows > Home Server instead of XP on that machine? Do i get some new > functionality? >
Guest joe Posted October 16, 2008 Posted October 16, 2008 Re: Windows Home Server - experience? This features look nice: "Remote Access Gateway - Allows remote access to any connected PC on the network over the Internet." I don't have to use other software. "Centralized Backup - Allows backup up to 10 PCs, using Single Instance Store technology to avoid multiple copies of the same file, even if that file exists on multiple PCs." This scares me: "Data redundancy - Guards against a single drive failure by duplicating data across multiple drives." It would be bad if Win Home Server carshes and i can't access that data from bootable Windows PE. I hope data is easy to acces if i take hdd out of Home Server and connect it to other pc. "Expandable Storage - Provides a unified single and easily expandable storage space, removing the need for drive letters." Same as above.
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