Chillin
No i7, no care.
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join:2002-04-22
Schwenksville, PA | reply to MSeng
Re: [WHS] Try Windows Home Server for 120 days
Got mine finally, so far i love it.
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MSeng
Premium,Ex-Mod 2001-08
join:2000-07-13
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WHS is built on the Windows 2003 Server platform.
Although the system is designed where the brunt of configuration is done through the Connector console, you can also remote into the machine and get to some familar tools (see image).
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Zorack
join:2001-12-14
Fayetteville, WV | reply to MSeng
Is Windows Home Server based on Windows 2003(has the look and feel of it and generally exact as windows 2003?)? |
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flyguy42
join:2003-11-29
Gilbert, AZ | reply to MSeng
Lol.. yeah I know. Takes forever to ship. I plan on purchasing the System Builder version when I get paid... but Im sitting on all the hardware now... and I dont wanna wait.  |
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Chillin
No i7, no care.
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join:2002-04-22
Schwenksville, PA
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said by MSeng  :Sweet...care to send one of those my way? Which HP model did you go for? Just the single 500gb model EX470. I will be putting 3 of the 750's in it, and putting the other 2 750s in my and my gfs computers to upgrade there current smaller data drives(250s now)
Im pumped it comes tomorrow. |
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MSeng
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Get your own...
»www.microsoft.com/windows/produc···val.mspx
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flyguy42
join:2003-11-29
Gilbert, AZ | reply to MSeng
I dunno if they are even out there yet, but does anybody have a spare 120-day trial key they can pm me with? |
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MSeng
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Sweet...care to send one of those my way?
Which HP model did you go for? |
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Chillin
No i7, no care.
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join:2002-04-22
Schwenksville, PA | reply to MSeng
Well my 5 x 750gb drives are here. Just waiting on my Media Smart Server to arrive.
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PhoenixDown
-- Wants FIOS
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join:2003-06-08
Fresh Meadows, NY
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1 edit | reply to Chillin
I'm considering for a dedicated media server with a home theater setup. I am not sure what device I would use as the "reciever" just yet. Any opinions from that perspective?
edit: I see there is a plugin for use with sagetv and with tivo... I may check into the sagetv. looks promising. |
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Chillin
No i7, no care.
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join:2002-04-22
Schwenksville, PA | reply to MSeng
I just ordered the HP Media Smart Server, ill report back to this thread how it treats me when it gets here. Over all ive seen mostly great reviews.
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SoonerAl
Old Enough To Know Better
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
|  reply to MSeng
From the FWIW department...
I installed copSSH (a Windows installer for OpenSSH/OpenSSL/cygwin) yesterday on my WHS. After initial testing using a password only I reconfigured copSSH and the Tunnelier SSH client for a private/public key pair and the use of a random high number listening port. All went well. I can access my WHS from a remote site using SSH and access the WHS via a Remote Desktop connection through the SSH tunnel just fine. This gives me an emergency secure back channel into my WHS in case I need to perform maintenance, reboot, etc. Tunnelier is nice because you can auto launch a Remote Desktop session to your WHS when the SSH tunnel is established. In my case I am also using a DynDNS fully qualified domain name versus the homeserver.com domain name as a backup just in case the homeserver.com domain name becomes unavailable for some reason. The DynDNS login and update are handled by my router which has built-in support for that function.
copSSH...
»www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?mo···on=22:22
Tunnelier...
»www.bitvise.com/tunnelier.html
How to secure the copSSH server...
»theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/S···sta.html
Create a 4096-bit private/public key pair using the Tunnelier Keypair Manager. Also how to configure Tunnelier to use your copSSH server host key using the Tunnelier Host key manager.
»theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/S···ier.html
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Kabanos
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join:2001-06-29
1 edit |  reply to MSeng
said by MSeng :...the software is primarily going to be offered on packaged hardware like the HP MediaSmart Server ( retailing at $599)... HP MediaSmart Server EX470: MediaSmart Server Demo
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Kabanos
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join:2001-06-29
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quote:
Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Home Computer Backup and Restore
Brief Description
This technical brief provides an in-depth look at the features and functionality of Windows Home Server Home Computer Backup and Restore.
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Quick Details
File Name: Windows_Home_Server_Home_Computer_Backup.pdf
Version: 1.0
Date Published: 11/20/2007
Language: English
Download Size: 1.2 MB
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Overview
Windows® Home Server will automatically backup 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 backs up only the data that has not already been backed up. 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 efficient in the time it takes for backups to complete and the amount of space that is used on your home server.
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»www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta···yLang=en
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tim_k
Buttons, Bows, Beamer, Shadow, Kasey
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join:2002-02-02
Stewartstown, PA
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 ·WildBlue
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Maybe sometime down the road I'll think about using it. Right now I have win2k server installed on an old AMD K6/2-400 system working fine as a file server. Home folders are provided for family members and all data is saved to a mirrored array. I have no need to backup each indivdual desktop computer. I'm sure WHS would make things easier as far as organizing pictures and music, but it's not worth it to me to spend $179 and use a more powerful computer to do it.
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Kabanos
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join:2001-06-29
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quote:
Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Home Networking
Brief Description
This technical brief provides an in-depth look at home networking and how it applies to Windows® Home Server.
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Quick Details
File Name: WHS Technical Brief - Home Networking.pdf
Version: 1
Date Published: 11/16/2007
Language: English
Download Size: 286 KB
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»www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta···yLang=en
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Kanebrake
JJ - Hendrick 48 Car
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join:2002-03-12
| reply to MSeng
Here are some more screenies showing a couple of addin's for WHS (Diskeeper 2008 & Avast for WHS). The yellow network health icon is showing because the RC version expires in 26 days.
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SoonerAl
Old Enough To Know Better
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
| reply to TODarling
WHS Server Storage | 
WHS Computer backup history |
said by TODarling :said by OZO :In this web page there is requirement: 70 GB or larger ATA, SATA, or SCSI hard drive as the primary hard driveIs it a missprint or something? No it is not a misprint. I was a beta tester and since the release of RC1 that is a requirement. WHS uses 20 gig for the OS and the remainder of the drive is for backups and file sharing. To add these screen shots are from my WHS. One shows the current disk usage on the server and the other the current backup history of my wife's XP Pro desktop. Her machine is connected to my LAN via an 802.11g wireless link by the way.
My Vista Ultimate laptop is normally sitting on my desk in hibernate overnight (it connects to my LAN via a 100 Mbps link) and is also automatically backed up in the middle of the night. That is really a nice feature, IMHO.
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DOStradamus
MVM
join:2003-11-04
Santa Rosa, CA
| reply to MSeng
Windows Server 2008 RC0 (which I'm up on as I type this) is available as a free evaluation download via MSDN Downloads (you don't have to be a paying pubscriber to get it, either).
You have your choice of Standard, Enterprose, and Datacenter versions, and the only thing that you need to remember, is that it will "DIE" on April Fool's Day (IIRC), or upon the date the OS is finally released, whenever is later.
I *love* it -- it's all the Nice Things that Vista offers, it installs none of the "Carp" I hate about Vista (unless you install User Experience - BE WARNED!), and it has all the network tools and toys you only get with Windows "Server".
-NK |
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OZO
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join:2003-01-17 | reply to TODarling
Thanks! |
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