Home Computer Backup

HP MediaSmart Server winner of MacWorld's "Best of Show" awards

Windows Home Server Team Blog — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:41:53 GMT

Congratulations to Hewlett Packard in being selected as a winner of MacWorld's annual "Best of Show"

Home Server Checklist

Windows Home Server Team Blog — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:43:49 GMT

I sometimes get asked the question: " What is the difference between a home server and a network attached

Image-based Backup

Windows Home Server Team Blog — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:17:53 GMT

J.D Biersdorfer from the New York Times did an article for the Personal Tech column entitled " Backing

Windows Home Server saves my bacon...again

Windows Home Server Team Blog — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:08:33 GMT

Last December, I posted a story to my personal blog titled " Windows Home Server is actually useful!

Knobs and Buttons

Windows Home Server Blog — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:30:26 GMT

When we first starting thinking about building Windows Home Server we knew that there would be a natural

re: Home Computer Backup

jesse.j — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:13:16 GMT

I'm seeing alot of great questions that I would like to see answered. Some that I can already answer but one that I am truly interested in finding out:

- Will WHS be able to backup an HDD on an XBOX or XBOX360? Or will I be able to move files and folders (music, media, gamesave data) from these game console hdds onto the WHS?

-If you're going to have a Home Server then it should work with all current Microsoft proprietary devices/softwares that are primarily used in the home.

-There are several retailers that do not allow customers returning their XBOX360s to swap their old hard drive to keep that data. Probably there are plenty of customers also who would not want their data on their old hard drive being given away for potential privacy issues (possible wiping features, maybe even remote defragging features for 360hdd's... I'll stick to the point)

-Also if there are to be any interactivity features to Media Extenders such as the 360, it may be a great time to implement some potentially awesome corss platform LAN party hosting capabilities between PCs and xbox line game consoles...

re: Home Computer Backup

HvT — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:26:46 GMT

If important common files are shared on the server, how are these important files backed up automatically, and where?

re: Home Computer Backup

nzimmers — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:49:22 GMT

There are a few things I am interested in seeing in WHS:

1) Support Raid 5 - I'm hoping that through some kind of advanced configuration, I can setup a Raid 5 array and actually store the majority of my music, movies, pictures, home video, etc in one single location. If ti's possible it would be nice to have some kind of email notification if there's any problems with the array

2) Support for Routing service - a WHS box would be idea for acting as the internet gateway but without some kind support for advanced routing (such as port forwarding) getting the most out of applications like skype will be tough. If the majority of the services are only going to be focused on backup, maybe call it "windows home backup server" which might actually help sell the product

3) Built in Sync functions - windows synctoy is nice but how about having sync, contrib, etc functions running from the WHS. I would like to come home, connect my digital camera, download the pictures and then have them moved automatically to the server so I can view them from any pc or the HTPC in the living room.

re: Home Computer Backup

johncz — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:38:44 GMT

Brian, you make an excellent point in regards to the RDP scenaro.

WOL continued

Brian_I — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:24:23 GMT

Please, please, please add in WOL - even if it is disabled by default (I joined this blog specifically to request this)!! Two reasons:

1. People have already said this - waking a computer in the middle of the night to initiate a backup.

2. Remote desktop - It has already been mentioned that one could use the WHS to connect to a computer on your home network for a remote desktop session. What if the computer is turned off (as mine are frequently when I am away from home). What if, while away from home, I realized I needed to do something on my computer (yes, this has happened before)? It would be wonderful if I could simply logon to WHS - ask it to wake my computer (send WOL packet) - and initiate the remote session. I would be overjoyed by this feature. I would very much like to have just one "always on" device - WHS, and use that device to turn whatever else I need on easily.

I beg you guys on the WHS team - please add WOL