Beta 2 - An overwhelming response

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re: Beta 2 - An overwhelming response

gwyncole — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:06:24 GMT

Hope I get accepted into the beta program! My main areas of interest is backup and remote access. For backup, I'm especially interested in secure backups. i.e. if a hard disk goes down on the WHS, that the data is still safe and by replacing the hard drive, it gets somehow rebuilt. I understand from Paul Thurrott's website, that WHS employs an alternative to RAID 5, I'm very intertested in what the WHS team have done in this area.

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crwagner — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:32:54 GMT

I filled out the survey and all I can say is, Please let me in!

Chad

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peconi — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:12:19 GMT

I need this more than anyone ;) Can't wait for the final - Hope I be in the Beta :)

Petar

www.VistaJuice.com

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daweeze — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:21:59 GMT

I personally am looking forward to this product release. I signed up because I think this could really be a great product for my network. On top of that, so many of the people I help with PC work would be able to benefit from this. One of the best surprises was the bootable CD Recovery of an entire sy

stem in the time it takes to replace a new drive and push it down to the box. That's awesome...because while my PC would be down, much of the resources I need would be available to other computers in the network. It eliminates the need for my workstation drive mirroring which is great! Yes it could be stated that much of this can be done already...but I haven't seen it presented this simply before. Truthfully backing up is something I preach but not something I do well, hence the drive mirroring. Many of us are in this position. This seems like a fun solution that will take care of my shortfall in that respect and offer me much more. I am stoked!

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j and v — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 23:16:19 GMT

I got my invitation on Feb 16, 2007! Thanks! Feedback coming soon.

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crwagner — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:19:21 GMT

Thank You! Installed yesterday and running great! Asus A8N-VM CSM, Sempron 3800+, 512mb Dual Channel DDR, 2 WD 120GB SATA drives, 1 WD 80GB PATA drive. Installed nForce drivers from Nvidia along with Cool n' Quiet driver from AMD. Seems to be working excellent. My network throughput has increased dramatically between my desktop and the server. Before I had XP pro and a mirrored NVidia RAID array on the server. With Vista Ultimate file transfers between the client and the XP Pro "server" would rarely get over 8MB/sec with all Gigabit conections. Now I have seen file transfers spike up over 50MB/sec and average around 20MB/sec with the only change being WHS and no more NVIDA RAID array in the server! I am very impressed! The console is super slick as well! Great product.

I will be sure to submit any bugs I find through Connect. I am wondering if the lack of native support for the nForce 410/430 chipset, Cool n' Quiet, and such would be considered a bug? Also, I have read on another blog that an x64 bit version can be installed. Will this be available as well? My hardware / drivers would fully support x64 WHS and I would rather run the x64 bit version if possible...

Best regards,

Chad Wagner

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inlvnv — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:32:59 GMT

I was hoping to be a beta tester like everyone else. I hope that was just the first batch of invitations sent out with more to come, especially one with my name on it. I think this is the killer application of the year or few years and is just what I've been hoping for. I have 4 laptops and an iMac, and yeah, planning to build a server as soon as WHS becomes available or become a beta tester. I like the file sharing and auto backup features. And, since I work couple of days at home, I especially love the remote access feature. I'm also looking forward to finally moving the family photos over to one centralized server to free up all the spaces on laptops and iMac. Another thing I'm looking to do is to convert all home DVD videos to compressed media player format and put them on the server. I'm drooling. pick me, pick me, please.

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LurchZA — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:03:30 GMT

"Do I really need a broadband connection?

Yes, as we want people that will be able to test the Remote Access options in Beta 2."

Damn, the vast majority of home users out here in South Africa are still on dialup due to the useless telecomms infrastructure. Does that mean we cant participate at all?

Where can I find a full list of features for WHS(well, as they stand now)?

Can you restrict users with GPO's, assign them to user groups like in Active Directory, can you lock accounts, force password policy over the whole network, what about surf control on the internet connection? I am a senior systems engineer so am used to these things at work and would love to be able to do this on my home network.