I have officially spent enough time with Windows Home Server. About 1 hour. It may have a place in some homes but not in mine. The $100 you could spend on the WHS OS is better put toward a Buffalo NAS or DROBO.
I read a few articles about the technology behind the WHS. Its impressive but I am left scratching my head. I get that the backup software is supposed to be great but why put it in such a top heavy server? There is enough Server 2003 bits left in there to mess up your server if you don't know what you are doing. A warning tells you this as you log in.
The option I would rather chase is a DROBO. If you have not seen this you need to check it out. Couple the DROBO with a backup program like the WHS has and you would have a winner.
I am going to format this drive and toss the eval CDs into the trash. So long home server. I may have clients that need this one day but I won't be needing it.
My next step is to try out FreeNAS. I may just ditch all of this "replacing server" talk and put Windows Media Center on this PC and call it a day. I have a feeling that will not dazzle me either. The OS world has just not caught up or on to the home market yet.
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