Windows Home Server

[Sursa]

Has anyone used this?

I have had a box running it for a few months now. I have to say, initially I thought it was the best MS product I had used to date.
Longterm, It has gone down twice due to corrupted data. The end result was the loss of all the data I dumped to the server...twice. After reading around the interwebs it seems this is a pretty common problem.

Cliffs: WHS SUX

[tryfuhl]

That sucks :o

[Binary Soldier]

2003?

[Sursa]

2003?

I would never say such things about server 2003 :)

heres a link about windows home server:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx

[DocPenguin]

Never touched it. Probably never will. Server 2003 Standard is best choice unless you are willing to venture into linux.

[Sursa]

Never touched it. Probably never will. Server 2003 Standard is best choice unless you are willing to venture into linux.

total agree. The windows home server was great in certain ways tho. I really like how it builds an array out of random hdds. You can quickly add more space by simply installing a new drive. the os configures it as part of the existing array. but then again, maybe one of my drives i had in there was bad and thats where i was getting all the problems from :hsughno:
either way, linux/server 2003 > WHS. i have proved that to myself at least :bigthumb:

[Binary Soldier]

I've recently setup a Ubuntu Server Ed. box using Webmin (http://www.webmin.com/) as a GUI to control things. Having a couple issues but apart from that like it. H MS server installed to, but prefer to spend my time learning the nix box for future greater/more interesting employment possibilities.

[DocPenguin]

I've recently setup a Ubuntu Server Ed. box using Webmin (http://www.webmin.com/) as a GUI to control things. Having a couple issues but apart from that like it. H MS server installed to, but prefer to spend my time learning the nix box for future greater/more interesting employment possibilities.

:werd:

If you want to get some more solid Linux experience for work purposes, get CENTOS. If you're not familiar with it, its just RHEL recompiled without the copyrighted stuff, and its free. Best way to get experience with an enterprise class OS.

[Chips]

I like it for how it plays with my xbox...

but I run it on a VMware server and the disk image it backed up daily.

[Binary Soldier]

Yeah I've downloaded CentOS, seems all the hosting companies use it. Does it come with a GUI? I'm still new to using the terminal, so having to do everything with it is still a way off. Been using Gnome with Ubuntu so far, but when I do use the terminal it does seem much 'cleaner'. Will have to repartition my drive to make room me thinks.

[DocPenguin]

It comes with KDE and GNOME. You can choose the one you want at install time. There are plenty of graphical admin tools available, just type system-config- <tab key> and you'll see a lot of whats offered.

[RumpleForeskin]

Speaking of servers. I set my mom up a new computer. The old one still has a lot of files, pictures, mp3's on the hard drive. Is there a way I can set up the old box on the network as a server with 3 or 4 hard drives in it that can be accessed without having to swap all this over on to the new computer?

Also is there a way I can do this and still access it from the internet so I can still access stuff from my apt?

[lemonbrisk]

you wouldn't be running a stripe, would you?

[tryfuhl]

I would never say such things about server 2003 :)

heres a link about windows home server:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver/default.mspx

lol @ the selling points, paraphrasing one as "Grandma, you need a server"

[tryfuhl]

Speaking of servers. I set my mom up a new computer. The old one still has a lot of files, pictures, mp3's on the hard drive. Is there a way I can set up the old box on the network as a server with 3 or 4 hard drives in it that can be accessed without having to swap all this over on to the new computer?

Also is there a way I can do this and still access it from the internet so I can still access stuff from my apt?

Yes, just use it as the main computer off of the router if you want,.. setup sharing for certain computers or the whole network, print server, etc.. If you can do a wired network, especially if you'll be doing media streaming, I'd recommend it

You can use a program like vnc, logmein (i think that's the name), or whatever to connect to their network remotely

If you need help performing any of these actions just start a thread up.