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Windows Home Server Details

Posted by kdawson on from the just-the-storage-ma'am dept.

phorest writes "Perhaps Microsoft read the comments from the Slashdot community on Windows Home Server? In any event Microsoft is opening up WHS for users to construct their own system after all; though I'd like to see the price of this OS release before making the jump. From the review: "At the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week... Microsoft previewed its long-awaited Windows Home Server product, a Windows Server 2003 R2-based server for consumers that dispenses with the complexities of most Windows Server versions and provides the core storage, sharing, and remote access functionality that digital media and home networking enthusiasts require... Microsoft will make WHS available in two ways: Bundled with new WHS hardware and software-only, the latter so that enthusiasts can install the system on the hardware of their choice... If you're building your own home server, Microsoft requires a 1 GHz processor or better, 512 MB of RAM or more, and as many disks as you think you need. The company will support multiple home servers on the same network, but it's still murky how that will work."

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  1. Multiple Servers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The company will support multiple home servers on the same network, but it's still murky how that will work."

    Easy... Lots of Money.

    1. Re:Multiple Servers by toadlife · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hehe. She's holds a degree in English Literature and is working towards her doctorate.

      If I asked her to take the time to learn how computer worked, I'm afraid she'd ask me, in return, to read and analyze some 500 page book written in middle-english from the year 1500.

      I'm not willing to take that chance. ;)

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  2. Re:You have to be crazy to pick WHS by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux, BSD, Windows, all work fine as servers if you aren't an idiot.

    And Macs work great if you are! ; )

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  3. Re:Hmm? by pilgrim23 · · Score: 4, Funny

    WHS is for media? Are you sure Microsoft didn't mean "VHS" or...is it still Beta? :)

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  4. Re:First?! Hmm... by CDarklock · · Score: 4, Funny

    Somehow, I'm not convinced. Ubuntu is still Linux. You can never click a few buttons and be finished with Linux, or indeed with any UNIX derivative. After you spend enough time doing the recurring tweaks, you just stop noticing them, and think it's being finished.

    I could be wrong, but I don't think it's likely enough to investigate.

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  5. Re:First?! Hmm... by tehsoul · · Score: 3, Funny

    what a useless comment.
    if you're a tech geek with server experience, of course this isn't the product for you, just like you won't be using some fully automated linux installation if you've been compiling your own kernels since the age of 12.

    choo choo, it's the obvious train. last stop: you.

    on another note
    i'd probably like it. easy to set up, that's the way i want it

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