Windows Home Server RC1 downloadable

MaesterB · 06-12-2007, 07:53 PM

Well, they have it out. Anyone played with the closed-beta at all?

Personally, I don't see a point to buying a piece of software that two or three other pieces can do just fine.

For example, Hamachi. My server at home is configured so that I have my music directory available, a dump directory for any torrents I find while I'm on the road, and that's about it. So I can connect home, listen to my music through media player, browse torrents, throw the torrent file on to my remote drive.

Then, I use UltraVNC to just connect to my home PC, open the torrent file in uTorrent, and download (I need to setup the WebUI for it to make my life that much easier).

The only thing that is really a pain is the overall bandwidth for my high speed. I should talk to my cable company about that.

ivanolo · 06-12-2007, 09:05 PM

My server uses Ubuntu.

tex · 06-12-2007, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ivanolo

My server uses Ubuntu.

congrats? mine is running BSD at the moment?

Home server actually (kind of) looks appealing to me, if they fix the damn windows networking.

SoulAssassin · 06-12-2007, 11:03 PM

From what I've read it's nothing more than a glorified XP Pro workstation or linux file server.

Mr. Ali · 06-13-2007, 04:11 AM

all thats needed is webui for utorrent and remote desktop protocol. and if you need security just setup the built in vpn thats in xp pro.

tex · 06-13-2007, 06:07 AM

Yes, you can probably implement a lot of the features in linux, but not nearly as easy. (this isn't absolute: it isn't out yet) It has a pretty nice snapshot/backup/restore system; its supposed to have an upgraded LVM/dynamic volumes setup; the one really cool thing is the remote website setup they're doing - this should be really cool with all the APIs and docs they're providing

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MaesterB King of the Wicker People Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Frozen North Posts: 2,178 (#45 ) My photos: 6 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Well, they have it out. Anyone played with the closed-beta at all? Personally, I don't see a point to buying a piece of software that two or three other pieces can do just fine. For example, Hamachi. My server at home is configured so that I have my music directory available, a dump directory for any torrents I find while I'm on the road, and that's about it. So I can connect home, listen to my music through media player, browse torrents, throw the torrent file on to my remote drive. Then, I use UltraVNC to just connect to my home PC, open the torrent file in uTorrent, and download (I need to setup the WebUI for it to make my life that much easier). The only thing that is really a pain is the overall bandwidth for my high speed. I should talk to my cable company about that.
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SoulAssassin Vagina Friendly Mayor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 3,428 (#25 ) My photos: 15 Thanked 1x in one post	From what I've read it's nothing more than a glorified XP Pro workstation or linux file server.

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tex jive turkey Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: ATX Posts: 2,296 (#44 ) My photos: 11 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Yes, you can probably implement a lot of the features in linux, but not nearly as easy. (this isn't absolute: it isn't out yet) It has a pretty nice snapshot/backup/restore system; its supposed to have an upgraded LVM/dynamic volumes setup; the one really cool thing is the remote website setup they're doing - this should be really cool with all the APIs and docs they're providing

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