2月6日
Is there a “Windows Cloud Home Server” coming soon?
I bought this
Windows Home Server (WHS) recently.
I consider it a necessity for the home office.
The key features are:
1. Centralized Backup
2. File Sharing - NAS device
3. Remote Access Gateway - remote access to any connected PC on your home network via Internet.
4. Printer Sharing - Centralized print server.
5. Shadow Copy - “Point in time” snapshots to recover older versions of files.
6. Headless Operation - No monitor or keyboard. Use remote desktop or remote admin client tool.
7. Media Streaming - Can stream media to Xbox 360 or other devices using Windows Media Connect.
8. Data redundancy - Data is stored across multiple drives.
9. Expandable Storage – has 4 drive bays. Two drive bays are in use, two are empty.
10. Extensibility through Add-Ins – can host IIS web apps.
11. Health Monitoring - Track health of all PCs on the home network (e.g., antivirus, firewall, etc.)
12. Server Backup – backup the backup.
Some Positives:
- Fully automated. Minimal maintenance required except for the Server backup.
- Quiet enough for the bedroom/living room.
- Easy to use backup and restore process.
Some Negatives:
- No RAID. The system uses proprietary Windows Home Server Drive Extender technology. There's a good post on why it does not support RAID here.
- High ease of use for technologists but still too complicated for low tech folks.
- HP's unwanted extensions. HP included two Add-Ins to WHS, PVConnect and McAffee Anti-virus. I don't use either.
- McAffee annoyingly prompts to buy full service.
- Need easy and low cost way to back up server to a cloud service such as Amazon S3.
Overall, I consider this product to be an important milestone for home computing.
However, I don't think it will ever become mainstream until there's zero config / zero maintenance.
I also believe that as cloud computing becomes pervasive and as costs drop, WHS will eventually be offered as a full blown cloud service with no onsite backend hardware required.
If so then Microsoft may call it Windows Cloud Home Server or even Windows Live Home Server.
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