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By: 永不厌倦的mini们 « 致力于全球点击率最低的博客

永不厌倦的mini们 « 致力于全球点击率最低的博客 — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:09:40 +0000

[...] 而微软这台机器却是一台家用服务器，据说它“作为一个微小圆形的设备，它可以生活在你的网络中，生活在你的密室中。Windows Home Server可以快速地成为你生活所需所有共享文件的储存仓库。它的备份引擎可以安静地备份与之连接的所有机器文件。因为数据是永远在线，并内建远端存取功能，所以你可以在世界上任何一台机器上获取你的数据。” Windows Home Server是微软研发的一个专供家庭用户使用的小型服务器系统。它建立于Windows Vista之上，并不直接隶属于服务器内核体系，而是将一些简单服务工具置入系统以满足家庭用户的管理/共享资源需求。 [...]

By: La invasi�n de los Home Servers | jorgemaestre.com

La invasi�n de los Home Servers | jorgemaestre.com — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:49:28 +0000

[...] Sony, HP y dem�s, faltaba Microsoft para subirse al carro de los Home Servers y lo hace con una espectacular fiambrera tuning llamada [...]

By: shane

shane — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:17:47 +0000

I think the time has come for the home server market to bloom. It seems to me that as we all collect more digital content, we’ll need a central place to store it. Some type of home server would be great for backups, file sharing, and for ensuring our PC’s are working properly.
I can’t wait!
http://www.home-media-server.net

By: Benji

Benji — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:22:29 +0000

I think this will be a great product for people with households with many computers. As for the static IP issue, don’t be surprised if Windows Live will offer something for you to login in with and the home server updates the IP as it changes. I know my ISP, Knology doesn’t change their IP often and my router has the option to update the DNS. Microsoft wants to cater the high end client and they really should provide different levels of customer service based on what particular version of Windows you use.

By: Magnus

Magnus — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:28:13 +0000

Does anyone know how the remote access part works? Is it an external server solution a la Orb (www.orb.com) or do you have to let some traffic through your firewall?

-Magnus

By: James

James — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:34:52 +0000

Why would you buy one when theres FreeNAS for free

http://www.freenas.org

By: Cameron

Cameron — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:57:44 +0000

Oh my… First Vista copies an older version of mac os X, and now they copy the old Apple Airport base station.
Well, I wouldn’t be surprised to see M$ making their own hardware soon

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:49:59 +0000

A green light makes you want one of these? Seriously? Oh boy. I hate to think of the Vista bloat this thing has to carry to make itself useful. The potential of a home server like this would be much greater if it ran Linux.

By: Rien de nouveau, je vous rassure!

Rien de nouveau, je vous rassure! — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:05:54 +0000

Windows Home Server, Zune (plantage) 2.0 ?…

Certains l’avaient prédit ou plutot espéré, Microsoft a annoncé hier, en partenariat avec HP le lancement de Windows Home Server. En gros, vous prenez un Windows serveur 2003, vous le customisez pour répondre aux attentes des utilisateurs d&…

By: OffBeatMammal

OffBeatMammal — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:35:32 +0000

Apparently as it’s SMB it’ll play nice with Macs: http://www.on10.net/Blogs/jess.....-your-life
ALso as the protocols are fairly open the guy in the interview saw no reason that someone couldn’t/wouldn’t write a Mac client.

As to dynamic IP problems… my LinkSys router includes built-in dynamic DNS services so I don’t have to worry.

The darn thing is too cute to stick in a closet!

By: Jay Adair

Jay Adair — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:44:40 +0000

Nice toy, I need a simple backup and media sharing solution. I just need the software though, not the hardware. I have enough computers laying around! There seems to be some confusion as to whether or not this is OEM only?

By: Xenia

Xenia — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:38:48 +0000

That’s why I bought homeserver.de some weeks ago. I heard a rumor that MS will bring this thing. I might be interested in getting one but it also depends on pricing.

By: Frank Cefalu

Frank Cefalu — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:22:22 +0000

@12 Lol.

Sorry windows. Redeem yourself and I come back to you.

I just switched to Xubuntu Edgy, and its fantastic. Not one crash to this day.

By: AXELL

AXELL — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:12:12 +0000

Nice… but it’s useful? How many “native” bugs we could find using it?

By: Matthew Ogston

Matthew Ogston — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:16:40 +0000

Looks like a next gen version of the Cobalt Qube, which is a great thing IMO (this also had a knight rider style green lighty thing).

By: Windows Home Server » Technophil

Windows Home Server » Technophil — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:38:25 +0000

[...] Présentation vidéo sur onten.net [EN] Présentation sur Techcrunch.com [EN]Autre présentation sur channel9 [EN]Photo d’un prototype [...]

By: al

al — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:32:01 +0000

I would just use a Mac Mini with sharing turned on mike. you can a stack extra storage from a number of sources via FireWire/USB if you need more than the shipping drives. Cheap to and you don’t have to wait till the end of the year to buy one!

By: Fashion Industry Ceo

Fashion Industry Ceo — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:10:48 +0000

this seems like something to just confuse the hell out of me with an extra piece of computer equipment…but im nothing but a fashion designer anyway!

By: Debbie Davies

Debbie Davies — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:53:35 +0000

Michael, In its post, Techmeme refers to a bloggers’ lounge at CES. Do you think bloggers covering the show should be including discloure as you did for your visit to Microsoft last year to report on Bill Gates? Here in the UK several bloggers are attending CES but fewer are making it to Apple’s MacWorld. Organisations like the BBC are reporting form both. Do you think more bloggers are at CES because it has been more generous in paying for bloggers to attend than Apple?

By: King James

King James — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:14:53 +0000

For plug and play setup and ***syncing*** between PC and Macs use the Mirra server. Share with others over password or public folders like the MS server does.

This is 500GB and all data is backup up and can be accessed from anywhere. We have the media server backup to this but this has a bunch of ports and could probably be used for much more.

The OS X server is setup for our office but this Mirra could work for small businesses also.

http://www.mirra.com

By: CrunchBack

CrunchBack — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:46:45 +0000

Very cool. Thanks for posting this. I’m actually looking forward to a product from Microsoft - who’d have thunk it?

http://www.techcrunch.com

By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » If this is the second Monday of the month

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:44:18 +0000

[...] OMG Arrington posted this image (right) of the Windows Home Server. [...]

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:24:55 +0000

Definetly looks like a hot item. Though I currently like Mozy and MediaMax pretty well for backups and off-site file storage.

By: dazza

dazza — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:23:16 +0000

engadget.com said “it does not use RAID, but instead uses a RAID-like drive pooling system with built-in redundancy”, this stuff drives me nuts, what does MS have against standards, anyway sounds like a killer machine, kind of like the microwave but for data instead of food

By: JM

JM — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:03:38 +0000

Not enough to make you give up your Mac? How about getting a Mini and using external storage if you run out of space. All the server software is available on OS X (Apache, ssh, and a variety of file sharing methods) and it’s easy enough to setup.

I’m not familiar with the Windows stuff, but it can’t be that great. Does it offer more?