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11/25/09
I've set up (partway) my headless server and it's been a great learning experience, but it's also been a long drawn out process and a general pain in the butt configuring linux. Plus, it's an H340 so there are drivers for WHS and not some for linux (HDD activity led, system status)
The updates are really tempting but I guess I better give linux a real shot first, seeing as being a server is where it excels.
11/26/09
I have a bunch of Linux fileservers, and they're great - they serve up files great, and are all RAID-protected against hardware failure.
However, my primary reason to get a WHS is not serving files, but rather for backups - WHS can do image-based backups of up to 10 machines daily. If something goes wrong, you pop in the WHS recovery CD, click Next a few times, and your computer is restored. Best of all, it only keeps one copy of files, so if you have multiple Win7 machines (or XP/Vista), you really only store the OS once.
So it really depends - do you want a NAS-type box? If yes, go with Linux and RAID arrays. If you want a convenient home-backup server, WHS is hard to beat. You can do the same with Ghost and other things to get it to work, but then you have to futz with it on every machine.
11/26/09
11/25/09
the media center feature is of no use for me right now, but sure is cool, too.
another power pack, another reason to fall in love with whs :)
07/20/09
This is based on Win2K3 which is SOLID AS A ROCK. Save the Windows hate for the area it belongs which is NOT the server series. I, like many have 22 2K3 boxes here that have Z E R O downtime in 3 years... That's right, three. We can go back further than that, but 2 of them hard hardware issues prior to that.
IBM xSeries + 2K, 2K3, 2K8 kicks ass.
07/17/09
Now, when I go to my Music, Video, or Pictures link on any Windows 7 PC on my network....I see all the Music, Video, or Pictures on my Home Server :)
Finally, a convenient, structured way to network media!
07/17/09