Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 20th Jun 2007 23:00 UTC
Windows "I have to admit that when I first heard about the Windows Home Server I didn't really think that much of the concept. After all, it's pretty simple to take an existing Windows server and turn it into a home storage and backup system. Also, there are plenty of easy-to-deploy Linux appliances that can quickly turn any system into an effective network-attached storage device, and never mind the many inexpensive network hard drives available at many stores. And all of this is still true. But after testing the release candidate of Windows Home Server that was made available last week at connect.microsoft.com, I must say that I am very impressed with its implementation, simplicity and functionality."
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Router was bottleneck
by tbostick78 on Thu 21st Jun 2007 00:53 UTC
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So "Windows Home Server on fairly hefty server hardware" can keep up with a 100Mbit router (~12MB per second)? This seems more obvious than "impressive". I think it will do a lot more than that even on modest hardware given a faster data pipe.